For the first time in four years, college softball will have a new national champion, as Oklahoma lost to Texas Tech in the WCWS semifinals on Monday.

Oklahoma softball ace Sam Landry played for Texas Tech coach Gerry Glasco for three seasons at Louisiana. She'll face him Monday in the WCWS

The junior transfer from Stanford headlined a 3-2 defeat of No. 2 Oklahoma in the Women’s College World Series semifinal on Monday. Canady struck out eight batters, allowing four hits, to end the Sooners’ pursuit of a fifth straight national championship. Her efforts also helped send the Red Raiders to the championship series.

The Oklahoma Sooners' record run of consecutive NCAA softball championships is over at four. NiJaree Canady and Texas Tech survived for a 3-2 win to reach the WCWS finals.

NiJaree Canady, who inked a $1 million NIL deal after transferring, helped Texas Tech defeat Oklahoma to reach the Women’s College World Series final.

NiJaree Canady went hitless at the plate but was stellar in the circle in Texas Tech softball's WCWS win over Oklahoma.

Texas Tech, in its first trip to the WCWS, will play Texas in the best-of-three championship series starting Wednesday. The Longhorns reached the finals for the third time in the past four years. They lost to Oklahoma in 2022 and 2024. Oklahoma had won nine straight elimination games.

Sam Landry played under coach Gerry Glasco, now Texas Tech's coach, at Louisiana for three seasons, and they reunited at the WCWS on Monday.