OKLAHOMA CITY — Katie Stewart’s go-ahead three-run homer in the sixth inning lifted reigning national champion Texas to a 3-1 comeback win over Nebraska in an elimination game Sunday at the Women’s College World Series.
Held without a hit and trailing 1-0 through five innings at Devon Park, the second-seeded Longhorns rallied in the sixth with one-out singles by Jaycie Nichols and Kayden Henry followed by Stewart’s 250-foot blast toward the left-field line.
It was the junior’s eighth go-ahead home run this season and the 28th of her career.
Texas (49-12) advances to the national semifinals against seventh-seeded Tennessee for an all-Southeastern Conference matchup Monday, but the Longhorns will have to win twice in order to advance to the best-of-three WCWS finals. Tennessee defeated Texas 6-3 in the first round Thursday.
Fourth-seeded Nebraska (52-8), the Big Ten champion, was eliminated.