#4 Texas Sweeps Kentucky, Wildcats Close Regular Season
LEXINGTON, Ky. – No. 4 Texas beat Kentucky 11-2 in six innings Sunday as the Kentucky Softball team ended its regular season. Kentucky is now 26-28 and finishes league play with a 1-23 overall record.
The 2026 SEC Softball Tournament will begin Tuesday, May 3. Kentucky will be the No. 15 seed in the tournament and will play Tuesday against the No. 10 seed. All 14 other SEC teams will play their final league series next weekend before the bracket is formally announced next Sunday night by the SEC office.
Texas improves to 38-8 with Sunday’s run-rule win and is 15-6 in the SEC, needing two wins next weekend to secure a top-4 seed at the 2026 SEC Tournament.
Run Recap
Texas used the first of three UK errors in the top of the first inning to jet out to a 1-0 lead. UT 1, UK 0
Allie Blum hit UK’s second HR of the weekend off of Teagan Kavan in the bottom of the first inning to left-center field to tie the game. UK 1, TEX 1
Texas then took advantage of two UK errors to score five unearned runs, all with two outs, to take a five-run lead in the top of the third. TEX 6, UK 1
Kentucky scored a run as Carly Sleeman led off the bottom of the fifth with a double and scored on an Allie Blum single into left. TEX 7, UK 2
Texas scored four times in the sixth on five hits. FINAL – Texas 11, Kentucky 2
Key Player
Kentucky’s key player was Allie Blum who went 3-for-3 at the plate with a run and two RBI.
Key Moment
Kentucky’s three errors were the key moments of the game as they led directly to six unearned runs scored by Texas.
Key Stat
- All four available pitchers for Kentucky pitched in the game.
Pitching Recap
McKenzie Oslanzi started the game and went the opening 2.2 innings with no earned runs and was relieved by Abby Hammond. Hailey Nutter then entered to throw one inning and Sarah Haendiges threw the final two outs on five pitches.
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