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Texas and Texas Tech Advance to NCAA Super Regionals

Texas and Texas Tech have punched tickets to the NCAA Championship Super Regionals with 3-0 performances at their respective regionals. This is the third-consecutive tournament and fourth out of the last five at least two Big 12 teams have reached the NCAA Championship Super Regionals.

The No. 2 overall seeded Longhorns advanced by winning every contest with seven or more runs and combining for 33 runs on the weekend. UT (45-15) collected wins over No. 4-seed Southern (11-0) and No. 2-seed Arizona State (10-3) to advance to the Austin Regional Championship. Texas used a 12-2 victory over Fairfield to secure a spot in its 11th Super Regional and first since 2018. UT will host the winner of the USF beginning on Saturday. 

Texas Tech, the No. 8 national seed, advanced to its fifth Super Regional since 2014 with a sweep over the weekend. The Red Raiders (39-15) picked up wins over No. 4-seed Army (6-3) and No. 3 North Carolina (7-2) to advance to the championship. TTU collected an 8-2 win over No. 2-seed UCLA to win the Lubbock Regional. Starting Friday, Texas Tech will face Stanford in a best-of-three games series. 

Oklahoma State was eliminated by UC Santa Barbara, while TCU’s season ended with a loss to Oregon State.

A full schedule for the upcoming Super Regionals is below. 

2021 NCAA Championship Regional Results

Austin Regional hosted by Texas
#1 Texas 11, #4 Southern 0
#1 Texas 10, #2 Arizona State 3
#1 Texas 12, #3 Fairfield 2
(Texas advances to Austin Super Regional)

Fort Worth Regional hosted by TCU
#1 TCU 12, #4 McNeese 4
#3 Dallas Baptist 8, #1 TCU 6
#2 Oregon State 3, #1 TCU 2  (TCU Eliminated)

Lubbock Regional hosted by Texas Tech
#1 Texas Tech 6, #4 Army 3
#1 Texas Tech 7, #3 North Carolina 2
#1 Texas Tech 8, #2 UCLA 2
(Texas Tech advances to Lubbock Super Regional)

Tucson Regional hosted by Arizona 
#3 UC Santa Barbara 14, #2 Oklahoma State 4
#2 Oklahoma State 5, #4 Grand Canyon 3
#3 UC Santa Barbara 13, #2 Oklahoma State 3 (Oklahoma State Eliminated)

2021 NCAA Championship Super Regional Schedule


Austin Super Regional hosted by Texas
Saturday, June 12: #2 Texas vs. South Florida, 8:00 p.m. [ESPNU]
Sunday, June 13: #2 Texas vs. South Florida, 8:00 p.m. [ESPN2/ESPNU]
Monday, June 14: #2 Texas vs. South Florida, 4 p.m. or 7 p.m. [ESPN2/ESPNU] **If Necessary**

Lubbock Super Regional hosted by Texas Tech
Friday, June 11: #8 Texas Tech vs. No. 9 Stanford, 2:00 p.m. [ESPNU]
Saturday, June 12:  #8 Texas Tech vs. No. 9 Stanford, 2:00 p.m. [ESPNU]
Sunday, June 13:  #8 Texas Tech vs. No. 9 Stanford, 2:00 p.m. [ESPN2/ESPNU]  **If Necessary**