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How To Watch: No. 7 Tennessee vs. No. 9 UCLA in Women's College World Series

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(SARAH PHIPPS/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images) Tennessee's Gabby Leach (55) celebrates a triple with coach Karen Weekly in the first inning the Women's College World Series softball game between the Florida Gators and the Tennessee Volunteers at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, Friday, May, 30, 2025.

Tennessee’s softball season is on the line again Sunday as the seventh-seeded Lady Vols face No. 9 UCLA in an elimination game in the Women’s College World Series at Devon Park in Oklahoma City. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. Eastern Time on ABC.

Tennessee (46-16) used a seven-run first inning to jump on No. 3 Florida in an 11-3 win Friday night, keeping the season alive after a heartbreaking 4-3 loss to No. 2 Oklahoma on Thursday afternoon. 

UCLA (55-12) lost 3-1 to No. 12 Texas Tech on Saturday night, after the Bruins beat No. 16 Oregon on Thursday. 

How To Watch: No. 7 Tennessee vs. No. 9 UCLA

Start Time: Sunday, 3 p.m. Eastern Time

TV: ABC

Streaming: ESPN+

Radio: WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville. The Vol Network radio broadcast can be heard on local affiliates across the state of Tennessee.

Women’s College World Series Bracket

The Tennessee-UCLA winner will advance to face No. 6 Texas on Monday at Noon ET on ESPN. The Longhorns beat the Sooners 4-2 Saturday afternoon. 

Oklahoma will face Oregon at 7 p.m. ET Sunday on ESPN2, with the winner advancing to face Texas Tech on Monday at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN. 

The Lady Vols would have to beat UCLA on Sunday, then beat Texas twice in the double-elimination format on Monday to advance to the championship series. The Oregon-Oklahoma winner on Monday would have to beat Texas Tech twice on Monday to advance to WCWS final.

The best-of-three championship series is set for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, with each game starting at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN. 

Tennessee had a 3-1 lead over Oklahoma entering the seventh inning on Thursday, but the Sooners rallied to win 4-3 on a three-run walk-off home run. The Lady Vols bounced back in a big way with the seven-run first inning against Florida, leading to a run-rule win in five innings.

Tennessee’s Women’s College World Series history

Tennessee is in the Women’s College World Series for the ninth time and is still looking for its first national championship. The Lady Vols have finished runner-up twice, in 2007 and 2013. 

Oklahoma beat the Lady Vols twice in the 2013 championship series to win the title and Arizona won in three games for the 2007 national title.

Tennessee beat Alabama 10-5 to start the Women’s College World Series in 2023, then lost 9-0 to Oklahoma. The Lady Vols beat Oklahoma State, but were then eliminated in a 5-1 loss to Florida State.

Last season Tennessee lost in three games to Alabama in the Knoxville Super Regional, finishing one win short of another WCWS trip.

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