The final game of the season was one NiJaree Canady will hope to forget after the Texas Tech softball team lost to Texas in the WCWS finals.

Texas pounced on Tech ace NiJaree Canady for five runs in the first inning and never looked back, winning 10-4 for the programs first National Title.

Texas Tech superstar pitcher NiJaree Canady has the Red Raiders one game away from a national championship, and it appears she'll be running it back for the 2026 season. Canady, who already became the first $1 million softball player last offseason when she signed a lucrative NIL deal to transfer from Stanford to Texas Tech,