2018 Texas Longhorns baseball team

The 2018 Texas Longhorns baseball team represents the University of Texas at Austin during the 2018 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 2nd season at Texas.

2018 Texas Longhorns baseball
Big 12 Regular Season champion
Austin Regional champion
Austin Super Regional champion
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
CBNo. 7
2018 record42–23 (17–7 Big 12)
Head coach
Home stadiumUFCU Disch–Falk Field
2018 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
No. 7 Texas y 1770 .708  42230 .646
Oklahoma State y 1680 .667  31261 .543
No. 6 Texas Tech y 1590 .625  45200 .692
No. 24 Oklahoma y 14100 .583  38250 .603
Baylor y 13110 .542  37210 .638
TCU  10130 .435  33230 .589
West Virginia  9150 .375  29270 .518
Kansas  8150 .348  27300 .474
Kansas State  5190 .208  23310 .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
BoldTexas team member
2018 Texas Longhorns Baseball Game Log[3]
Regular Season
Postseason

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' 20 20* 20* 20 NR 23 21 24 18 16 13 16 16* 16* 7 
Baseball America 14 14 17 17 NR 24 20 19 20 17 15 14 14 14* 14* 7 
Collegiate Baseball^ 26 19 27 28 NR 17 22 23 18 16 16 12 12 5 5 7 
NCBWA 21 19 21 20 29 NR 27 23 19 20 17 18 13 18 8 8* 7 
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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. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. "Official Baseball Roster". Texas Longhorns. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  3. "2018 Baseball Schedule". Texas Longhorns. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
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