Latina Throws No-Hitter as Texas Heads to World Series

By Christian Corona, The Daily Texan

Last year, Texas had to watch another team celebrate on their home turf. Blaire Luna made sure that wouldn’t happen this year.

The senior All-American tossed her eighth career no-hitter – her fourth this season and the first she’s ever thrown in the postseason – as Texas beat Florida State, 4-0, Sunday afternoon at McCombs Field to clinch a berth in the Women’s College World Series for the first time since 2006.

The Longhorns, a year removed from a heartbreaking loss to Oregon in last season’s Super Regional series, will be going to the WCWS for the fifth time in program history.

“It’s a whole lot better feeling than the last couple years,” head coach Connie Clark said. “Certainly there is a sense of relief to get that monkey back being so darn close the last couple years, feeling that the talent was there but coming up short. It’s been a while since we’ve taken a team to the World Series. We’re going to enjoy every single moment.”

Luna was not at her best in Saturday night’s win over the Seminoles, the first game of the best-of-three series, striking out 10 but walking five in a 3-2 come-from-behind victory. But she was sharp Sunday, striking out 13 and walking only one over seven innings, holding Florida State (44-19) hitless the whole way.

“It’s weird because in my warm-up, I didn’t feel that good,” Luna said. “They really take their hacks. The majority of them just swing for the fence. I was just trying to get them to keep it in the park. I was a little bit nervous about keeping them off balance…”

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