2023 Texas Longhorns softball team

2023 Texas Longhorns softball
2023 Texas Longhorns softball
NCAA Austin Regional Champion
NCAA Knoxville Super Regional, 0–2
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
Record	45–15–1 (11–7 Big 12)
Head coach	Mike White (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Steve Singleton (4th season); Kristen Zaleski (1st season); Molly Jacobsen (1st season);
Home stadium	Red and Charline McCombs Field
	Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

Last updated August 25, 2023

2023 Big 12 Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 1 Oklahoma ‍†‍‡‍^y	18	–	0	–	0	1.000	61	–	1	–	0	.984
No. 8 Texas ‍‍‍^y	11	–	7	–	0	.611	45	–	15	–	1	.746
No. 9 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍^y	10	–	8	–	0	.556	47	–	16	–	0	.746
No. 18 Baylor ‍‍‍^y	8	–	10	–	0	.444	40	–	18	–	0	.690
Iowa State ‍‍‍	6	–	12	–	0	.333	25	–	30	–	0	.455
Kansas ‍‍‍	5	–	13	–	0	.278	25	–	27	–	0	.481
Texas Tech ‍‍‍	5	–	13	–	0	.278	31	–	22	–	0	.585

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 8, 2023^[1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2023 Texas Longhorns softball team represents the University of Texas at Austin during the 2023 NCAA Division I softball season. The Longhorns play their home games at Red and Charline McCombs Field as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach Mike White in his 5th season at Texas.

Previous Season

Texas finished the 2023 season 42–12–1, 11–7 in Big 12 Conference play.^[2] Texas also was the first unseeded team to ever reach the Women's College World Series finals.^[3]

Big 12 Tournament

Bracket

First Round Thursday, May 11			Semifinals Friday, May 12			Championship Saturday, May 13

			1	Oklahoma	9⁽⁵⁾

			5	Iowa State	0
4	Baylor	1

5	Iowa State	8
						1	Oklahoma	6

						2	Texas	1
2	Texas	7⁽⁸⁾

7	Texas Tech	6
			2	Texas	9

			6	Kansas	1
3	Oklahoma State	7

6	Kansas	8

Personnel

Roster

2023 Texas Longhorns Roster^[4]

Pitchers

22 – Estelle Czech – junior
45 – Logan Hulon – junior
55 – Mac Morgan – sophomore
77 – Citlaly Gutierrez – freshman
99 – Sophia Simpson – sophomore

Catchers

14 – Reese Atwood^{[lower-alpha 1]} – freshman
44 – Katie Cimusz^{[lower-alpha 1]} – sophomore

Infielders

10 – Mia Scott – sophomore
11 – Alyssa Washington – junior
14 – Reese Atwood^{[lower-alpha 1]} – freshman
15 – Courtney Day^{[lower-alpha 1]} – junior
23 – Viviana Martinez – freshman
43 – Leighann Goode – freshman
44 – Katie Cimusz – sophomore

Outfielders

1 – Mya Holmes – sophomore
5 – Jordyn Whitaker^{[lower-alpha 1]} – junior
6 – Bella Dayton – junior
7 – Ashton Maloney - freshman
9 – Lou Gilbert – senior
16 – Alyssa Popelka – junior

Utility Players

3 – Vanessa Quiroga – sophomore
13 – Maddie Pomykalski – freshman
27 – Baylea Brandon – sophomore
28 – Camille Corona – junior

Designated Hitters

5 – Jordyn Whitaker – junior
15 – Courtney Day – junior

Roster Notes

1 2 3 4 5 Plays two different positions

Coaches

2023 Texas Longhorns coaching staff^[5]

Mike White – Head coach – 5th year
Steve Singleton – Associate head coach – 4th year
Kristen Zaleski – Assistant coach – 1st year
Molly Jacobsen – Volunteer assistant coach – 1st year

Support staff

2023 Texas Longhorns support staff^[6]

Keely McMillon – Director of operations – 3rd year
Kassi Hardee – Associate athletic trainer (Softball) – 6th year
Melissa Schmitz – Assistant coach for athletic performance – 7th year
Nick Williams – Video coordinator
Hailey Dolcini – Graduate assistant – 1st year

Offseason

Player Departures

2023 Texas offseason departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes	Source
Hailey Dolcini	27	P	6’0”	Senior	Ferndale, CA	Graduated	^[7]
Janae Jefferson	2	IF	5’4”	Senior	Humble, TX	Graduated
Lauren Burke	00	UTL	5’7”	Senior	Eugene, OR	Graduated
Mary Iakopo	33	C/1B	5’10”	Senior	Carson, CA	Graduated
McKenzie Parker	9	IF	5’9”	Junior	Conroe, TX	Graduated

Outgoing Transfers

Name	B/T	Pos.	Height	Hometown	Year	New school	Source
Brianna Cantu	R/R	UTL	5’7”	League City, TX	Sophomore	Houston	^[8]
Carlee Ratcliff	R/R	UTL	5’5”	New Boston, TX	Sophomore	—	—
JJ Smith	R/L	C/1B	5’10”	Rosenberg, TX	Sophomore	Texas State	^[9]
Shea O’Leary	R/R	P	6’2”	Castaic, CA	Junior	UT Tyler	^[10]

Coaching Staff Departures

Name	Position	New Team	New Position	Source
Megan Bartlett	Assistant Coach	Arizona State	Head coach	^[11]

Incoming Players

2022 Texas Signing Class
Name	B/T	Number	Pos.	Hometown	High School	Source
Citlaly Gutierrez	R/R	77	P	Stamford, TX	Stamford	^[12]
Leighann Goode	R/R	43	SS/2B	San Antonio, TX	Sandra Day O'Connor
Maddie Pomykalski	R/R	13	UTL	Frankfort, IL	Lincoln-Way East
Reese Atwood	R/R	14	C/1B	Sandia, TX	Tuloso-Midway
Viviana Martinez	L/R	23	SS/2B	Tolleson, AZ	Tolleson Union

Incoming Transfers

Name	B/T	Pos.	Height	Hometown	Year	Previous school	Source
Baylea Brandon	L/L	Utility	5’6”	Leander, TX	Sophomore	LSU	^[13]
Mac Morgan	R/R	P	5’8”	Creighton, MO	Sophomore	Arizona State	^[14]

Coaching Staff Additions

Name	Position	Previous Team	Previous Position	Source
Kristen Zaleski	Assistant Coach	Oklahoma	Volunteer Assistant Coach	^[15]

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award	Player	Position	Year	Source
USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year	Mia Scott	IF	Sophomore	^[16]

Big 12 media poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Big 12 media poll
1	Oklahoma	36 (6)
2	Oklahoma State	29 (1)
3	Texas	28
4	Baylor	20
5	Iowa State	16
6	Texas Tech	12
7	Kansas	6

Source:^[17]

Preseason All-Big 12 team

Preseason All-Big 12 Team
Name	Number	Position	Class	Source
Mia Scott	10	IF	Sophomore	^[18]

Schedule and results

2023 Texas Longhorns softball game log (45–15–1)

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie = Canceled Bold = Texas team member

Regular season (40–12–1)

February (11–2–1)
Date	Time (CT)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	Big 12 Record	Box Score	Recap
NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic ^[19]
February 10	3:00 p.m.	GameChanger	vs. Missouri*^{[lower-alpha 1]}	No. 6	Eddie C. Moore Complex Field 1 • Clearwater, FL	11–1	Morgan (1–0)	Weber (0–1)	—	278	1–0	—	Box Score	Recap
February 10	5:30 p.m.	GameChanger	vs. No. 8 Northwestern*^{[lower-alpha 1]}	No. 6	Eddie C. Moore Complex Field 1 • Clearwater, FL	9–10	Supple (1–0)	Czech (0–1)	—	345	1–1	—	Box Score	Recap
February 11	3:00 p.m.	GameChanger	vs. Illinois*^{[lower-alpha 1]}	No. 6	Eddie C. Moore Complex Field 4 • Clearwater, FL	Postponed to February 12 due to inclement weather.^[20]
February 11	5:30 p.m.	GameChanger	vs. No. 13 Tennessee*^{[lower-alpha 2]}	No. 6	Eddie C. Moore Complex Field 3 • Clearwater, FL	Canceled due to inclement weather.^[21]
February 12^{[lower-alpha 3]}	8:30 a.m.	GameChanger	vs. Illinois*^{[lower-alpha 1]}	No. 6	Eddie C. Moore Complex Field 8 • Clearwater, FL	7–0	Czech (1–1)	McQueen (0–1)	—	117	2–1	—	Box Score	Recap
February 12	11:30 a.m.	GameChanger	vs. No. 20 Kentucky*^{[lower-alpha 2]}	No. 6	Eddie C. Moore Complex Field 3 • Clearwater, FL	4–4	—	–	—	688	2–1–1	—	Box Score	Recap

February 15	6:00 p.m.	LHN	vs. Lamar*	No. 9	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	8–2	Gutierrez (1–0)	Ruiz (0–4)	—	1,297	3–1–1	—	Box Score	Recap
Texas Classic
February 17	3:00 p.m.	LHN	vs. Loyola (IL)*	No. 9	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	11–4	Czech (2–1)	Broniewicz (0–2)	—	1,388	4–1–1	—	Box Score	Recap
February 17	5:30 p.m.	LHN	vs. Omaha*	No. 9	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	7–6	Morgan (2–0)	Nuismer (3–1)	—	1,406	5–1–1	—	Box Score	Recap
February 18	3:00 p.m.	LHN	vs. Omaha*	No. 9	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	9–1 ⁽⁵⁾	Czech (3–1)	Meyer (2–2)	—	1,534	6–1–1	—	Box Score	Recap
February 18	5:30 p.m.	LHN	vs. Loyola (IL)*	No. 9	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	6–5	Gutierrez (2–0)	Pepkowski (3–2)	—	1,560	7–1–1	—	Box Score	Recap
February 19	12:30 p.m.	LHN	vs. Incarnate Word*	No. 9	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	8–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Morgan (3–0)	Garcia (2–1)	—	1,452	8–1–1	—	Box Score	Recap

Lone Star State Invitational
February 24	4:00 p.m.	LHN	vs. No. 10 Virginia Tech*	No. 9	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	5–6	Lemley (5–1)	Gutierrez (2–1)	—	1,386	8–2–1	—	Box Score	Recap
February 25	4:00 p.m.	LHN	vs. No. 10 Virginia Tech*	No. 9	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	8–2	Morgan (3–0)	Grein (3–1)	—	1,780	9–2–1	—	Box Score	Recap
February 25	6:30 p.m.	LHN	vs. Abilene Christian*	No. 9	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	8–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Simpson (1–0)	Scheik (0–1)	—	1,821	10–2–1	—	Box Score	Recap
February 26	3:00 p.m.	LHN	vs. Texas Southern*	No. 9	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	22–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Gutierrez (3–1)	Gendorf (0–4)	—	1,606	11–2–1	—	Box Score	Recap

March (15–4)
Date	Time (CT)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	Big 12 Record	Box Score	Recap
March 1	6:00 p.m.	LHN	vs. North Texas*	No. 9	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	4–2	Czech (4–1)	Childers (0–1)	Morgan (1)	1,412	12–2–1	—	Box Score	Recap
Longhorn Invitational
March 3	4:30 p.m.	LHN	vs. Tennessee State*	No. 9	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	9–3	Simpson (2–0)	Manus (7–4)	Gutierrez (1)	1,590	13–2–1	—	Box Score	Recap
March 3	7:00 p.m.	LHN	vs. Louisiana*	No. 9	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	6–2	Gutierrez (4–1)	Schorman (4–3)	—	1,590	14–2–1	—	Box Score	Recap
March 4	12:00 p.m.	LHN	vs. McNeese*	No. 9	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	4–0	Czech (5–1)	Vallejo (4–5)	—	1,673	15–2–1	—	Box Score	Recap
March 4	2:30 p.m.	LHN	vs. Princeton*	No. 9	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	2–1	Morgan (5–0)	Laudenslager (1–3)	—	1,722	16–2–1	—	Box Score	Recap
March 5	12:30 p.m.	LHN	vs. Louisiana*	No. 9	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	8–3	Gutierrez (5–1)	Riassetto (0–1)	—	1,571	17–2–1	—	Box Score	Recap

March 8	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+	at UT Arlington*	No. 9	Allan Saxe Field • Arlington, TX	12–3	Morgan (6–0)	Bumpurs (3–5)	—	810	18–2–1	—	Box Score	Recap
Bevo Classic
March 10	1:30 p.m.	LHN	vs. Wisconsin*	No. 9	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	5–1	Gutierrez (5–1)	Monticelli (5–1)	—	1,592	19–2–1	—	Box Score	Recap
March 10	4:00 p.m.	LHN	vs. No. 13 Alabama*	No. 9	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	5–3	Morgan (7–0)	Fouts (9–2)	Czech (1)	1,623	20–2–1	—	Box Score	Recap
March 11	4:00 p.m.	LHN	vs. Wisconsin*	No. 9	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	7–4	Czech (6–1)	Salo (4–1)	Simpson (1)	1,834	21–2–1	—	Box Score	—
March 11	6:30 p.m.	LHN	vs. No. 13 Alabama*	No. 9	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	3–4	Fouts (10–2)	Morgan (7–1)	—	1,876	21–3–1	—	Box Score	—
March 12	3:00 p.m.	LHN	vs. Texas State*	No. 9	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	4–5 ⁽⁹⁾	Mullins (11–4)	Simpson (2–1)	—	1,782	21–4–1	—	Box Score	Recap

March 14	6:30 p.m.	ESPN+	at Sam Houston State*	No. 11	Bearkat Softball Complex • Huntsville, TX	4–0	Morgan (8–1)	Wasik (0–4)	—	595	22–4–1	—	Box Score	Recap
South Florida Showdown
March 17	1:00 p.m.	—	vs. Marist*	No. 11	USF Softball Stadium • Tampa, FL	9–1 ⁽⁵⁾	Gutierrez (7–1)	Pleasants (1–5)	—	–	23–4–1	—	Box Score	Recap
March 17	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+	at South Florida*	No. 11	USF Softball Stadium • Tampa, FL	3–4	Vivian (1–0)	Czech (6–2)	—	1,393	23–5–1	—	Box Score	Recap
March 18	1:00 p.m.	—	vs. Lehigh*	No. 11	USF Softball Stadium • Tampa, FL	7–0	Gutierrez (8–1)	Hess (6–2)	—	–	24–5–1	—	Box Score	Recap
March 18	6:00 p.m.	—	vs. Iowa*	No. 11	USF Softball Stadium • Tampa, FL	5–1	Morgan (9–1)	Adams (4–6)	Gutierrez (2)	1,907	25–5–1	—	Box Score	Recap
March 19	11:30 a.m.	ESPN+	at South Florida*	No. 11	USF Softball Stadium • Tampa, FL	6–1	Czech (7–2)	Kopko (0–2)	—	1,218	26–5–1	—	Box Score	Recap

March 22	6:00 p.m.	LHN	vs. Stephen F. Austin*	No. 10	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	13–2 ⁽⁵⁾	Morgan (10–1)	Gainous (5–3)	—	1,274	27–5–1	—	Box Score	Recap
March 24	4:30 p.m.	LHN	vs. Texas Tech	No. 10	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	3–2	Guiterrez (9–1)	Fritz (7–2)	—	1,480	28–5–1	1–0	Box Score	Recap
March 25	12:00 p.m.	LHN	vs. Texas Tech	No. 10	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	4–3	Simpson (3–1)	Herzog (2–3)	—	1,603	29–5–1	2–0	Box Score	Recap
March 26	12:00 p.m.	LHN	vs. Texas Tech	No. 10	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	8–3	Guiterrez (10–1)	Carlin (2–3)	—	1,523	30–5–1	3–0	Box Score	Recap
March 31	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+	at Oklahoma ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	No. 9	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	1–8	Bahl (9–1)	Czech (7–3)	—	8,930^{[lower-alpha 5]}	30–6–1	3–1	Box Score	Recap

April (9–3)
Date	Time (CT)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	Big 12 Record	Box Score	Recap
April 1	11:00 a.m.	ESPN2	at Oklahoma	No. 9	OU Softball Complex • Norman, OK	3–4	Bahl (10–1)	Gutierrez (10–2)	—	1,976	30–7–1	3–2	Box Score	Recap
April 2	11:00 a.m.	ESPN2	at Oklahoma	No. 9	OU Softball Complex • Norman, OK	2–10 ⁽⁶⁾	May (10–0)	Morgan (10–2)	—	1,868	30–8–1	3–3	Box Score	Recap
April 6	4:00 p.m.	ESPN+	at Iowa State	No. 9	Cyclone Sports Complex • Ames, IA	8–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Morgan (11–2)	Swain (4–7)	—	273	31–8–1	4–3	Box Score	Recap
April 7	4:00 p.m.	ESPN+	at Iowa State	No. 9	Cyclone Sports Complex • Ames, IA	8–1	Czech (8–3)	Charles (3–2)	—	657	32–8–1	5–3	Box Score	Recap
April 8	1:00 p.m.	ESPN+	at Iowa State	No. 9	Cyclone Sports Complex • Ames, IA	9–1	Gutierrez (11–2)	Ralston (3–5)	—	603	33–8–1	6–3	Box Score	Recap
April 12	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+	at Texas State	No. 8	Bobcat Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX	4–0	Morgan (12–2)	McCann (6–5)	—	1,027	34–8–1	—	Box Score	Recap
April 14	6:00 p.m.	LHN	vs. Kansas	No. 8	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	L 3–9	Hamilton (8–6)	Czech (8–4)	—	1,496	34–9–1	6–4	Box Score	Recap
April 15	4:30 p.m.	LHN	vs. Kansas	No. 8	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	10–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Morgan (13–2)	Brooks (4–5)	—	1,659	35–9–1	7–4	Box Score	Recap
April 16	12:00 p.m.	LHN	vs. Kansas	No. 8	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	3–2	Morgan (14–2)	Ludwig (2–5)	—	1,491	36–9–1	8–4	Box Score	Recap
April 20	8:00 p.m.	ESPN2	vs. No. 3 Oklahoma State	No. 7	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	Postponed to Doubleheader on April 22, due to rain.
April 21	4:30 p.m.	LHN	vs. No. 3 Oklahoma State	No. 7	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	1–0 ⁽⁸⁾	Morgan (15–2)	Kilfoyl (12–3)	—	1,474	37–9–1	9–4	Box Score	Recap
April 22	12:00 p.m.	LHN	vs. No. 3 Oklahoma State	No. 7	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	3–2	Simpson (4–1)	Maxwell (13–2)	—	1,543	38–9–1	10–4	Box Score	Recap
April 22	3:00 p.m.	LHN	vs. No. 3 Oklahoma State	No. 7	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	5–2	Czech (9–4)	Aycock (8–1)	Morgan (2)	1,569	39–9–1	11–4	Box Score	Recap
April 26	6:00 p.m.	LHN	vs. UTSA*	No. 5	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	Canceled due to expected severe thunderstorms.

May (1-3)
Date	Time (CT)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	Big 12 Record	Box Score	Recap
May 3	6:00 p.m.	LHN	vs. Sam Houston State*	No. 5	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	12–2 ⁽⁵⁾	Czech (10–4)	Vento (3–6)	Gutierrez (3)	1,407	40–9–1	—	Box Score	Recap
May 5	6:00 p.m.	LHN	vs. No. 20 Baylor	No. 5	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	1–9 ⁽⁵⁾	Crandall (14–4)	Morgan (15–3)	—	1,455	40–10–1	11–5	Box Score	Recap
May 6	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+	at No. 20 Baylor	No. 5	Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX	2–5	West (8–3)	Gutierrez (11–3)	—	1,250	40–11–1	11–6	Box Score	Recap
May 7	1:00 p.m.	ESPN+	at No. 20 Baylor	No. 5	Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX	1–2	Crandall (15–4)	Gutierrez (11–4)	—	1,250	40–12–1	11–7	Box Score	Recap

Postseason (5–3)

Big 12 Softball Tournament (2–1)
Date	Time (CT)	TV	Opponent	Seed	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	Tournament record	Box Score	Recap
May 11	1:40 p.m.	Big 12 Now	vs. (7) Texas Tech First Round	(2) No. 10	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	7–6 ⁽⁸⁾	Gutierrez (12–4)	Herzog (2–4)	—	–	41–12–1	1–0	Box Score	Recap
May 12	4:00 p.m.	Big 12 Now	vs. (6) Kansas Semifinals	(2) No. 10	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	9–1 ⁽⁵⁾	Morgan (16–3)	Brooks (5–6)	—	3,739	42–12–1	2–0	Box Score	Recap
May 13	12:00 p.m.	Big 12 Now	vs. (1) Oklahoma Championship	(2) No. 10	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	1–6	May (16–0)	Gutierrez (12–4)	Bahl (3)	4,684	42–13–1	2–1	Box Score	Recap

Austin Regional (3–0)
Date	Time (CT)	TV	Opponent	Seed	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	Regional Record	Box Score	Recap
May 19	4:00 p.m.	LHN	vs. #4 Seton Hall	#1 (13) No. 8	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 8–0 (5)	Morgan (17–3)^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Smith (16–7)	—	1,633	43–13–1	1–0	Box Score	Recap
May 20	2:00 p.m.	ESPN	vs. #2 Texas A&M	#1 (13) No. 8	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 2–1	Gutierrez (13–5)	Preston (4–3)	Simpson (2)	1,643	44–13–1	2–0	Box Score	Recap
May 21	1:00 p.m.	ESPN2	vs. #2 Texas A&M^{[lower-alpha 7]} Regional Final	#1 (13) No. 8	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 11–5	Morgan (18–3)	Ackerman (7–7)	—	1,663	45–13–1	3–0	Box Score	Recap

Knoxville Super Regional (0–2)
Date	Time (CT)	TV	Opponent	Seed	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	Super Regional Record	Box Score	Recap
May 26	3:00 p.m.	ESPN2	at (4) Tennessee	(13)	Sherri Parker Lee Stadium • Knoxville, TN	L 2–5	Rogers (18–1)	Morgan (18–4)	—	2,417	45–14–1	0–1	Box Score	Recap
May 27	2:00 p.m.	ABC	vs (4) Tennessee^{[lower-alpha 8]}	(13)	Sherri Parker Lee Stadium • Knoxville, TN	L 0–9	Gottshall (16–1)	Gutierrez (13–6)	—	2,472	45–15–1	0–2	Box Score	Recap

* indicates a non-conference game. All rankings from NFCA/USA Today on the date of the contest. Source:^[23]

Schedule Notes

1 2 3 4 5 Neutral site, Texas is the designated visiting team
1 2 Neutral site, Texas is the designated home team
↑ Originally scheduled for February 11th, rescheduled to February 12 due to inclement weather.^[22]
↑ Game was originally schedule for the OU Softball Complex in Norman, OK but was relocated to the USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK. The Saturday and Sunday games of the series will still be played in Norman. Texas will remain the Visiting team.
↑ Set new all-time NCAA single game regular season attendance record. Previous record of 5,724 was set on March 14, 2000.
↑ Texas pitchers Mac Morgan and Estelle Czech combined to throw a no-hitter versus Seton Hall. This was the first combined no-hitter by Texas in NCAA tournament play
↑ Texas was the designated Visiting Team
↑ Texas was the designated Home Team

Postseason

Big 12 Tournament

First Round Thursday, May 11			Semifinals Friday, May 12			Championship Saturday, May 13

			1	Oklahoma	9⁽⁵⁾

			5	Iowa State	0
4	Baylor	1

5	Iowa State	8
						1	Oklahoma	6

						2	Texas	1
2	Texas	7⁽⁸⁾

7	Texas Tech	6
			2	Texas	9

			6	Kansas	1
3	Oklahoma State	7

6	Kansas	8

NCAA tournament

Austin Regional and Knoxville Super Regional

Round 1			Round 2			Regional Finals				Super Regionals

4	Tennessee	12⁽⁵⁾

	Northern Kentucky	0
			4	Tennessee	9⁽⁵⁾

				Indiana	1
	Indiana	4

	Louisville	3
						4	Tennessee	7	—
Knoxville Regional – Sherri Parker Lee Stadium
							Indiana	3	—
	Northern Kentucky	1

	Louisville	9⁽⁵⁾
				Indiana	4

				Louisville	2



										4	Tennesssee	5	9	—

										13	Texas	2	0	—
13	Texas	8⁽⁵⁾

	Seton Hall	0
			13	Texas	2

				Texas A&M	1
	Texas A&M	2⁽⁸⁾

	Texas State	1
						13	Texas	11	—
Austin Regional – Red and Charline McCombs Field
							Texas A&M	5	—
	Seton Hall	3

	Texas State	4
				Texas A&M	4

				Texas State	2

Statistics

All Statistics through end of 2023 Season

Team batting

Team	AB	Avg.	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
Texas	1639	0.325	532	89	10	52	326	171	220	70
Opponents	1550	0.220	341	56	2	33	145	123	318	28

Team pitching

Team	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	SV	ERA
Texas	403.2	341	179	138	123	318	8	2.39
Opponents	381.0	532	370	287	171	220	1	5.27

Individual batting

Note: leaders must meet the minimum requirement of 2 PA/G and 75% of games played

Player	GP	AB	Avg.	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
Ashton Maloney	60	152	0.382	58	3	1	0	17	10	14	5
Mia Scott	61	199	0.377	75	15	2	2	32	24	18	19
Viviana Martinez	61	188	0.346	65	14	3	5	52	15	17	6
Bella Dayton	52	96	0.344	33	3	0	2	14	11	10	7
Leighann Goode	61	203	0.325	66	16	3	8	41	21	19	10
Courtney Day	54	130	0.308	40	7	0	7	31	22	29	2
Reese Atwood	58	172	0.291	50	8	0	11	43	3	29	1
Katie Cimusz	51	125	0.272	34	7	0	6	24	24	27	3
Vanessa Quiroga	29	47	0.383	18	4	0	3	11	6	10	0
Alyssa Popelka	50	72	0.361	26	0	0	0	5	5	11	9
Camille Corona	24	39	0.359	14	3	0	0	5	2	1	0
Baylea Brandon	23	30	0.300	9	2	0	3	8	7	6	0
Lou Gilbert	35	32	0.281	9	2	1	0	5	6	3	4
Alyssa Washington	42	113	0.239	27	4	0	4	27	11	14	4
Jordyn Whitaker	27	33	0.212	7	1	0	1	10	4	9	0
Mya Holmes	9	8	0.125	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0

Individual pitching

Note: leaders must meet the minimum requirement of 1 IP/G

Player	GP	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	SV	ERA
Citlaly Gutierrez	33	15	13	6	108.2	94	46	31	34	77	3	2.00
Mac Morgan	37	26	18	4	145.2	128	62	52	30	76	2	2.50
Estelle Czech	24	13	10	4	87.1	70	42	32	21	79	1	2.56
Sophia Simpson	26	7	4	1	62.0	49	29	23	38	86	2	2.60

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	AB	At-bats
H	Hits	Avg.	Batting average	2B	Doubles
3B	Triples	HR	Home runs	RBI	Runs batted In
IP	Innings pitched	W	Wins	L	Losses
ERA	Earned run average	SO	Strikeouts	BB	Base on balls
SV	Saves	SB	Stolen bases	High	Team high

Source:^[24]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:**██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
NFCA / USA Today	6	9	9	9	9	11	10	9	9	8	7	5	5	10	8
Softball America	9	16	18	15	14	14	14	10	14	13	10	8	6	10	10
ESPN.com/USA Softball	9	13	13	11	10	9	8	8	10	8	7	5	5	7	8
D1Softball	14	16	17	15	11	11	14	10	12	9	9	5	5	11	11

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[Positions-5] 1 2 3 4 5 Plays two different positions

[visitor-21] 1 2 3 4 5 Neutral site, Texas is the designated visiting team

[home-23] 1 2 Neutral site, Texas is the designated home team

[26] Originally scheduled for February 11th, rescheduled to February 12 due to inclement weather.^[22]

[27] Game was originally schedule for the OU Softball Complex in Norman, OK but was relocated to the USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK. The Saturday and Sunday games of the series will still be played in Norman. Texas will remain the Visiting team.

[28] Set new all-time NCAA single game regular season attendance record. Previous record of 5,724 was set on March 14, 2000.

[29] Texas pitchers Mac Morgan and Estelle Czech combined to throw a no-hitter versus Seton Hall. This was the first combined no-hitter by Texas in NCAA tournament play

[30] Texas was the designated Visiting Team

[31] Texas was the designated Home Team

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[2] "2022 Softball Schedule". Texas Sports.

[3] Scarborough, Alex (June 7, 2022). "Texas Longhorns first unseeded team to reach Women's College World Series finals". ESPN.

[4] "2023 Softball Roster". Texas Sports.

[6] "2022 Softball Roster". Texas Sports.

[7] "2022 Softball Roster". Texas Sports.

[8] "No. 17/14 Softball drops "Senior Day" contest to Baylor". Texas Sports. May 7, 2022.

[9] "It's official! Brianna is coming home". Twitter.

[10] Smith, JJ. "San Mo you ready for this??". Twitter.

[11] O’Leary, Shealyn. "After a lot of prayer and consideration, I am excited to announce that I have committed to play softball at UT Tyler and to continue my pursuit of becoming a nurse! This was the perfect fit for both!!!!!". Twitter.

[12] Davis, Danny. "Arizona State hires Texas assistant Megan Bartlett as its next head softball coach". Austin American Statesman.

[13] "Softball inks five players to its 2022 signing class". Texas Sports.

[14] "another addition to the Longhorn Fam". Twitter.

[15] "Mac Morgan". Texas Sports.

[16] "Softball announces Kristen Zaleski as new assistant coach". Texas Sports. July 1, 2022. Retrieved July 1, 2022.

[17] "2023 Softball Preseason National Honors". Big 12 Sports. January 25, 2023. Retrieved January 25, 2023.

[18] "Sooners Top Big 12 Softball Preseason Poll". Big 12 Sports. January 18, 2023.

[19] "2023 Big 12 Softball Preseason Team Announced". Big 12 Sports. January 19, 2023.

[20] "2023 NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic" (PDF). NFCA. Retrieved January 5, 2023.

[22] "2023 NFCA DIVISION I LEADOFF CLASSIC". NFCA.

[24] "2023 NFCA DIVISION I LEADOFF CLASSIC". NFCA.

[25] "2023 NFCA DIVISION I LEADOFF CLASSIC". NFCA.

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[33] "2023 Softball Cumulative Statistics". Texas Sports. Retrieved February 17, 2023.

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v t e Texas Longhorns softball
Venue	Red and Charline McCombs Field (1998-Present)
Head coaches	Connie Clark (1997-2018) Mike White (2019–present)
Seasons	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Women’s College World Series appearances in italics

2023 Texas Longhorns softball team

Contents

Previous Season

Big 12 Tournament

Personnel

Roster

Coaches

Support staff

Offseason

Player Departures

Coaching Staff Departures

Incoming Players

Coaching Staff Additions

Preseason

Award watch lists

Big 12 media poll

Preseason All-Big 12 team

Schedule and results

Postseason

Big 12 Tournament

NCAA tournament

Austin Regional and Knoxville Super Regional

Statistics

Team batting

Team pitching

Individual batting

Individual pitching

Rankings

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References