2017 Texas Longhorns baseball team explained

Year:	2017
Team:	Texas Longhorns
Sport:	baseball
Conference:	Big 12 Conference
Short Conf:	Big 12
Coachrank:	25
Cbrank:	28
Record:	39–24
Conf Record:	11–12
Head Coach:	David Pierce
Hc Year:	1st
Asst Coach1:	Sean Allen
Ac1 Year:	1st
Asst Coach2:	Philip Miller
Ac2 Year:	1st
Stadium:	UFCU Disch–Falk Field
Conf Champ:	Big 12 tournament
Conf Champ Result:	runners-up
Tourney:	Long Beach Regional
Tourney Result:	runners-up

The 2017 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2017 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 first season at Texas.

The Longhorns finished as the runner-up for the 2017 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament, then finished as runner-up to Long Beach State in the Long Beach Regional.

Personnel

Roster

2017 Texas Longhorns Roster^[1]
	Pitchers 13 - Tyler Schimpf (RHP) - Sophomore 14 - Beau Ridgeway (RHP) - Sophomore 19 - Connor Mayes (RHP) - Junior 24 - Chase Shugart (RHP) - Sophomore 27 - Blair Henley (RHP) - Freshman 28 - Beau O'Hara (RHP) - Sophomore 29 - Jon Malmin (LHP) - Senior 31 - Kevin Roliard (RHP) - Freshman 32 - Nick Kennedy (LHP) - Sophomore 34 - Kyle Johnston (RHP) - Junior 35 - Blake Wellmann (RHP) - Sophomore 41 - Morgan Cooper (RHP) - Junior 45 - Nolan Kingham (RHP) - Sophomore 49 - Parker Joe Robinson (RHP) - Sophomore 42 - Kacy Clemens (RHP) - Senior 51 - Jake McKenzie (RHP) - Junior 52 - Zach Zubia (RHP) - Freshman		Catchers 7 - Michael Cantu - Junior 40 - Michael McCann - Sophomore 47 - George Pappas - Sophomore Infielders 1 - David Hamilton - Freshman 2 - Kody Clemens - Sophomore 5 - Austin McNicholas - Freshman 8 - Andres Sosa - Freshman 10 - Joe Baker - Junior 11 - Travis Jones - Junior 17 - Bret Boswell - Junior 37 - Ryan Reynolds - Freshman 42 - Kacy Clemens - Senior 51 - Jake McKenzie - Junior 52 - Zach Zubia - Freshman		Outfielders 4 - Tate Shaw - Sophomore 6 - Tyler Rand - Sophomore 11 - Travis Jones - Junior 33 - Patrick Mathis - Junior 44 - Austin Todd - Freshman 48 - Trace Bucey - Freshman 50 - Zane Gurwitz - Senior

Coaches

2017 Texas Longhorns coaching staff
David Pierce - Head Coach - 1st year Sean Allen - Assistant Coach - 1st year Phillip Miller - Assistant Coach - 1st year Phil Haig - Volunteer Coach - 1st year

Schedule and results

2017 Texas Longhorns baseball game log^[2]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big 12 Record Feb 17 27 * 30 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 2–3 Kravetz(1–0) Kingham(0–1) 6,197 0–1 Feb 18 27 Rice* 30 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–4 Johnston(1–0) Salinas(0–1) O'Hara (1) 1–1 Feb 18 27 Rice* 30 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–1 Henley(1–0) Canterino(0–1) 7,160 2–1 Feb 19 27 Rice* 30 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 1–7 Esquivel(1–0) Mayes(0–1) 4,658 2–2 Feb 22 at #18 * 25 Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX W 7–2 Kingham(1–1) Mills(0–1) 2,815 3–2 Feb 24 UConn 25 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–1 Cooper(1–0) Cate(1–1) Shugart (1) 4,370 4–2 Feb 25 UConn* 25 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 1–2 Montgomerie(2–0) Johnston(1–1) Russell (2) 5,187 4–3 Feb 26 UConn* 25 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–3 McKenzie(1–0) Domnarski(0–2) 4,292 5–3 Feb 28 Lamar 24 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–5 Kennedy(1–0) Erickson(0–1) Ridgeway (1) 4,109 6–3
March Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big 12 Record Mar 2 at #17 * 24 Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 4–0 Kingham(2–1) Bubic(1–2) Ridgeway (2) 992 7–3 Mar 3 at #17 Stanford* 24 Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 2–3 Hock(2–0) McKenzie(1–1) 1,167 7–4 Mar 4 at #17 Stanford* 24 Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 1–2 Hock(3–0) Shugart(0–1) 1,429 7–5 Mar 4 at #17 Stanford* 24 Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA L 2–5 Castellanos(2–0) Henley(1–1) Hock (3) 1,429 7–6 Mar 7 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–0 Mayes(1–1) Miller(1–1) 3,926 8–6 Mar 8 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 15–0 Kennedy(2–0) Carter(0–3) 3,954 9–6 Mar 10 UCLA UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–4 Ridgeway(1–0) Gadsby(2–4) Johnston (1) 4,391 10–6 Mar 11 UCLA* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–2 Cooper(2–0) Scheidler(1–1) Johnston (2) 4,549 11–6 Mar 12 UCLA* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 10–5 Henley(2–1) Olsen(0–1) McKenzie (1) 4,869 12–6 Mar 14 11 Texas A&M* 27 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–3 Kennedy(3–0) Doxakis(0–1) Shugart (2) 6,985 13–6 Mar 17 4 Texas Tech 27 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 1–2 Martin(3–1) Kingham(2–2) McMillon (3) 6,396 13–7 0–1 Mar 18 4 Texas Tech 27 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 1–2 Gingery(4–0) Cooper(2–1) Quezada (2) 7,091 13–8 0–2 Mar 19 4 Texas Tech 27 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 5–8 Mushinski(1–1) Henley(2–2) Dusek (1) 5,763 13–9 0–3 Mar 21 at Texas State* Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 10–11 Walden(5–0) Robinson(0–1) 3,017 13–10 Mar 22 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–7 Malmin(1–0) Becerra(1–1) Ridgeway (3) 3,968 14–10 Mar 24 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 2–0 Kingham(3–2) Heskett(2–2) 4,208 15–10 1–3 Mar 25 Kansas State UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–0 Cooper(3–1) Rigler(2–2) 5,210 16–10 2–3 Mar 26 Kansas State UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–5 Shugart(1–1) Floyd(1–2) Ridgeway (4) 4,689 17–10 3–3 Mar 28 vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, TX W 12–2 Kennedy(4–0) Holland(0–2) 4,754 18–10 Mar 31 at Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS W 5–3 Kingham(4–2) Rackoski(3–3) Ridgeway (5) 1,044 19–10 4–3
April Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big 12 Record Apr 1 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS L 1–2 Turski(2–2) Cooper(3–2) Villines (5) 1,248 19–11 4–4 Apr 2 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS L 4–5 Leban(1–1) Henley(2–3) Villines (6) 1,046 19–12 4–5 Apr 4 Sam Houston State* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 8–1 Johnston(2–1) Mills(3–2) 4,235 20–12 Apr 7 12 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 5–3 Kingham(5–2) Grove(1–2) Ridgeway (6) 5,832 21–12 5–5 Apr 8 12 Oklahoma UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–3 Cooper(4–2) Madden(4–1) 6,603 22–12 6–5 Apr 9 12 Oklahoma UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 1–2 Berry(1–0) Shugart(1–2) 5,580 22–13 6–6 Apr 11 Texas State* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–2 Shugart(2–2) Baird(1–3) 4,474 23–13 Apr 13 at Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX L 2–6 Lewis(4–3) Kingham(5–3) 2,387 23–14 6–7 Apr 14 at Baylor Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX L 3–4 Montemayor(2–1) Ridgeway(1–1) 3,860 23–15 6–8 Apr 15 at Baylor Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX W 5–3 Kennedy(5–0) Ott(1–1) Ridgeway (7) 3,214 24–15 7–8 Apr 18 Texas State* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 2–0 Henley(3–3) Baird(1–4) Ridgeway (8) 4,744 25–15 Apr 21 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 7–1 Kennedy(6–0) Semple(5–3) 4,446 26–15 Apr 22 New Orleans* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 3–2 Cooper(5–3) Warzek(5–2) Ridgeway (9) 4,917 27–15 Apr 23 New Orleans* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–3 Kingham(5–3) Hodge(0–2) 4,631 28–15 Apr 25 vs Louisiana* Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX L 1–8 Guillory(3–2) Henley(3–4) 4,200 28–16 Apr 28 at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK W 5–4 Kingham(7–3) Hearrean(0–4) Ridgeway (10) 29–16 8–8 Apr 28 at Oklahoma State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK W 7–0 Cooper(6–2) Buffett(5–4) 1,937 30–16 9–8 Apr 30 at Oklahoma State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK
May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big 12 Record May 2 23 UT Arlington* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 4–1 Kennedy(7–0) Michalski(0–2) Ridgeway (11) 4,414 31–16 May 5 at #8 TCU Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 10–11 Coughlin(1–0) Ridgeway(1–2) 5,078 31–17 9–9 May 6 at #8 TCU Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 2–8 Howard(7–3) Kingham(7–4) 5,324 31–18 9–10 May 7 at #8 TCU Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 3–4 Wymer(3–2) Kennedy(7–1) 5,460 31–19 9–11 May 16 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 10–3 Kennedy(8–1) Miller(1–4) 4,269 32–19 May 19 West Virginia UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 6–2 Kingham(8–4) Myers(4–3) 5,231 33–19 10–11 May 20 West Virginia UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 3–4 Sigman(5–4) Cooper(6–3) Zarbnisky (6) 5,209 33–20 10–12 May 21 West Virginia UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–4 Johnston(3–1) Strowd(1–3) 5,256 34–20 11–12
Postseason
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Tournament record May 24 vs Oklahoma Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK W 8–4 Shugart(3–2) Wiles(4–4) 4,720 35–20 1–0 May 25 vs Kansas Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK W 5–4 Kingham(9–4) Goddard(5–4) 4,492 36–20 2–0 May 27 vs #7 TCU Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK L 2–9 Traver(3–1) Johnston(3–2) 5,598 36–21 2–1 May 27 vs #7 TCU Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK W 9–3 Henley(4–4) Green(2–1) Shugart (3) 3,469 37–21 3–1 May 28 vs Oklahoma State Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK L 5–6 Battenfield(5–4) Mayes(1–2) Teel (3) 8,923 37–22 3–2
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Regional Record Jun 2 vs #30 UCLA Blair Field • Long Beach, CA W 3–2 Kingham(10–4) Canning(7–4) Ridgeway (12) 2,283 38–22 1–0 Jun 3 vs #6 Blair Field • Long Beach, CA W 5–3 Ridgeway(2–2) Rivera(1–2) 2,867 39–22 2–0 Jun 4 vs #6 Long Beach State Blair Field • Long Beach, CA L 3–4 Baayoun(3–0) Henley(4–5) Advocate (5) 2,252 39–23 2–1 Jun 5 vs #6 Long Beach State Blair Field • Long Beach, CA L 1–2 Baayoun(4–0) Kennedy(8–2) Rivera (12) 2,830 39–24 2–2

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

Rankings

See also: 2017 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 Baseball Roster. Texas Sports. PDF. May 6, 2020.
2. Web site: 2017 Baseball Schedule. Texas Sports. PDF. May 6, 2020.