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04.15.2025 | Softball
Texas looks to bounce back during upcoming three-game slate against LSU
AUSTIN, Texas – The University of Texas softball program will wrap up its seven-game home stand this week as the third-ranked Longhorns will welcome the ninth-ranked LSU Tigers to the Forty Acres for a three-game SEC series beginning on Thursday, April 17.
GAME SCHEDULE: Due to Easter being on Sunday, Texas' three-game series with LSU will start a day earlier than normal three-game conference series to avoid playing on the holiday.
- Thursday, April 17 – 4:30 PM CT (SEC Network+)
- Friday, April 18 – 4:30 PM CT (SEC Network+)
- Saturday, April 19 – 11 AM CT (ESPN2)
TELEVISION: Chris Mycoskie and Megan Willis will call the first two games of the series, before Matt Schumacker and Amanda Scarborough move into the television booth for Saturday's series finale.
- Thursday – Chris Mycoskie, Megan Willis
- Friday – Chris Mycoskie, Megan Willis
- Saturday – Matt Schumacker, Amanda Scarborough
RADIO: Andrew Haynes can be heard with the radio call of this week's games at https://texas.leanplayer.com/.
SERIES HISTORY:
- Texas will enter this week's action against LSU having won the last six consecutive matchups in games played in Austin.
- The Longhorns dropped the first-ever game played on the Forty Acres, 6-2, in eight innings on Feb. 18, 2000, before reeling off six straight wins over the Tigers at Red & Charline McCombs Field.
- Throughout the 14-game series history between Texas and LSU, there have only been three games that resulted in one offense being shutout and all of those three games have occurred in Austin:
- May 16, 2003 – Texas 8, LSU 0 (6)
- Mar. 18, 2022 – Texas 3, LSU 0
- Mar. 19, 2022 – Texas 4, LSU 0
- This week's slate will mark the first time Texas and LSU have played each other on a softball field during the month of April.
- February – 5
- March – 8
- April – 0
- May – 1
- A potential three-game sweep for Texas over LSU would result in the Longhorns having a three-game winning streak in the series, which would tie for the longest winning streak by UT throughout the series history.
- Neither Texas or LSU has had a winning streak of four-or-more consecutive games throughout the series.
- If the Tigers win all three games on the week, LSU will run its winning streak to a series-best four straight after taking a single contest between the two programs last season.
- Neither Texas or LSU has had a winning streak of four-or-more consecutive games throughout the series.
- This week's action will mark the first time LSU has played a three-game series against Texas in Austin since the 2022 season, when the Longhorns took all three games by a combined 18-10 score.
LEADING OFF:
- One win throughout the week's three-game slate would give Texas its 40th win on the season, giving the Longhorns their sixth consecutive 40-plus win season during a completed campaign.
- Texas has won 40-or-more games during each completed season under head coach Mike White.
- Throughout its program history, the Longhorns have won 40-or-more games during a completed season on 16 different occasions.
- With its first win of the week, seventh-year Texas softball head coach Mike White will claim his 300th victory at the helm of the Longhorn softball program.
- White would join Connie Clark (1997-2018) as the only head coaches in the program's history to surpass 300-or-more career wins.
- Clark: 873-401-3 (.685)
- White: 299-87-2 (.773)
- White would join Connie Clark (1997-2018) as the only head coaches in the program's history to surpass 300-or-more career wins.
- With her next successful stolen base, Kayden Henry will tie Mia Scott (2022-P) for 10th place on the program's career stolen base list with 53.
- Scott, 53-60
- Henry, 52-56
- With two wins in the pitching circle against LSU, Teagan Kavan (38) will join Mac Morgan (41) as the only active Longhorn pitchers with 40-or-more career pitching wins.
- Entering Thursday's game, there have been only seven Texas softball student-athletes to each 40-or-more pitching victories.
- If Mia Scott drives in three runs throughout the three-game series against LSU, Scott (169; 2022-P) will move ahead of Mary Iakopo (171; 2019-22) for third on the program's career RBI list.
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