Two victories in the Austin Regional have the No. 9 seed Texas Longhorns well-positioned to extend the season with a Super Regional bid in a Sunday evening matchup against the winner of the afternoon game between the Air Force Fighting Falcons and the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs.
Texas advanced to the regional final with Saturday’s 5-2 win over Louisiana Tech in game that played out much more like a Friday matchup than the opening win over Air Force.
Through the first six innings, the Longhorns only managed three hits thanks to an impressive performance by Bulldogs right-hander Ryan Jennings, whose only real mistake pitches hit opposing batters, hugely different than hanging breaking balls or grooving fastballs to a team with as much power as Texas.