Fresh off a weekend sweep of Mercer and a little-too-exciting midweek victory over The Citadel, the South Carolina Gamecocks will put their 11-0 record and No. 10/No. 12 rankings on the line against the No. 19/No. 20 Texas Longhorns in a meeting of two storied programs. Will there be some long-overdue revenge for the 2002 national championship game?
Texas, sitting at 8-5, has won eight of its past 10 games and was selected to finish third in the Big 12’s preseason coaches poll. Zach Zubia paces the Longhorns at the plate with a gaudy .433 average and 12 RBIs and 10 runs scored in the past 10 games, while ace Ty Madden hurled a complete game shutout earlier this month.