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Softball preview: North Texas and Texas State

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No. 2 Texas (24-1) vs. North Texas (9-8)

Wednesday, March 8 -- 5/7 p.m.

McCombs Field -- Austin, Texas

Live Internet Video: Watch on subscription-based TexasSports.TV

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No. 2 Texas (24-1) vs. Texas State (10-10)

Thursday, March 9 -- 6 p.m.

Bobcat Field -- San Marcos, Texas

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AUSTIN, Texas -- Last week, the second-ranked Texas Softball team went 7-0, winning the Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational and extended its overall winning streak to 22 games, a program record.

This week, the Longhorns (24-1) will play their final three games before heading to California for Spring Break and the Judi Garman Classic in Fullerton.

On Wednesday, UT hosts North Texas in a 5 p.m. doubleheader at McCombs Field before playing a single game at Texas State on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Bobcat Field in San Marcos.

Last weekend, Desiree Williams, Chez Sievers, Tina Boutelle and Shannon Thomas highlighted the Horns' offense. Each player hit .333 or better with Williams leading all players at the event with a .583 average. Sievers hit .500 and collected hits in all four games she played, while Boutelle (.353, three RBI) and Thomas (.333, six runs) consistently got on base at the top of the order, creating chances for the Horns.

UT's pitchers - Cat Osterman (3-0, 0.00 ERA, 37 strikeouts) and Meagan Denny (2-0, 0.38 ERA, 31 strikeouts) - led the Horns to the five-game sweep at the tournament, each also individually accumulating more strikeouts than any of the three teams in Austin for the weekend.

The 5-0 mark at the tournament pushed the Horns' winning streak to 22 games, the program's longest ever and the best mark currently in the nation. The tournament title marked the second consecutive time UT has won its own tournament.

The Mean Green (9-8) enter Wednesday's series having won their last two games - a doubleheader sweep of Louisiana-Monroe last Wednesday. North Texas has won six of its last nine.

On the season, the Mean Green are hitting .239, led by Susan Waters' .368 mark. The third baseman is one of six players who have started all 17 games this season. A total of four players - three regulars - are hitting .300 or better and the team averages 4.11 runs per game.

In the circle, Kristina Fowler and Jessica Smith have split the duties, with Fowler holding a 7-3 record and 3.57 ERA in 66.2 innings. She has recorded 52 strikeouts and 34 walks while allowing 43 runs - 34 earned - this season. She has one shutout, a no-hitter against ULM last week. Smith has a 3.82 ERA to go with her 2-5 record in 44.0 innings.

Texas is 2-0 all-time against North Texas, winning both games of a doubleheader (4-1 and 2-0) at McCombs Field on March 23, 2005. The two teams were scheduled to play each other in a doubleheader in 2004 - the first year of UNT's return after a 16-year hiatus - but rain in the Austin area forced the cancellation of the series.

Texas State (10-10 entering its doubleheader against College of Charleston on Tuesday) and Texas will square off in the first of two regular-season meetings on Thursday. The single game in San Marcos counters the single game scheduled for April 12 in Austin.

The Bobcats enter their Tuesday doubleheader having lost their last five games, including four one-run defeats. In fact, eight of the team's 10 losses have been by a single run.

Texas and Texas State have a long history for non-conference foes, facing each other 23 times in the Horns' 10-year history. The Longhorns hold a 19-4 advantage in the overall series, including wins in each of the last three meetings. Last season, Texas won, 4-0 and 2-0, in the teams' doubleheader in San Marcos. Texas is 7-1 in games played at the Bobcats' stadium.

In the first game, Osterman threw her first perfect game of the year while Chez Sievers had three RBI including her only home run of the 2005 season. In the nightcap, Denny got her second shutout of the season - her second one-hitter in as many starts - with 15 strikeouts, while Jacqueline Williams had the game-winning RBI single in the fourth inning.

With the conclusion of the Horns' game at Texas State on Thursday - closing a span 28 games in 28 days - the team will take a week off before heading to California for the annual Judi Garman Classic, renamed from the Kia Klassic this season, hosted by Cal State Fullerton, Wednesday-Sunday, March 15-19.

Texas is slated to play Washington, Louisiana-Lafayette and defending national champion Michigan (ranked 15, 12 and 9, respectively) in pool play before breaking into bracket play.

Live stats for all three games this week will be available at TexasSports.com, and both live video and audio broadcasts will be available at the TexasSports.com through subscription packages.

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who knew that LaLa was ranked #12??

Or #11 depending on the poll biggrin.gif Lady Cajuns look to have a pretty strong team again this season. Wish we could have played Tennessee in our last tournament but the weather did not cooperate. That would have been our first "real" test. Did spank Florida St 14-0 and Iowa (#24) 6-0 before the rain.

Good luck to your ladies this season.

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