17/13 BAYLOR - MAY 5-7 DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT TEXAS (29-20) #17/13 BAYLOR (39-10) Texas Classic, Austin, Texas Top Hitters by Avg
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Five Women’s College World Series Berths (1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013) • 17 NCAA Tournament Appearances • Four Big 12 Regular Season Titles 2017 SCHEDULE & RESULTS #17/13 BAYLOR - MAY 5-7 DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT TEXAS (29-20) #17/13 BAYLOR (39-10) Texas Classic, Austin, Texas Top Hitters by Avg. Top Hitters by Avg. Feb. 10 COLORADO STATE LHN W, 8-0 (5) 2017 Record 2017 Record Feb. 10 #16/14 MINNESOTA LHN L, 2-5 Taylor Ellsworth Lindsey Cargill 29-20, 6-8 Big 12 39-10, 11-4 Big 12 Feb. 11 #16/14 MINNESOTA LHN L, 6-11 (.416, 3 HR, 23 RBI) (.459, 0 HR, 13 RBI) Nat’l Rank: NR/NR Nat’l Rank: 17/13 Feb. 11 MARYLAND LHN W, 10-2 (6) Devon Tunning Kyla Walker Feb. 12 COLORADO STATE LHN W, 7-2 Batting Avg.: .287 Batting Avg.: .332 (.338, 5 HR, 22 RBI) (.407, 0 HR, 19 RBI) Runs Per Game: 4.9 Runs Per Game: 4.9 Randel Leahy Maddison Kettler Texas Invitational, Austin, Texas Team ERA: 2.06 Team ERA: 1.81 (.300, 1 HR, 24 RBI) (.369, 1 HR, 19 RBI) Feb. 16 INDIANA LHN W, 2-1 Hits: 384 Hits: 445 Feb. 17 LOUISIANA TECH LHN W, 6-5 26 Feb. 17 #RV/NR SOUTH CAROLINA LHN L, 4-9 HR’s: Top Pitcher (Inn.) HR’s: 29 Top Pitcher (Inn.) OBP: .371 OBP: .394 Feb. 18 INDIANA LHN W, 13-7 Erica Wright Kelsee Selman Feb. 18 LOUISIANA TECH LHN W, 9-2 Steals: 28-38 Steals: 100-128 (1.78 ERA, 6-5, (1.63 ERA, 19-7, Fld %: .968 Fld %: .967 Mary Nutter Classic, Cathedral City, Calif. 90.2 IP, 84 K’s) 167.0 IP, 159 K’s) Feb. 23 vs. #RV/RV Notre Dame FloSoftball.com W, 4-3 Feb. 23 vs. #20/22 Missouri FloSoftball.com W, 10-3 Feb. 24 vs. Bethune Cookman FloSoftball.com W, 9-1 BROADCAST INFORMATION Feb. 25 vs. #15/13 Tennessee FloSoftball.com W, 4-2 DAY - TIME (CT) NETWORK TALENT CREW Feb. 25 vs. #21/19 Arizona State FloSoftball.com L, 6-9 TV: Fri., May 5 (6 p.m.) FOX Sports Southwest John Morris (play-by-play) & Jordan Strickland (color) Feb. 26 vs. #8/7 Washington FloSoftball.com L, 2-7 Sat., May 6 (1 p.m.) FOX Sports Southwest Dave Barnett (play-by-play) & Tracy Warren (color) March 1 TEXAS STATE LHN L, 1-2 Sun., May 7 (1 p.m.) Longhorn Network Alex Loeb (play-by-play) & Megan Willis (color) March 3 at #6 Arizona Arizona Live-Stream 2 L, 0-3 RADIO: Will also be available through TexasSports.com with Andrew Haynes on the call. The radio broadcast can also be heard locally in Austin March 4 at #6 Arizona Arizona Live-Stream 2 L, 1-2 on 105.3 FM, The Bat as part of the Austin Radio Network supported by the flagship station of the Longhorns (104.9 FM, The Horn). March 5 at #6 Arizona Arizona Live-Stream 2 L, 2-4 March 8 UTSA LHN W, 7-2 QUICK HITS March 12 at #10/11 UCLA Pac-12 Network L, 2-3 l Texas leads its all-time series against Baylor by a total of 28-16, and is 15-5 at Red & Charline McCombs Field & 12-10 in Waco. March 14 at Loyola Marymount W, 8-2 The Lady Bears have won four of the last seven meetings, and the last two games, between the two programs with the last UT victory March 15 at Long Beach State W, 10-1 (6) coming in Austin back on May 10, 2015, by a score of 5-0. l The Longhorns enter this weekend’s series against the Lady Bears having registered a season-best four straight shutouts while not March 17 at #RV Cal State Fullerton Big West TV L, 2-3 (9) allowing a run over the last 28.1 innings of work dating back to the fifth inning of a 4-2 loss to Iowa State (April 23). Over that stretch, March 18 at #RV Cal State Fullerton (DH-1) Big West TV W, 10-1 (6) senior Tiarra Davis owns 7.0 shutout innings, redshirt sophomore Erica Wright possesses 13 shutout frames, sophomore Brooke March 18 at #RV Cal State Fullerton (DH-2) Big West TV W, 4-0 Bolinger has tossed 6.0 shutout innings (junior Paige von Sprecken owns 1.1 scoreless frame, while junior Kristen Clark has 1.0). The March 22 MCNEESE STATE LHN W, 4-0 last time Texas pitchers tossed four straight shutouts was from Feb. 16-22, 2013, while the last time UT hurlers twirled five consecutive March 24 at #NR/RV Oklahoma State* FOX Sports+ L, 0-1 shutouts was from Feb. 9-12, 2012. March 25 at #NR/RV Oklahoma State* FOX Sp. OK L, 1-2 l Junior catcher Randel Leahy has been one of Texas’ hottest hitters lately, leading the Longhorns over the last 10 games, dating back to April 14 at Texas Tech, with a .478 average (11-for-23) with five runs scored, five extra-base hits and nine RBIs with a 1.382 OPS. March 26 at #NR/RV Oklahoma State* FOX Sp. OK L, 9-10 (8) l Over the last 12 games, senior third baseman Celina Felix has been doing some solid work with the bat while reaching base safely March 29 at UTSA W, 9-1 (5) in 11 of those 12 match-ups. The Montclair, Calif., native is hitting .326 (14-for-43) with two doubles, a triple, a HR, her first four-multi-hit April 2 HOUSTON (DH-1) LHN W, 3-1 games of the season and a team-leading 10 RBIs during that stretch while posting a season-long seven-game hitting streak. Felix’s bat is a April 2 HOUSTON (DH-2) LHN W, 2-1 (8) MAJOR need for the Longhorns the rest of the way, so her recent production is a very positive sign for the offense. April 5 at Texas State Spectrum L, 1-2 (9) l Senior pitcher Tiarra Davis is closing in on another pitching milestone, needing just 12 more strikeouts to become the fifth pitcher in Texas program history to reach the 500-strikeout mark. She currently (488 K’s) trails only former Longhorns pitchers Cat Osterman April 7 #11/9 OKLAHOMA* LHN L, 2-3 (2,265), Blaire Luna (1,428), Meagan Denny (988) and Christa Williams (678) in career strikeouts. April 8 #11/9 OKLAHOMA* LHN L, 1-3 l The Texas bullpen has been nearly untouchable over the last 10 games with four pitchers (all except Wright) combining to hold the April 9 #11/9 OKLAHOMA* LHN L, 0-6 opposition scoreless over the last 22.0 innings of relief dating back to the sixth inning of the win at Texas Tech on April 14. Sophomore April 13 at Texas Tech* W, 4-1 (14) Brooke Bolinger has tossed 10 of those scoreless frames, while junior Kristen Clark has contributed 6.2 shutout innings. In fact, the April 14 at Texas Tech* W, 9-5 last time the Texas bullpen allowed more than one run in a game was in the 2-1 (9) loss to Texas State back on April 5, 15 games ago. April 15 at Texas Tech* W, 11-3 l Texas’ schedule has been incredibly difficult to this point in 2017 as 18 of UT’s 29 opponents played currently possess winning records, seven are currently ranked in the USA Today/NFCA coaches poll and 11 of them own at least 30 wins. Included are four teams April 19 TEXAS SOUTHERN LHN W, 5-0 with 40 or more victories, Arizona (47-5), Minnesota (48-3), Oklahoma (44-8) and Tennessee (42-8). Overall, the Longhorns’ opponents April 21 IOWA STATE* LHN L, 1-2 (as of May 2) were 804-556-2 (.591) as UT has played the 21st-toughest overall and third-toughest non-conference schedule in NCAA April 22 IOWA STATE* LHN W, 7-1 Division I. April 23 IOWA STATE* LHN L, 2-4 l By virtue of her three at-bats during the win over North Texas on April 26, freshman catcher Taylor Ellsworth finally reached April 26 NORTH TEXAS LHN W, 6-0 the minimum number of at-bats per Big 12 Conference regulations (2.0 AB per team game played) to enter the overall league statistics. April 28 at Kansas (DH-1)* FCS Central W, 10-0 (5) Ellsworth currently ranks third in conference in batting average (.416) and 10th in slugging percentage (.571). l One thing Texas’ coaching staff certainly did this season was put together a challenging schedule as the program’s NON- April 28 at Kansas (DH-2)* W, 2-0 CONFERENCE ONLY slate was listed as the THIRD-TOUGHEST in all of NCAA Division I according to the most recent release of the April 30 at Kansas* CANCELLED/RAIN RPI on May 1st. Included among that schedule were 10 games against nationally-ranked teams including such powerhouse programs as May 3 TXA&M-CORPUS CHRISTI LHN W, 3-0 UCLA, Arizona, Arizona State, Washington and Tennessee. May 5 at #17/13 Baylor* FOX Sports SW 6 p.m. l Texas has had a load of success with two outs in 2017, hitting .301 (142-for-471) while registering 101 of its 215 total RBIs (47%) May 6 #17/13 BAYLOR* FOX Sports SW 1 p.m.