With 90 percent of Women’s College World Series champions winning the first game in Oklahoma City, the pressure was on the Texas Longhorns to start strong at Devon Field on Thursday against the Stanford Cardinal in a matchup that featured the nation’s best offense against the nation’s best pitcher with the Longhorns offense coming out on top in a 4-0 win with help from a complete-game shutout thrown by Teagan Kavan.
Center fielder Kayden Henry went 2-for-3 with a two-run single as Texas scored insurance runs in the sixth inning after taking the lead in the third against Stanford star Nijaree Canady, the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year after leading the nation with a 0.