In the first game of a three-game series that could determine Texas softball’s chances of winning the SEC regular-season title, No. 4 Texas (32-4, 9-3 SEC) hosts No. 2 Oklahoma (38-3, 11-1) Friday at McCombs Field.
The Longhorns lost two of three games last week to Alabama to drop out of a tie for first place with the Sooners and now trail their fiercest rival by two games in the SEC standings. Texas never needs any extra motivation when facing off against OU, but the league ramifications add some extra spice.
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Follow below for live scores and updates Friday as the Texas Longhorns face the Oklahoma Sooners in Game 1 of an SEC series.
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Texas Longhorns infielder Viviana Martinez (23) warms up to bat as utility Leighann Goode (43) bats in the second inning of the Longhorns’ 9-1 win over the Houston Cougars in their first game of the Longhorn Invitational at Red and Charline McCombs Field in Austin, Feb. 27, 2026. (Sara Diggins/Austin American-Statesman)
Those Sooner sluggers don’t take long to flex at the plate. Kai Minor leads off with a single up the middle, and Ella Parker follows with a line-drive homer into the graduate-student housing behind left field. But Texas pitcher Teagan Kavan settles down and avoid further damage.
We’re underway at McCombs. Teagan Kavan gets her customary start in the first game of this massive series. She’s 15-2 with a 2.68 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP this year, numbers that aren’t quite as good as her first two collegiate seasons. But she’s proven clutch in big games like these; in her last meeting with the Sooners at last year’s WCWS, Kavan threw a complete game in a 4-2 Longhorn win.
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Oklahoma
|
Spot |
Pos |
# Player |
Bats |
Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
cf |
22 Minor, Kai |
L |
.496 |
|
2 |
rf |
5 Parker, Ella |
L |
.458 |
|
3 |
c |
1 Wells, Kendall |
R |
.397 |
|
4 |
ss |
42 Garcia, Gabbie |
L |
.415 |
|
5 |
dp |
7 Pickering, Kasidi |
L |
.452 |
|
6 |
1b |
13 Emerling, Isabela |
R |
.444 |
|
7 |
2b |
50 Agbayani, Ailana |
L |
.455 |
|
8 |
3b |
77 Barker, Sydney |
R |
.295 |
|
9 |
lf |
16 Dayton, Abby |
L |
.444 |
|
10 |
p |
24 Lowry, Audrey |
L |
Texas
|
Spot |
Pos |
# Player |
Bats |
Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
cf |
21 Kayden Henry |
L |
.406 |
|
2 |
2b |
43 Leighann Goode |
R |
.419 |
|
3 |
ss |
23 Viviana Martinez |
L |
.376 |
|
4 |
c |
14 Reese Atwood |
R |
.384 |
|
5 |
1b |
20 Katie Stewart |
R |
.489 |
|
6 |
lf |
44 Kaiah Altmeyer |
L |
.333 |
|
7 |
rf |
7 Ashton Maloney |
L |
.315 |
|
8 |
dp |
5 Kaydee Bennett |
L |
.348 |
|
9 |
3b |
24 Jaycie Nichols |
R |
.328 |
|
10 |
p |
17 Teagan Kavan |
R |
– |
Like almost all of the Sooners’ opponents, Texas hasn’t had much success against the eight-time national champions. Oklahoma leads the all-time series 64-28 while Texas is 13-21 against the Sooners at home. But Texas is looking for back-to-back series wins vs. Oklahoma at home for the first time in program history after beating the Sooners in a Big 12 series in 2024. That series win by Texas marked OU’s first conference-series loss since 2011. Texas also won the last meeting between the rivals, a 4-2 win at last year’s Women’s College World Series that knocked OU into the loser’s bracket.
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When: 6 p.m. Friday
Where: McCombs Field in Georgia
TV/radio: ESPN2; texaslonghorns.com
Reach Texas beat reporter Thomas Jones via email at tjones@statesman.com.
