Mia Scott hit a grand slam, Teagan Kavan won again and Texas defeated Texas Tech 10-4 in Game 3 of the Women’s College World Series championship series on Friday night to claim its first national title.

Hello, softball fans. Welcome to The Athletic 's live coverage of the Women's College World Series championship matchup. Texas won Game 1. Texas Tech won Game 2. So we have a deciding Game 3 tonight, and one of these two teams will claim its program's first-ever national championship.

The Texas softball team left behind recent Women's College World Series heartbreak and experienced a new emotion Friday: championship euphoria. The Longhorns beat Texas Tech 10-4 in the winner-take-all third game of the WCWS finals in Oklahoma City to capture the first title in program history.