The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Friday, May 5
Austin, Texas
6 p.m.
University of Texas
vs
Baylor
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No. 5/5 Softball preview: Baylor
05.04.2023 | Softball
Texas prepares to wrap up the 2023 regular season with a three-game conference series against Baylor
AUSTIN, TX – The University of Texas' softball program will conclude its 2023 regular season with a three-game Big 12 Conference series against Baylor University beginning on Friday, May 5 at 6 PM CT.
Friday night's game will be played at Red & Charline McCombs Field in Austin, while Saturday and Sunday's games will be played at Gatterman Stadium in Waco at 6 PM and 1 PM, respectively.
Alex Loeb and Cat Osterman will call Friday night's action on the Longhorn Network, while John Morris and Kelly Levesque will have the call of Saturday and Sunday's games on ESPN+.
Andrew Haynes will bring all three games between the Longhorns and Bears to the airwaves in the Austin area on 105.3 FM.
LEADING OFF
- Per the Big 12 Conference, Texas can clinch the number two seed for next week's Big 12 Conference tournament with one of three scenarios:
- If Texas beats Baylor and Oklahoma defeats Oklahoma State the same night.
- If Texas wins two games against Baylor over the weekend.
- If Texas drops all three to Baylor and Oklahoma State defeats Oklahoma only once over the weekend.
- Prior to Friday night's game in Austin, four Longhorn softball student-athletes will be honors as part of senior festivities: Alyssa Popelka, Camille Corona, Courtney Day and Lou Gilbert.
- Additionally, graduate assistant Hailey Dolcini and team manager Will Johniken will be recognized as well.
- Viviana Martinez became the first Texas softball freshman student-athlete under fifth-year Longhorn head coach Mike White to hit a grand slam in a game following her game-ending grand slam against Sam Houston on Wednesday, May 3.
- Prior to Martinez' home run, Jordyn Whitaker and Bella Dayton were the youngest — classification wise — to accomplish the feat when the duo hit grand slams against Kansas and Texas Tech, respectively, as sophomores during the 2021 and 2022 seasons, respectively.
- Mia Scott will enter Friday night's game against Baylor as the only softball student-athlete in program history with back-to-back seasons with 14-or-more doubles following her two-base hit in the bottom of the first inning against Sam Houston on Wednesday, May 3.
- With her team-leading 15th double on the season in the bottom of the third inning against Sam Houston on Wednesday, May 3, Leighann Goode now has the most doubles in a single season by a freshman in Texas' softball history.
- Heading into Friday night's showdown with conference foe Baylor, Viviana Martinez will have already claimed Texas' single-season RBI record by a freshman student-athlete following her career-high six-RBI performance against Sam Houston on Wednesday, May 3.
- Martinez will enter this weekend's three-game series against Baylor with 46 RBI on the season, which is now tied for the eighth most by a Longhorn softball student-athlete in a single season.
- Mia Scott will enter Friday evening's game against the Bears with a 12-game hitting streak, which is tied for the 13th overall longest hitting streak in program and the sixth longest in terms of games.
- Scott's current hitting streak, which is the longest by any Longhorn softball student-athlete this season, is the first exact 12-game hitting streak since Celina Felix accomplished the feat from April 23 to May 21, 2016.
- Additionally, Scott's current 12-game hitting streak is the longest by any Texas softball student-athlete since Mary Iakopo had a 15-game streak from March 12 to April 2, 2021.
- With a win over Baylor on Friday, the 2023 Texas softball program will tie the 2013 team for the fourth-most home wins in a single season with 29.
- The 2006 Longhorn squad currently holds the program's single-season home wins record with 32.
- In games played in Austin, Texas holds a 20-8 all-time mark against Baylor during the 60-game history between the two softball programs.
- Since Mike White took over at the helm of the Longhorn softball program prior to the 2019 season, Texas is 8-1 against Baylor including a 5-1 mark in games played in Austin.
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