2025 Texas Tech Red Raiders softball team

2025 Texas Tech Red Raiders softball
Big 12 regular-season champion Big 12 tournament champion NCAA Lubbock Regional champion NCAA Tallahassee Super Regional champion
Women's College World Series, runner-up
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
Record	54–14 (20–4 Big 12)
Head coach	Gerry Glasco (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Hunter Veach (1st season) Kayla Kowalik (1st season)
Pitching coach	Tara Archibald (1st season)
Home stadium	Rocky Johnson Field
Seasons ← 2024 2026 →

2025 Big 12 Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 10 Texas Tech  ‍†‍‡‍y	20	–	4	–	0		.833			54	–	14	–	0		.794
No. 12 Arizona  ‍‍‍y	17	–	7	–	0		.708			48	–	13	–	0		.787
Iowa State  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			31	–	23	–	0		.574
No. 24 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍y	13	–	9	–	0		.591			35	–	20	–	0		.636
Arizona State  ‍‍‍y	14	–	10	–	0		.583			35	–	21	–	0		.625
BYU  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			32	–	17	–	0		.653
UCF  ‍‍‍y	12	–	12	–	0		.500			35	–	24	–	1		.592
Baylor  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			27	–	27	–	0		.500
Kansas  ‍‍‍	6	–	18	–	0		.250			22	–	28	–	0		.440
Utah  ‍‍‍	5	–	19	–	0		.208			13	–	40	–	0		.245
Houston  ‍‍‍	4	–	18	–	0		.182			22	–	25	–	0		.468
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 6, 2025 [1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

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, ^[2] 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. ^[3] 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. ^[4] 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. ^[5] 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. ^[6]

In the WCWS, the Red Raiders defeated Ole Miss in game 1 and UCLA in game 2 to advance to the semifinals. ^{[7] [8]} 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. ^{[9] [10]} Texas defeated the Red Raiders in three games during the finals. ^[11]

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. ^[12]

Big 12 preseason poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
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 at Texas 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: 54–14
Regular season: 42–12
February: 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 Complex Clearwater, 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 Complex Clearwater, FL L 1–3 (8) Chaffin (1–0) Canady (1–1) — N/A 1–1 — February 7 7:00 p.m. vs. Penn State* No. 13 Eddie C. Moore Complex Clearwater, 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 Complex Clearwater, 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 Complex Clearwater, FL W 11–0 (5) Canady (2–1) Ojo (0–1) — N/A 4–1 — February 9 12:00 p.m. vs. Kennesaw State* No. 13 Eddie C. Moore Complex Clearwater, 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 Field Austin, TX W 17–4 (5) Lincoln (1–0) Bolton (1–1) — 178 6–1 — February 14 6:30 p.m. at No. 1 Texas* No. 11 McCombs Field Austin, TX L 1–2 (9) Kavan (3–0) Canady (3–2) — 892 6–2 — February 15 11:00 a.m. vs. UMass* No. 11 McCombs Field Austin, TX W 3–0 Lincoln (2–0) Horton (1–2) — 78 7–2 — February 15 1:30 p.m. vs. Maryland* No. 11 McCombs Field Austin, 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 Field Austin, TX L 0–11 (5) Kavan (4–0) Lincoln (2–1) — 1,238 8–3 — February 21 1:00 p.m. Detroit Mercy* No. 12 Rocky Johnson Field Lubbock, 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 Field Lubbock, TX W 20–0 (5) Riassetto (1–0) Keown (0–3) — 660 10–3 — February 22 12:00 p.m. UIC* No. 12 Rocky Johnson Field Lubbock, TX W 15–6 (5) Lincoln (3–1) Whorley (2–3) — 883 11–3 — February 22 2:30 p.m. Indiana* No. 12 Rocky Johnson Field Lubbock, TX W 8–0 (5) Canady (5–2) Copeland (1–2) — 883 12–3 — February 23 11:30 a.m. Indiana* No. 12 Rocky Johnson Field Lubbock, TX W 7–2 Canady (6–2) Reyes (3–1) — 867 13–3 — February 23 2:00 p.m. UTEP* No. 12 Rocky Johnson Field Lubbock, 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 Field Lubbock, 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 Stadium Denton, 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 Diamond College 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 Diamond College 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 Diamond College 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 Diamond College 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 Diamond College 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 Field Lubbock, TX W 9–0 (5) 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 Field Lubbock, 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 Field Lubbock, TX L 1–10 (5) Meylan (9–1) Canady (8–3) — 1,202 20–7 2–1 March 14 6:30 p.m. at Baylor No. 14 Getterman Stadium Waco, 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 Stadium Waco, 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 Stadium Waco, 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 Field Columbia, 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 Field Columbia, 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 Field Columbia, 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 Ballpark Lawrence, KS W 9–0 (5) Canady (11–4) Ludwig (3–4) — 1,249 25–9 6–1 March 29 2:00 p.m. at Kansas No. 14 Arrocha Ballpark Lawrence, 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 Ballpark Lawrence, 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 Field Abilene, 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 Field Lubbock, TX W 9–1 (5) Canady (13–4) Carreon (3–6) — 1,394 29–9 9–1 April 4 4:30 p.m. Utah No. 14 Rocky Johnson Field Lubbock, 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 Field Lubbock, 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 Field Lubbock, 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 Field Lubbock, 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 Field Lubbock, 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 Stadium Tucson, 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 Stadium Tucson, AZ W 10–1 (5) 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 Stadium Tucson, 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 Field Lubbock, TX Canceled [13] April 23 5:00 p.m. UT Arlington* No. 11 Rocky Johnson Field Lubbock, TX W 12–3 (5) Lincoln (8–2) Gutierrez (4–4) — 712 37–10 — April 26 3:00 p.m. Arizona State No. 11 Rocky Johnson Field Lubbock, TX W 9–0 (5) Canady (20–5) Lauppe (9–7) — 2,122 38–10 17–2 April 26 5:30 p.m. Arizona State No. 11 Rocky Johnson Field Lubbock, 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 Field Lubbock, 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 Field Lubbock, TX W 9–0 (5) 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 Field Provo, 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 Field Provo, 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 Field Provo, UT W 2–1 Canady (23–5) Korth (15–6) — 1,608 42–12 20–4
Post–season: 12–2
Big 12 Tournament: 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 Park Oklahoma 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 Park Oklahoma City, OK W 18–0 (5) 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 Park Oklahoma City, OK W 4–0 Canady (26–5) Maddox (3–2) — N/A 45–12 3–0
Lubbock Regional: 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 Field Lubbock, 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 Field Lubbock, TX W 10–1 (6) 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 Field Lubbock, TX W 9–6 Canady (28–5) Chaffin (23–10) Riasetto (3) 2,178 48–12 3–0
Tallahassee Super Regional: 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 Field Tallahassee, 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 Field Tallahassee, FL W 2–1 Canady (30–5) Apsel (12–2) — 1,396 50–12 2–0
Women's College World Series: 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 Park Oklahoma 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 Park Oklahoma 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 Park Oklahoma 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 Park Oklahoma 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 Park Oklahoma 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 Park Oklahoma City, OK L 4–10 Kavan (28–5) Canady (34–7) — 12,269 54–14 4–2
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Canceled Bold = Texas Tech team member

* indicates a non-conference game. All rankings from NFCA on the date of the contest. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in central time.

Rankings

Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I softball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
NFCA / USA Today	13	11	12	13	16	14	12	14	14	14	14	11	11	11	10
Softball America	9	8	13	14	16	12	12	13	14	14	14	11	10	9	9
ESPN.com/USA Softball	10	8	12	13	15	12	12	13	14	14	14	12	11	11	10
D1Softball	13	11	14	15	18	11	11	16	14	14	14	11	9	9	9

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