The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Softball preview: Nebraska
03.26.2010 | Softball
March 26, 2010
Complete Notes 
Games 33-34: No. 15/16 TEXAS (24-8, 0-0 Big 12) vs. Nebraska (17-13, 0-0 Big 12)
When: Saturday, March 27 at 1 p.m. & Sunday, March 28 at Noon
Where: Austin, Texas (McCombs Field)
Live Stats: Game 1 - Game 2
Live Internet Audio/Video: Game 1 - Game 2
SERIES INFO
All-Time Record vs. Nebraska: Texas trails Nebraska, 15-18 (H: 9-8, A: 2-7, N: 4-3)
Last Meeting: Texas won, 10-4 on Mary 9, 2009 at the Big 12 Tournament
Last Nebraska Victory: Nebraska won, 5-2 on April 11, 2009 in Lincoln
Current Streak: Texas won the last meeting
LONGHORNS NOTABLES
- The Horns are ranked No. 16 in the most recent USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Poll released on March 23 ... thirteen of Texas' opponents are ranked in the poll with five of them being ranked in the top 10 ... five other Big 12 teams are ranked in the Top 25 ... Missouri is the highest ranked Big 12 team in the No. 3 spot, Oklahoma ranks 12th, Oklahoma State ranks 15th, Texas A&M ranks 19th and Baylor holds the No. 25 position ... Texas' highest ranking of the year was No. 14 on Feb. 23.
- Texas is ranked No. 15 in the current ESPN.com/USA Softball Poll that was released March 23 ... thirteen of Texas' 2010 opponents are ranked in the poll ... five other Big 12 Conference teams appear in the poll, with Missouri holding the No. 4 spot, Oklahoma ranking No. 9, Oklahoma State ranking 16th, Texas A&M ranking No. 17 and Baylor holding the No. 23 spot ... UT's highest ranking of the year was No. 13 (Feb. 23 & March 2)
- Freshman rightfielder Taylor Hoagland is currently riding a 19-game hitting streak which stands as the UT school record for longest hitting streak ... Hoagland broke the 16-game mark set by Lindsay Gardner in 2000 ... during the streak, Hoagland is hitting .468 (29-of-62) with 13 runs scored and 11 RBI.
- Texas is 8-5 all-time in Big 12 openers and 3-2 when facing Nebraska in its Big 12 opener.
- Freshman righthander Blaire Luna remains red hot for the Longhorns, owning a 13-4 record and a 1.23 ERA (second in the Big 12) in 21 appearances and 102.1 innings of work ... she has added two saves, nine complete games and two no-hitters to her stat line ... she has fanned 167 batters on the year and surrendered just 21 runs, while averaging 11.42 K's per-seven innings of work ... her .124 opponents batting average ranks No. 1 in the Big 12.
- With her two RBI at Texas State (March 24) senior shortstop Loryn Johnson broke the Texas career record of 123 RBI, which was set by Jodi Reeves (1997-2000) ... Johnson currently has 125 career RBI ... she ranks fourth all-time in career hits at Texas with 207 (the UT career hit record is 239 by Lindsay Gardner).