OKLAHOMA CITY – In its simplest form, softball often boils down to the matchup in the circle.

Which pitcher can impose its will on the other team’s batters? And which lineup can scrap together just enough offense to give an ace any kind of a cushion?

Who knows what odd bounces or lucky breaks could help determine the Women’s College World Series between Texas softball and Texas Tech, but another meeting – or three, depending on how the best-of-three series shakes out – between Longhorns ace Teagan Kavan and Red Raiders superstar NiJaree Canady will likely determine the outcome.

Canady, a junior, is the $1 million transfer from Stanford who changed the direction of the Texas Tech program. Kavan is the sophomore on the cusp of superstardom who seems to play her best in big games, as evid

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