2025 Texas Tech Red Raiders softball team

The 2025 Texas Tech Red Raiders softball team represented Texas Tech University (TTU) during the 2025 NCAA Division I softball season as a member of the Big 12 Conference. Led by first-year head coach Gerry Glasco, the Red Raiders played their home games at Rocky Johnson Field in Lubbock, Texas.

The Red Raiders won the Big 12 regular-season title for the first time in program history. In the Big 12 tournament, the Red Raiders outscored opponents 26–0 while going a perfect 3–0 in the tournament, winning the Big 12 tournament for the first time in program history, with pitcher NiJaree Canady being named Most Outstanding Player. In the NCAA tournament, Texas Tech hosted a regional for the first time in program history, winning the Lubbock Regional to advance to the program's first Super Regional. Texas Tech swept Florida State in the Tallahassee Super Regional, 2–0, to advance to the Women's College World Series (WCWS) for the first time in program history.

In the WCWS, the Red Raiders defeated Ole Miss in game 1 and UCLA in game 2 to advance to the semifinals. In the semifinals, Texas Tech faced off against Oklahoma, who won the previous four WCWS titles; the Red Raiders won 3–2 to reach the finals. Texas defeated the Red Raiders in three games during the finals.

Big 12 preseason poll The Big 12's preseason prediction poll was released on January 24, 2025. The Red Raiders were predicted to finish the regular season second in the conference, though they also received two first place votes.

+Big 12 preseason poll 1 Oklahoma State 99 (9) 2 Texas Tech 90 (2) 3 Arizona 81 4 Baylor 75 5 BYU 54 6 Utah 52 7 UCF 51 8 Arizona State 36 9 Kansas 34 10 Iowa State 23 11 Houston 10

Personnel Roster 2025 Texas Tech Red Raiders softball roster Pitchers  0 Brenlee Gonzales (LHP) – Freshman 22 Samantha Lincoln (LHP) – Freshman 24 NiJaree Canady (RHP) – Junior 55 Bailey Lindemuth (RHP) – Freshman 75 Chloe Riassetto (LHP) – Junior

Catchers 12 Anya German – Freshman 13 Victoria Valdez – Junior

Utility 21 Alana Johnson – Junior Outfielders  2 Demi Elder – Senior  7 Logan Halleman – Sophomore  9 Sydney Shiller – Freshman 42 Mihyia Davis – Junior 66 Kiley Huffman – Freshman

Infielders  3 Makayla Garcia – Sophomore 11 Lauren Allred – Sophomore 14 Raegan Jennings – Sophomore 23 Alexa Langeliers – Senior 32 Hailey Toney – Freshman 

Coaching staff Name Position Seasons atTexas Tech Gerry Glasco Head coach 1 Tara Archibald Associate head coach / Pitching coach 1 Hunter Veach Assistant coach 1 Kayla Kowalik Assistant coach 1

Schedule 2025 Texas Tech Red Raiders softball game log: 54–14Regular season: 42–12February: 16–5 Date Time Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref February 6 6:00 p.m. vs. Marshall* No. 13 Eddie C. Moore ComplexClearwater, FL W 2–0 Canady (1–0) Feringa (0–1) Riassetto (1) N/A 1–0 — February 7 4:00 p.m. vs. No. 24 Mississippi State* No. 13 Eddie C. Moore ComplexClearwater, FL L 1–3 Chaffin (1–0) Canady (1–1) — N/A 1–1 — February 7 7:00 p.m. vs. Penn State* No. 13 Eddie C. Moore ComplexClearwater, FL W 10–9 Gonzales (1–0) Britton (0–2) — 199 2–1 — February 8 3:00 p.m. vs. No. 19 Nebraska* No. 13 Eddie C. Moore ComplexClearwater, FL W 6–5 Gonzales (2–0) Bahl (1–1) — N/A 3–1 — February 8 6:00 p.m. vs. Iowa* No. 13 Eddie C. Moore ComplexClearwater, FL W 11–0 Canady (2–1) Ojo (0–1) — N/A 4–1 — February 9 12:00 p.m. vs. Kennesaw State* No. 13 Eddie C. Moore ComplexClearwater, FL W 3–0 Canady (3–1) Friedel (0–1) Lincoln (1) 968 5–1 — February 14 1:30 p.m. vs. UMass* No. 11 McCombs FieldAustin, TX W 17–4 Lincoln (1–0) Bolton (1–1) — 178 6–1 — February 14 6:30 p.m. at No. 1 Texas* No. 11 McCombs FieldAustin, TX L 1–2 Kavan (3–0) Canady (3–2) — 892 6–2 — February 15 11:00 a.m. vs. UMass* No. 11 McCombs FieldAustin, TX W 3–0 Lincoln (2–0) Horton (1–2) — 78 7–2 — February 15 1:30 p.m. vs. Maryland* No. 11 McCombs FieldAustin, TX W 4–1 Canady (4–2) Godfrey (1–1) — 289 8–2 — February 16 12:30 p.m. at No. 1 Texas* No. 11 McCombs FieldAustin, TX L 0–11 Kavan (4–0) Lincoln (2–1) — 1,238 8–3 — February 21 1:00 p.m. Detroit Mercy* No. 12 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX W 10–0 Lindemuth (1–0) Kavanaugh (0–4) — 100 9–3 — February 21 3:00 p.m. Detroit Mercy* No. 12 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX W 20–0 Riassetto (1–0) Keown (0–3) — 660 10–3 — February 22 12:00 p.m. UIC* No. 12 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX W 15–6 Lincoln (3–1) Whorley (2–3) — 883 11–3 — February 22 2:30 p.m. Indiana* No. 12 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX W 8–0 Canady (5–2) Copeland (1–2) — 883 12–3 — February 23 11:30 a.m. Indiana* No. 12 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX W 7–2 Canady (6–2) Reyes (3–1) — 867 13–3 — February 23 2:00 p.m. UTEP* No. 12 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX W 3–0 Lincoln (4–1) Reynolds (1–2) Riasetto (2) 867 14–3 — February 24 12:00 p.m. UTEP* No. 12 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX W 6–1 Lindemuth (2–0) Felder (4–2) — 596 15–3 — February 26 2:00 p.m. at North Texas* No. 13 Lovelace StadiumDenton, TX L 5–6 Smith (1–0) Lindemuth (2–1) — 415 15–4 — February 28 9:00 a.m. vs. Idaho State* No. 13 Davis DiamondCollege Station, TX L 2–3 Tommasini (2–1) Lincoln (4–2) — N/A 15–5 — February 28 11:30 a.m. vs. Princeton* No. 13 Davis DiamondCollege Station, TX W 12–0 Riassetto (2–0) Wright (0–2) — N/A 16–5 — March: 11–4 Date Time Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref March 1 4:30 p.m. vs. Texas State* No. 13 Davis DiamondCollege Station, TX W 6–0 Riassetto (3–0) Strood (5–2) — N/A 17–5 — March 1 7:00 p.m. at No. 6 Texas A&M* No. 13 Davis DiamondCollege Station, TX W 7–2 Canady (7–2) Kennedy (5–2) — 2,754 18–5 — March 2 2:00 p.m. at No. 6 Texas A&M* No. 13 Davis DiamondCollege Station, TX L 6–7 Sparks (5–0) Riassetto (3–1) Munnerlyn (1) 2,313 18–6 — March 7 6:00 p.m. No. 15 Oklahoma State No. 16 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX W 9–0 Canady (8–2) Kutz (7–2) — 2,122 19–6 1–0 March 7 8:00 p.m. No. 15 Oklahoma State No. 16 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX W 2–0 Riassetto (4–1) Meylan (8–1) Canady (1) 2,122 20–6 2–0 March 9 12:00 p.m. No. 15 Oklahoma State No. 16 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX L 1–10 Meylan (9–1) Canady (8–3) — 1,202 20–7 2–1 March 14 6:30 p.m. at Baylor No. 14 Getterman StadiumWaco, TX W 4–1 Canady (9–3) Walker (2–4) — 1,254 21–7 3–1 March 15 2:00 p.m. at Baylor No. 14 Getterman StadiumWaco, TX W 14–0 Riassetto (5–1) Ross (3–6) — 1,234 22–7 4–1 March 16 1:00 p.m. at Baylor No. 14 Getterman StadiumWaco, TX W 3–0 Canady (10–3) Walker (2–5) — 1,246 23–7 5–1 March 21 5:00 p.m. at No. 11 South Carolina* No. 12 Beckham FieldColumbia, SC L 2–5 Gress (6–2) Riassetto (5–2) — 830 23–8 — March 22 2:00 p.m. at No. 11 South Carolina* No. 12 Beckham FieldColumbia, SC L 0–1 Gress (7–2) Canady (10–4) — 1,210 23–9 — March 23 11:00 a.m. at No. 11 South Carolina* No. 12 Beckham FieldColumbia, SC W 6–5 Lincoln(5–2) Gress (7–3) Canady (2) 892 24–9 — March 28 5:00 p.m. at Kansas No. 14 Arrocha BallparkLawrence, KS W 9–0 Canady (11–4) Ludwig (3–4) — 1,249 25–9 6–1 March 29 2:00 p.m. at Kansas No. 14 Arrocha BallparkLawrence, KS W 14–3 Lincoln (6–2) Washington (3–3) — 1,350 26–9 7–1 March 29 4:30 p.m. at Kansas No. 14 Arrocha BallparkLawrence, KS W 4–1 Canady (12–4) Brooks (3–6) — 880 27–9 8–1 April: 13–2 Date Time Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref April 2 6:00 p.m. at Abilene Christian* No. 14 Poly Wells FieldAbilene, TX W 7–3 Lincoln (7–2) Russo (4–15) — 1,261 28–9 — April 4 2:00 p.m. Utah No. 14 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX W 9–1 Canady (13–4) Carreon (3–6) — 1,394 29–9 9–1 April 4 4:30 p.m. Utah No. 14 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX W 3–0 Canady (14–4) Maestretti (3–8) — 1,395 30–9 10–1 April 6 1:30 p.m. Utah No. 14 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX W 7–4 Canady(15–4) Carreon (3–7) — 877 31–9 11–1 April 11 6:00 p.m. Houston No. 14 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX W 3–2 Canady(16–4) Lehman (2–4) — 1,185 32–9 12–1 April 12 4:00 p.m. Houston No. 14 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX W 6–2 Canady (17–4) Bodeux (3–4) Lincoln (2) 1,142 33–9 13–1 April 13 12:00 p.m. Houston No. 14 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX W 3–0 Riassetto (6–2) Michalak (4–4) — 1,049 34–9 14–1 April 17 7:00 p.m. at No. 12 Arizona No. 14 Hillenbrand Memorial StadiumTucson, AZ L 1–2 Netz (17–4) Canady (17–5) — 2,581 34–10 14–2 April 18 7:00 p.m. at No. 12 Arizona No. 14 Hillenbrand Memorial StadiumTucson, AZ W 10–1 Canady (18–5) Silva (3–1) — 2,908 35–10 15–2 April 19 7:30 p.m. at No. 12 Arizona No. 14 Hillenbrand Memorial StadiumTucson, AZ W 5–2 Canady (19–5) Netz (17–5) — 2,616 36–10 16–2 April 22 5:00 p.m. North Texas* No. 11 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX Canceled April 23 5:00 p.m. UT Arlington* No. 11 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX W 12–3 Lincoln (8–2) Gutierrez (4–4) — 712 37–10 — April 26 3:00 p.m. Arizona State No. 11 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX W 9–0 Canady (20–5) Lauppe (9–7) — 2,122 38–10 17–2 April 26 5:30 p.m. Arizona State No. 11 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX W 3–0 Canady (21–5) Brown (17–6) — 2,122 39–10 18–2 April 27 12:00 p.m. Arizona State No. 11 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX L 3–7 Brown (18–5) Lincoln (8–3) — 963 39–11 18–3 April 29 5:30 p.m. Abilene Christian* No. 11 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX W 9–0 Riassetto (7–2) Mueller (1–8) — 714 40–11 — May: 2–1 Date Time Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Ref May 1 6:00 p.m. at BYU No. 11 Gail Miller FieldProvo, UT W 9–4 Canady (22–5) Mares (0–2) — 1,040 41–11 19–3 May 2 6:00 p.m. at BYU No. 11 Gail Miller FieldProvo, UT L 1–2 Villegas (7–2) Riassetto (7–3) — 1,420 41–12 19–4 May 3 6:00 p.m. at BYU No. 11 Gail Miller FieldProvo, UT W 2–1 Canady (23–5) Korth (15–6) — 1,608 42–12 20–4 Post–season: 12–2 : 3–0 Date Time Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall B12T Ref May 8 1:30 p.m. vs. (8) Baylor (1) No. 11 Devon ParkOklahoma City, OK W 4–0 Canady (24–5) Walker (12–11) — N/A 43–12 1–0 May 9 3:00 p.m. vs. (5) Arizona State (1) No. 11 Devon ParkOklahoma City, OK W 18–0 Canady (25–5) Lauppe (9–8) — N/A 44–12 2–0 May 10 11:00 a.m. vs. (2) No. 12 Arizona (1) No. 11 Devon ParkOklahoma City, OK W 4–0 Canady (26–5) Maddox (3–2) — N/A 45–12 3–0 : 3–0 Date Time Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall REG Ref May 16 4:30 p.m. (4) Brown* (1) No. 10 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX W 6–0 Riassetto (8–3) Guevara (20–8) — 2,122 46–12 1–0 May 17 1:00 p.m. (2) Mississippi State* (1) No. 10 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX W 10–1 Canady (27–5) Everett (10–2) — 2,178 47–12 2–0 May 18 2:00 p.m. (2) Mississippi State* (1) No. 10 Rocky Johnson FieldLubbock, TX W 9–6 Canady (28–5) Chaffin (23–10) Riasetto (3) 2,178 48–12 3–0 : 2–0 Date Time Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall SREG Ref May 22 6:00 p.m. No. 5 Florida State* No. 10 JoAnne Graf FieldTallahassee, FL W 3–0 Canady (29–5) Danley (14–2) — 1,404 49–12 1–0 May 23 2:00 p.m. No. 5 Florida State* No. 10 JoAnne Graf FieldTallahassee, FL W 2–1 Canady (30–5) Apsel (12–2) — 1,396 50–12 2–0 : 4–2 Date Time Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall WCWS Ref May 29 6:00 p.m. vs. No. 17 Ole Miss* No. 10 Devon ParkOklahoma City, OK W 1–0 Canady (31–5) Binford (11–4) — N/A 51–12 1–0 May 31 6:00 p.m. vs. No. 9 UCLA* No. 10 Devon ParkOklahoma City, OK W 3–1 Canady (32–5) Tinsley (15–5) — 12,595 52–12 2–0 June 2 6:00 p.m. vs. No. 2 Oklahoma* No. 10 Devon ParkOklahoma City, OK W 3–2 Canady (33–5) Landry (25–6) — 10,658 53–12 3–0 June 4 7:00 p.m. vs. No. 1 Texas* No. 10 Devon ParkOklahoma City, OK L 1–2 Kavan (27–5) Canady (33–6) — 12,109 53–13 3–1 June 5 7:50 p.m. vs. No. 1 Texas* No. 10 Devon ParkOklahoma City, OK W 4–3 Canady (34–6) Salmon (7–2) — 12,220 54–13 4–1 June 6 7:00 p.m. vs. No. 1 Texas* No. 10 Devon ParkOklahoma City, OK L 4–10 Kavan (28–5) Canady (34–7) — 12,269 54–14 4–2 Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = CanceledBold = Texas Tech team member