The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
02.01.2021 | Softball
Texas will play 23 total games against 10 teams currently ranked or receiving votes in the NFCA poll
AUSTIN, Texas – Following an abbreviated 2020 campaign, the No. 6 Texas softball program and head coach Mike White are excited to announce their challenging 2021 spring schedule.
Official game times and TV designations will be released at a later date.
Along the way, the Longhorns will play 23 total games against 10 teams currently ranked or receiving votes in the 2021 USA Today/NFCA preseason poll. Five of those squads are rated in the Top 10: No. 3 Arizona, No. 4 Oklahoma, No. 5 LSU, No. 8 Alabama and No. 9 Louisiana. Texas will also battle No. 11 Oklahoma State, No. 20 Mississippi State and No. 22 Baylor as well as two teams receiving votes in North Texas and Texas Tech.
During its scheduled 52-game regular-season slate, the Burnt Orange & White will leave the "Lone Star State" just four times with out-of-state trips to Baton Rouge, La., Lake Charles & Lafayette, La., Ames, Iowa and Norman, Okla.
The 2021 season officially kicks-off at Red & Charline McCombs Field over Feb. 11-14 as the Burnt Orange & White host their annual Texas Classic against No. 3 Arizona, No. 8 Alabama, Colorado State and Sam Houston State.
Following a home mid-week match-up against North Texas (Feb. 17), the Longhorns head out on the road for the first time by venturing to the Warren Sports Complex in Frisco, Texas, for the Tracy Beard Invitational (Feb. 19-20). During the event, UT will battle Tarleton State, North Texas, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and South Dakota State.
Texas returns home for its Lone Star State Invitational (Feb. 26-28) against Lamar, No. 20 Mississippi State, Connecticut and Ole Miss before taking to the road again.
After a mid-week trip to face Houston on March 3, the Longhorns will travel to Baton Rouge, La., for a high-profile three-game set against No. 5 LSU (March 5-6).
A three-game home stint follows against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (March 10) and Tarleton State (March 13 doubleheader) before UT travels to McNeese State (March 16) and No. 9 Louisiana (March 17 doubleheader).
The Longhorns next open a season-long, 11-game home stand with three contests against New Mexico over March 19-20. During that McCombs Field run, Texas will also welcome in Texas State (March 24), host the Bevo Classic (March 26-28) against South Dakota, UT Arlington and UTSA and begin Big 12 Conference play against Texas Tech (April 1-3).
Texas finally hits the road again for a single game at UT Arlington on April 7 before traveling to Ames, Iowa, for its first league road set at Iowa State (April 9-11).
Other Big 12 road match-ups include a trip to No. 4 Oklahoma (April 16-18) and the final two games of the annual split series against No. 22 Baylor (May 8-9).
UT will host additional Big 12 home series against Kansas (April 23-25) and No. 11 Oklahoma State (April 30-May 2) as well as the first game of the three-game split set with No. 22 Baylor (May 7).
The postseason begins with the annual Big 12 Tournament at the USA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Okla., over May 14-15.
The NCAA Tournament schedule gets underway at campus sites over May 21-23 with NCAA Regionals and follows with the best-of-three NCAA Super Regionals over May 27-30. The annual Women's College World Series at the USA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Okla., is scheduled to be contested from June 3-9.
