Five Women’s College World Series Berths (1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013) • 20 NCAA Tournament Appearances • Four Big 12 Regular Season Titles 2020 SCHEDULE & RESULTS THE LONGHORN INVITATIONAL - AUSTIN, TEXAS - MARCH 6-8 DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT #3/2 TEXAS LIBERTY TEXAS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO Texas Classic, Austin, Texas Feb. 6 WICHITA STATE LHN W, 10-2 (6) Feb. 6 MARYLAND LHN W, 17-0 (5) Feb. 7 LAMAR LHN W, 12-0 (5) Feb. 8 COLORADO STATE LHN W, 12-3 (5) Feb. 8 WICHITA STATE LHN W, 9-1 (5) Feb. 9 TEXAS A&M-CC LHN W, 18-2 (5) Puerto Vallarta College Challenge, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Feb. 13 vs. California Baptist FloSoftball W, 4-0 Feb. 14 vs. Utah FloSoftball W, 3-2 Feb. 14 vs. #12 Tennessee FloSoftball W, 11-0 (5) Feb. 15 vs. Team Mexico (Exh.) FloSoftball L, 4-5 (8) 2020 Record 2020 Record 2020 Record 2020 Record Feb. 15 vs. #NR/RV Ole Miss FloSoftball W, 4-1 20-3 7-11 7-10 10-10 2020 Nat’l Rank: 3/2 2020 Nat’l Rank: NR/NR 2020 Nat’l Rank: NR/NR 2020 Nat’l Rank: NR/NR Feb. 19 #RV NORTH TEXAS LHN W, 3-2 (9) Batting Avg.: .372 Batting Avg.: .258 Batting Avg.: .260 Batting Avg.: .273 Runs Per Game: 7.6 Runs Per Game: 3.8 Runs Per Game: 2.9 Runs Per Game: 5.8 Texas Invitational, Austin, Texas Team ERA: 1.97 Team ERA: 4.25 Team ERA: 4.55 Team ERA: 5.72 Feb. 21 LIPSCOMB LHN W, 12-0 (5) Hits: 218 Series: First meeting Series: Texas leads 12-0 Series: Texas leads 5-0 Feb. 21 NORTH DAKOTA STATE LHN W, 10-0 (5) HR’s: 20 Last meeting: Last meeting: Feb. 22 LIPSCOMB LHN W, 12-11 Feb. 22 #NR/RV DUKE LHN L, 0-1 Doubles: 52 Texas won 6-2 on Texas won 5-0 on Feb. 23 WEBER STATE LHN W, 9-4 Fld %: .955 March 9, 2019 April 1, 2012 Feb. 25 #10/9 LOUISIANA (DH) LHN L, 2-3/W, 2-1 Feb. 27 at #1 UCLA Pac-12 Network+ W, 6-4 (8) BROADCAST INFORMATION DAY - TIME (CT) NETWORK TALENT CREW Judi Garman Classic, Fullerton, Calif. TV: Longhorn Invitational Longhorn Network Alex Loeb (PxP) & Megan Willis (color) Feb. 28 vs. #2 Washington FloSoftball W, 8-6 Feb. 29 vs. #RV Fresno State FloSoftball L, 3-4 Trey Bender (PxP) & Erin Miller (color) Feb. 29 vs. #13/11 Michigan FloSoftball W, 1-0 RADIO: UT’s games will be available through TexasSports.com with Andrew Haynes on the call and can be heard locally in Austin on 105.3 FM “The March 1 vs. Boise State FloSoftball W, 6-2 Bat” as part of the Austin Radio Network supported by the flagship station of the Longhorns (104.9 FM, The Horn). Longhorn Invitational, Austin, Texas March 6 LIBERTY LHN 4 p.m. QUICK HITS March 7 TEXAS SOUTHERN LHN 10 a.m. l Texas rose to No. 1 in the Softball America poll on March 3, l Watch out for Texas with two outs in an inning. So far through March 7 LIBERTY LHN 5:30 p.m. marking the first time the Longhorns have topped any national 23 games, the Burnt Orange & White are batting .404 (82-of-203) March 8 NEW MEXICO LHN 9:30 a.m. softball poll since April 5, 2006, a span of almost 14 years. with 66 two-out RBIs (40% of the team’s total RBIs have come l Texas has had loads of success this season against ranked with two outs this season). Junior third baseman Mary Iakopo T-Town Showdown, Tuscaloosa, Ala. teams, posting a 5-1 mark in those match-ups with wins over No. leads the team with eight two-out RBIs while 16 Longhorns own March 13 vs. Bryant 3:30 p.m. March 13 at Alabama 6 p.m. 1 UCLA, No. 2 Washington, No. 10/9 Louisiana, No. 12 Tennessee at least one two-out RBI. March 14 vs. BYU 1:30 p.m. and No. 13/11 Michigan. l Junior second baseman Janae Jefferson is off to another March 15 vs. Bryant 10:30 a.m. l Her nickname’s “LB” but she ought to change it to “2B!” hot start with the bat, currently rating first in the Big 12 in total March 15 at Alabama 1 p.m. Junior utility player Lauren Burke currently leads the Big 12 & hits (32 - fourth in NCAA Division I as of 3/2), batting average ranks SECOND IN NCAA DIVISION I in doubles (12) while rating (.516 - 14th in NCAA Division I), on-base percentage (.587 - 12th March 20 at Oklahoma* 6:30 p.m. eighth in the nation in doubles-per-game (0.60). in NCAA Division I) and runs scored-per-game (1.13 - 33rd in March 21 at Oklahoma* 1 p.m. l In all three of Texas’ defeats this season, the Longhorns have NCAA Division I). March 22 at Oklahoma* ESPNU 3 p.m. lost by just one run while managing to put the tying run on base l The Longhorns have been strong this season with runners March 25 UT ARLINGTON LHN 6 p.m. April 1 at Houston (DH) 5/7 p.m. in the seventh inning. in scoring position, hitting .412 (94-of-228) in such instances. April 3 TEXAS TECH* LHN 6 p.m. l Freshman pitcher Courtney Day has been a revelation so far Junior third baseman Mary Iakopo leads the team with 11 hits, April 4 TEXAS TECH* LHN 1 p.m. in her first season, hitting .354 with a team-leading five HR’s while while senior pitcher/utility Miranda Elish (.533, 8-of-15) owns April 5 TEXAS TECH* LHN 12 p.m. going 4-0 in the circle with a squad-best 1.18 ERA. She posted the highest average of any regular with at least 10 at-bats with April 7 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN LHN 6 p.m. her first career two-HR game in the loss to Fresno State (2/29). RISP. April 9 KANSAS* LHN 5 p.m. l With 10 K’s against Boise State (3/1), senior pitcher Miranda l Look out for Texas during the fourth inning as the Longhorns April 10 KANSAS* LHN 5 p.m. Elish struck out 10-or-more batters in a game for the 24th time have now outscored opponents in the frame, 51-5. Overall, UT April 11 KANSAS* LHN 12 p.m. in her All-American career (13th time at Texas and third time in has scored 29% of its total runs in the fourth inning this season. April 15 at Texas State 6 p.m. April 17 at Iowa State* 4 p.m. 2020). l With 52 doubles through 23 games (2.26 doubles-per-game), April 18 at Iowa State* 1 p.m. l Texas has trailed at some point in 10 games this season and the Longhorns are well ahead of the pace needed to break the April 19 at Iowa State* 12 p.m. rallied back to win seven of those: Wichita State (trailed in 1st), school single-season mark of 91 doubles set by the 2019 team. April 22 BAYLOR* FS1 6 p.m. Texas A&M-CC (1st), Utah (7th), North Texas (7th), Lipscomb Maintaining its current pace over the next 33 games, Texas would April 24 OKLAHOMA STATE* LHN 6 p.m. (2nd), UCLA (1st) and Boise State (4th). finish a 56-game regular-season schedule with approximately April 25 OKLAHOMA STATE* FSN 12 p.m. l So far in 2020, Texas is 18-2 when out-hitting its opponent, 127 doubles. UT RANKED FIRST IN NCAA DIVISION I IN TOTAL April 26 OKLAHOMA STATE* LHN 12 p.m. 14-2 when scoring first and 9-2 when scoring in the first inning. DOUBLES & SECOND IN DOUBLES-PER-GAME (3/2). May 2 at Baylor* 6:30 p.m. l With the 1-0 win over Michigan on Feb. 29 at the Judi Garman l Junior second baseman and two-time All-American Janae May 3 at Baylor* 2 p.m. Classic, 11th-year head coach Mike White picked up his 500TH Jefferson currently ranks as the school’s career leader in batting May 8-9 Big 12 Tournament Oklahoma City, Okla. CAREER WIN. With a .792 career winning percentage, White average at .416 (well ahead of Lexy Bennett at .385), while rating May 14-17 NCAA Regionals Campus Sites currently rates as the third-winningest active coach in NCAA second all-time in on-base percentage (.471). The Humble, Texas, May 21-24 NCAA Super Regionals Campus Sites Division I softball behind only Florida’s Tim Walton (.796) and native is also closing in on the 200-hit mark with 186 total hits May 28-June 3 Women’s College World Series Arizona’s Mike Candrea (.794). through her first two+ seasons in the Burnt Orange & White. Oklahoma City, Okla. l Texas’ 174 runs scored over its first 23 games are the most l Softball America listed four Longhorns in their 2020 Top * indicates Big 12 Conference game in any season in program history. The previous high after the 100 National Player Rankings: No. 30 Janae Jefferson, No. 32 Rankings listed are NFCA/USA Softball at time of contest RV - Receiving Votes in the poll initial 23 contests was 159 runs by the 2012 Longhorns squad.
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