Credit: Texas Athletics ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball To no one’s surprise, Game 1 of the Women's College World Series Championship Series began in a pitcher’s duel between Texas’s Tegan Kavan and Texas Tech’s Nijaree Canady. But between an obscene obstruction call and Reese Atwood swinging at a pitch that was meant to intentionally walk her, Texas came out on top 2-1 in one crazy matchup. The bats were otherwise silent through the fifth inning until the o

Credit: Brett Rojo-Imagn Images ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball Game one of the Women’s College World Series final is already off to controversy and the obstruction calls just continue to get crazier. In a scoreless game through five innings, Logan Hallerman reached on a fielding error by Kaydee Bennett. She tried to steal second, but Reese Atwood threw down to Leighann Goode and was out by a mile. Gerry Glasco challenged the play for obstruction and the cal

Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball The support from Major League Baseball keeps coming softball’s way. Ahead of Wednesday’s Lone Star State matchup between the Texas Longhorns and the Texas Tech Red Raiders, the Houston Astros shouted out words of good luck to the two teams on social media. It’s the first time ever that there is an in-state championship series in the Women’s College World Series and both teams have gone und