Texas had 15 players participate in the deciding game. Two were transfers:
PR from Oklahoma State
LF from Arizona
Texas Tech had 13 players participate. Eleven were transfers:
2B from Florida
CF from Louisiana Lafayette
RF from Louisiana Lafayette
1B from Southern Illinois
3B from Tennessee
LF-DP (other starting P) from UCLA
DP-PH from Ohio State
PH-P from Stanford
PR from UT-Tyler
C from Louisiana Lafayette
C-PH from Cal
Mike White and Texas softball have clearly figured it out. During White's time as head coach Texas has finished:
Super regional (visiting team)
Covid/no tournament, but 24-3 when season was canceled
Super regional (visiting team)
WCWS runner-up
Super regional (visiting team)
WCWS runner-up
WCWS champion
WCWS champion
PR from Oklahoma State
LF from Arizona
Texas Tech had 13 players participate. Eleven were transfers:
2B from Florida
CF from Louisiana Lafayette
RF from Louisiana Lafayette
1B from Southern Illinois
3B from Tennessee
LF-DP (other starting P) from UCLA
DP-PH from Ohio State
PH-P from Stanford
PR from UT-Tyler
C from Louisiana Lafayette
C-PH from Cal
Mike White and Texas softball have clearly figured it out. During White's time as head coach Texas has finished:
Super regional (visiting team)
Covid/no tournament, but 24-3 when season was canceled
Super regional (visiting team)
WCWS runner-up
Super regional (visiting team)
WCWS runner-up
WCWS champion
WCWS champion
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)