No. 9/13 Softball caps Texas Classic with five-inning gem from Morgan

Sunday, February 19

Austin, Texas

12:30 p.m.

University of Texas

8-1-1

UIW

5-5

UIW

Texas

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No. 9/13 Softball caps Texas Classic with five-inning gem from Morgan

02.19.2023 | Softball

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First-year Longhorn Mac Morgan tosses first complete game shutout as Texas beats UIW in five innings

By: Chris Allen Brown

AUSTIN, TX – Texas softball head coach Mike White knew the type of pitcher Mac Morgan was before she arrived on the Forty Arces. And, during Texas' 8-0 win over UIW in five innings, everyone in attendance at McCombs Field knew, too.

After throwing 103 pitches in 6.1 innings against Omaha on Friday, Feb. 17, Morgan (3-0) threw 52 less pitches on Sunday afternoon as the Arizona State transfer threw five innings of one-hit softball en route to earning her second win on her home diamond this season.

Throughout those five innings of work, Morgan struck out four — two shy of tying her season high set against the Mavericks two days prior — and did not issue a walk, marking her third pitching appearance this season without issuing a free pass. She allowed only two baserunners in the hour-and-a-half long game: UIW's Villarreal Giselle led off the game by reaching first via a fielding error and then Giselle hit a two-out double against a draw-in outfield during the top of the third inning. No other Cardinal student-athlete reached base against the Creighton, Mo., native.

FROM HEAD COACH MIKE WHITE

"Well, I think Mac (Morgan) was able to keep her pitch count down — I think it was like 51 pitches — so she just did a great job of working ahead. Besides the one error we had, I thought our defense played really well behind her and that's what we have to do. For us to be successful with Mac in the circle, we have to be able to play good defense."

GAME NOTES

Sunday's game against UIW marked the second run-rule victory for Texas on the weekend after knocking off Omaha, 9-1, in five innings on Saturday, Feb. 18.
- Last season, the Longhorns had 11 run-rule victories.
  - Of those 11, nine game via five innings with the other two occurring in six.
With her one-out double to centerfield in the bottom of the third inning, Leighann Goode extended her program-record hitting streak to 10 games to begin her freshman career.
- Goode becomes the first student-athlete in Texas softball history to begin their freshman season with a 10-game hitting streak.
Mia Scott drove in a season-high four RBI with a 3-for-3 performance at the plate.
- Scott finished a triple shy of the cycle.
- Scott has drove in at least one run in eight of Texas' 10 games so far this season.
- Scott's solo home run in the bottom of the first inning was the first for the sophomore since hitting a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning against Oklahoma during last season's Women's College World Series Championship series.
Texas' 6-0 record at McCombs Field to begin the 2023 season is the best home record to start a new season since the 2021 campaign, when the Longhorns won their first 12 home games.
Mac Morgan's complete game shutout was the first by a Texas softball student-athlete since Estelle Czech threw a seven-inning complete game shutout against then-No. 7 Oklahoma State on June 6, 2022, as part of the Women's College World Series.
Following Mia Scott's solo home run in the bottom of the first inning, Texas scored four runs on three in the bottom of the third, then followed with three more runs on three hits during the bottom of the fourth to go up 8-0.

UP NEXT

With the Texas Classic having now concluded, Texas (8-1-1) will continue its host duties next week when the Longhorns host Abilene Christian (3-7), Texas Southern (0-6), Kansas (6-4) and nationally-ranked Virginia Tech (7-3) as part of the Lone Star State Invitational.
- Texas' games against Virginia Tech, Abilene Christian and Texas Southern will be part of a 16-game homestand for the Longhorns to only be broken by a mid-week contest at UTA on Wednesday, March 8.
  - After its game in Arlington, Texas returns to Austin for five more home games to cap a 21-in-22 game homestand for the Longhorns.

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