Texas Tech Stuns Alabama On WCWS Walk-Off

Texas Tech softball refused to go quietly, and Mia Williams made sure Alabama felt every bit of it.

No. 11 Texas Tech beat No. 1 Alabama 5-4 on Monday at Devon Park, forcing a decisive Women’s College World Series semifinal game with a dramatic walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh.

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The Red Raiders improved to 60-8 and kept their championship hopes alive in the most explosive way possible.

After Alabama’s Jana Young tied the game with a two-run homer in the top of the seventh, the pressure swung hard toward Texas Tech. One mistake could have flipped the season. One swing could have saved it.

Williams chose the second option.

Leading off the bottom of the seventh, she blasted her 26th home run of the season to left field, ending the game instantly and sending Texas Tech into another showdown with the Crimson Tide.

The homer also pushed Williams to a team-leading 85 RBI, adding another monster moment to her ridiculous season.

This wasn’t a one-swing fluke, either.

Texas Tech hit three home runs in the win. Lauren Allred gave the Red Raiders a 2-1 lead with a solo shot in the third, and Taylor Pannell delivered a massive two-run homer in the fifth to put Tech ahead 4-2.

Pannell and Hailey Toney both went 2-for-3, while Toney drove in Texas Tech’s first run with a second-inning double.

NiJaree Canady earned the win in relief, moving to 28-6 after throwing 2.2 innings with four strikeouts.

She reentered after Alabama’s seventh-inning homer and steadied the game before Williams finished it.

Kaitlyn Terry worked 4.1 innings, striking out three while allowing three earned runs.

Alabama didn’t fold. The Crimson Tide answered multiple times, including a solo homer from Giles in the fourth and Young’s late blast in the seventh.

But Texas Tech had the final counterpunch.

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Now the Red Raiders get one more shot at Alabama, with the winner advancing to face No. 2 Texas in the WCWS Championship Series beginning Wednesday.

Texas Tech lost last year’s title series to the Longhorns. Now, after one savage swing, the Red Raiders are still chasing a chance at revenge.

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