# 2009 Texas Longhorns baseball team

The 2009 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at UFCU Disch–Falk Field. Texas finished the regular season as the No. 1 team in the Big 12 Conference and the No. 5 team nationally. The Longhorns won the 2009 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament to earn an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, defeating the Missouri Tigers 12–7 in the final. Texas was selected as the No. 1 seed in the Austin super regional, and as the No. 1 National Seed overall. Texas went 5–1 in the Regionals, with their one loss coming to TCU in the super regional. They defeated the Horned Frogs in the regional final to advance to the College World Series, marking their 32nd appearance all-time, and first since 2005.
The Longhorns defeated Southern Miss and Arizona State, beating the Sun Devils twice, to advance to the finals of the College World Series, where they faced the LSU Tigers. The Tigers were 8–0 at that point in the tournament, going 5–0 in the Baton Rouge super regional, and defeating Virginia and Arkansas (twice) to advance to the final. The Tigers became National Champions after defeating the Longhorns 11–4 in a decisive Game 3.

## Previous season

In 2008, Texas finished the season ranked at No. 25 nationally with a record of 37–24, going 15–12 in Big 12 play to claim sole possession of fifth place in the Big 12 Conference. The Longhorns were invited to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament as an at-large bid, and were placed in the Houston super regional as the No. 2 seed in the Houston Regional. Texas defeated Sam Houston State and St. John's in the first two rounds, but were ousted by super regional host Rice in the Regional Final.

## Schedule

Legend :
| | Texas win |
| | Texas loss |
| | Tie |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Texas team member |
2009 Texas Longhorns baseball game log :
Regular season :
February
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordBig 12 record
1February 20UICUFCU Disch-Falk Field6–1Ruffin (1–0)Kovacevich (0–1)5,3331–00–0
2February 21UICUFCU Disch-Falk Field3–1Wood (1–0)Kool (0–1)5,5522–00–0
3February 21UICUFCU Disch-Falk Field10–1 $^{(7)}$Jungmann (1–0)Riegler (0–1)5,4143–00–0
4February 22UICUFCU Disch-Falk Field1–0Workman (1–0)Worthington (0–1)Wood (1)5,2824–00–0
5February 24Texas–ArlingtonUFCU Disch-Falk Field4–3Wood (2–0)Mitchell (1–1)4,8575–00–0
6February 27Penn StateUFCU Disch-Falk Field9–2Ruffin (2–0)Lorentson (0–2)5,4696–00–0
7February 28Penn StateUFCU Disch-Falk Field6–2Jungmann (2–0)Kelley (1–1)Wood (2)6,4217–00–0
8February 28Penn StateUFCU Disch-Falk Field1–0Green (1–0)Macy (0–1)Wood (3)6,5538–00–0 :
March
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordBig 12 record
9March 1Penn StateUFCU Disch-Falk Field9–0Workman (2–0)Grumley (0–1)5,4919–00–0
10March 3@ Texas StateBobcat Ballpark6–5Wood (3–0)Brundridge (0–1)2,59310–00–0
11March 6@ StanfordSunken Diamond6–5Ruffin (3–0)Inman (0-–)1,83511–00–0
12March 7@ StanfordSunken Diamond1–7Pries (2–0)Workman (2–1)2,26411–10–0
13March 8@ StanfordSunken Diamond5–1Green (2–0)Snodgress (0–1)2,25212–10–0
14March 14MissouriUFCU Disch-Falk Field0–2Gibson (3–1)Ruffin (3–1)6,54712–20–1
15March 14MissouriUFCU Disch-Falk Field5–0Workman (3–1)Berger (1–2)6,03213–21–1
16March 15MissouriUFCU Disch-Falk Field4–3Jungmann (3–0)Hicks (0–1)6,98714–22–1
17March 17@ RiceReckling Park3–6Rogers (4–1)Dicharry (0–1)Ojala (1)6,19314–32–1
18March 20@ KansasHoglund Ballpark4–5Hall (2–1)Ruffin (3–2)Smyth (4)1,04114–42–2
19March 21@ KansasHoglund Ballpark3–4Blankenship (2–0)Jungmann (3–1)Smyth (5)92614–52–3
20March 22@ KansasHoglund Ballpark3–4Blankenship (3–0)Jungmann (3–2)Smyth (6)87114–62–4
21March 24Dallas BaptistUFCU Disch-Falk Field3–0Dicharry (1–1)Black (3–1)Ruffin (1)4,90215–62–4
22March 27Texas TechUFCU Disch-Falk Field9–5Ruffin (4–2)Morgan (1–4)Wood (4)6,22016–63–4
23March 28Texas TechUFCU Disch-Falk Field2–4Ramos (3–1)Workman (3–2)Bettis (3)6,74116–73–5
24March 29Texas TechUFCU Disch-Falk Field8–1Dicharry (2–1)Karns (1–3)6,66517–74–5
25March 31Oral RobertsUFCU Disch-Falk Field5–4Wood (4–0)Dunn (1–3)4,86018–74–5 :
April
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordBig 12 record
26April 3@ No. 17 Oklahoma StateAllie P. Reynolds Stadium7–2Ruffin (5–2)Oliver (4–3)Wood (5)2,11419–75–5
27April 4@ No. 17 Oklahoma StateAllie P. Reynolds Stadium1–7Blandford (6–0)Workman (3–3)2,61219–85–6
28April 5@ No. 17 Oklahoma StateAllie P. Reynolds Stadium8–5Wood (5–0)Lyons (4–3)48220–86–6
29April 7No. 19 TCUUFCU Disch-Falk Field6–0Dicharry (3–1)Holle (3–1)5,92921–86–6
–April 9@ NebraskaPostponed Rescheduled for April 10
30April 10@ NebraskaHaymarket Park7–5Shinaberry (1–0)Yost (1–3)Wood (7)5,28522–87–6
31April 10@ NebraskaHaymarket Park11–7Carrillo (1–0)Roualdes (0–1)5,29723–88–6
32April 11@ NebraskaHaymarket Park9–2Green (3–0)Hauptman (2–3)5,21924–89–6
33April 14Texas A&M–Corpus ChristiUFCU Disch-Falk Field5–2Dicharry (4–1)Grota (2–2)Wood (8)5,31125–89–6
34April 15Texas A&M–Corpus ChristiUFCU Disch-Falk Field8–1Thomas (1–0)Carnline (3–4)4,89326–89–6
–April 17No. 10 OklahomaPostponed Rescheduled for April 18
35April 18No. 10 OklahomaUFCU Disch-Falk Field7–3Ruffin (6–2)Doyle (5–3)Wood (9)7,41227–810–6
36April 18No. 10 OklahomaUFCU Disch-Falk Field6–2Dicharry (5–1)Porlier (1–1)7,53128–811–6
37April 19No. 10 OklahomaUFCU Disch-Falk Field8–5 $^{(8)}$Jungmann (4–2)Anderson (0–1)Wood (10)7,31329–812–6
38April 21No. 2 RiceUFCU Disch-Falk Field2–7Wright (3–0)Green (3–1)Wall (1)7,36629–912–6
39April 24No. 23 Kansas StateUFCU Disch-Falk Field2–4Morris (10–0)Wood (4–1)5,47329–1012–7
40April 25No. 23 Kansas StateUFCU Disch-Falk Field4–5 $^{(12)}$Applegate (2–1)Jungmann (4–3)6,34429–1112–8
41April 26No. 23 Kansas StateUFCU Disch-Falk Field6–6 $^{(10)}$5,55229–11–112–8–1
42April 28Texas StateUFCU Disch-Falk Field12–2Thomas (2–0)Carruth (3–2)5,49530–11–112–8–1 :
May
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordBig 12 record
43May 1No. 17 BaylorUFCU Disch-Falk Field12–4Ruffin (7–2)Volz (3–5)Wood (11)6,85231–11–113–8–1
44May 2No. 17 BaylorUFCU Disch-Falk Field19–11Green (4–1)Miller (3–3)4,81232–11–114–8–1
45May 3No. 17 BaylorUFCU Disch-Falk Field3–1Jungmann (5–3)Kempf (4–3)Wood (12)3,85833–11–115–8–1
46May 6Texas SouthernUFCU Disch-Falk Field7–3Thomas (3–0)Carcamo (2–3)5,08534–11–115–8–1
47May 8@ No. 14 Texas A&MOlsen Field11–9 $^{(10)}$Wood (5–1)Wilson (5–6)Dicharry (1)8,34335–11–116–8–1
48May 9No. 14 Texas A&MUFCU Disch-Falk Field0–3Hales (5–1)Green (4–2)7,38435–12–116–9–1
49May 10No. 14 Texas A&MUFCU Disch-Falk Field5–4Dicharry (4–1)Loux (3–2)Wood (13)7,61336–12–117–9–1
50May 17Alabama A&MUFCU Disch-Falk Field5–1Ruffin (8–2)Hernandez (4–6)5,15737–12–117–9–1
51May 17Alabama A&MUFCU Disch-Falk Field9–3Jungmann (6–3)Toone (0–3)5,91638–12–117–9–1 :
Post-season :
Big 12 tournament
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordTourn. record
52May 20BaylorBricktown Ballpark9–14Fritsch (3–5)Dicharry (6–2)Volz (1)4,35138–13–10–1
53May 21KansasBricktown Ballpark9–3Ruffin (9–2)Walz (8–2)4,39639–13–11–1
54May 23Kansas StateBricktown Ballpark4–2Jungmann (7–3)Applegate (2–2)Wood (14)5,72040–13–12–1
55May 24MissouriBricktown Ballpark12–7Dicharry (7–2)Hicks (5–3)5,31641–13–13–1 :
NCAA Austin Regional
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
56May 29ArmyUFCU Disch-Falk Field3–1Green (5–2)Fouch (7–4)Wood (15)6,83242–13–11–0
57May 30Boston CollegeUFCU Disch-Falk Field3–2 $^{(25)}$Dicharry (8–2)Dennhardt (5–2)7,10443–13–12–0
58May 31ArmyUFCU Disch-Falk Field14–10Thomas (4–0)Fouch (7–5)7,03444–13–13–0 :
NCAA Austin super regional
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
59June 6TCUUFCU Disch-Falk Field10–4Ruffin (10–2)Winkler (7–1)7,22045–13–14–0
60June 7TCUUFCU Disch-Falk Field2–3Gerrish (6–2)Green (5–3)Marshall (9)7,20545–14–14–1
61June 8TCUUFCU Disch-Falk Field5–2Jungmann (8–3)Lockwood (4–2)Ruffin (2)7,24146–14–15–1 :
College World Series
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
62June 14Southern MissRosenblatt Stadium7–6Jungmann (9–3)Fields (2–1)24,14247–14–16–1
63June 16Arizona StateRosenblatt Stadium10–6Jungmann (10–3)Lambson (9–4)24,15248–14–17–1
64June 19Arizona StateRosenblatt Stadium4–3Wood (6–1)Lambson (9–5)23,25749–14–18–1
65June 22LSURosenblatt Stadium6–7 $^{(11)}$Ott (4–2)Workman (3–4)23,01949–15–18–2
66June 23LSURosenblatt Stadium5–1Jungmann (11–3)Ross (6–8)21,87150–15–19–2
67June 24LSURosenblatt Stadium4–11Ranaudo (12–3)Workman (3–5)19,98650–16–19–3 :
2009 Texas Longhorns Baseball Schedule http://www.texassports.com/sports/m-basebl/archive/tex-m-basebl-sched-2008.html

## Postseason
### Big 12 tournament

| | Division A | UT | KSU | KU | Bay | Overall |
| 1 | Texas | | 4-2 | 9-3 | 9-14 | 2-1* |
| 4 | Kansas State | 2-4 | | 5-4 | 9-4 | 2-1 |
| 5 | Kansas | 3-9 | 4-5 | | 4-8 | 0-3 |
| 8 | Baylor | 14-9 | 4–9 | 8-4 | | 2-1 |
| | Division B | OU | Mizzou | A&M | TTU | Overall |
| 2 | Oklahoma | | 4-5 | 15-17 | 5-2 | 1-2 |
| 3 | Missouri | 5-4 | | 5-2 | 2-4 | 2-1* |
| 6 | Texas A&M | 17-15 | 2-5 | | 11-4 | 2-1 |
| 7 | Texas Tech | 2-5 | 4-2 | 4-11 | | 1-2 |
| Finals | Finals | Finals |
| A | Texas | 12 |
| B | Missouri | 7 |
* Missouri advances due to tournament tiebreaker.
* Texas advances due to tournament tiebreaker.
* Oklahoma State and Nebraska did not make the tournament.

### NCAA tournament

Hosted by Texas at UFCU Disch–Falk Field
| Regional | Regional | Regional | | | Regional | Regional | Regional | Regional finals | Regional finals | Regional finals | Regional finals | | | Super regionals | Super regionals | Super regionals | Super regionals | Super regionals |
| 1 | Texas | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Army | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Army | 1 | | | 1 | Texas | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Boston College | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Boston College | 8 | | | 3 | Boston College | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Texas State | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Texas State | 7 | | | | | | 1 | Texas | 14 | — | | | | | | | |
| Austin Regional – UFCU Disch–Falk Field | Austin Regional – UFCU Disch–Falk Field | Austin Regional – UFCU Disch–Falk Field | Austin Regional – UFCU Disch–Falk Field | Austin Regional – UFCU Disch–Falk Field | Austin Regional – UFCU Disch–Falk Field | Austin Regional – UFCU Disch–Falk Field | Austin Regional – UFCU Disch–Falk Field | 1 | Texas | 14 | — | | | | | | | |
| Austin Regional – UFCU Disch–Falk Field | Austin Regional – UFCU Disch–Falk Field | Austin Regional – UFCU Disch–Falk Field | Austin Regional – UFCU Disch–Falk Field | Austin Regional – UFCU Disch–Falk Field | Austin Regional – UFCU Disch–Falk Field | Austin Regional – UFCU Disch–Falk Field | Austin Regional – UFCU Disch–Falk Field | 4 | Army | 10 | — | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Army | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Army | 10 | — | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Texas State | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Texas State | 4 | | | 4 | Army | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Boston College | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Texas | 10 | 2 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TCU | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 1 | TCU | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TCU | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Wright State | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Wright State | 3 | | | 1 | TCU | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Oregon State | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Oregon State | 9 | | | 3 | Oregon State | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Texas A&M | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Texas A&M | 8 | | | | | | 1 | TCU | 5 | — | | | | | | | |
| Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium | Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium | Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium | Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium | Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium | Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium | Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium | Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium | 1 | TCU | 5 | — | | | | | | | |
| Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium | Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium | Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium | Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium | Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium | Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium | Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium | Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium | 3 | Oregon State | 4 | — | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Wright State | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Oregon State | 4 | — | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Texas A&M | 6$^{11}$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Texas A&M | 6$^{11}$ | | | 2 | Texas A&M | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Oregon State | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | |
* ↑ The second round game between Texas and Boston College went 25 innings, the longest game in NCAA History.

#### College World Series

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | |
| 2 | Cal State Fullerton | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Arkansas | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Arkansas | 10 | | Arkansas | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | LSU | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Virginia | 5 | 3 | LSU | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | LSU | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | LSU | 9 | | | | 3 | LSU | 14 | - | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Arkansas | 5 | - | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Cal State Fullerton | 5 | | | | | | | | | Arkansas | 5 | - | | | | | | | | |
| | Virginia | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Virginia | 7 | | Virginia | 3* | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Arkansas | 4* | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | LSU | 7$^{11}$ | 1 | 11 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Texas | 6 | 5 | 4 | |
| 1 | Texas | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Texas | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| | Southern Miss | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Southern Miss | 6 | 1 | Texas | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Arizona State | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Arizona State | 5* | 5 | Arizona State | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | North Carolina | 2* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | North Carolina | 2* | | | | 1 | Texas | 4 | - | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Arizona State | 3 | - | | | | | | | | |
| | Southern Miss | 4 | | | | | | | | 5 | Arizona State | 3 | - | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | North Carolina | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | North Carolina | 11 | 4 | North Carolina | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Arizona State | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Rankings

Ranking Movement Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. :
| Poll | Pre- season | Feb. 23 | Mar. 2 | Mar. 9 | Mar. 16 | Mar. 23 | Mar. 30 | Apr. 6 | Apr. 13 | Apr. 20 | Apr. 27 | May 4 | May 11 | May 18 | May 25 | June 2 | June 8 | Final Poll |
| USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll (Top 25)* | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Baseball America (Top 25) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Collegiate Baseball (Top 30)^ | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| NCBWA (Top 30) | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
* Only the final Coaches' poll from the 2009 season is currently available.