CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Texas Longhorns held off Texas Tech in a best-of-3 series to win their first Women's College World Series National Championship in program history. Two Coastal Bend alumni played key roles on the championship roster.
Tuloso-Midway graduate Reese Atwood made significant contributions to the team's victory. The catcher hit the game-winning 2 RBI single in game 1. In game 3 she went 2-for-4 at the plate, scoring 2 runs and bringing home 1 RBI.
Game 1: 2-1 Texas
Game 2: 4-3 Texas Tech
Game 3: 10-4 Texas
Utility player and Mary Carroll alumna Vanessa Quiroga ends her senior year as a National Champion.
"I'm so blessed to call these girls around me my teammates and it's been a roller coaster just going to my freshman year to know. I'm just grateful and blessed. That's all I can say," Quiroga said.
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