“Oh my God!” Goode screamed as she rounded second base following the biggest hit in Texas softball history. She may not have known it at the time but her three-run homer against Tech's NiJa Canady — the most feared pitcher in America — served as the early kill shot in the national championship game of the Women's College World Series.

Gerry Glasco is already thinking about how to make the Texas Tech softball team even better, because he owes it to the seniors to keep building.