Canady pitches a 2-hitter, strikes out 10 as No. 12 seed Texas Tech tops Ole Miss 1-0 in Women’s CWS

OKLAHOMA CITY AP Nijaree Canady pitched a two-hitter with strikeouts and No seed Texas Tech edged unseeded Mississippi - on Thursday night in the first Women s College World Series appearance for both teams Canady last year s USA Softball Collegiate Performer of the Year led Stanford to the national semifinals two straight years before transferring to Texas Tech She led the Red Raiders to their first Big regular season and tournament titles Canady was dominant against Ole Miss in a event delayed minutes by lightning and rain She retired the first batters she faced and struck out the side in the first and seventh innings She blew a fastball by Rebels slugger Lexi Brady for the event s final out Texas Tech - will play either Oregon or UCLA on Saturday for a spot in the semifinals Ole Miss - will face the loser of Oregon and UCLA in Friday s elimination tournament Angelina DeLeon ended Canady s run with a sixth-inning single up the middle for Ole Miss and moved to second on an infield single by Taylor Malvin But Canady struck out Jaden Pone looking and got Lair Beautae to foul out to third Texas Tech s Lauren Allred got the championship s first hit in the fourth inning singling inside the third base line off the Rebels Aliyah Binford Allred scored on a double by Alana Johnson and a throwing error by the left fielder to give Canady all the run help she needed Binford only allowed four hits and did not give up an earned run AP college sports https apnews com hub college-sports Source