Last summer, Texas Tech made a dazzling million-dollar move in hopes of making it to its first-ever Women’s College World Series.
It paid off.
On Friday, No. 12 Texas Tech swept No. 5 Florida State in the Tallahassee super regionals behind star ace NiJaree Canady, who threw every pitch for the Red Raiders in the historic back-to-back wins. Florida State’s hitters went 5-of-49 (.102) in the series.
Canady — the 6-foot junior transfer from Stanford who accepted a $1,050,024 name, image and likeness offer to transform the Red Raiders’ program — will now compete in her third straight WCWS after leading Stanford there in 2023 and 2024, and Texas Tech’s first.