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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (05/31/2026) — The Texas Longhorns broke a fourth-inning tie with a steady stream of timely hits to defeat the Tennessee Lady Volunteers 5-2 on Sunday at OGE Energy Field at Devon Park. Texas never trailed, scoring in three separate innings while leaning on a strong start from Citlaly Gutierrez to keep Tennessee's bats quiet.
How It Happened
The game stayed scoreless into the fourth, when Reese Atwood opened the scoring with a home run to center to put Texas up 1-0. Tennessee answered immediately in the bottom half, as Gabby Leach tripled to right to bring home Ella Dodge and even the score at 1-1 — the only tie of the afternoon.
From there, the Longhorns seized control. Katie Stewart led off the fifth with a home run to left to nudge Texas back in front at 2-1. Later in the inning, Hannah Wells delivered the game's biggest swing, lining a single to deep center that scored both Viviana Martinez and Atwood while pushing the lead to 4-1. The three-run fifth gave Texas the separation it would not relinquish.
The Longhorns added an insurance run in the seventh when Wells crossed the plate on an Ava Maloney groundout to first. Tennessee scratched one back in the bottom of the seventh, as Emma Clarke reached on an infield single to second that scored a run, but the rally fell short with the final settling at 5-2.
Turning Point
The decisive sequence came in the top of the fifth. Stewart's leadoff homer restored the Texas lead, and Wells' two-run single moments later turned a one-run game into a comfortable 4-1 cushion. The four-run swing across the fourth and fifth innings — capped by Wells' single — gave Gutierrez room to work and put Tennessee in a chase it could not complete.
Star of the Game
Hannah Wells was the catalyst for the Texas offense, finishing 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored. Her two-run single in the fifth proved the difference, and she came around to score the Longhorns' fifth run in the seventh. Stewart also turned in a standout day at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a home run, an RBI and a run. Atwood contributed a home run, two runs, an RBI and a walk, while Viviana Martinez and Kaiah Altmeyer each collected three hits to keep the lineup churning.
In the circle, Gutierrez set the tone, working 6.2 innings and allowing five hits and two runs while striking out three. Teagan Kavan closed it out, recording the final out and striking out one in 0.1 innings.
For Tennessee, Leach's RBI triple was the offensive highlight, and Clarke added an RBI on her infield single in the seventh. Erin Nuwer carried the bulk of the workload in the circle, allowing seven hits and one run over 4.2 innings with one strikeout.
What It Means
The win underscores the balance of the Texas lineup, which produced 11 hits across the order and got contributions from the top to the bottom of the card. With multiple players reaching base multiple times and two home runs powering the scoring, the Longhorns showed the kind of depth that travels well in high-stakes settings.
For the Lady Volunteers, the 5-2 result was a hard-fought loss in which the offense managed only four hits. Leach and Clarke supplied the run production, but Tennessee was unable to string together the kind of rally that erased Texas' fifth-inning surge. The Lady Vols will look to tighten their approach at the plate and limit the multi-run innings that defined Sunday's outcome.
