The Knights, who rallied five times against the Wolverines, will face top-seeded Texas in the regional final on Sunday.

Michigan threatened again when Michigan's top two offensive weapons, Conway and Putz, worked their way aboard via single and walk. Vega, charged with all three runs allowed in the sixth inning Friday, induced a pair of infield popups and a harmless flyout to center to escape with the lead.

Texas softball pitcher Teagan Kavan hasn't looked like herself in her past few outings. Oklahoma rattled the Longhorns ace last month, recording 12 hits and 14 runs in just a little more than four innings pitched over two games.

Texas added three more homers, upping its postseason total to nine, to send the UCF Knights home in the NCAA softball tournament.

UCF softball pitcher Isabella Vega became the third Knight to earn All-American status after she was named Freshman All-American by Softball America on Tuesday. Vega, a redshirt freshman, is one of 18 players to earn the status.

Texas softball only needs a win Sunday over UCF to secure its spot in the NCAA super regionals for the sixth consecutive season.

U-M’s NCAA tournament run under third-year coach Bonnie Stoll came to an end with a disastrous fourth and fifth innings in which Hoehn gave up a combined seven runs in the rematch with UCF, falling 10-8 at McCombs Field in Austin, Texas, in the Austin regional. That followed a 16-4 loss to Texas in which U-M was run-ruled by the overall 6-seed.

The UCF Knights will field a largely new football team under Scott Frost in 2025. Here is The News-Journal's post-spring camp depth chart prediction.