At the end of it all, three straight strikeouts eliminated the Cougars.
During the Austin Regional on Sunday, Texas pitcher Miranda Elish capped two victories over Houston to advance to the Tuscaloosa Super Regional against Alabama with a 7-0 victory following a 5-2 win.
And it wasn’t just those two victories over the weekend for Elish — she won two other games on Saturday after Friday’s loss to Sam Houston State, helping Texas win four straight games after a Regional-opening defeat for only the second time in school history.
Elish, a former Oregon standout who followed new Texas head coach Mike White to Austin, threw every single pitch over those four games — 429 in total.