2017 Texas Longhorns baseball team

The 2017 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns play 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 1st season at Texas.

2017 Texas Longhorns baseball
Big 12 Tournament, Runner-Up
Long Beach Regional, Runner-Up
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
CB	No. 28
2017 record	39–24 (11–12 Big 12)
Head coach	David Pierce (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Sean Allen (1st season) Philip Miller (1st season)
Home stadium	UFCU Disch–Falk Field

2017 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 19 Texas Tech  ‍†‍‍^y	16	–	8		.667			45	–	17		.726
No. 4 TCU  ‍‍‍^y	16	–	8		.667			50	–	18		.735
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍^y	12	–	11		.522			35	–	24		.593
Baylor  ‍‍‍^y	12	–	12		.500			34	–	23		.596
West Virginia  ‍‍‍^y	12	–	12		.500			36	–	26		.581
No. 28 Texas  ‍‍‍^y	11	–	12		.478			39	–	24		.619
Kansas  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			30	–	28		.517
Oklahoma State  ‍‍‡‍^y	8	–	14		.364			30	–	27		.526
Kansas State  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			29	–	26		.527
† – Conference champion ‡ – Conference Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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

2018 Texas Longhorns coaching staff[1]

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 Rice* #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 Sam Houston State* #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 Stanford* #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 Richmond* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–0 Mayes(1–1) Miller(1–1) 3,926 8–6 Mar 8 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* 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 UT Rio Grande Valley* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W 9–7 Malmin(1–0) Becerra(1–1) Ridgeway (3) 3,968 14–10 Mar 24 Kansas State 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 Kansas 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 Oklahoma 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 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 New Orleans* 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 Oklahoma State 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 Incarnate Word* 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
Big 12 Tournament 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
NCAA Long Beach Regional 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 Long Beach State 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

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'		*	*													25	25*	25*	25
Baseball America																			24
Collegiate Baseball^	30	25	24	NR	27	NR											28	28*	28
NCBWA†			27	NR								26	30	NR		25	20	20*	23
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^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

1. "2018 Baseball Roster" (PDF). Texas Sports. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
2. "2017 Baseball Schedule" (PDF). Texas Sports. Retrieved May 6, 2020.