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.

2018 Texas Longhorns baseball
Big 12 Regular season champions Austin Regional champions Austin Super Regional champions
College World Series, 0–2
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
CB	No. 7
Record	42–23 (17–7 Big 12)
Head coach	David Pierce (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Sean Allen (2nd season) Philip Miller (2nd season) Phil Haig (2nd season)
Home stadium	UFCU Disch–Falk Field
Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

2018 Big 12 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 7 Texas ‍†‍‍y	17	–	7	–	0		.708			42	–	23	–	0		.646
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y	16	–	8	–	0		.667			31	–	26	–	1		.543
No. 6 Texas Tech ‍‍‍y	15	–	9	–	0		.625			45	–	20	–	0		.692
No. 24 Oklahoma ‍‍‍y	14	–	10	–	0		.583			38	–	25	–	0		.603
Baylor ‍‍‡‍y	13	–	11	–	0		.542			37	–	21	–	0		.638
TCU ‍‍‍	10	–	13	–	0		.435			33	–	23	–	0		.589
West Virginia ‍‍‍	9	–	15	–	0		.375			29	–	27	–	0		.518
Kansas ‍‍‍	8	–	15	–	0		.348			27	–	30	–	0		.474
Kansas State ‍‍‍	5	–	19	–	0		.208			23	–	31	–	0		.426
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

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.

Personnel

Roster

2018 Texas Longhorns roster[2]
	Pitchers 8 - Kamron Fields - Freshman 13 - Bryce Elder - Freshman 14 - Beau Ridgeway - Junior 17 - Nico O'Donnel - Freshman 19 - Donny Diaz - Junior 24 - Chase Shugart - Junior 27 - Blair Henley - Sophomore 30 - Josh Sawyer - Junior 31 - Bennett Inoff - Freshman 32 - Bryce Verplank - Sophomore 33 - Matteo Bocchi - Junior 34 - Cole Quintanilla - Freshman 35 - Tristan Stevens - Freshman 37 - Matthew Whelan - Freshman 42 - Chris Fearon - Junior 43 - Andy McGuire - Junior 45 - Nolan Kingham - Junior 46 - Brandon Ivey - Junior 49 - Parker Joe Robinson - Junior 50 - Michael Streitmann - Freshman 51 - Jake McKenzie - Senior		Catchers 6 - DJ Petrinsky - Junior 29 - George Pappas - Junior 36 - Turner Gauntt - Freshman 40 - Michael McCann - Junior Infielders 1 - David Hamilton - Sophomore 2 - Kody Clemens - Junior 5 - Ryan Reynolds - Sophomore 7 - Masen Hibbeler - Junior 41 - Bryson Smith - Sophomore 52 - Zach Zubia - Freshman 55 - Sam Bertelson - Freshman		Outfielders 4 - Tate Shaw - Junior 11 - Duke Ellis - Sophomore 44 - Austin Todd - Sophomore

Coaches

2018 Texas Longhorns coaching staff[2]

David Pierce – Head coach – 2nd year Sean Allen – Assistant coach – 2nd year Philip Miller – Assistant coach – 2nd year Phil Haig – Assistant coach – 2nd year

Schedule and results

Legend
	Texas win
	Texas loss
Bold	Texas team member

2018 Texas Longhorns baseball game log[3]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Big 12 Record Feb 16 Louisiana* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–0 Kingham (1–0) Burk (0–1) Ridgeway (1) 5,195 1–0 Feb 17 Louisiana* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–3 Ridgeway (1–0) Moore (0–1) None 5,330 2–0 Feb 18 Louisiana* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 1–2 Batty (1–0) McGuire (0–1) Stoelke (1) 4,740 2–1 Feb 21 Lamar* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 7–2 Elder (1–0) Jones (0–1) None 3,950 3–1 Feb 23 at LSU* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 4–13 Hess (1–1) Kingham (1–1) None 11,102 3–2 Feb 24 at LSU* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 10–5 Beck (1–0) Elder (1–1) None 12,038 3–3 Feb 25 at LSU* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 11–1 Henley (1–0) Peterson (0–2) None 10,762 4–3 Feb 27 UTSA* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 2–0 O'Donnell (1–0) Rodriguez (0–1) Kingham (1) 4,284 5–3
March Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Big 12 Record Mar 2 Northwestern* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 2–6 Fordon (1–0) Shugart (0–1) Bordignon (1) 5,082 5–4 Mar 3 Northwestern* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 10–7 Kingham (2–1) Christie (0–2) Ridgeway (2) 6–4 Mar 3 Northwestern* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 16–3 Henley (2–0) Bader (1–2) None 6,018 7–4 Mar 4 Northwestern* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 12–1 Elder (2–0) Katz (0–2) None 4,395 8–4 Mar 8 Stanford* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 8–6 Elder (3–1) Weiermiller (3–1) Shugart (1) 4,664 9–4 Mar 9 Stanford* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 1–7 Bubic (3–0) Kingham (2–2) None 4,997 9–5 Mar 10 Stanford* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 9–3 Weiermiller (4–1) Henley (2–1) Little (6) 6,349 9–6 Mar 11 Stanford* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 1–11 Beck (2–0) Shugart (0–2) None 9–7 Mar 13 at Arkansas* Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR L 4–13 Murphy (2–0) Ridgeway (1–1) Kostyshock (1) 8,051 9–8 Mar 14 at Arkansas* Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR L 5–7 Bolden (2–0) O'Donnell (1–1) Cronin (2) 8,007 9–9 Mar 16 Kansas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 14–4 Kingham (3–2) Davis (0–1) None 4,965 10–9 1–0 Mar 17 Kansas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–0 Henley (3–1) Turski (1–3) Ridgeway (3) 5,142 11–9 2–0 Mar 18 Kansas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–4 Shugart (1–2) Zeferjahn (3–1) McGuire (1) 4,649 12–9 3–0 Mar 20 Sam Houston State* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–2 Bocchi (1–0) Mikolajchak (2–3) Kingham (2) 4,394 13–9 Mar 23 Oklahoma State UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 1–6 Lienhard (2–1) Henley (3–2) None 4,983 13–10 3–1 Mar 24 Oklahoma State UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 7–1 Kingham (4–2) Heasley (2–2) None 5,646 14–10 4–1 Mar 25 Oklahoma State UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 10–5 Elder (4–1) Teel (3–1) None 5,049 15–10 5–1 Mar 27 at Texas State* Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 6–1 O'Donnell (2–1) Engle (1–2) None 2,547 16–10 Mar 29 at Kansas State Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS L 2–5 Ford (4–1) Henley (3–3) Eckberg (1) 1,310 16–11 5–2 Mar 30 at Kansas State Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS L 10–11 Passino (1–0) Ridgeway (1–2) None 1,979 16–12 5–3 Mar 31 at Kansas State Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS W 9–5 Shugart (2–2) Heskett (2–3) McGuire (2) 1,479 17–12 6–3
April Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Big 12 Record Apr 2 McNeese State* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–4 Robinson (1–0) Briggs (0–1) McGuire (3) 4,081 18–12 Apr 3 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi* Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 9–3 Henley (4–3) Perez (4–2) None 4,115 19–12 Apr 6 Baylor UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–5 Robinson (2–0) Kettler (3–3) Elder (1) 5,391 20–12 7–3 Apr 7 Baylor UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 2–0 Shugart (3–2) Bradford (3–3) McGuire (4) 5,587 21–12 8–3 Apr 8 Baylor UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–1 Henley (5–3) Leckich (2–2) Sawyer (1) 5,125 22–12 9–3 Apr 10 at Texas A&M* Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX L 5–6 Sherrod (2–1) O'Donnell (2–2) Hoffman (5) 7,537 22–13 Apr 13 at Oklahoma L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK W 7–6 Bocchi (2–0) Hansen (2–3) McGuire (5) 2,331 23–13 10–3 Apr 14 at Oklahoma L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK W 5–3 Kingman (5–2) Prater (2–2) None 3,003 24–13 11–3 Apr 15 at Oklahoma L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK L 0–6 Wiles (3–2) Henley (5–4) None 1,227 24–14 11–4 Apr 17 Texas–Rio Grande Valley* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 13–2 Bocchi (3–0) Quartier (0–1) None 4,250 25–14 Apr 18 vs Texas Southern* Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX W 10–2 O'Donnell (3–2) Furlong (1–5) None 26–14 Apr 20 New Orleans* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 8–6 Sawyer (1–0) Barr (4–3) McGuire (6) 4,953 27–14 Apr 21 New Orleans* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–1 Shugart (4–2) Smith (1–3) Elder (2) 5,203 28–14 Apr 22 New Orleans* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 1–4 Stephens (3–3) Henley (5–5) Martin (6) 5,300 28–15 Apr 24 Houston* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–4 Elder (5–1) Lockhard (1–1) None 5,053 29–15 Apr 27 at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV W 11–6 Whelan (1–0) Zarbinsky (2–3) None 1,812 30–15 12–4 Apr 28 at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV L 6–8 Manoah (3–5) McGuire (0–2) None 2,618 30–16 12–5 Apr 29 at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV L 3–8 Kearns (3–1) Henley (5–6) None 2,033 30–17 12–6
May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Big 12 Record May 1 Texas State* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 11–10 Fearon (1–0) Theriot (1–3) None 4,696 31–17 May 4 at Texas Tech Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX W 12–6 Kingham (6–2) Martin (6–4) None 4,432 32–17 13–6 May 5 at Texas Tech Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX L 5–16 Kilian (8–1) Shugart (4–3) None 4,432 32–18 13–7 May 6 at Texas Tech Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX W 7–5 Robinson (3–0) Harpenau (4–2) McGuire (7) 4,432 33–18 14–7 May 15 Texas State* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–2 Elder (6–1) Baird (2–2) None 5,043 34–18 May 17 TCU UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–2 Kingham (7–2) Lodolo (6–4) None 5,515 35–18 15–7 May 18 TCU UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–3 McGuire (1–2) Mihlbauer (1–1) None 6,779 36–18 16–7 May 19 TCU UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 7–3 Fields (1–0) Green (2–2) None 7,294 37–18 17–7
Postseason
Big 12 Tournament Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Regional Record May 23 Kansas Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK L 2–3 Goddard (5–1) Bocchi (3–1) Cyr (1) 4,208 37–19 0–1 May 24 Oklahoma Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK L 1–3 Prater (3–3) Kingham (7–3) Hansen (7) 3,803 37–20 0–2
NCAA Austin Regional Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Regional Record June 1 Texas Southern UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 10–0 Shugart (5–3) Schneider (4–7) Bocchi (1) 6,914 38–20 1–0 June 2 Texas A&M UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 8–3 Kingham (8–3) Kilkenny (8–5) None 7,046 39–20 2–0 June 3 Indiana UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–2 Henley (6–6) Sommer (2–1) Shugart (2) 6,855 40–20 3–0
NCAA Austin Super Regional Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Super Reg. Record June 9 Tennessee Tech UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 4–5 Evey (8–0) Kingham (8–4) Roberts (15) 7,062 40–21 0–1 June 10 Tennessee Tech UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–2 Shugart (6–3) Moths (13–3) Henley (1) 7,151 41–21 1–1 June 11 Tennessee Tech UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–2 Bocchi (4–1) Hursey (8–5) Kingham (3) 7,370 42–21 2–1
College World Series Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record CWS Record June 17 Arkansas TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE L 5–11 Knight (13–0) Kingham (8–5) 23,034 42–22 0–1 June 19 Florida TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE L 1–6 Kowar (10–5) Henley (6–7) 16,620 42–23 0–2

Rankings

See also: 2018 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	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.