Texas defeated Baylor 7-0 Sunday afternoon at McCombs Field, punching a ticket to the NCAA Austin Super Regional with a dominant performance in the NCAA Austin Regional Final.
Teagan Kavan threw a complete-game shutout, allowing three hits while striking out five and issuing no walks, her second straight shutout and the fifth complete-game shutout of the season. Offensively, Katie Stewart supplied a two-homer day and reached base in all four plate appearances; Stewart now has a program-record 27 home runs this season. Kayden Henry went 3-for-5 with a solo home run and two RBI, and Reese Atwood added her 18th homer as Texas totaled four home runs in the win.
The victory moved Texas to 45-10 overall and 6-0 in the postseason. It was the Longhorns’ seventh consecutive win, their 13th straight NCAA Regional victory, and the program’s seventh straight trip to the NCAA Super Regional.
Head coach Mike White improved his NCAA Regional record to 22-3 and extended his personal streak of advancing to NCAA Super Regionals to 16 consecutive appearances as a head coach. The win reinforced the program’s postseason consistency under White and the depth of pitching and power that have driven Texas through the regional rounds.
On the field, the game was a clear split between a precise pitching performance and an overpowering lineup. Kavan’s control — no walks and five strikeouts — kept Baylor off the board, while Stewart’s two homers and Henry’s multi-hit effort produced the runs early and often. The four homers combined with Kavan’s shutout to make the final margin emphatic rather than close.
Texas now prepares to host Arizona State at McCombs Field in the Austin Super Regional later this week. The official schedule with game times and broadcast designations was to be announced over the next few days, a detail that will determine rest plans and rotation decisions for both staffs.
The immediate takeaway is simple: Texas softball arrives at the Super Regional with momentum on both sides of the ball. The pitching staff showed it can deliver late-inning closures without surrendering free baserunners, and the lineup showed it can change a game with the long ball. Those strengths explain the streak—seven consecutive Super Regionals for the program and a postseason record that has become a standard for this Texas team.
What matters next is how Texas and Arizona State will match up once the times are set. For now, the Longhorns leave Austin’s regional round unbeaten, carrying a clear message from Sunday’s win: with a shutdown pitching night from Kavan and four homers across the lineup, Texas has the pieces it will need to try to close out another deep postseason run.
