Texas Tech softball coach Gerry Glasco said he wanted his players to know two things when the Red Raiders' season ended Friday, June 6 at the Women's College World Series : They made him proud, and he loved them.

Texas Tech fans got to show them the same the next day. About 600 fans turned out for a welcome-home event Saturday, June 7, at Rocky Johnson Field.

With Glasco at a lectern on the infield and his players seated behind him, the Tech coach told the crowd he was proud of and loved them, too. They all witnessed the program's first run to the WCWS, where the Red Raiders finished one victory away from a national championship. Texas beat Tech 10-4 in the deciding game of a best-of-three series in Oklahoma City.

Glasco said one of his first priorities when he arrived last June

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