Texas Softball Defeats UC Davis In Run-Rule Win Lead By Quiroga Grand Slam
Texas Softball Defeats UC Davis In Run-Rule Win Lead By Quiroga Grand Slam
Texas Softball secured a 12-0 run-rule win against UC Davis on Saturday, Feb. 22. Check out the recap and highlights from the game.

Texas Softball entered the 2025 Hillenbrand Invitational as the No. 1-ranked softball team in the nation and was undefeated in play.
However, the Longhorns' first game of the Invitational ended in a 9-5 loss to No. 20 Stanford, which will likely disrupt their ranking.
They have since bounced back in their second game of the Invitational, with a dominant 18-2 victory over Colorado State.
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- College Softball Rankings: Texas Leads Top 25 After First Two Weeks Of 2025 Season
- Stanford Softball Stuns No. 1 Texas Longhorns, 9-5, In Major Top 25 Upset
Today's game against UC Davis highlighted the Longhorns' willingness to not let a single loss define them, forcing a 12-0 five-inning win against the Aggies.
UC Davis entered the matchup on a three-game losing streak at the Invitational. All three losses had been to ranked opponents, with the loss today extending that number to four.
Key moments from the game included Vanessa Quiroga's grand slam in the third inning, and Kayden Henry and Joley Mitchell's three runs each. The Longhorns recorded eight runs in the third inning alone.
Check out the highlights of the game below.
Joley Mitchell Scores One Final Run For Texas
Mitchell adds another to the scoreboard 🏃♀️
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Katie Stewart Gets Two RBI
One Stewart RBI not enough? Here's two more 🎯
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Vanessa Quiroga Fires Away For A Grand Slam
QUIROGA. GRAND. SLAM. 💥🤯
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Atwood Runs It In For Her Own Score
Atwood RBI? Atwood run? She'll take both. 💪
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Henry Runs It In On A Reese Atwood Triple
Atwood triple 🥎 Henry score 🏠
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Marley Panziera Gets A Snag For UC Davis
Panziera 🥎 snag & tag
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Joley Mitchell Gets The Longhorns First Homer
Joley Mitchell blast off! 🚀🚀
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Kayden Henry Steals Home
Henry slides in on the steal 🛝
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Texas Softball’s Matchups For The 2025 Hillenbrand Invitational
All Times Eastern
Friday, Feb. 21
- 2 p.m. – Texas vs. Stanford
- 4:30 p.m. – Texas vs. Colorado State
Saturday, Feb. 22
- Noon – Texas vs. UC Davis
- 5 p.m. – Texas vs. Arizona
Sunday, Feb. 23
- 11 a.m. – Texas vs. Colorado State
UC Davis Softball’s Matchups For The 2025 Hillenbrand Invitational
All Times Eastern
Thursday, Feb. 20
- 4:30 p.m. – UC Davis vs. Stanford
- 9 p.m. – UC Davis vs. Arizona
Friday, Feb. 21
- 7 p.m. – UC Davis vs. Arizona
Saturday, Feb. 22
- Noon – UC Davis vs. Texas
- 2:30 p.m. -- UC Davis vs. Colorado State
What Else Is Going On In Collegiate Softball This Weekend? The Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic!
The 2025 edition of the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic is taking place at the Big League Dreams Complex in Cathedral City, California, from Feb. 20-23.
The event includes 31 teams, headlined by Tennessee, Nebraska and Utah.
How To Watch The 2025 Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic
Watch the 2025 Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic on FloCollege and the FloSports App.
Replays of the games, highlights and more breaking news will be on both platforms.
FloSoftball will be streaming several other NCAA Division I College Softball tournaments, including the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge, Rocket City Softball Showcase, FAU Paradise Classic and the FAU Joan Joyce Classic.
When Is The 2025 Mary Nutter Softball Tournament?
The 2025 Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic will take place Feb. 20-23.
Games begin Thursday and culminate with the final games on Sunday.
Where Is The 2025 Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic?
The Mary Nutter Classic returns to the Big League Dreams Complex in Cathedral City, California. The complex has five fields available.
2025 Mary Nutter Team List
As of Sept. 4, 2024
- Arkansas
- Baylor
- Bethune-Cookman
- BYU
- Cal-Berkeley
- Cal State Fullerton
- CSUN
- Duke
- Fresno State
- Hawai’i
- Howard University
- Long Beach State
- Loyola Marymount University
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- Northwestern
- Oregon
- Oregon State
- Rutgers
- Saint Mary’s College
- San Diego State
- San Jose State
- Seattle
- Tennessee
- UC Santa Barbara
- UCLA
- UC Riverside
- Utah
- Washington
ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll - Feb. 18
- Texas (25) – Previous Rank:1
- Oklahoma – Previous Rank: 3
- Florida – Previous Rank: 2
- UCLA – Previous Rank: 4
- LSU – Previous Rank: 7
- Texas A&M – Previous Rank: 5
- Tennessee – Previous Rank: 6
- Florida State – Previous Rank: 9
- Georgia – Previous Rank: 11
- Arkansas – Previous Rank: 13
- Arizona – Previous Rank: 15
- Texas Tech – Previous Rank: 8
- Oklahoma State – Previous Rank: 10
- Duke – Previous Rank: 14
- Nebraska – Previous Rank: 17
- Mississippi State – Previous Rank: 19
- Virginia Tech – Previous Rank: 18
- Auburn – Previous Rank: NR
- Oregon – Previous Rank: 20
- Stanford – Previous Rank: 22
- Alabama – Previous Rank: 12
- Missouri – Previous Rank: 16
- San Diego State – Previous Rank: NR
- South Carolina – Previous Rank: NR
- Liberty – Previous Rank: NR
Others Receiving Votes: Baylor, Kentucky, Northwestern, Florida Atlantic, Indiana, Virginia, Ole Miss, UCF
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