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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Texas couldn’t get much offense against Stanford All-American pitcher NiJaree Canady. But then again, the Longhorns didn’t need much with freshman phenom Teagan Kavan in the circle.

Kavan threw a one-hit, complete-game shutout against Stanford for the second time at the Women’s College World Series to lift the Longhorns to a dramatic 1-0 win Monday at Devon Park. Top-seeded Texas (56-8) will get a day off Tuesday to determine the Longhorns’ finals opponent. The best-of-three championship series will begin Wednesday, but it will be tough to produce the amount of late drama that decided Texas' latest game against Stanford.



“Obviously, that was an old-fashioned ballgame right there,” said Texas coach Mike White, a former pitcher for the U.S. and New Zealand men's national teams who appreciates a pitcher’s duel as much as any coach.

“Two tremendous pitchers going at it. Whoever was going to blink first, the other was going to win.” Stanford’s blink came in the top of the seventh.

With both teams locked in a scoreless deadlock, Texas leadoff hitter Alyssa Washington reached first base on the second error of the game for Stanford when second baseman Taryn Kern mishandled the ball. Washington motored to third on a hit by Joley Mitchell, who was credited with a double even though the late relay throw to third allowed her to take second base. Washington, the team’s senior captain, then tried to reach home on a bunt attempt by Ashton Malon.

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