Texas Tech Heading Back To CWS After 6-2 Win Over Duke
Michael Davis hit the biggest of Texas Tech's three home runs in a 6-2 win over Duke on Monday to send them to the College World Series for the third time in five seasons.
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Michael Davis hit the biggest of Texas Tech's three home runs in a 6-2 win over Duke on Monday to send them to the College World Series for the third time in five seasons.
Texas (42-21), under second-year coach David Pierce, returns to the CWS for the first time since 2014.
Tennessee Tech managed just three hits against Texas pitchers Chase Shugart and Blair Henley as the Longhorns won 4-2 to even their super regional series at 1-1.
Duke forced a deciding Game 3 in their super regional with an 11-2 win at Texas Tech on Sunday night, after weather delayed the start by about 75 minutes.
The eight best-of-three series starting Friday and Saturday will determine the field for the College World Series.
"That's just a dream come true for me." Goodwin said. "Every kid dreams of playing in the U.S. Open."
Texas' highest criminal appeals court has reinstated the 2015 sexual assault conviction of a former Baylor University football player.
Jessie Warren had three hits, including a home run, and Florida State beat Washington by a score of 8-3 on Tuesday night to claim their first Women's College World Series title.
The Tigers on Tuesday selected Longhorns second baseman Kody Clemens, son of former baseball star Roger Clemens, to lead off the second day of the MLB Draft.
A former Oklahoma football player has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery in his Texas hometown of Waco.
