The Longhorns’ line-up has been the same for much of the season, which is now in the middle of a grueling Big 12 stretch that includes three ranked opponents.
The fifth-ranked Longhorns traveled to Lincoln to play at Nebraska for the last time as a conference opponent, as the Huskers exit the Big 12 to head to the Big Ten after this season.
This weekend may be the end of an era. At the conclusion of the 2011 season, Nebraska parts ways with the Big 12 conference in order to join the Big Ten.
Being down going into the final inning is not something that the Longhorns are used to, but they found themselves behind going into the bottom of the seventh against Texas A&M.
The Longhorns trailed Texas A&M 3-2 in the seventh inning Wednesday but rallied and came up with a 4-3 win, as Mandy Ogle crossed the plate on a wild pitch to end the game.
The Longhorns are riding high on a 15-game winning streak, hitting an impressive .354 as a team, sporting a lockdown 1.15 team ERA, and playing some of the best softball in the country — moving all the way up to fifth in the polls this week.
In their first Big 12 road test of the year in Stillwater, Okla., the Longhorns showed the Cowgirls why they are the eighth-ranked team in the country with a pair of convincing wins.
Staring intently from the circle, the Longhorn pitcher nods her head after receiving a signal from catcher Amy Hooks and then starts her wind up with a ferocious look.
