Texas Tech and Florida meet in Game 3 of the Gainesville Super Regional on Sunday, May 24 at 11 a.m. CT after the series was split—Tech won Game 1 10-8 and Florida took Game 2 10-2. With the winner advancing to the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City
A weather delay didn’t change the stakes in Gainesville. It just gave the next pitch extra weight.
Texas Tech is headed into Game 3 of the Gainesville Super Regional today. needing to score more than Florida to win the deciding game. The series is level after each team delivered a punch at the exact wrong time for the other. Texas Tech took Game 1, 10-8, to lead the best-of-3 set 1-0. Florida answered in Game 2 with a 10-2 win that tied things 1-1 and set up a decisive third game.
The winner advances to the Women’s College World Series later this week in Oklahoma City.
The first signs of how the swing might go came quickly in the live sequence. At 10:37 a.m., Texas Tech’s pitching setup was clarified: Kaitlyn Terry was starting for Texas Tech. Keagan Rothrock, who went after pitching all 7 innings in Game 2 for Florida, was set to do the same again.
Soon after, Texas Tech’s early pressure showed up on the scoreboard. At 11:19 a.m., Texas Tech was “amped and making Florida pay,” scoring a trio of runs—two of them coming off a single from Jasmyn Burns—to take an early lead.
Florida didn’t wait long to answer. By 11:06 a.m., the pressure had already reached a physical edge of the series: Mia Williams had been hit by 5 pitches in the series. That kind of count doesn’t happen quietly, and it’s part of why every at-bat has felt like more than just one swing.
Then the game’s momentum shifted again in the newest pitching move. At 11:33 a.m., Florida had scored four runs, all with 2 outs, and NiJaree Canady was coming in to pitch for Kaitlyn Terry.
All of it plays out with a narrow window for the teams—Sunday, May 24 at 11 a.m. CT—from Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium in Gainesville, Florida.
For viewers, the matchup is set to air on ESPNU and can also be streamed on ESPN Unlimited, which requires a subscription.
With Game 3 still the only thing that matters, the question now is simple: can Texas Tech carry the same sharp burst it showed after the 11:19 a.m. surge, or does Florida’s ability to score with two outs—and its timing in making a pitching change at 11:33 a.m.—prove too much to overcome?
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