2023 Texas Longhorns softball team

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.

2023 Texas Longhorns softball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
Record42–13–1 (11–7 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Steve Singleton (4th season)
  • Kristen Zaleski (1st season)
  • Molly Jacobsen (1st season)
Home stadiumRed and Charline McCombs Field
2023 Big 12 Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 1 Oklahoma  y 1800 1.0005110 .981
No. 8 Texas  y 1170 .61142131 .759
No. 9 Oklahoma State  y 1080 .55641140 .745
No. 18 Baylor  y 8100 .44439160 .709
Iowa State   6120 .33325300 .455
Kansas   5130 .27825270 .481
Texas Tech   5130 .27831220 .585
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 13, 2023[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

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
2 Texas
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

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 - Redshirt 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. 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
NameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownNotesSource
Hailey Dolcini27P6’0”SeniorFerndale, CAGraduated[7]
Janae Jefferson2IF5’4”SeniorHumble, TXGraduated
Lauren Burke00UTL5’7”SeniorEugene, ORGraduated
Mary Iakopo33C/1B5’10”SeniorCarson, CAGraduated
McKenzie Parker9IF5’9”JuniorConroe, TXGraduated

Outgoing Transfers

NameB/TPos.HeightHometownYearNew schoolSource
Brianna CantuR/RUTL5’7”League City, TXSophomoreHouston[8]
Carlee RatcliffR/RUTL5’5”New Boston, TXSophomore
JJ SmithR/LC/1B5’10”Rosenberg, TXSophomoreTexas State[9]
Shea O’LearyR/RP6’2”Castaic, CAJuniorUT 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
NameB/TNumberPos.HometownHigh SchoolSource
Citlaly GutierrezR/R77PStamford, TXStamford[12]
Leighann GoodeR/R43SS/2BSan Antonio, TXSandra Day O'Connor
Maddie PomykalskiR/R13UTLFrankfort, ILLincoln-Way East
Reese AtwoodR/R14C/1BSandia, TXTuloso-Midway
Viviana MartinezL/R23SS/2BTolleson, AZTolleson Union

Incoming Transfers

NameB/TPos.HeightHometownYearPrevious schoolSource
Baylea BrandonL/LUtility5’6”Leander, TXSophomoreLSU[13]
Mac MorganR/RP5’8”Creighton, MOSophomoreArizona 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

Big 12 media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Oklahoma36 (6)
2Oklahoma State29 (1)
3Texas28
4Baylor20
5Iowa State16
6Texas Tech12
7Kansas6

Source:[17]

Preseason All-Big 12 team

Preseason All-Big 12 Team
NameNumberPositionClassSource
Mia Scott10IFSophomore[18]

Schedule and results

2023 Texas Longhorns softball game log (40–12–1)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Canceled      Bold = Texas team member
Regular season (40–12–1)
Postseason (2–1)
Austin Regional (0–0)
Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Seed Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Regional Record Box Score Recap
May 194:00 p.m.LHNvs. Seton Hall(13)Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX
May 20vs. Texas State or Texas A&M(13)Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX
* indicates a non-conference game. All rankings from NFCA/USA Today on the date of the contest. Source:[23]

Schedule Notes

  1. Neutral site, Texas is the designated visiting team
  2. Neutral site, Texas is the designated home team
  3. Originally scheduled for February 11th, rescheduled to February 12 due to inclement weather.[22]
  4. 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.
  5. Set new all-time NCAA single game regular season attendance record. Previous record of 5,724 was set on March 14, 2000.

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

Round 1 Round 2 Regional Finals Super Regionals
               
4 Tennessee 5:30 p.m.
Northern Kentucky ESPN+
 
 
Indiana 3:00 p.m.
Louisville ESPN2
 
Knoxville Regional – Sherri Parker Lee Stadium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13 Texas 5:00 p.m.
Seton Hall LHN
 
 
Texas A&M 7:30 p.m.
Texas State ESPN+
 
Austin Regional – Red and Charline McCombs Field
 
 
 
 
 

Statistics

All Statastics through May 17, 2023

Team batting

Team AB Avg. H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
Texas15160.3305018195230715320067
Opponents14280.2203145123113010829627

Team pitching

Team IP H R ER BB SO SV ERA
Texas371.231415912010829672.26
Opponents349.150134727015320015.41

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
Mia Scott561820.39071152232241518
Ashton Maloney551410.39055310159145
Bella Dayton47840.3573030212696
Leighann Goode561900.34766163840191710
Viviana Martinez561740.3456012254814145
Courtney Day491170.308364072520282
Reese Atwood531580.291465011413271
Katie Cimusz481210.273337062423263
Vanessa Quiroga24400.3751540310370
Alyssa Popelka45620.3712300055109
Camille Corona21380.342133005210
Baylea Brandon21300.30092037660
Lou Gilbert31310.29092105634
Alyssa Washington381090.248274042711134
Jordyn Whitaker24320.219710110280
Mya Holmes870.14310001020

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 Gutierrez311312598.0874228286932.00
Mac Morgan3323163132.01124940277122.12
Sophia Simpson2374157.1462620337812.44
Estelle Czech221310484.1694232207812.66
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
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
NFCA / USA Today699991110998755108
Softball America916181514141410141310861010
ESPN.com/USA Softball91313111098810875578
D1Softball141617151111141012995511

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