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The second-ranked Texas Longhorns softball team swept the Austin Super Regional and clinched a trip to the Women’s College World Series with a 5-0 win over Arizona State on Sunday. But the win was overshadowed by an explicitly hot mic moment.
ESPN’s microphones picked up an unidentified person whispering obscenities after Texas pitcher Teagan Kavan took a 1-0 lead against the opposing batter.
However, the remark did not seem to distract play-by-play announcer Kevin Brown, who continued the broadcast without acknowledging it.
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A general view of Red & Charline McCombs Field in Austin, Texas before the SEC college softball game between the Texas Longhorns and Tennessee Volunteers on April 12, 2025. (David Buono/Icon Sportswire)
“You get to compete for national championships as an assistant and then they send you away,” Brown said while discussing Arizona State manager Megan Bartlett’s track record of developing assistants.
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Sunday’s moment was just one of several surprising developments leading up to the tournament.
An Arizona State Sun Devils softball helmet is displayed during a college softball game between the CSUN Matadors and the Arizona State Sun Devils at Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium in Tempe, Arizona on February 10, 2019. (Jacob Snow/Icon Sportswire)
A party involving former NBA star Jason Williams and his daughter, Mia, led to Williams’ ejection during Texas Tech’s game against Florida over the weekend.
Mia hit a two-run homer to help push the Red Raider past the Gators, her former team, last Friday.
NCAA signs are displayed before the Division II women’s softball championship game between the UT Tyler Patriots and the Western Washington Vikings at Boombah-Soldiers Creek Park in Longwood, Fla., on May 25, 2024. (Tyler Schank/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
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Texas will host the Tennessee Volunteers on Thursday in the double-elimination round of the Women’s College World Series.
