# 2018 Texas Longhorns baseball team

The 2018 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at UFCU Disch–Falk Field as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach David Pierce, in his second season at Texas.
The Longhorns claimed the Big 12 Conference regular season title, then swept the Austin Regional and won the Austin Super Regional to advance to the 2018 College World Series, extending their record for most appearances in Omaha to 36. The Longhorns had not reached the ultimate event in college baseball since 2014.

## Schedule and results

Legend :
| | Texas win |
| | Texas loss |
| Bold | Texas team member |
2018 Texas Longhorns baseball game log :
Regular season :
February
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordBig 12 Record
Feb 16Louisiana*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 3–0Kingham (1–0)Burk (0–1)Ridgeway (1)5,1951–0
Feb 17Louisiana*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 5–3Ridgeway (1–0)Moore (0–1)None5,3302–0
Feb 18Louisiana*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXL 1–2Batty (1–0)McGuire (0–1)Stoelke (1)4,7402–1
Feb 21Lamar*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 7–2Elder (1–0)Jones (0–1)None3,9503–1
Feb 23at LSU*Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LAL 4–13Hess (1–1)Kingham (1–1)None11,1023–2
Feb 24at LSU*Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LAL 10–5Beck (1–0)Elder (1–1)None12,0383–3
Feb 25at LSU*Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LAW 11–1Henley (1–0)Peterson (0–2)None10,7624–3
Feb 27UTSA*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 2–0O'Donnell (1–0)Rodriguez (0–1)Kingham (1)4,2845–3 :
March
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordBig 12 Record
Mar 2Northwestern*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXL 2–6Fordon (1–0)Shugart (0–1)Bordignon (1)5,0825–4
Mar 3Northwestern*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 10–7Kingham (2–1)Christie (0–2)Ridgeway (2)6–4
Mar 3Northwestern*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 16–3Henley (2–0)Bader (1–2)None6,0187–4
Mar 4Northwestern*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 12–1Elder (2–0)Katz (0–2)None4,3958–4
Mar 8Stanford*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 8–6Elder (3–1)Weiermiller (3–1)Shugart (1)4,6649–4
Mar 9Stanford*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXL 1–7Bubic (3–0)Kingham (2–2)None4,9979–5
Mar 10Stanford*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXL 9–3Weiermiller (4–1)Henley (2–1)Little (6)6,3499–6
Mar 11Stanford*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXL 1–11Beck (2–0)Shugart (0–2)None9–7
Mar 13at Arkansas*Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, ARL 4–13Murphy (2–0)Ridgeway (1–1)Kostyshock (1)8,0519–8
Mar 14at Arkansas*Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, ARL 5–7Bolden (2–0)O'Donnell (1–1)Cronin (2)8,0079–9
Mar 16KansasUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 14–4Kingham (3–2)Davis (0–1)None4,96510–91–0
Mar 17KansasUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 4–0Henley (3–1)Turski (1–3)Ridgeway (3)5,14211–92–0
Mar 18KansasUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 5–4Shugart (1–2)Zeferjahn (3–1)McGuire (1)4,64912–93–0
Mar 20Sam Houston State*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 3–2Bocchi (1–0)Mikolajchak (2–3)Kingham (2)4,39413–9
Mar 23Oklahoma StateUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXL 1–6Lienhard (2–1)Henley (3–2)None4,98313–103–1
Mar 24Oklahoma StateUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 7–1Kingham (4–2)Heasley (2–2)None5,64614–104–1
Mar 25Oklahoma StateUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 10–5Elder (4–1)Teel (3–1)None5,04915–105–1
Mar 27at Texas State*Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TXW 6–1O'Donnell (2–1)Engle (1–2)None2,54716–10
Mar 29at Kansas StateTointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KSL 2–5Ford (4–1)Henley (3–3)Eckberg (1)1,31016–115–2
Mar 30at Kansas StateTointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KSL 10–11Passino (1–0)Ridgeway (1–2)None1,97916–125–3
Mar 31at Kansas StateTointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KSW 9–5Shugart (2–2)Heskett (2–3)McGuire (2)1,47917–126–3 :
April
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordBig 12 Record
Apr 2McNeese State*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 5–4Robinson (1–0)Briggs (0–1)McGuire (3)4,08118–12
Apr 3at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi*Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, TXW 9–3Henley (4–3)Perez (4–2)None4,11519–12
Apr 6BaylorUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 9–5Robinson (2–0)Kettler (3–3)Elder (1)5,39120–127–3
Apr 7BaylorUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 2–0Shugart (3–2)Bradford (3–3)McGuire (4)5,58721–128–3
Apr 8BaylorUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 4–1Henley (5–3)Leckich (2–2)Sawyer (1)5,12522–129–3
Apr 10at Texas A&M*Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TXL 5–6Sherrod (2–1)O'Donnell (2–2)Hoffman (5)7,53722–13
Apr 13at OklahomaL. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OKW 7–6Bocchi (2–0)Hansen (2–3)McGuire (5)2,33123–1310–3
Apr 14at OklahomaL. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OKW 5–3Kingman (5–2)Prater (2–2)None3,00324–1311–3
Apr 15at OklahomaL. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OKL 0–6Wiles (3–2)Henley (5–4)None1,22724–1411–4
Apr 17Texas–Rio Grande Valley*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 13–2Bocchi (3–0)Quartier (0–1)None4,25025–14
Apr 18vs Texas Southern*Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TXW 10–2O'Donnell (3–2)Furlong (1–5)None26–14
Apr 20New Orleans*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 8–6Sawyer (1–0)Barr (4–3)McGuire (6)4,95327–14
Apr 21New Orleans*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 3–1Shugart (4–2)Smith (1–3)Elder (2)5,20328–14
Apr 22New Orleans*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXL 1–4Stephens (3–3)Henley (5–5)Martin (6)5,30028–15
Apr 24Houston*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 9–4Elder (5–1)Lockhard (1–1)None5,05329–15
Apr 27at West VirginiaMonongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WVW 11–6Whelan (1–0)Zarbinsky (2–3)None1,81230–1512–4
Apr 28at West VirginiaMonongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WVL 6–8Manoah (3–5)McGuire (0–2)None2,61830–1612–5
Apr 29at West VirginiaMonongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WVL 3–8Kearns (3–1)Henley (5–6)None2,03330–1712–6 :
May
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordBig 12 Record
May 1Texas State*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 11–10Fearon (1–0)Theriot (1–3)None4,69631–17
May 4at Texas TechDan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TXW 12–6Kingham (6–2)Martin (6–4)None4,43232–1713–6
May 5at Texas TechDan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TXL 5–16Kilian (8–1)Shugart (4–3)None4,43232–1813–7
May 6at Texas TechDan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TXW 7–5Robinson (3–0)Harpenau (4–2)McGuire (7)4,43233–1814–7
May 15Texas State*UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 6–2Elder (6–1)Baird (2–2)None5,04334–18
May 17TCUUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 3–2Kingham (7–2)Lodolo (6–4)None5,51535–1815–7
May 18TCUUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 5–3McGuire (1–2)Mihlbauer (1–1)None6,77936–1816–7
May 19TCUUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 7–3Fields (1–0)Green (2–2)None7,29437–1817–7 :
Postseason :
Big 12 Tournament
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordRegional Record
May 23KansasChickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OKL 2–3Goddard (5–1)Bocchi (3–1)Cyr (1)4,20837–190–1
May 24OklahomaChickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OKL 1–3Prater (3–3)Kingham (7–3)Hansen (7)3,80337–200–2 :
NCAA Austin Regional
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordRegional Record
June 1Texas SouthernUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 10–0Shugart (5–3)Schneider (4–7)Bocchi (1)6,91438–201–0
June 2Texas A&MUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 8–3Kingham (8–3)Kilkenny (8–5)None7,04639–202–0
June 3IndianaUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 3–2Henley (6–6)Sommer (2–1)Shugart (2)6,85540–203–0 :
NCAA Austin Super Regional
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordSuper Reg. Record
June 9Tennessee TechUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXL 4–5Evey (8–0)Kingham (8–4)Roberts (15)7,06240–210–1
June 10Tennessee TechUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 4–2Shugart (6–3)Moths (13–3)Henley (1)7,15141–211–1
June 11Tennessee TechUFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TXW 5–2Bocchi (4–1)Hursey (8–5)Kingham (3)7,37042–212–1 :
College World Series
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordCWS Record
June 17ArkansasTD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEL 5–11Knight (13–0)Kingham (8–5)23,03442–220–1
June 19FloridaTD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEL 1–6Kowar (10–5)Henley (6–7)16,62042–230–2 :

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
| Coaches' | 20 | 20* | 20 | 20 | — | | | | | 23 | 21 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 16* | 16* | 7 |
| Baseball America | 14 | 14 | 17 | 17 | — | | | | 24 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14* | 14* | 7 |
| Collegiate Baseball^ | 26 | 19 | 27 | 28 | — | | | | 17 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| NCBWA† | 21 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 29 | — | | | 27 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 8* | 7 |
^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.