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.

A lead UT never relinquished throughout the 1-hour, 46-minute contest.

Minutes after Joley Mitchell scored Atwood with a one-out single in the bottom of the first, the Texas lead ballooned from 3-1 to 8-1 following a five-run, three-hit bottom of the second that was highlighted by home runs off the bat of Stewart, Mitchell and Mia Scott.

Even after the Red Raiders cut their deficit to four following a three-run third, the Longhorns answered right back with a two-out, three-run home run by Martinez. The margin of victory was extended from seven to nine in the bottom of the fourth after Katie Cimusz scored Stewart on a sacrifice fly and Mitchell scored from third on a wild pitch.

With the 13 runs scored against the Red Raiders on Thursday night, the Texas offense set a program record for the most runs scored in a single game during the Big 12 Conference Championship, surpassing the previous mark (10) set on May 9, 2009, when the Longhorns scored 10 runs in a 10-5 win over Nebraska.

With her four RBI on the evening, freshman Katie Stewart set a Texas single-game record for the most RBI (4) in a Big 12 Conference Championship, surpassing teammate Katie Cimusz and six additional Longhorn softball student-athletes who all drove in three runs each.

As a result of the nine-run victory on Thursday, Texas’ current winning streak was extended to 17 consecutive games, tying the fourth-longest streak in program history.

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