AUSTIN (KXAN) — Katie Stewart's fly ball in the fourth inning just kept going.
The Texas left fielder drove a riseball toward her Tennessee counterpart Alannah Leach, and while it was in the air, Leach appeared to have a beat on it. That is, until she slammed into the wall and the ball fell a few feet beyond the fence for a solo home run, giving the Longhorns the only run they needed to advance to the program's third Women's College World Series championship series in the past four seasons.
Texas won the pitchers' duel 2-0 over the Lady Volunteers on Monday at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, eliminating Tennessee from the tournament and lifting the Longhorns closer to an elusive national title. The Longhorns will face either Texas Tech or Oklahoma when the championship series begi