The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Wednesday, April 26
Austin, Texas
6 p.m.
University of Texas
vs
UTSA
Photo by: Texas Athletics
04.25.2023 | Softball
Texas pauses from Big 12 Conference action to host UTSA in a mid-week, non-conference matchup
AUSTIN, TX – For the first time in two weeks, The University of Texas' softball program will play a non-conference softball game when the Longhorns meet the UTSA Roadrunners at Red & Charline McCombs Field at 6 PM CT on Wednesday, April 26.
On the season, Texas (39-9-1) is 28-5-1 in non-conference matchups, including a 19-3 mark at McCombs Field.
Alex Loeb and Cat Osterman will be in the booth calling the game's action on the Longhorn Network, while Andrew Haynes can be heard on 105.3 FM The Bat in the Austin area.
LEADING OFF
- Texas will enter Wednesday night's game against UTSA with a nation-leading 27 wins at home.
- 27 - Texas
- 26 - Grand Canyon, Florida State
- 25 - South Florida, Georgia
- 24 - Coastal Carolina, LSU, Campbell, USC Upstate, Auburn
- 22 - South Carolina, Wichita State
- A win for the Longhorns over the Roadrunners on Wednesday night would mark the third consecutive season that Texas has won 40-or-more games, marking the first time the program has accomplished the feat since doing so in five straight seasons from 2009 to 2013.
- Texas was on pace to reach the 40-win plateau during the 2020 season (24-3 through 27 games), but the COVID-19 pandemic halted the season on Sunday, March 8.
- Heading into Wednesday evening's contest, Texas is the only softball program in the Big 12 Conference with multiple student-athletes with 60-or-more hits on the season: Mia Scott (64) and Leighann Goode (60).
- Scott is tied with Oklahoma State's Rachel Becker for the conference lead with 64 hits, while Goode is third with 60.
- Viviana Martinez (54) is six hits shy of joining her teammates with 60-or-more hits on the season.
- Scott is tied with Oklahoma State's Rachel Becker for the conference lead with 64 hits, while Goode is third with 60.
- Following her eight-inning complete game shutout against then-No. 3 Oklahoma State on Friday, April 21, first-year Longhorn Mac Morgan now has a conference-leading 15 wins, one more than a trio of student-athletes from Oklahoma, Baylor and Texas Tech, respectively.
- Texas' current number-five ranking in the latest NFCA Coaches Poll is the highest ranking for the Longhorns during the regular season since being No. 3 on March 10, 2020.
- The Longhorns were slated No. 2 in the USA Softball / ESPN.com poll at the same time, marking the highest regular-season ranking for Texas under fifth-year head coach Mike White.
- The Longhorns will enter Wednesday night's contest having not allowed a run to UTSA since March 29, 2017, when Texas won, 9-1, in five innings in San Antonio.
- Texas has not allowed a run to UTSA in a game played in Austin since March 8, 2017 — a span of 20.0 consecutive innings — after the Roadrunners scored two runs in the top of the fifth.
- Under fifth-year head coach Mike White, Texas has outscored UTSA, 16-0, throughout two games.
- Each of the two Longhorn wins over the Roadrunners under White have ended in five and six innings, respectively.
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