2026 Texas Tech Red Raiders softball team

The 2026 Texas Tech Red Raiders softball team represented Texas Tech University during the 2026 NCAA Division I softball season as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The Red Raiders were led by second-year head coach Gerry Glasco, and played their home games at the Tracy Sellers Field in Lubbock, Texas.

Previous season The Red Raiders finished the 2025 season 54–14 overall, and 20–4 in the Big 12, finishing in first place in their conference. 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 28, 2026. The Red Raiders were predicted to finish the regular season first in the conference, with 10 first place votes.

+Big 12 preseason poll 1 Texas Tech 100 (10) 2 Oklahoma State 87 (1)3 Arizona 77 Arizona State 5 UCF 63 6 BYU 55 7 Iowa State 44 8 Baylor 42 9 Kansas 28 10 Utah 21 11 Houston 11

Roster and personnel

2026 Texas Tech Red Raiders softball roster Pitchers  8 Desirae Spearman (RHP) – Junior 10 Mallie West (LHP) – Freshman 22 Samantha Lincoln (LHP) – Sophomore 24 NiJaree Canady (RHP) – Senior 55 Kaitlyn Terry (LHP) – Junior 75 Chloe Riassetto (LHP) – Senior 77 Timber Hensley (RHP) – Freshman

Catchers 12 Jasmyn Burns – Junior 13 Victoria Valdez – Senior 35 Nikolette Schmidt – Senior 44 Allyson Dobbs – Freshman

Utility 00 Jackie Lis – Senior  4 Lagi Quiroga – Junior 20 Mia Richards – Freshman Outfielders  7 Logan Halleman – Sophomore 21 Alana Johnson – Junior 42 Mihyia Davis – Junior

Infielders  1 Mia Williams – Junior  2 Cimone Edge – Freshman  3 Makayla Garcia – Sophomore  6 Taylor Pannell – Junior 11 Lauren Allred – Junior 26 Brianna Hinson – Freshman 28 Angelyna Conde – Freshman 32 Hailey Toney – Sophomore Reference:

2026 Texas Tech Red Raiders coaching staff Gerry Glasco – Head coach Tara Archibald – Associate head coach / Pitching coach Hunter Veach – Assistant coach Kayla Kowalik – Assistant coachReference:

Schedule and results 2026 Texas Tech Red Raiders softball game logRegular season: 50–5February: 20–1 Date Time Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Big 12 Record McNeese Tournament February 5 6:00 p.m. at McNeese* No. 2 Joe Miller FieldLake Charles, LA 13–3 (5) Canady (1–0) Davis (0–1) — 1,805 1–0 — February 6 11:00 a.m. vs. North Texas* No. 2 Joe Miller FieldLake Charles, LA 10–2 (5) Lincoln (1–0) Lewinski (0–1) — — 2–0 — February 6 1:30 p.m. vs. Louisiana–Monroe* No. 2 Joe Miller FieldLake Charles, LA 13–1 (5) Terry (1–0) Lake (0–1) — — 3–0 — February 7 4:30 p.m. at No. 11 Texas A&M* No. 2 Davis DiamondCollege Station, TX 3–2 Canady (2–0) Munnerlyn (1–1) — 2,880 4–0 — February 7 7:00 p.m. vs. Providence* No. 2 Davis DiamondCollege Station, TX 13–1 (5) Terry (2–0) Brooks (0–1) — — 5–0 — February 8 12:00 p.m. vs. Bryant* No. 2 Davis DiamondCollege Station, TX 12–0 (5) Lincon (3–1) Jewitt (0–1) — — 6–0 — Shriners Children's Clearwater Invitational February 12 12:00 p.m. vs. No. 7 Florida State* No. 1 Eddie C. Moore ComplexClearwater, FL 3–2 Terry (3–0) Danley (2–1) 2,142 7–0 — February 12 5:00 p.m. vs. Northwestern* No. 1 Eddie C. Moore ComplexClearwater, FL 5–0 Canady (3–0) Blea (1–1) — — 8–0 — February 13 4:00 p.m. vs. No. 23 Florida Atlantic* No. 1 Eddie C. Moore ComplexClearwater, FL 8–0 (5) Canady (4–0) Lambert (1–1) — — 9–0 — February 14 12:00 p.m. vs. NC State* No. 1 Eddie C. Moore ComplexClearwater, FL 14–1 (5) Terry (3–0) Gore (1–1) — — 10–0 — February 14 3:30 p.m. vs. James Madison* No. 1 Eddie C. Moore ComplexClearwater, FL 5–0 Lincoln (3–0) List (0–2) — 5,000 11–0 — February 15 3:00 p.m. vs. No. 11 Nebraska* No. 1 Eddie C. Moore ComplexClearwater, FL 2–3 Jensen (3–1) Canady (4–1) Frahm (3) 4,908 11–1 — Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic February 19 5:30 p.m. vs. Fresno State* No. 2 Big League Dreams Sports ParkCathedral City, CA 12–2 (5) Canady (5–1) Carranco (1–3) — — 12–1 — February 20 10:30 1.m. vs. Bethune–Cookman* No. 2 Big League Dreams Sports ParkCathedral City, CA 8–0 (5) Lincoln (4–0) Gonzalez (2–5) — — 13–1 — February 21 12:00 p.m. vs. Cal State Fullerton* No. 2 Big League Dreams Sports ParkCathedral City, CA 6–3 Terry (5–0) Hurtado (2–3) Canady (2) — 14–1 — February 21 4:30 p.m. vs. San Diego State* No. 2 Big League Dreams Sports ParkCathedral City, CA 5–0 Canady (6–1) Jordan (3–2) — — 15–1 — February 22 9:00 a.m. vs. UC Riverside* No. 2 Big League Dreams Sports ParkCathedral City, CA 16–0 (5) Terry (5–0) Barner (0–3) — — 16–1 — Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic February 26 5:00 p.m. Abilene Christian* No. 2 Tracy Sellers FieldLubbock, TX 24–0 (5) Canady (7–1) Snipes (0–1) — 1,626 17–1 — February 27 5:00 p.m. North Texas* No. 2 Tracy Sellers FieldLubbock, TX 10–2 (5) Terry (7–0) Anderson (4–3) — 1,697 18–1 — February 28 11:30 a.m. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi* No. 2 Tracy Sellers FieldLubbock, TX 18–0 (5) Canady (8–1) Whitehead (1–6) — 1,600 19–1 — February 28 4:30 p.m. Detroit Mercy* No. 2 Tracy Sellers FieldLubbock, TX 9–0 (5) Terry (8–0) Flynn (1–5) — 1,827 20–1 —March: 15–1 Date Time Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Big 12 Record March 1 11:30 a.m. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi* No. 2 Tracy Sellers FieldLubbock, TX 24–1 (5) Spearman (1–0) Whitehead (1–7) — 1,600 21–1 — March 1 1:30 p.m. North Texas* No. 2 Tracy Sellers FieldLubbock, TX 7–2 Terry (9–0) Lewinski (5–5) — 1,815 22–1 — March 6 3:00 p.m. at Houston No. 2 Cougar Softball StadiumHouston, TX 10–0 (5) Canady (9–1) Brown (8–3) — 544 23–1 1–0 March 6 5:30 p.m. at Houston No. 2 Cougar Softball StadiumHouston, TX 11–1 (5) Terry (10–0) Park (2–2) — 1,113 24–1 2–0 March 7 2:00 p.m. at Houston No. 2 Cougar Softball StadiumHouston, TX 12–6 Terry (11–0) Solis (2–1) — 1,086 25–1 3–0 March 13 6:00 p.m. No. 13 Arizona No. 2 Tracy Sellers FieldLubbock, TX 0–9 (5) Adams (12–3) Canady (9–2) — 1,758 25–2 3–1 March 14 12:00 p.m. No. 13 Arizona No. 2 Tracy Sellers FieldLubbock, TX 14–6 (6) Lincoln (5–0) Adams (12–4) — — 26–2 4–1 March 14 2:00 p.m. No. 13 Arizona No. 2 Tracy Sellers FieldLubbock, TX 8–0 (5) Canady (10–2) Holder (7–2) — 2,122 27–2 5–1 March 17 at Stetson* No. 3 Patricia Wilson FieldDeLand, FL Cancelled March 18 at No. 8 Florida State* No. 3 JoAnne Graf FieldTallahassee, FL Cancelled March 20 5:00 p.m. at No. 24 UCF* No. 3 UCF Softball ComplexOrlando, FL 4–3 Canady (11–2) Vega (8–4) — 850 28–2 6–1 March 21 4:00 p.m. at No. 24 UCF* No. 3 UCF Softball ComplexOrlando, FL 9–0 (6) Terry (12–0) Stuewe (5–3) — 840 29–2 7–1 March 22 11:00 a.m. at No. 24 UCF No. 3 UCF Softball ComplexOrlando, FL 7–2 Lincoln (6–0) Stuewe (5–4) — 751 30–2 8–1 March 24 5:00 p.m. at Tarleton State* No. 2 Tarleton Softball ComplexStephenville, TX 12–0 Canady (12–2) Schultz (7–4) — 750 31–2 — March 27 6:00 p.m. Iowa State No. 2 Tracy Sellers FieldLubbock, TX 9–1 (5) Canady (13–2) Schurman (11–3) — 2,000 32–2 9–1 March 28 2:00 p.m. Iowa State No. 2 Tracy Sellers FieldLubbock, TX 10–2 (5) Terry (13–0) Ralston (1–4) — 1,743 33–2 10–1 March 29 12:00 p.m. Iowa State No. 2 Tracy Sellers FieldLubbock, TX 17–6 (5) Lincoln (7–0) Schurman (11–4) — 1,565 34–2 11–1 March 31 5:00 p.m. at Abilene Christian* No. 2 Poly Wells FieldAbilene, TX 9–1 (5) Terry (14–0) Meyer (2–7) — 885 35–2 —April: 14–2 Date Time Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Big 12 Record April 2 6:00 p.m. BYU No. 2 Tracy Sellers FieldLubbock, TX 11–1 (6) Canady (14–2) Mares (5–8) — 1,310 36–2 12–1 April 3 6:00 p.m. BYU No. 2 Tracy Sellers FieldLubbock, TX 10–1 (5) Terry (15–0) Shuler (5–6) — 1,779 37–2 13–1 April 4 12:00 p.m. BYU No. 2 Tracy Sellers FieldLubbock, TX 12–4 (5) Canady (15–2) Villegas (1–9) — 1,684 38–2 14–1 April 10 6:00 p.m. at Utah No. 1 Dumke Family Softball StadiumSalt Lake City, UT 10–2 Canady (16–2) Jones (10–5) — 1,271 39–2 15–1 April 11 1:00 p.m. at Utah No. 1 Dumke Family Softball StadiumSalt Lake City, UT 0–4 Maestretti (9–5) Terry (15–1) — 1,013 39–3 15–2 April 12 12:00 p.m. at Utah No. 1 Dumke Family Softball StadiumSalt Lake City, UT 7–1 Canady (17–2) Jones (10–6) — — 40–3 16–2 April 13 3:00 p.m. at Utah State* No. 1 LaRee & LeGrand Johnson FieldLogan, UT 17–7 (6) Terry (16–1) Limosnero (0–4) — 619 41–3 — April 14 6:00 p.m. at UTSA* No. 2 Roadrunner FieldSan Antonio, TX 10–0 (5) Terry (17–1) — 576 42–3 — April 15 6:00 p.m. at Texas State* No. 2 Bobcat Softball StadiumSan Marcos, TX 0–3 Azua (20–9) Canady (17–3) — — 42–4 — April 22 5:00 p.m. at UTEP* No. 2 Helen of Troy Softball ComplexEl Paso, TX 16–0 (5) Terry (18–1) Flores (2–9) — 1,050 43–4 — April 22 7:00 p.m. at UTEP* No. 2 Helen of Troy Softball ComplexEl Paso, TX 11–1 (5) Canady (18–3) Jones (0–4) — 1,050 44–4 — April 24 7:00 p.m. at No. 24 Arizona State No. 2 Alberta B. Farrington Softball StadiumTempe, AZ 6–0 Terry (19–1) Brown (12–6) — 2,051 45–4 17–2 April 25 5:00 p.m. at No. 24 Arizona State No. 2 Alberta B. Farrington Softball StadiumTempe, AZ 7–5 Canady (19–3) Lauppe (10–4) — 2,035 46–4 18–2 April 26 2:00 p.m. at No. 24 Arizona State No. 2 Alberta B. Farrington Softball StadiumTempe, AZ 7–1 Canady (20–3) Silva (11–5) — 2,019 47–4 19–2 April 28 6:00 p.m. Tarleton State* No. 2 Tracy Sellers FieldLubbock, TX 12–2 (5) Terry (20–1) Dowell (5–4) — 1,491 48–4 — April 30 6:00 p.m. Baylor No. 2 Tracy Sellers FieldLubbock, TX 5–0 Terry (21–1) Tanner (8–8) — 1,723 49–4 20–2May: 1–1 Date Time Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Big 12 Record May 1 6:00 p.m. Baylor No. 2 Tracy Sellers FieldLubbock, TX 7–8 Warncke (4–4) Canady (20–4) 1,807 49–5 20–3 May 2 1:30 p.m. Baylor No. 2 Tracy Sellers FieldLubbock, TX 8–0 (5) Canady (21–4) Tanner (8–9) — 2,122 50–5 21–3 Postseason: 11–5 : 2–1 Date Time Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B12T Record May 7 1:30 p.m. vs. (8) Baylor (1) No. 3 Devon ParkOklahoma City, OK 7–0 Canady (22–4) Tanner (9–10) — — 51–5 1–0 May 8 3:00 p.m. vs. (5) Kansas (1) No. 3 Devon Parkklahoma City, OK 14–0 (5) Terry (22–1) Claire (0–1) — — 52–5 2–0 May 9 11:00 a.m. vs. (6) No. 24 Arizona State (1) No. 3 Devon ParkOklahoma City, OK 0–4 Brown (15–6) Canady (22–5) — 2,065 52–6 2–1 : 3–0 Date Time Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Regional record May 15 3:30 p.m. vs. Marist No. 4 Tracy Sellers FieldLubbock, TX 10–3 Terry (23–1) Metzger (12–4) 2,122 53–6 1–0 May 16 2:00 p.m. vs. Ole Miss No. 4 Tracy Sellers FieldLubbock, TX 10–9 (8) Canady (23–5) Aycock (13–10) — — 54–6 2–0 May 17 3:00 p.m. vs. Ole Miss No. 4 Tracy Sellers FieldLubbock, TX 14–2 (5) Terry (24–1) Boyer (12–14) — 2,229 55–6 3–0