With Reese Atwood's two-out single through the left side to score Kayden Henry, it marked the first first-inning run allowed by Texas Tech's NiJaree Canady since April 17, 2025.
With its five first-inning runs to begin Friday's game, Texas has scored the most runs in a single inning (5) against Texas Tech's NiJaree Canady throughout her three-year career.
By not allowing an earned run through the game's seven innings, Teagan Kavanextended her consecutive innings pitched at the WCWS without allowing an earned run to 31.2 straight, the longest streak by any Division I pitcher in the event's history.
The previous record was 27.2 consecutive innings by Oklahoma State's Amy Day set during the 1994 WCWS.
With the victory on Friday night, the Texas softball program set a new program record for most wins in a single season with 56, surpassing the previous mark (55) set by the 2006 and 2024 squads.
As a result of winning Friday night's game and clinching the 2025 National Championship, Texas becomes the second-lowest seed (6th) to ever win a NCAA Division I Softball National Championship.
Texas becomes the first SEC softball program to win a NCAA Division I Softball National Championship since Florida completed its back-to-back national championship seasons in 2014 and 2015.