Texas reached the Mid-Season Tournament quarterfinals for the third consecutive year before running into top-seeded St. Louis.
Every franchise in the league in one building, single elimination, no margin. The Mid-Season Tournament is the least forgiving weekend on the calendar, and for the third year running the Ranchers were still playing on the final day.
The run ended against the St. Louis Shock, the tournament’s first seed and the team that has set the pace in 2026. It was the matchup nobody wanted this early, and it went the way the bracket suggested it would.
Three straight quarterfinals says something that a single result cannot: this is a program that shows up when the format is at its harshest. Texas leaves Grand Rapids with the postseason firmly in view.
