Maybe the moment was too big.
Maybe it was something else.
Regardless, Clemson was not in the right frame of mind to start Game 3 on Saturday night.
Though the Tigers were officially charged with one error, they had more miscues than that, which helped No. 6 Texas advance to the Women’s College World Series, while Clemson is left to wonder “what if?”
The Longhorns took advantage of every one of the Tigers’ mistakes in a 6-5 victory in the third and decisive game of the Austin Regional at McCombs Field in Austin, Texas.
Texas advances to play the winner of the Georgia-Florida Super Regional in the CWS next Thursday.