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Texas softball riding star’s wild lady-bug-eating superstition all the way to NCAA final

Nypost · · 312 words · By Christian Arnold
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What to know about Texas softball riding star’s wild lady-bug-eating superstition all the way to NCAA final

Texas Longhorns softball star Hannah Wells is definitely a little superstitious.

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What happened

Texas Longhorns softball star Hannah Wells is definitely a little superstitious.

Why it matters

So much so that Wells kept “a cute and weird superstition” of eating a ladybug every time she saw one since she was a child, ESPN’s Holly Rowe first reported on the broadcast of their 5-2 win over Tennessee in the Women’s College World Series on Monday.

Common ground

“I have some sources in the Texas dugout who have given me an incredible story on Hannah Wells,” Rowe revealed during the broadcast.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Wells had two hits and drove in two runs when she hit a single off the center field wall in game one”
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Multiple sources confirm Wells had two hits and two RBIs in the first game against Tennessee.
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Claim 2: “Wells has had a good freshman season for Texas, with a .296 batting average and 15 home runs in 142 at-bats”
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Two sources confirm the specific stats: .296 batting average and 15 home runs in 142 at-bats.
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 26, 2020 ... (Scoring rule is a player must have two at-bats times the number of games played by the team. This week it is 20 at-bats.) The tops in RBIs is ...
https://www.facebook.com/KTREnews/posts/so-far-this-year-the…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... Wells has had a good freshman season for Texas, with a .296 batting average and 15 home runs in 142 at-bats. On the mound, she is 6-3 on the ...
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/texas-softball-riding-star…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 21, 2026 ... HANNAH HUNTS HOMERS. • Texas freshman RHP/DP Hannah Wells broke the program's freshman home run record after hitting her 14th in Texas' 9-1. (5 ...
https://texaslonghorns.com/documents/download/2026/5/21/Aust…
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Claim 3: “ESPN’s Holly Rowe first reported on the broadcast of their 5-2 win over Tennessee in the Women’s College World Series on Monday”
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Multiple sources confirm that ESPN's Holly Rowe reported this superstition during the broadcast of the game against Tennessee on Monday (June 1, 2026).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game was the final game of the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. It determined the national champion for the 2022–23 NCAA Div…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On March 1, 2026, a mass shooting occurred at Buford's Backyard Beer Garden on West Sixth Street in downtown Austin, Texas, United States. The perpetrator, 53-year-old naturalized US citizen, Ndiaga D…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following are notable people who were either born, raised or have lived for a significant period of time in the U.S. state of Texas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Texas
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Claim 4: “The Longhorns swept the semifinal doubleheader against the Volunteers to come out of the losers’ bracket to reach the championship series”
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Multiple sources (Instagram, Facebook, and a news article) confirm Texas swept the semifinal doubleheader against Tennessee to advance from the losers' bracket to the championship series.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Texas Longhorns football team will represent the University of Texas at Austin as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2026 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Texas Longhorns softball team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2026 NCAA Division I softball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Red and Charline McCombs…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Texas_Longhorns_softball_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Texas Longhorns are the athletic teams representing the University of Texas at Austin. The teams are sometimes referred to as the Horns and take their name from Longhorn cattle that were an import…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Longhorns
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Claim 5: “will now face the winner of Alabama and Texas Tech”
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Claim 6: “at the SEC tournament in Kentucky, she had a nice home run and she had ingested a ladybug before that”
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Two separate web search results explicitly quote the detail that Wells ingested a ladybug before hitting a home run at the SEC tournament in Kentucky.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Texas Longhorns softball team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2026 NCAA Division I softball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Red and Charline McCombs…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Texas_Longhorns_softball_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hannah More (2 February 1745 – 7 September 1833) was an English writer, philanthropist, poet and playwright. She was active the circles of Samuel Johnson, Joshua Reynolds and David Garrick and wrote o…
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Claim 7: “Texas advanced to its third-straight Women’s College World Series Championship Series”
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While evidence confirms Texas reached the championship series in 2026, there is no evidence provided to confirm this is the third consecutive year.
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Claim 8: “Wells kept “a cute and weird superstition” of eating a ladybug every time she saw one since she was a child”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Hannah Wells has a childhood superstition of eating ladybugs for good luck.
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web search NEUTRAL — Texas Longhorns softball star Hannah Wells has a unique superstition of eating ladybugs for good luck, a habit dating back to her childhood days.
https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/college-softball-star…
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web search NEUTRAL — "She has a superstition dating back to childhood that if she sees a ladybug, she eats it for good luck. Swallows it whole," Rowe said on the ESPN broadcast.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/softball/2026/…
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web search NEUTRAL — "She has a superstition dating back to childhood that if she sees a ladybug, she eats it for good luck. Swallows it whole." Hannah Wells and ladybugs Credit: USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect.
https://awfulannouncing.com/ncaa/holly-rowe-texas-softball-p…
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Claim 9: “On the mound, she is 6-3 on the season with 39 strikeouts”
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The pitching record (6-3 with 39 strikeouts) is mentioned in one web search result, but not corroborated by others.
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Claim 10: “In the second game, she recorded another two hits for the Longhorns”
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The provided evidence discusses the games against Tennessee but does not specifically confirm that Wells recorded exactly two hits in the second game; one source mentions a 'rubber match' but not her specific stats for that game.
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web search NEUTRAL — LIVE UPDATES: Texas forces game two against Tennessee in WCWS Semifinals.Tennessee beat Texas in the opening round of the Women’s College World Series on Thursday, so this will be the third time these…
https://www.wvlt.tv/2026/06/01/live-updates-texas-forces-gam…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hannah Wells is the main protagonist in the Prime Video original series, Off Campus. She is portrayed by Ella Bright. A music composition major with straight-A smarts and sharp humor who's crushing on…
https://offcampus.fandom.com/wiki/Hannah_Wells
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web search NEUTRAL — No. 15 Tennessee (2-0) defeated Nicholls (0-2), 5-1, on Saturday in the second contest of a three-game series at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Tennessee clinched a series win against the Colonels. Landon Ma…
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/blaine-brown-hits-two-home…
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Claim 11: “Wells herself confirmed it after the game in a video posted by the NCAA’s official softball account on X”
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Only one specific source mentions that Wells confirmed the superstition in a video posted by the NCAA's official softball account on X.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NCAA Division I Softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 2026…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NCAA_Division_I_softball_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hannah England (born 6 March 1987) is a British middle-distance running athlete who specialised in the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run. At 1500 m, she is the 2011 World Championship silver medall…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_England
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hannah Grace Hidalgo (born February 22, 2005) is an American college basketball player for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). She attended Paul VI High School in Had…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Hidalgo
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