Source: http://texassports.com/news/2014/2/27/SB_0227143805.aspx
[font=arial, serif]2014 TEXAS INVITATIONAL
Texas (8-9, 0-0 Big 12) vs. Louisiana-Monroe (12-4); Southern Mississippi (4-10); Texas Southern (5-5)
Feb. 28- March 2, 2014
Red & Charline McCombs Field - Austin, Texas
GAMEDAY QUICK FACTS
• TELEVISION: All 10 games will be televised nationally by Longhorn Network. Alex Loebb (pxp) and Amanda Scarborough (analyst) will call all five of the Longhorns' games, while Tyler Denning (pxp) and Megan Willis (analyst) will have the call for the four non-Texas contests.
• RADIO: Terry Lewis will call the action for the internet radio broadcast on www.TexasSports.com.
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TEXAS INVITATIONAL SCHEDULE (ALL GAMES ON LONGHORN NETWORK)
Friday, Feb. 28, 2014[/font]
[font=arial, serif]10:00 a.m.___ Texas Southern vs. Louisiana-Monroe
1:00 p.m.____ Southern Mississippi vs. Texas Southern
4:00 p.m.____ Louisiana-Monroe vs. Texas
6:30 p.m.____ Southern Mississippi vs. Texas
Saturday, March 1, 2014
10:00 a.m.___ Texas Southern vs. Southern Mississippi
1:00 p.m.____ Texas Southern vs. Texas
3:30 p.m.____ Southern Mississippi vs. Louisiana-Monroe
6:30 p.m.____ Louisiana-Monroe vs. Texas
Sunday, March 2, 2014
11:00 a.m. __ Louisiana-Monroe vs. Southern Mississippi
2:00 p.m.____ Texas Southern vs. Texas[/font]
[font=arial, serif]TEXAS INVITATIONAL[/font]
[font=arial, serif]The Longhorns welcome Louisiana-Monroe, Southern Mississippi and Texas Southern for the second weekend tournament being held at Red &[/font]
[font=arial, serif]Charline McCombs Field this season. UT holds a 6-0 all-time record against the three teams in this weekend's tournament field.[/font]
[font=arial, serif]MARY NUTTER CLASSIC RECAP[/font]
[font=arial, serif]Texas is coming off a 2-3 showing at last weekend's Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic. The Longhorns defeated Cal Poly and Fresno State, while[/font]
[font=arial, serif]dropping contests to UNLV, No. 3/2 Washington and California.[/font]
[font=arial, serif]STEPHENS IS SWINGIN' IT[/font]
[font=arial, serif]Sophomore Lindsey Stephens went on an offensive tear last weekend at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic. The Longhorn power hitter smashed a[/font]
[font=arial, serif]home run in three-straight games, including a grand slam against Cal Poly. Through the five games out in Cathedral City, she hit .353 (6-for-17) and[/font]
[font=arial, serif]drove in 11 RBIs, while slugging an impressive .941. Stephens has a team-high seven homers already in 2014 after having just one during her entire[/font]
[font=arial, serif]rookie season (40 games). The UT outfielder also leads the Longhorns in doubles (3), RBIs (24), slugging percentage (.789) and total bases (42).[/font]
[font=arial, serif]Stephens enters the upcoming weekend on an eight-game hitting streak.[/font]
[font=arial, serif]SMITH SHOWS CONSISTENCY[/font]
[font=arial, serif]Junior Gabby Smith leads the Texas pitching staff with a 5-1 record and 2.49 ERA in the circle. Over her last two outings, she owns a 0.00 ERA and[/font]
[font=arial, serif]has thrown 10.0 straight scoreless innings, while allowing just two hits, three walks and striking out seven during that span. Last week at the Mary[/font]
[font=arial, serif]Nutter Classic, she picked up wins against Cal Poly and Fresno State. Other than being shelled for seven runs in the fifth inning against Cal Poly,[/font]
[font=arial, serif]Smith was on point for the rest of the weekend. Against Fresno State, she tossed a complete game, one-hit performance to give UT its first shutout[/font]
[font=arial, serif]victory of the season. The next day, Smith was brought in for the final 3.0 innings against Cal, in which she allowed no runs and only gave up one[/font]
[font=arial, serif]hit.[/font]
[font=arial, serif]STATS OF NOTE[/font]
[font=arial, serif]TEXAS vs. Louisiana-Monroe[/font]
- EVERY RUN COUNTS: The Horns are 7-0 when scoring six or more runs in a game and are 1-9 when they have scored five runs or less.
- EYEING THE TOP: Senior shortstop Taylor Thom is currently 3rd all-time with 148 RBIs. She is one shy of Taylor Hoagland for second place and seven short of the top spot, currently held by Lexy Bennett.
[font=arial, serif]TEXAS vs. Southern Mississippi[/font]
- Texas and Louisiana-Monroe are meeting for the third time.
- The Longhorns own a 2-0 record in the all-time series.
- UT swept ULM in a doubleheader on Feb. 26, 2009 in Austin. The Longhorns defeated the Warhawks, 5-0, in game one before run-ruling them in the second game by a final of 10-2 in six innings.
[font=arial, serif]TEXAS vs. Texas Southern[/font]
- The Longhorns and Golden Eagles will meet for the third time in the head-to-head series. UT has won each of the first two games in the all-time series with Southern Miss.
- On March 9, 2002, the Longhorns shutout the Golden Eagles in both ends of a doubleheader, winning by scores of 5-0 and 4-0 in Austin.
[font=arial, serif]DOMINATE THE STATE[/font]
- Texas and Texas Southern are meeting for the third time. UT has won both of the prior two contests between the teams.
- The Longhorns have run-ruled the Lady Tigers in each of the first two meetings, winning by identical scores of 8-0 in five innings (March 4, 2010 and April 4, 2013).
[font=arial, serif]Since beginning varsity competition in 1997, UT has posted a 274-66-1 mark (.807 winning percentage) versus foes from Texas, including an 0-1 record in such games during the 2014 campaign. The Longhorns fell to in-state rival UTSA on Feb. 12 when they last time played a Texas-based school.[/font]