No. 1/2 Softball matches best start in program history through 27 games

Monday, March 10

Columbus, OH

11:30 AM CT / 12:30 PM ET

University of Texas

25-1

Dayton

8-7

Dayton

Texas

No. 1/2 Softball matches best start in program history through 27 games

03.10.2025 | Softball

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Texas pushes winning streak to 15 games, ties the 2006 squad at 26-1 for best start in program history

By: Chris Allen Brown

COLUMBUS, Ohio – With over 1,378 pairs of eyes throughout Buckeye Field glued to the marquee matchup of the weekend's Ohio State Tournament, The University of Texas softball program added another gem to its early-season résumé with a 4-2 win over Ohio State that followed a 6-1 victory over Dayton.

The pair of wins capped a 5-0 weekend in Columbus and marked the sixth victory for Texas over the last six days, dating back to last Wednesday's 4-0 win over Baylor at Red & Charline McCombs Field. In total, the Longhorns have reeled off 15 consecutive victories since dropping its lone contest of the season to then-No. 18/20 Stanford on Friday, Feb. 21 in Tucson, Ariz.

Against Dayton to begin the day, Texas used the long ball to down the Flyers as Vanessa Quiroga, Leighann Goode and Katie Cimusz all sent a Dayton pitch over the outfield fence. Reese Atwood drove in two runs as well to push her career runs batted in (RBI) total to 173, five back of Taylor Thom's program record 178 set during the 2014 campaign.

Hours later, it was the home run ball, again, that sparked Texas' offense as Mia Scott sent the fourth pitch of the game over the right-centerfield fence to give the Longhorns a quick 2-0 lead over the Buckeyes in the top of the first. Ashton Maloney and Scott doubled the UT advantage with a run-scoring double in the second and a run-scoring single in the second and fourth innings, respectively.

Ohio State broke into the run column in the bottom of the sixth with a two-run home run to cut the Longhorns lead in half, before Teagan Kavan (9-1) responded by retiring the next four consecutive batters, before giving way to Citlaly Gutierrez (S, 3) to get the final two outs of the contest.

FROM HEAD COACH MIKE WHITE

"Yeah, it was a good result by the end of the day. Obviously, our top two hitters – Ashton (Maloney) and Mia (Scott) did a great job tonight, they both got two hits, and we were able to put some early runs on the board against Ohio State with that home run by Mia. Teagan (Kavan) struggled a little bit with her control but managed to get a number of strikeouts. I think we were able to finish with 12 between her and Citlaly (Gutierrez). And Citlaly did a wonderful job coming in and closing the door, too."

GAME NOTES

With her one-out double in the bottom of the first inning against Dayton, Mia Scott was credited with her 48th career double, which ties the fourth-year senior with Kaitlyn Washington (2017-21) and Jodi Reeves (1997-00) for second on the program's career doubles list.
- Janae Jefferson (2018-22) sits atop the list with 55 career doubles.
By drawing a full-count walk to start the top of the fifth inning again Ohio State, Joley Mitchell extended her consecutive on-base streak to 23 straight, which is now the longest by a Longhorn student-athlete since Janae Jefferson successfully reached in 24 consecutive games from March 26 to May 21, 2022.
- Mitchell's 23-game on-base streak is tied with Desiree Williams (Feb. 15 – March 17, 2006) for the seventh-longest on-base streak in program history.
As a result of her first-inning home run against Ohio State, Mia Scott extended her hitting streak to 14 consecutive games, which is tied with Janae Jefferson (April 11 – May 2, 2018) and Brejae Washington (Feb. 15, 2014 – March 6, 2014) for the fifth-longest hitting streak in program history.
- Scott's 14-game hitting streak is the longest by a Longhorn student-athlete since Katie Stewart was credited with a base hit in 15 straight games from Feb. 16 to March 10, 2024.
By closing the door on Ohio State Monday afternoon, Citlaly Gutierrez was credited with her seventh career save, tying her with Blaire Luna (2010-13) and Erin Treselt (2007-10) for the most saves by a Longhorn pitcher in program history.
With wins over Dayton and Ohio State on Monday, Texas pushed its winning streak to 15 consecutive games, which is the longest streak by the Longhorns this season and longest since winning 18 in a row from April 6 to May 10, 2024.
- The current 15-game winning streak is tied for the seventh-longest winning streak in program history.

UP NEXT

After receiving a bye week during the first weekend of Southeastern Conference (SEC) action, Texas (26-1) will now begin its first-ever SEC series on Saturday, March 15, when the Longhorns travel down to Gainesville, Fla., for a three-game series against No. 3/3 Florida.
- The Gators (26-2) took two of three games against No. 5/4 Texas A&M in College Station over the weekend and will play UCF, which won a three-game series at No. 9/7 Arizona over the weekend, on Wednesday, March 12.

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