2014 Texas Longhorns softball team

2014 Texas Longhorns softball
ConferenceBig 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
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 5 Oklahoma ‍†‍‍y 16 – 2 – 0   .889 51 – 13 – 0   .797
No. 4 Baylor ‍‍‍y 13 – 5 – 0   .722 49 – 16 – 0   .754
Texas ‍‍‍y 12 – 6 – 0   .667 35 – 23 – 0   .603
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 8 – 10 – 0   .444 35 – 19 – 0   .648
Kansas ‍‍‍y 7 – 11 – 0   .389 34 – 23 – 0   .596
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍ 5 – 13 – 0   .278 26 – 28 – 0   .481
Iowa State ‍‍‍ 2 – 16 – 0   .111 23 – 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.

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.

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.