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Softball preview: Bevo Classic
03.10.2022 | Softball
The Longhorns welcome in Drake, Nicholls State & Minnesota for a 10-game weekend tournament
Texas (13-9) hosts the Bevo Classic | March 11-13 | Red & Charline McCombs Field, Austin, Texas
Schedule:
BEVO CLASSIC
Friday, March 11
11 a.m. Drake vs. Nicholls State – LHN
1:30 p.m. Nicholls State vs. Minnesota – LHN
4 p.m. Drake vs. TEXAS – LHN
6:30 p.m. Minnesota vs. TEXAS – LHN
Saturday, March 12
10 a.m. Nicholls State vs. Drake – LHN
12:30 p.m. Drake vs. Minnesota – LHN
3 p.m. Nicholls State vs. TEXAS – LHN
5:30 p.m. Minnesota vs. TEXAS – LHN
Sunday, March 13
9:30 a.m. Minnesota vs. Nicholls State – LHN
12 p.m. Drake vs. TEXAS – LHN
*team listed second is the home team
Location: Austin, Texas (Red & Charline McCombs Field)
Ticket Information: LINK
Live Stats: LINK
Television: All games are scheduled to be broadcast on Longhorn Network and WATCH ESPN with Sam Gore/Lincoln Rose (play-by-play) and Cat Osterman/Erin Miller (color). The watch links are on the above schedule.
Radio: Texas' games this season are scheduled for radio broadcast via web stream with Andrew Haynes on the call via this LINK. The Texas broadcast can usually be heard locally on 105.3 FM as part of the Austin Radio Network supported by the flagship radio station of the Longhorns, 104.9 FM The Horn.
Base Knocks:
- Texas is closing in on a program milestone as the Longhorns enter Friday needing ONE WIN for 1000 all-time victories. UT currently owns a 999-444-3 record (.692).
- Look out for Texas' offense this season with two outs in an inning. In all, 50 of the Longhorns' 106 total RBIs (47%) have come with two outs, while 13 different Texas players have recorded at least one two-out RBI with sophomore infielder Alyssa Washinton leading the way with eight.
- Senior second baseman Janae Jefferson is closing in on yet another career milestone by needing just six hits to become the first Longhorns player and fifth player in Big 12 history to reach the 300-career hit mark.
- Since dropping to a .252 overall batting average after a 2-0 loss to No. 22 Arizona State (Feb. 25), Texas' offense has roared to life over the last 10 games. During that stretch, the Longhorns have batted at a .346 clip with 92 hits, 19 doubles, four triples, 10 HR's, 23 steals and a .989 OPS. Katie Cimusz (.433), Mia Scott (.419) & Janae Jefferson (.412) have all hit above .400 over those 10 contests.
- The Longhorns are off to a fast start in 2022 as far as stolen bases go. Texas' 40 steals are the most over the first 22 games of a season since the 2014 Texas squad swiped 45 bags over that same stretch.
- Freshman catcher/first baseman Katie Cimusz earned her first career selection as the Big 12 Conference Player of the Week on March 8 after hitting .429 (9-for-21) over seven games with eight runs, two steals, four HR's, 21 total bases and seven RBIs, while slugging 1.000 with a 1.500 OPS. She also homered in four-of-five games over one stretch, including a two-run HR off Alabama All-American pitcher Montana Fouts.
- Texas sophomore shortstop Alyssa Washington had quite a performance last Sunday against Miami (OH), going 2-for-3 with a HR and a career-high SIX RBIs. It marked the most RBIs in a single game for a Longhorns player since Shannon Rhodes knocked in six against UTSA on March 27, 2021.
- In the circle, sophomore Estelle Czech is turning into a valuable relief pitcher. In six appearances out of the bullpen against FGCU, McNeese State, No. 5/6 Florida State, No. 3 UCLA, No. 24 UCF and No. 22 Arizona State, the Downers Grove, Ill., native owns a 1.24 ERA and 12 strikeouts over 11.1 innings of work.
- Texas freshman third baseman Mia Scott is off to a terrific start to her collegiate career, hitting a team-high .429 overall (21-for-49) with three doubles, two triples and 11 steals. Scott currently leads the Longhorns with seven multi-hit games in 2022, is batting .476 when leading off any inning and enters Friday riding a 14-game reached base streak.
- In three-plus seasons under head coach Mike White, Texas is 112-10 when scoring three-or-more runs in a game (12-3 in 2022), 109-12 when out-hitting its opponent (10-2 in 2022), 91-11 when scoring first (9-3 in 2022) and 58-9 when scoring during the first inning (9-2 in 2022).
- Junior shortstop McKenzie Parker is delivering for the Longhorns when given the opportunity with runners in scoring position this season, hitting .467 (7-for-15) in such situations with eight RBIs. Parker had three RBIs with RISP against No. 24 UCF, two RBIs each in wins over No. 15 Clemson & Boston College and one RBI at North Texas.
- Texas senior second baseman Janae Jefferson continues to excel from the leadoff spot in the lineup as the three-time NFCA All-American is batting .462 as the leadoff of any inning in 2022, going 12-for-26 at the plate in those situatiions.
- Senior C/1B Mary Iakopo has reached base safely in 14-of-19 games played in 2022 while hitting safely in 12-of-19. Iakopo owns six multi-hit games to rate third on the team.
