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What’s an NCAA softball tournament without a weather delay?
Just four pitches into the second game of the 2025 Super Regionals, there is a weather delay in the matchup between No. 6 Texas and No. 11 Clemson at Red & Charline McCombs Field in Austin, Texas.
Clemson’s Alex Brown led off the game with a single and Maddie Moore fell behind 0-2 before lightning struck within eight miles of the stadium, causing the umpires to have to call a lightning delay. The game cannot start until at least 30 minutes following the last lightning strike.
Here’s the latest on the weather updates from Texas-Clemson from the Austin Super Regional:
Texas-Clemson weather updates
All times Eastern.
10:40 p.m.: The Texas-Clemson matchup in the Austin Super Regional has restarted at 10:41 p.m. ET. The delay was 1 hour and 31 minutes.
10:29 p.m.: A restart time of 10:40-10:45 p.m. ET is set for the Texas-Clemson game in the Austin Super Regional. The teams returned to the field at 10:30 p.m. to begin warmups.
10:03 p.m.: No new time has been set for a restart. Lightning remains in the area.
9:39 p.m.: Another lightning strike, reset the clock and add 30 more minutes.
9:21 p.m.: Texas’ softball social media tweeted out that there was another lightning strike at 9:21, meaning the clock resets to 30 minutes from the strike.
9:07 p.m.: The Texas-Clemson matchup in the Austin Super Regional has entered a weather delay just four pitches into the game.
