Tennessee softball is two wins away from making an appearance in its third-ever Women's College World Series championship series.

The 7-seed Lady Vols, on the path to their first-ever national title, have 6-seed Texas standing in their way. Tennessee will need to win two straight games on Monday afternoon to advance, with one loss ending its season.

Here's what you need to know.

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The first game between Tennessee and Texas will begin at noon ET. The game will air on ESPN from Oklahoma City.

If the Lady Vols win the first game, the second game is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. ET, but is subject to change depending on the length of the opener. That game will air on ESPN, as well.

The other side of the bracket is between 12-seed Texas Tech and 2-seed Oklahoma. The Sooners will need to win two-straight to advance. The first of their games is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.

In April, Tennessee went on the road and took two of three against what was then top-ranked Texas.

Here's what happened.

April 11: Texas 3, Tennessee 0

Tennessee dropped game one of the series without producing a run. This put the Lady Vols in a hole after the opener on Friday that it would need to win two-straight to climb out of.

At the plate, Tennessee had chances to score. It recorded a pair of hits via Kinsey Fielder and Taylor Pannell singles and drew five walks. Despite this, the Lady Vols were never able to cross home. This came with six runners left on base.

In the circle, Karlyn Pickens got the ball but was pulled after one inning. She walked one, struck out two and allowed no runs. In relief, Erin Nuwer, Peyton Tanner and Sage Mardjetko got the ball. Nuwer allowed all three runs and was handed the loss.

PLAYER OF THE GAME: Taylor Pannell - 1 AB, 1 H, 2 BB

April 12: Tennessee 3, Texas 1

Tennessee got its first runs of the series in the top of the first of game two. The Lady Vols produced a pair of runs to take a lead it didn't surrender.

This came off a McKenna Gibson two-run shot to left-center field. Tennessee also put up another run in the seventh off a Gabby Leach single. This was Leach's second hit of the game.

In the circle, Pickens got the ball. She threw a complete game while allowing just one run and grabbing her 16th win of the year.

PLAYER OF THE GAME: Karlyn Pickens - 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 8 K, 109 NP

April 13: Tennessee 4, Texas 1

Another dominant day in the circle helped Tennessee earn the series win. Texas got its only run of the game in the first inning before the Lady Vols slammed the door closed.

Pickens threw another complete game to earn the win. She allowed just one run on six hits while striking out 10. She earned win No. 17 on the year.

The best day at the plate came from Gibson. She finished with three hits in three at-bats for a trio of RBI. This included a double and sac-fly.

PLAYER OF THE GAME: Karlyn Pickens - 7.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 10 K, 1 HBP, 112 NP

Record: 53-11 (16-8 SEC)

WCWS results: Win over Florida 3-0, win over Oklahoma 4-2

Series history: 7-7

Pitcher to know: Teagan Kavan - 189.1 IP, 2.40 ERA, 26-5, 3 SV

Hitter to know: Mia Scott - .443 AVG, 8 HR, 65 R, 55 RBI

Oklahoma 4, Tennessee 3

Tennessee softball was just an out away from opening the 2025 Women's College World Series with a win over four-time defending champion Oklahoma.

Instead, the Lady Vols suffered a three-run walk-off homer off the bat of Ella Parker with two outs in the bottom of the seventh. Tennessee lost 4-3 due to the swing.

This pushes the Lady Vols into the loser's bracket of the WCWS. 90% of national champions have won their opening game of the event in past tournaments.

It was a battle between two of the best pitchers in the country. For the Lady Vols, Karlyn Pickens, the two-time SEC Pitcher of the Year, got the ball. Pickens went the entire game while only allowing one run until the final swing. She struck out eight batters while giving up five hits and two home runs. She walked four.

Oklahoma got both of its runs off the bat of Parker. She hit a solo shot in the first and three-run shot in the seventh to win the game.

For the Sooners, Sam Landry was in the circle. She went the distance, as well, allowing eight hits and one earned run. She walked four and struck out just two batters. It took Landry 139 pitches to get through the seven frames.

Tennessee got its runs early. The Lady Vols plated two off a passed ball and sac-fly in the first. Then, it took advantage of an error in left field to score Ella Dodge all the way from first in what should have ended the inning.

Tennessee 11, Florida 3

That was certainly a way for Tennessee softball to respond to a dramatic loss to Oklahoma to open the Women's College World Series.

Following a walk-off loss to the Sooners down to their final out a day ago, the Lady Vols blew past Florida 11-3 in five innings to keep their season alive.

Seven of the runs in the game were scored in the first inning as UT took a commanding lead.

It was Karlyn Pickens who got the ball for Tennessee to start in the circle. She went one inning while not allowing a hit and striking out two. With the lead already built up, the ball was handed off to Sage Mardjetko.

Marjetko went two innings while allowing three runs on back-to-back shots. She gave up two hits and struck out one. Erin Nuwer got the ball from there and went two innings while allowing just one hit and striking out two.

At the plate, home runs for Tennessee were hit by Sophia Nugent and McKenna Gibson in back-to-back fashion. The Lady Vols' 11 runs were the most they've scored in a WCWS game in program history.

Tennessee 5, UCLA 4 (9 innings)

Tennessee softball is moving on in the Women's College World Series in bizarre fashion.

With the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, Laura Mealer provided a single to left field to push the Lady Vols to a 5-4 win over UCLA.

It maybe shouldn't have gotten to this point in the first place, though. In the top of the seventh, it appeared the Bruins had tied the game thanks to a two-run home run off the bat of Megan Grant.

However, Grant missed home plate and was pulled back to step on it by a teammate after celebrating. After review, the umpire admitted the runner missed the plate and was assisted, but it was not a reviewable play and the run stood.

Prior to the chaos, Tennessee took its two-run lead with a Taylor Pannell home run in the fifth. Its other two runs came off the bat of Mealer in the top of the first.

Pannell finished with three hits, including a home run and a ninth-inning double. Mealer notched two hits and three RBI.

It was Karlyn Pickens who got the ball in the circle for the Lady Vols. She pitched the entire game while allowing just four runs on 11 hits. She walked four and struck out seven, as well.

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