OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. | AstroTurf.com | June 3rd, 2025 — Texas Tech will meet rival Texas in a best-of-three Women’s College World Series championship series beginning Wednesday night after edging Oklahoma, 3-2, Monday at Devon Park. Red Raiders senior pitcher NiJaree Canady delivered a dominant outing, striking out eight over seven innings, and Lauren Allred’s walk-off sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh lifted Tech to its first berth in WCWS title play.
Under coach Gerry Glasco, Texas Tech has established a winning culture this season, riding a 12-game streak into the title series. The Red Raiders have outscored opponents, 33-3, in their six games at Devon Park, including Monday’s dramatic victory over the Sooners.
Game One | NCAA Championship
Devon Park | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
First Pitch: 7:00 p.m. ET, Wednesday, June 4
Tickets: Ticket Portal | Broadcast: Watch on ESPN
Texas Tech is an AstroTurf team member and play on an AstroTurf Diamond Series softball field. AstroTurf fields are designed with player safety in mind, incorporating impact-absorbing underlayers to reduce the risk of injury during sliding and diving plays.
College and high school programs nationwide have upgraded to AstroTurf surfaces to give athletes uniform footing and predictable ball rolls, hallmarks of championship-caliber venues. The field turf systems installed by AstroTurf are engineered for consistent hop and optimal traction, providing programs with a championship-caliber playing environment.
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The best-of-three championship series tips off at 7 p.m. Wednesday on ESPN, with game times remaining at 7 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, if necessary.
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Sport Group is a leading designer, manufacturer and installer of artificial surfaces serving the global sports flooring, leisure and landscaping and industrial markets to over 70 countries globally. Headquartered in Burgheim, Germany, the company’s brand portfolio includes AstroTurf® (the iconic brand that invented the industry), Polytan®, SYNLawn®, LigaTurf®, Poligras®, Rekortan®, and Laykold®.
Sport Group is an industry leader in green technologies, pioneering sustainable products and services such as the world’s first carbon neutral soccer turf, the world’s first carbon zero field hockey turf and development of the industry’s first, and only, turf recycling facility capable of recycling EPDM rubber.
The company has approximately 2,400 employees and operates nine vertically integrated manufacturing facilities and 31 distribution centers across the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. For additional information about Sport Group, please visit sportgroup-holding.com.
