The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Wednesday, April 10
Austin, TX
4:30 PM CT
University of Texas
vs
Texas State
No. 2/1 Softball preview: No. 25/22 Texas State
04.09.2024 | Softball
Texas to welcome I-35 foe to Red & Charline McCombs Field for mid-week matchup
AUSTIN, Texas – The University of Texas softball program will look for another signature victory during the 2024 season when the Longhorns host No. 25/22 Texas State for a mid-week, non-conference contest at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10.
TELEVISION: Alex Loeb (play by play) and Cat Osterman (analyst) will serve as the talent for the Longhorn Network broadcast.
RADIO: Andrew Haynes can be heard with the series radio call at https://texas.leanplayer.com/.
LEADING OFF
- Texas will look to repeat the success it had after knocking off then-No. 1 Oklahoma on April 16, 2022 as the Longhorns went on to beat Houston, which was then a non-conference foe, 6-4, on April 20, 2022 as the next game after upsetting the nation's No. 1 team.
- Throughout the program's history, Texas is 5-1 in games after beating the then-No. 1 team in the country.
- The Longhorns' lone loss in such situations occurred on April 21, 2013, when UT fell to Oklahoma, 5-3, the day after knocking off the Sooners, 4-2, in Austin.
- Throughout the program's history, Texas is 5-1 in games after beating the then-No. 1 team in the country.
- Texas will be going for its fourth season sweep (2019, 2021, 2022) of Texas State under sixth-year head coach Mike White.
- The Longhorns and Bobcats did not play during the COVID-19 pandemic shortened 2020 season and Texas State took a road matchup in Austin, 5-4, in nine innings on March 12, 2023 to split the 2023 pair of games.
- Entering Wednesday afternoon's contest, Texas holds a 28-8 all-time record against Texas State in games played in Austin.
- Coach White is 5-1 against Texas State softball head coach Ricci Woodard in softball games at Red & Charline McCombs since taking over the Texas softball program prior to the start of the 2019 season.
- Texas has not dropped back-to-back home games to Texas State since March 19, 2008 and Feb. 11, 2009.
- Since then, the Longhorns are 17-2 against the Bobcats in the state's capital.
- When the next Texas softball student-athlete is credited with a triple, it will mark the program's 14th on the season, which would tie the 1997 team for the fifth-most triples in a single season in program history.
- The 2014 squad holds the record with 21.
- The Longhorn offense will enter Wednesday afternoon's non-conference game with 21 sacrifice flies in 963 official plate appearances, which is tied with the 2012 and 2016 teams for the third most in the program's single-season history.
- The 2024 team holds the program's single-season sacrifice fly record with 26.
- Going into the Longhorns' matchup against the Bobcats on Wednesday, a trio of active Texas softball student-athletes are on the verge of surpassing the 100-career runs batted in (RBI) milestone: Reese Atwood (96), Mia Scott (95) and Alyssa Washington (93).
- 10th place on the program's career RBI list is Desiree Williams (2005-09) with 113.
- Taylor Thom (2011-14) holds the program's career RBI record with 178.
- 10th place on the program's career RBI list is Desiree Williams (2005-09) with 113.
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