2014 Texas Longhorns softball team

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2014 Texas Longhorns softball
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Conference Big 12 Conference
Record35–23 (12–6 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Corrie Hill (9th season)
  • Jennifer McFalls (4th season)
  • Shanna Diller (2nd season)
Home stadiumRed & Charline McCombs Field
Seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 Big 12 Conference softball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 5 Oklahoma  ‍†‍‍y16–2–0 .88951–13–0 .797
No. 4 Baylor  ‍‍‍y13–5–0 .72249–16–0 .754
Texas  ‍‍‍y12–6–0 .66735–23–0 .603
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍8–10–0 .44435–19–0 .648
Kansas  ‍‍‍y7–11–0 .38934–23–0 .596
Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍5–13–0 .27826–28–0 .481
Iowa State  ‍‍‍2–16–0 .11123–31–1 .427
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from NFCA [1]

The 2014 Texas Longhorns softball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2014 NCAA Division I softball season. Connie Clark entered the year as head coach of the Longhorns for an 18th consecutive season. The Longhorns were picked to finish third in the pre-season conference polls. [2] After posting a 12–6 record in conference play, the Longhorns finished exactly where they were picked to finish and qualified for the NCAA softball tournament as an at large bid. The Longhorns would go 2–2 in the Lafayette Region and bow out with a final record of 35–23.

Contents

2014 roster

2014 Texas Longhorns Roster
 

Pitchers

  • 2 Tiarra Davis – freshman
  • 15 Holly Kern – sophomore
  • 18 Gabby Smith – junior
  • 33 Lauren Slatten – freshman

Catchers

  • 5 Mandy Ogle – senior
  • 17 Erin Shireman – sophomore
  • 45 Taylor King – sophomore

Utilitys

  • 3 Rachel Scott – sophomore
  • 7 Marlee Gabaldon – junior
  • 13 Lindsey Stephens – sophomore
  • 18 Gabby Smith – junior
  • 48 Stephanie Ceo – sophomore
 

Infielders

  • 1 Stephanie Wong – freshman
  • 2 Tiarra Davis – freshman
  • 3 Rachel Scott – sophomore
  • 4 Devon Tunning – freshman
  • 6 Mickenzi Krpec – freshman
  • 10 Taylor McAllister – freshman
  • 11 Taylor Thom – senior
  • 15 Holly Kern – sophomore
  • 17 Erin Shireman – sophomore
  • 22 Karina Scott – senior
  • 30 Kelli Hanzel – freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 1 Stephanie Wong – freshman
  • 10 Taylor McAllister – freshman
  • 20 Brejae Washington – senior
  • 48 Stephanie Ceo – sophomore
 

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRank#SiteResultAttendanceWinning PitcherLosing Pitcher
Regular Season
February 6*6:00 PM#17  LSU Lady Tigers #10Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA W 6–11,343Gabby Smith (1–0)Czechner (0–1)
Louisiana Classic
February 7*11:30 AM North Carolina Tar Heels #10Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA W 7–3341Lauren Slatten (1–0)Kendra Lynch (0–1)
February 7*6:50 PM#13  Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns #10Lamson Park • Lafayette, LAW 10–7815Tiarra Davis (1–0)Jordan Wallace (1–1)
February 8*4:30 PM#13 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns#10Lamson Park • Lafayette, LAW 7–31,015Gabby Smith (2–0)Stewart (0–1)
February 8*9:00 PM Northern Iowa Panthers #10Lamson Park • Lafayette, LAL 3–6204C. Ross (1–0)Tiarra Davis (1–1)
February 9*9:00 AM Purdue Boilermakers #10Lamson Park • Lafayette, LAL 4–5151L. Fecho (1–1)Lauren Slatten (1–1)
Regular Season
February 12*7:00 PM UTSA Roadrunners #15Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX W 2–4436Merrill (2–0)Gabby Smith (2–1)
Texas Classic
February 14*4:00 PM#7  Kentucky Wildcats #15Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TXL 4–6461K Nunley (3–0)Holly Kern (0–1)
February 14*7:00 PM IPFW Mastodons #15Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TXL 2–3583M. Kramer (4–0)Tiarra Davis (1–2)
February 15*1:00 PM Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters #15Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TXW 7–2568Lauren Slatten (2–1)Biance Duran (1–3)
February 15*4:00 PMIPFW Mastodons#15Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TXW 10–25655Gabby Smith (3–1)M. Flenniken (2–1)
February 16*10:00 AM#7 Kentucky Wildcats#15Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TXL 5–6516M. Prince (2–0)Tiarra Davis (1–3)
Mary Nutter Classic
February 20*12:30 PM UNLV Rebels #25Big League Dreams Complex • Cathedral City, CA L 4–5266Amanda Oliveto (2–4)Holy Kern (0–2)
February 20*3:00 PM Cal Poly Mustangs #25Big League Dreams Complex • Cathedral City, CAW 13–7274Gabby Smith (4–1)Sierra Hyland (0–1)
February 21*12:30 PM#3  Washington Huskies #25Big League Dreams Complex • Cathedral City, CAL 2–3373Kaitlin Inglesby (4–1)Tiarra Davis (1–4)
February 22*11:30 AM Fresno State Bulldogs #25Big League Dreams Complex • Cathedral City, CAW 5–0400Gabby Smith (5–1)Jill Compton (4–3)
February 23*11:00 AM California Golden Bears #25Big League Dreams Complex • Cathedral City, CAW 2–5187Nisa Ontiveros (5–2)Tiarra Davis (1–5)
Texas Invitational
February 27*4:00 PM Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TXW 6–2N/AGabby Smith (6–1)L Hamby (8–2)
February 28*6:30 PM Southern Miss Golden Eagles Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TXW 10–25667Tiarra Davis (2–5)S. Robles (1–5)
March 1*1:00 PM Texas Southern Lady Tigers Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TXW 8–05556Gabby Smith (7–1)M. Staton (2–4)
March 1*6:30 PMLouisiana-Monroe WarhawksRed & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TXW 9–15716Tiarra Davis (3–5)Wilson (0–1)
March 2*8:00 AMTexas Southern Lady TigersRed & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TXW 9–16576Gabby Smith (8–1)S. Jimenez (3–1)
Judi Garman Classic
March 6*7:30 PM Houston Cougars Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CA W 5–1600Tiarra Davis (4–5)Julana Shrum (2–3)
March 7*12:00 PM#10  Arizona State Sun Devils Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CAL 3–81,000Mackenzie Popescue (12–1)Gabby Smith (8–2)
March 8*12:00 PM#5  Michigan Wolverines Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CAL 1–31,200Haylie Wagner (11–0)Tiarra Davis (4–6)
March 8*10:00 PM#6 Washington HuskiesTitan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CAL 3–61,200Kaitlin Inglesby (6–1)Gabby Smith (8–3)
March 9*4:00 PM Long Beach State 49ers Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CAL 3–4862 Erin Jones-Wesley (9–2)Lauren Slatten (2–2)
Regular Season
March 11*4:00 PM North Texas Mean Green Lovelace Stadium • Denton, TX W 10–2605Tiarra Davis (6–5)Ashley Kirk (10–3)
March 11*7:00 PMNorth Texas Mean GreenLovelace Stadium • Denton, TXW 2–1605Gabby Smith (9–3)Madison Thompson (2–3)
March 15*4:00 PM Iowa Hawkeyes Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TXW 9–11,050Tiarra Davis (6–6)Kayla Massey (2–7)
March 16*4:00 PMIowa HawkeyesRed & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TXL 5–6739Starkenberg (2–2)Tiarra Davis (6–7)
March 17*7:00 PMIowa HawkeyesRed & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TXW 3–0523Tiarra Davis (7–7)Kayla Massey (2–8)
March 19*7:00 PMHouston CougarsRed & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TXL 4–5802Shrum (4–3)Lauren Slatten (2–3)
March 2211:00 AM Baylor Lady Bears Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX W 6–51,306Tiarra Davis (8–7)Canion (12–4)
March 26*7:00 PM Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TXW 8–0530Tiarra Davis (9–7)L. Carter (6–12)
April 2*2:00 PM Texas State Bobcats Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TXW 19–75572Gabby Smith (10–3)Rayn House (16–12)
April 44:30 PM Texas Tech Lady Raiders Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TXW 5–1557Tiarra Davis (10–7)G. Aucoin (8–6)
April 54:00 PMTexas Tech Lady RaidersRed & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TXL 5–61,256C. Custer (11–5)Gabby Smith (10–4)
April 612:00 PMTexas Tech Lady RaidersRed & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TXW 7–31,051Tiarra Davis (11–7)C. Custer (11–6)
April 112:00 PM Iowa State Cyclones Cyclone Sports Complex • Ames, IA W 19–65259Gabby Smith (11–4)Paris Imholz (0–3)
April 115:00 PMIowa State CyclonesCyclone Sports Complex • Ames, IAW 2–0259Tiarra Davish (12–7)Paris Imholz (0–4)
April 123:00 PMIowa State CyclonesCyclone Sports Complex • Ames, IAW 17–15255Tiarra Davis (13–7)Paris Imholz (0–5)
April 178:00 PM#16  Oklahoma Sooners Marita Hynes Stadium • Norman, OK L 1–4946K. Stevens (24–6)Tiarra Davis (13–8)
April 186:30 PM#16 Oklahoma SoonersMarita Hynes Stadium • Norman, OKW 9–061,370Tiarra Davis (14–8)K. Stevens (24–7)
April 196:30 PM#16 Oklahoma SoonersMarita Hynes Stadium • Norman, OKL 0–851,396K. Stevens (25–7)Tiarra Davis (14–9)
April 23*6:00 PMTexas State BobcatsTexas State Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX W 15–66803Gabby Smith (12–4)R House (19–17)
April 254:30 PM Oklahoma State Cowgirls Red & Sharline McCombs Field • Austin, TXL 3–5591S. Freeman (20–12)Tiarra Davis (14–10)
April 264:00 PMOklahoma State CowgirlsRed & Sharline McCombs Field • Austin, TXW 12–15930Tiarra Davis (15–10)Whitney Whitehorn (4–8)
April 2711:30 AMOklahoma State CowgirlsRed & Sharline McCombs Field • Austin, TXW 3–0942Gabby Smith (13–4)Simone Freeman (20–13)
May 27:00 PM Kansas Jayhawks Red & Sharline McCombs Field • Austin, TXW 2–0792Tiarra Davis (16–10)Kessler (17–13)
May 33:00 PMKansas JayhawksRed & Sharline McCombs Field • Austin, TXL 2–5931Kessler (18–13)Tiarra Davis (16–11)
May 41:00 PMKansas JayhawksRed & Sharline McCombs Field • Austin, TXW 8–0930Tiarra Davis (17–11)Kelsey Kessler (18–14)
May 66:00 PMBaylor Lady BearsGetterman Stadium • Waco, TXL 1–21,744Canion (26–9)Tiarra Davis (17–12)
May 111:00 PMBaylor Lady BearsRed & Sharline McCombs Field • Austin, TXW 3–21,304Tiarra Davis (18–12)Heather Stearns (13–4)
2014 NCAA Regionals
May 16*3:00 PM Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs Lamson Park • Lafayette, LAW 1–01,945Tiarra Davis (19–12)A. Owen (18–12)
May 17*12:00 PM#6 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' CajunsLamson Park • Lafayette, LAL 2–31,372Hamilton (26–2)Tiarra Davis (19–13)
May 17*6:00 PM Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs Lamson Park • Lafayette, LAW 4–31,392Gabby Smith (14–4)A. Silkwood (14–8)
May 18*12:00 PM#6 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' CajunsLamson Park • Lafayette, LAL 1–101,871Hamilton (27–2)Tiarra Davis (19–14)
*Non-Conference Game. All times are in Central Time Zone.

TV, radio, and streaming information

More than 60% of the Texas schedule would air on television. Below are the announcing assignments for the games that were televised. If a TV station isn't listed, the game aired on Longhorn Network.

References

  1. ↑ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Oklahoma picked to win Big 12 softball title" (Press release). KXII. January 22, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
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