Great Scott: No. 3/5 Softball sails into semifinals of SEC Tournament with walk-off double

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Great Scott: No. 3/5 Softball sails into semifinals of SEC Tournament with walk-off double

05.08.2025 | Softball

Box Score

Mia Scott drives in Ashton Maloney in the bottom of the seventh for 46th win on season

By: Chris Allen Brown

ATHENS, Ga. – The third matchup of Thursday's quarterfinal round of the 2025 SEC Softball Tournament began with Texas scoring a first inning run and ended with the Longhorns scoring a seventh inning run as the first-year conference member earned a 7-6 victory over Ole Miss to advance to the tournament's semifinals on Friday afternoon.

Reese Atwood, Katie Stewart and Joley Mitchell all produced run-scoring plate appearances during the bottom of the first that saw the Texas offense send nine to the plate and take a 4-0 lead courtesy of three walks and three base hits.

The four-run lead stood until the top of the fourth, when Ole Miss (37-17) plated a single run.

The Longhorns responded with a pair in the bottom half of the frame as a result of a two-run home run off the bat of Kayden Henry. But Ole Miss answered right back with five runs in the top of the fifth to tie the game.

Once out of the fifth, Citlaly Gutierrez (10-1) threw 11 pitches to retire six consecutive Rebel batters during the sixth and seventh innings.

Gutierrez keeping Ole Miss out of the run column allowed Texas opportunities to re-take the lead.

And it took a two-out rally in the bottom of the seventh to make it happen.

With two outs, Ashton Maloney sent the first pitch of her two-out at bat back up the middle for an infield single. A defensive miscue by Ole Miss' second baseman on a grounder by Kayden Henry kept the inning alive for Mia Scott.

Scott, with a 3-2 count after fouling off the fifth pitch of her plate appearance, send the sixth pitch well over the Rebel's centerfield for a game-ending double that scored Maloney from second.

FROM HEAD COACH MIKE WHITE

"First of all, I want to thank Georgia for hosting the tournament. I know there's a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes, the preparation, and too many people to thank. There's a decent crowd today. You know, the Ole Miss game today was an incredible level of emotions. Definitely a roller coaster. You're up and you think you have got everything in hand and then they keep fighting and keep fighting and you've got to tip your hat to them. They played tremendously well, especially in the field with some late plays there. But our team, you know, just had a good fight and come back to be able to take advantage of the situation."

FROM SOPHOMORE KAYDEN HENRY

"You get punched in the mouth, and it is adversity at that point, but it's being able to make those adjustments, trust each other and making sure to do what we can on the field and at the point to be able to push through and get the win that we need."

GAME NOTES

By earning the victory on Thursday night, Texas has now won its last five consecutive matchups against Ole Miss.
- Longhorn seventh-year head coach Mike White has not lost to the Rebels (5-0) since taking over at the helm of the Texas softball program.
By scoring four runs in the bottom of the first inning, Texas scored at least one run in the first inning of back-to-back games for the first time since April 5-6, 2025, when the Longhorns had back-to-back four-run first innings at Missouri.
As a result of her game-ending double to score Ashton Maloney from second base, Mia Scott passed Taylor Thom (2011-14) for second place on the program's career RBI list.
- Scott (179) trails only Reese Atwood (202) on the list.
Thursday's game marked the first time Mia Scott has been credited with multiple doubles in a same game since March 21, 2025, when the senior hit two in three trips to the dish against Auburn in Austin.
With the win, Texas has now won at least one game in a postseason conference tournament for the fifth consecutive season.

UP NEXT

With the win, Texas (46-9) advances into the semifinals of the SEC Softball Tournament will play at 5:35 p.m. CT / 6:35 p.m. ET on Friday, May 9 against the winner of sixth-seeded South Carolina and second-seeded Texas A&M.

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