In his second season as the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders, and in his second trip to the Women’s College World Series as the head coach of the Texas Tech softball team, Gerry Glasco sure seems thankful for the way college softball fans are showing up in Oklahoma City.
At 11 a.m. on a Thursday, in a game that didn’t feature either of the prominent in-state teams (because neither the Oklahoma State Cowgirls or the Oklahoma Sooners made it to the Women’s College World Series this season), college softball fans were present in such a way that Glasco was impressed.
And he’s making sure that Texas Tech softball fans (and Mississippi State softball fans and anyone else who wanted to be present and enjoy college softball on its biggest stage) know how impressed he is.
“The venue was unbelievable, the crowd, like this was college softball,” Glasco said in his postgame press conference. “I know, a year where there’s no Oklahoma, there’s no Oklahoma State and it’s packed on the 11 a.m. game on Thursday morning.”
Texas Tech head coach Gerry Glasco sure seems thankful for the way fans have shown up at the 2026 Women’s College World Series
That’s a great thing to see. For this sport to have this kind of showing at that game during a time where a lot of people had work, it’s great to see for college softball.
Glasco agrees.
“The excitement coming in. You know, I’m 67-years-old, going on 68 real quick, and that was exciting for me,” Glasco explained. “All the young kids and the people screaming and hollering and high-fiving us and our team. It’s just why everybody dreams of playing here their whole life. If you’re a softball player or if you’re a coach, you just want to be out here and it never gets old.”
Texas Tech’s head coach then took a moment to make sure to credit the folks who helped make all of this possible. From a logistics and facilities standpoint, there’s a lot that goes into making an event like this happen.
“So, compliment to everyone that prepared to get this place ready to hold us here at the World Series and it was everything that you’d expect it to be and then some," Glasco stated.
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