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Friday, February 17, 2012
SERIESTOWATCH
— By Christian Corona | Daily Texan Staff
No. 13 Texas @ No. 2 Stanford 2011 record: 49-19 (19-8 Big 12)
No. 13 Texas @ No. 19 Oklahoma
2011 record: 35-22 (14-12 Pac-12)
2011 record: 49-19 (19-8 Big 12)
2011 record: 41-19 (14-11)
No. 7 Texas A&M @ No. 13 Texas
No. 13 Texas @ California 2011 record: 49-19 (19-8 Big 12)
Overall 10-3 SEC (7-1)
2011 record: 47-22 (19-8 Big 12)
2011 record: 49-19 (19-8 Big 12)
Sunken Diamond Palo Alto, Calif. Feb. 24-26
L. Dale Mitchell Park Norman, Okla. Mar.ch16-18
Dell Diamond Round Rock, Texas March 30-Apr. 1
Olsen Field/Disch-Falk Field College Station, Texas/Austin, Texas April 27-29
The Longhorns face their first elite opponent when they head west to face the Stanford in the second weekend series of the season. Like Texas, the Cardinal were ousted in the postseason by North Carolina in the Chapel Hill Super Regional. This series will also be the first that senior second baseman Jordan Etier, who was arrested and kicked off the team last October, will play in this season. Etier is not playing with a scholarship and is serving a four-game suspension to start the year.
The Sooners were upset by Dallas Baptist and Oral Roberts in the Fort Worth Regional last year but come into this season as one of three Big 12 teams in the Baseball America preseason Top 25. The Sooners boasted a Big 12-best .313 batting average last year but lose their top five hitters from 2011, as well as 10game winner Michael Rocha, a 26th-round pick by the Philadelphia Phillies last June. Texas has won eight of its last nine games against Oklahoma.
It might be hard to believe but the Golden Bears, the 6th-place team out of the Pac-12 last season, advanced further in the postseason the Longhorns in 2011. Cal, the No. 3 seed in the Houston Regional, won six straight games after falling to Baylor in its first postseason contest to reach the College World Series, where they eliminated Texas A&M, for the first time since 1992. The Longhorns have a four-game series with the Golden Bears at the Dell Diamond, including a double-header Mar. 31.
Despite their respective struggles, the Longhorns football team, as well as the men’s and women’s basketball squads, all handed Texas A&M a demoralizing defeat before the Aggies left for the SEC. Texas will try to follow suit when they face the unanimous Big 12 favorite this April. With Texas A&M bringing back top-notch pitchers in Michael Wach and Ross Stripling, along with All-American outfielder Tyler Naquin, the Longhorns will have their work cut out for themselves.
LONGHORN 2012 SEASON:
Feb. 17 - April 1 Date Feb. 17 Feb. 18 Feb. 19 Feb. 21 Feb. 24 Feb. 25 Feb. 26 Feb. 28 March 2 March 3 March 4 March 6 March 9 March10 March 11 March 13 March 16 March 17 March 18 March 20 March 23 March 24 March 25 March 28 March 30 March 31 March 31 April 1
April 5 - June 26
Opponent
Location
Time
Date
Duke Duke Duke UT-Arlington Stanford Stanford Stanford Houston Baptist Rice Tennessee Arkansas Dallas Baptist Loyola Marymount Loyola Marymount Loyola Marymount Texas State Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Stephen F. Austin Kansas State Kansas State Kansas State UT-Pan American California California California California
Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Palo Alto, Calif. Palo Alto, Calif. Palo Alto, Calif. Austin, Texas Houston, Texas Houston, Texas Houston, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Norman, Okla. Norman, Okla. Norman, Okla. Austin, Texas Manhattan, Kan. Manhattan, Kan. Manhattan, Kan. Austin, Texas Round Rock, Texas Round Rock, Texas Round Rock, Texas Round Rock, Texas
7:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 11:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m.
April 5 April 6 April 7 April 10 April 13 April 14 April 15 April 17 April 20 April 21 April 22 April 24 April 27 April 28 April 29 May 1 May 4 May 5 May 6 May 12 May 12 May 17 May 18 May 19 May 23-27 June 1-4 June 8-11 June15-25/26
Opponent Texas Tech Texas Tech Texas Tech Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Oklahoma State Oklahoma State Oklahoma State Texas State Kansas Kansas Kansas Central Arkansas Texas A&M Texas A&M Texas A&M Prairie View A&M Missouri Missouri Missouri Texas Southern Texas Southern Baylor Baylor Baylor Big 12 Championships Regionals Super Regionals College World Series
Location
Time
Lubbock, Texas Lubbock, Texas Lubbock, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas College Station, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Columbia, Mo. Columbia, Mo. Columbia, Mo. Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Waco, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Oklahoma City, Okla. TBA TBA Omaha, Neb.
6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:35 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. TBA TBA 6:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. TBA TBA TBA TBA
Texas by the numbers in 2011 When opponent scored 2 runs or less When opponent scored 3 or more runs When Texas scored first
Leading after 6
32-2
17-17 32-5 38-0
Trailing after 6
40%
Trailing after 8
6
Trailing after 7
18% - compiled by Trey Scott