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Softball to conclude fall slate with St. Edward’s and Veterans Day games
11.09.2015 | Softball
Wednesday’s Veterans Day contest will be a special slow pitch game with the Sun City Veterans group
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas softball program will wrap up its 2015 fall campaign this week by hosting St. Edward's in a make-up game on Tues., Nov. 10, at 7 p.m. CT before welcoming in the Sun City Veterans for a special split-squad, slow pitch Veterans Day exhibition on Wed., Nov. 11 at 6 p.m. CT.
Admission and parking, in any east side lot surrounding Red & Charline McCombs Field, is free to all who wish to attend either match-up. The Veterans Day game will also be broadcast live on Longhorn Network.
Special rules will be utilized during the Veterans Day game. Using a special restricted flight softball, each team may score a maximum of five runs and record one over-the-fence HR per inning (additional HR's count as outs), stolen bases will not be allowed and all outs at home plate are force outs.
Veterans Day festivities will include a veteran anthem singer and a U.S. Military Color Guard from Sun City, Texas. Also, a veteran will toss out the first pitch and be honored with a special presentation. Recognition will continue throughout the game with all branches of the U.S. Military being highlighted between innings.
In their most recent action, the Longhorns dropped a 6-0 decision to Texas State back on Fri., Nov. 6. UT now holds a 5-1 record during its 2015 fall campaign with victories over Howard College (swept a doubleheader on Oct. 2, W, 9-0 & 6-2), Temple College (Oct. 8, W, 13-0), Blinn College (Oct. 15, W, 19-4) and St. Mary's (Oct. 29, W, 5-1).
Texas returns eight of nine everyday positional starters and 68 percent of its total pitching victories from last season's 38-win squad.
Included among the returnees are five 2015 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Central Region choices in senior outfielder Lindsey Stephens (.343 avg., 25 extra-base hits, 15 HR's, 47 RBIs), senior catcher Erin Shireman (.312 avg., nine doubles, 10 HR's 46 RBIs), junior outfielder Stephanie Wong (.323 avg., nine extra-base hits, 31 runs, 15 RBIs), senior designated player/infielder Holly Kern (.303 avg., 10 extra-base hits, 42 RBIs) and sophomore pitcher Erica Wright (18-9 record, 2.42 ERA, 178 K's in 170.2 innings) as well as junior All-Big 12 Conference shortstop Devon Tunning (.350 avg., 17 extra-base hits, seven HR's, 26 RBIs) and sophomore All-Big 12 newcomer third baseman Randel Leahy (.291 avg., seven doubles, five HR's, 23 RBIs). Additional standouts back for the Horns include senior second baseman Stephanie Ceo (.308 avg., five HR's, 22 RBIs), junior infielder Kelli Hanzel (.275 avg., eight doubles, 22 RBIs) and junior pitcher Tiarra Davis (5-4 record, 3.60 ERA, 52 K's in 58.1 innings).
