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Texas, Oklahoma Win Openers as WCWS Moves to Elimination Games

Friday’s elimination matchups will decide which teams extend their title bids in Oklahoma City.

Tennessee's Karlyn Pickens delivers to home plate in a game against Auburn.
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Overview

  • Texas defeated Florida 3-0 in the opening round on Thursday as Joley Mitchell hit two solo home runs and Teagan Kavan threw a two-hit shutout to advance into the winners’ bracket.
  • Oklahoma edged Tennessee 4-3 on Ella Parker’s walk-off three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh, preserving the Sooners’ bid for a fifth straight national championship.
  • Texas Tech and UCLA also claimed victories Thursday, with NiJaree Canady carrying a perfect-game bid into the sixth inning in a 1-0 win over Ole Miss and Jessica Clements delivering a 3-2 walk-off win against Oregon.
  • Florida and Tennessee will square off at 7 p.m. ET and Oregon meets Ole Miss at 9:30 p.m. ET Friday in the first elimination games of the double-elimination tournament.
  • Five SEC teams remain among the final eight, and stars such as Canady (0.89 ERA) and Tennessee’s Karlyn Pickens (fastest recorded NCAA pitch) will be pivotal in Friday’s survival contests.