The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Tuesday, April 16
Arlington, Texas
5 p.m. CT
University of Texas
at
UT Arlington
No. 11 Softball preview: at UT Arlington
04.15.2019 | Softball
The Longhorns contest a rare road mid-week game at the Mavericks.
Texas Game Notes at UT Arlington
No. 11 Texas (35-9) at UT Arlington (21-22) | April 16 | Allan Saxe Field, Arlington, Texas
Schedule:
Tuesday, April 16
5 p.m. CT #11 TEXAS at UT Arlington – MAVERICKS ALL ACCESS
Location: Arlington, Texas (Allan Saxe Field)
Ticket Information: LINK - NOTE: While normally permitted at Allan Saxe Field, dogs will NOT be allowed at Tuesday's game because of anticipated crowd size.
Live Stats: LINK
Television: Tuesday's game will be web streamed live on Mavericks All-Access through UTAMavs.com.
Radio: All Texas games home & road are slated for radio broadcast via web stream with Andrew Haynes on the call via this LINK. The Texas broadcasts can also be heard locally in Austin on 105.3 FM in the local and surrounding areas, part of the Austin Radio Network supported by the flagship radio station of the Longhorns, 104.9 FM The Horn.
Base Knocks:
- Texas is 27-2 all-time against Tuesday's opponent UT Arlington, including a 5-0 mark in road match-ups. The Longhorns have won the last 15 overall meetings in the series.
- Since March 31 at No. 21/16 Oklahoma State, sophomore catcher Mary Iakopo has been on fire at the plate, leading the Longhorns with a .500 average (8-for-16), nine runs scored, four HR's and nine RBIs while slugging 1.250. She's also reached base safely in five-of-six games over that stretch.
- Texas' pitching staff has posted a 0.42 ERA over the last five games with four shutouts, just seven walks, 34 strikeouts and a .164 average against in 33.2 innings of work.
- The Longhorns haven't lost a mid-week non-conference contest since April 1, 2018, against Texas State. Since that game, UT has won 10 straight (the total includes the March 18 match-up at Lipscomb that was played on a Monday). UT is 7-0 in non-conference mid-week contests this season.
- Texas freshman pitcher Shealyn O'Leary currently LEADS ALL OF NCAA DIVISION I IN ERA AT 0.51, 0.14 ahead of UCLA standout Rachel Garcia. The rookie starter has allowed just six earned runs in her first 83.0 innings of collegiate work.
- Texas was listed at No. 5 in the latest release of the NCAA's Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) on Monday. UT has played the SIXTH-TOUGHEST schedule in the nation and owns 27 victories over current RPI Top 100 opponents (10 over RPI Top 25).
- Texas owns 12 wins over teams that were either ranked or receiving votes in one/both the NFCA or USA Softball polls at time of playing. Included on the resume are victories over No. 6/5 Tennessee, No. 18/21 Kentucky, No. 15/17 Arizona State, No. 22/RV Minnesota, No. 21/16 Oklahoma State and No. 15 Texas Tech (two wins).
- Freshman pitcher Shealyn O'Leary rarely walks anyone, rating first in the Big 12 and sixth in NCAA Division in walks-per-seven innings at 0.84. She's walked only 10 in 83 innings.
- Sophomore second baseman Janae Jefferson is currently one of the "Toughest Players to Strikeout" in all of NCAA Division I softball (as of April 15). The Humble, Texas, native ranks FOURTH in the nation, having struck out just twice this season over 146 total plate appearances.
- Sophomore second baseman Janae Jefferson is truly remarkable during Big 12 play, owning 43 career hits over her first 28 league contests (she led the Big 12 in 2018 with 32 hits). That's an average of 1.5 hits-per-Big 12-game. She's also reached base safely in 23-of-28 career Big 12 contests!
- Look out for Texas during the fourth inning as the Longhorns have now outscored opponents in the frame, 78-10. Overall, UT has scored 31% of its total runs in the fourth inning this season.
- With 48 stolen bases so far, this marks the most swipes for a Texas team over its first 43 games of a season since stealing 71 over that stretch back in 2014 (went 82-of-99 that year).
- Several Longhorns have already reached or are set to join the 100 CAREER-HIT-CLUB this season. Sophomore second baseman Janae Jefferson (131 hits), junior first baseman Kaitlyn Washington (113 hits) and redshirt junior outfielder Reagan Hathaway (106 hits) have recently reached the mark, while junior catcher Taylor Ellsworth (93 hits) will be closing in as soon as she returns from injury.
- Watch out for Texas with two outs in an inning. So far through 44 games, the Burnt Orange & White are batting .316 (119-of-377) with 99 two-out RBIs (44% of the team's total RBIs have come with two outs this season). Kaitlyn Washington leads the team with 16 two-out RBIs.
- With 73 doubles through 44 games (1.66 doubles-per-game), the Longhorns are ahead of the pace needed to break the school single-season mark of 86 doubles set by the 2012 team. Maintaining its current pace over the next 12 games, Texas would finish a 56-game regular-season schedule with approximately 93 doubles. UT IS TIED FOR 12TH IN NCAA DIVISION I IN TOTAL DOUBLES.
- Texas' offense has out-hit 36-of-44 opponents this year while averaging 8.1 hits-per-game. The Longhorns have lost four of the eight games in which they've been out-hit - No. 8/7 LSU, No. 22/RV Minnesota, No. 21/16 Oklahoma State & No. 15 Texas Tech.
- The Longhorns have been strong this season with runners in scoring position, hitting .313 (124-of-396) in such instances. Lauren Burke leads the team with 18 hits while Janae Jefferson leads in average (.417) in such situations.
- Texas sophomore second baseman Janae Jefferson now has enough at-bats to qualify for the Longhorns career record book. With a .407 career batting average, she currently sits FIRST all-time in UT history ahead of second-place Lexy Bennett's (2009-12) career mark of .385.
- Some trends have developed for the Longhorns in 2019. UT is 27-0 in games when scoring first, 13-1 when scoring in the first inning and 31-5 when out-hitting opponents.
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