2014 Texas Longhorns softball team

2014 Texas Longhorns softball
2014 Texas Longhorns softball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
2014 record	35–23 (12–6 Big 12)
Head coach	Connie Clark (18th season);
Assistant coaches	Corrie Hill (9th season); Jennifer McFalls (4th season); Shanna Diller (2nd season);
Home stadium	Red & Charline McCombs Field
	Seasons ← 2013 2015 →

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.^[1] 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.

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[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher
Regular Season
February 6*	6:00 PM	#17 LSU Lady Tigers	#10	Tiger Park • Baton Rouge, LA	W 6–1	1,343	Gabby Smith (1–0)	Czechner (0–1)
Louisiana Classic
February 7*	11:30 AM	North Carolina Tar Heels	#10	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 7–3	341	Lauren Slatten (1–0)	Kendra Lynch (0–1)
February 7*	6:50 PM	#13 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns	#10	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 10–7	815	Tiarra Davis (1–0)	Jordan Wallace (1–1)
February 8*	4:30 PM	#13 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns	#10	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 7–3	1,015	Gabby Smith (2–0)	Stewart (0–1)
February 8*	9:00 PM	Northern Iowa Panthers	#10	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	L 3–6	204	C. Ross (1–0)	Tiarra Davis (1–1)
February 9*	9:00 AM	Purdue Boilermakers	#10	Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	L 4–5	151	L. Fecho (1–1)	Lauren Slatten (1–1)
Regular Season
February 12*	7:00 PM	UTSA Roadrunners	#15	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 2–4	436	Merrill (2–0)	Gabby Smith (2–1)
Texas Classic
February 14*	4:00 PM	#7 Kentucky Wildcats	#15	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	L 4–6	461	K Nunley (3–0)	Holly Kern (0–1)
February 14*	7:00 PM	IPFW Mastodons	#15	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	L 2–3	583	M. Kramer (4–0)	Tiarra Davis (1–2)
February 15*	1:00 PM	Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters	#15	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 7–2	568	Lauren Slatten (2–1)	Biance Duran (1–3)
February 15*	4:00 PM	IPFW Mastodons	#15	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 10–2⁵	655	Gabby Smith (3–1)	M. Flenniken (2–1)
February 16*	10:00 AM	#7 Kentucky Wildcats	#15	Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	L 5–6	516	M. Prince (2–0)	Tiarra Davis (1–3)
Mary Nutter Classic
February 20*	12:30 PM	UNLV Rebels	#25	Big League Dreams Complex • Cathedral City, CA	L 4–5	266	Amanda Oliveto (2–4)	Holy Kern (0–2)
February 20*	3:00 PM	Cal Poly Mustangs	#25	Big League Dreams Complex • Cathedral City, CA	W 13–7	274	Gabby Smith (4–1)	Sierra Hyland (0–1)
February 21*	12:30 PM	#3 Washington Huskies	#25	Big League Dreams Complex • Cathedral City, CA	L 2–3	373	Kaitlin Inglesby (4–1)	Tiarra Davis (1–4)
February 22*	11:30 AM	Fresno State Bulldogs	#25	Big League Dreams Complex • Cathedral City, CA	W 5–0	400	Gabby Smith (5–1)	Jill Compton (4–3)
February 23*	11:00 AM	California Golden Bears	#25	Big League Dreams Complex • Cathedral City, CA	W 2–5	187	Nisa Ontiveros (5–2)	Tiarra Davis (1–5)
Texas Invitational
February 27*	4:00 PM	Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks		Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 6–2	N/A	Gabby Smith (6–1)	L Hamby (8–2)
February 28*	6:30 PM	Southern Miss Golden Eagles		Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 10–2⁵	667	Tiarra Davis (2–5)	S. Robles (1–5)
March 1*	1:00 PM	Texas Southern Lady Tigers		Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 8–0⁵	556	Gabby Smith (7–1)	M. Staton (2–4)
March 1*	6:30 PM	Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks		Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 9–1⁵	716	Tiarra Davis (3–5)	Wilson (0–1)
March 2*	8:00 AM	Texas Southern Lady Tigers		Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 9–1⁶	576	Gabby Smith (8–1)	S. Jimenez (3–1)
Judi Garman Classic
March 6*	7:30 PM	Houston Cougars		Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CA	W 5–1	600	Tiarra Davis (4–5)	Julana Shrum (2–3)
March 7*	12:00 PM	#10 Arizona State Sun Devils		Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CA	L 3–8	1,000	Mackenzie Popescue (12–1)	Gabby Smith (8–2)
March 8*	12:00 PM	#5 Michigan Wolverines		Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CA	L 1–3	1,200	Haylie Wagner (11–0)	Tiarra Davis (4–6)
March 8*	10:00 PM	#6 Washington Huskies		Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CA	L 3–6	1,200	Kaitlin Inglesby (6–1)	Gabby Smith (8–3)
March 9*	4:00 PM	Long Beach State 49ers		Titan Softball Complex • Fullerton, CA	L 3–4	862	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 10–2	605	Tiarra Davis (6–5)	Ashley Kirk (10–3)
March 11*	7:00 PM	North Texas Mean Green		Lovelace Stadium • Denton, TX	W 2–1	605	Gabby Smith (9–3)	Madison Thompson (2–3)
March 15*	4:00 PM	Iowa Hawkeyes		Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 9–1	1,050	Tiarra Davis (6–6)	Kayla Massey (2–7)
March 16*	4:00 PM	Iowa Hawkeyes		Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	L 5–6	739	Starkenberg (2–2)	Tiarra Davis (6–7)
March 17*	7:00 PM	Iowa Hawkeyes		Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 3–0	523	Tiarra Davis (7–7)	Kayla Massey (2–8)
March 19*	7:00 PM	Houston Cougars		Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	L 4–5	802	Shrum (4–3)	Lauren Slatten (2–3)
March 22	11:00 AM	Baylor Lady Bears		Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX	W 6–5	1,306	Tiarra Davis (8–7)	Canion (12–4)
March 26*	7:00 PM	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders		Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 8–0	530	Tiarra Davis (9–7)	L. Carter (6–12)
April 2*	2:00 PM	Texas State Bobcats		Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 19–7⁵	572	Gabby Smith (10–3)	Rayn House (16–12)
April 4	4:30 PM	Texas Tech Lady Raiders		Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 5–1	557	Tiarra Davis (10–7)	G. Aucoin (8–6)
April 5	4:00 PM	Texas Tech Lady Raiders		Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	L 5–6	1,256	C. Custer (11–5)	Gabby Smith (10–4)
April 6	12:00 PM	Texas Tech Lady Raiders		Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 7–3	1,051	Tiarra Davis (11–7)	C. Custer (11–6)
April 11	2:00 PM	Iowa State Cyclones		Cyclone Sports Complex • Ames, IA	W 19–6⁵	259	Gabby Smith (11–4)	Paris Imholz (0–3)
April 11	5:00 PM	Iowa State Cyclones		Cyclone Sports Complex • Ames, IA	W 2–0	259	Tiarra Davish (12–7)	Paris Imholz (0–4)
April 12	3:00 PM	Iowa State Cyclones		Cyclone Sports Complex • Ames, IA	W 17–1⁵	255	Tiarra Davis (13–7)	Paris Imholz (0–5)
April 17	8:00 PM	#16 Oklahoma Sooners		Marita Hynes Stadium • Norman, OK	L 1–4	946	K. Stevens (24–6)	Tiarra Davis (13–8)
April 18	6:30 PM	#16 Oklahoma Sooners		Marita Hynes Stadium • Norman, OK	W 9–0⁶	1,370	Tiarra Davis (14–8)	K. Stevens (24–7)
April 19	6:30 PM	#16 Oklahoma Sooners		Marita Hynes Stadium • Norman, OK	L 0–8⁵	1,396	K. Stevens (25–7)	Tiarra Davis (14–9)
April 23*	6:00 PM	Texas State Bobcats		Texas State Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX	W 15–6⁶	803	Gabby Smith (12–4)	R House (19–17)
April 25	4:30 PM	Oklahoma State Cowgirls		Red & Sharline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	L 3–5	591	S. Freeman (20–12)	Tiarra Davis (14–10)
April 26	4:00 PM	Oklahoma State Cowgirls		Red & Sharline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 12–1⁵	930	Tiarra Davis (15–10)	Whitney Whitehorn (4–8)
April 27	11:30 AM	Oklahoma State Cowgirls		Red & Sharline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 3–0	942	Gabby Smith (13–4)	Simone Freeman (20–13)
May 2	7:00 PM	Kansas Jayhawks		Red & Sharline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 2–0	792	Tiarra Davis (16–10)	Kessler (17–13)
May 3	3:00 PM	Kansas Jayhawks		Red & Sharline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	L 2–5	931	Kessler (18–13)	Tiarra Davis (16–11)
May 4	1:00 PM	Kansas Jayhawks		Red & Sharline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 8–0	930	Tiarra Davis (17–11)	Kelsey Kessler (18–14)
May 6	6:00 PM	Baylor Lady Bears		Getterman Stadium • Waco, TX	L 1–2	1,744	Canion (26–9)	Tiarra Davis (17–12)
May 11	1:00 PM	Baylor Lady Bears		Red & Sharline McCombs Field • Austin, TX	W 3–2	1,304	Tiarra Davis (18–12)	Heather Stearns (13–4)
2014 NCAA Regionals
May 16*	3:00 PM	Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs		Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 1–0	1,945	Tiarra Davis (19–12)	A. Owen (18–12)
May 17*	12:00 PM	#6 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns		Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	L 2–3	1,372	Hamilton (26–2)	Tiarra Davis (19–13)
May 17*	6:00 PM	Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs		Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	W 4–3	1,392	Gabby Smith (14–4)	A. Silkwood (14–8)
May 18*	12:00 PM	#6 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns		Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA	L 1–10	1,871	Hamilton (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.

LSU (CST): &
UTSA: Carter Blackburn & Cat Osterman
Texas Classic: & Amanda Scarborough
Texas Invitational: Alex Loeb & Amanda Scarborough
Iowa (Game 1): Alex Loeb &
Iowa (Game 2): Alex Loeb & Cat Osterman
Iowa (Game 3): Carter Blackburn & Cat Osterman
Houston: Carter Blackburn & Cat Osterman
Baylor (Game 1) (FSSW): &
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi: Carter Blackburn & Cat Osterman
Texas State: Alex Loeb & Cat Osterman
Texas Tech Series: Alex Loeb & Amanda Scarborough
Oklahoma (Game 1) (ESPN2): Beth Mowins & Jessica Mendoza
Oklahoma (Game 2) (FCS Central): , , &
Oklahoma (Game 3) (FSN): Brenda VanLengen &
Oklahoma State (Games 1-2): Carter Blackburn & Amanda Scarborough
Oklahoma State (Game 3): Carter Blackburn & Cat Osterman
Kansas Series: Carter Blackburn & Megan Willis
Baylor (Game 2) (FSSW+): John Morris & Megan Turk
Baylor (Game 3): Carter Blackburn & Megan Willis
Mississippi State (ESPN3): &
Louisiana-Lafayette (ESPN3): Melissa Lee & Kayla Braud
Mississippi State (ESPN3): Melissa Lee & Kayla Braud
Louisiana-Lafayette (ESPN3): Melissa Lee & Kayla Braud

References[]

^ "Oklahoma picked to win Big 12 softball title" (Press release). KXII. January 22, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2014.

[1] "Oklahoma picked to win Big 12 softball title" (Press release). KXII. January 22, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2014.

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Head coaches	Connie Clark (1997-2018) Mike White (2019–present)
Venues	Red and Charline McCombs Field (1998-Present)
WCWS appearances	1998 2003 2005 2013
NCAA Tournament Appearances	1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
First-team All-Americans	(1998) Christa Williams (1998) Cat Osterman (2003) Cat Osterman (2005) Cat Osterman (2006) Taylor Hoagland (2013) Blaire Luna (2013)
UT Athletics Hall of Honor	(2006) Christa Williams (2007) Cat Osterman (2011) (2018)
National Player of the Year	Cat Osterman (2003) (USA Softball) Cat Osterman (2005) (USA Softball) Cat Osterman (2006) (USA Softball, Honda Award) Miranda Elish (2019) (Softball America)