AUSTIN, Texas – The University of Texas' offense picked up right where it left off against Texas Tech on Sunday as the Longhorns knocked off the Red Raiders, 13-4, in five innings during the quarterfinal round of the 2024 Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship.
Despite Texas Tech (29-21) taking an early 1-0 lead after the top of the first, it took Texas (46-6) just five batters into the bottom half of the frame to take the lead. After Ashton Maloney, Viviana Martinez and Reese Atwood all successfully reached base to load the bases with only one out, Katie Stewart, in her first collegiate at bat at OGE Field at Devon Park — formally known as the USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex — sent the sixth pitch of her plate appearance to the right-center field gap to score Maloney and Martinez to give the Longhorns a 2-1 lead.