The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Wednesday, March 22
Austin, Texas
6 p.m.
University of Texas
vs
Stephen F. Austin
Photo by: Texas Athletics
No. 10/8 Softball preview: Stephen F. Austin
03.21.2023 | Softball
Texas looks for 19th win at Red & Charline McCombs Field this season when the Longhorns host the Lumberjacks
AUSTIN, TX – Following a six-game road trip last week, The University of Texas softball program returns to the friendly confines of Red & Charline McCombs Field for a non-conference matchup against Stephen F. Austin at 6 PM CT on Wednesday, March 22.
The game can be viewed on the Longhorn Network with Alex Loeb and Cat Osterman calling the action. Andrew Haynes will also describe the game on the radio airwaves at 105.3 FM.
LEADING OFF
- Entering Wednesday night's game, Texas has the seventh most home wins (18) among Division I softball programs.
- USC Upstate: 22
- Coastal Carolina: 20
- Florida State: 20
- USF: 19
- Grand Canyon: 19
- Clemson: 19
- Texas: 18
- The 18 wins for the Longhorns in Austin are also the most by a Big 12 Conference softball program at this point of the season.
- Texas: 18
- Baylor: 17
- Oklahoma State: 11
- Leighann Goode will go into Texas' Wednesday night game with a team-leading 46 hits, which is the third most in Division I softball, most by any Big 12 softball student-athlete and the most by a Division I softball freshman.
- Viviana Martinez is the next closest freshman to Goode's total as the Arizona native has been credited with 43 hits in 32 games played.
- Goode, Martinez and Texas Tech's Kailey Wychoff (41) are the only Division I freshmen to have 40-or-more hits on the season so far.
- Viviana Martinez is the next closest freshman to Goode's total as the Arizona native has been credited with 43 hits in 32 games played.
- Following her home run at USF on Sunday, March 19, Reese Atwood will look to become the second Longhorn softball student-athlete to hit a home run in three consecutive games this season.
- Leighann Goode accomplished the feat against Texas Southern (Feb. 26), North Texas (March 1) and Tennessee State (March 3).
- A Texas win over Stephen F. Austin would be the 19th win for the Longhorns at Red & Charline Field during the 2023 season, tying the 2009 team for the 16th most home wins in a single season.
- The 2006 team set the program's single-season mark for the most home wins with 32.
- In 2006, the Longhorns went 32-1 (.970) in home games.
- The 2006 team set the program's single-season mark for the most home wins with 32.
- Texas will enter Wednesday night's game against the Lumberjacks as the only Division I softball program in the nation with multiple student-athletes batting .400-or-better through this point of the season:
- Viviana Martinez: .426
- Leighann Goode: .407
- Texas' Viviana Martinez (32) and Leighann Goode (30) will take the field against the Lumberjacks on Wednesday needing just three and five RBIs, respectively, to pass Baylor's Shaylon Govan's conference-leading mark of 34.
- Additionally, Martinez' 32 RBI are two shy of tying UCLA's Megan Grant (34) for the most by a Division I softball freshman student-athlete.
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