Longhorns baseball may not advance to NCAA Tournament

Yesterday, the Longhorns faced a second defeat against Kansas, eliminating them from the Big 12 Tournament. This is the fastest elimination for the Longhorns in over a decade and may mark the first season the baseball team doesn't participate in the NCAA Tournament in 13 years. Throughout the season, injuries and violations have trimmed down the baseball team, so even if they did make the cut (which is unlikely) they might not have enough players to do as well as they have in the past. Let's just hope for the best in this case.

Taylor Hoagland breaks two records in one game

Taylor Hoagland gets ready for the pitch. She holds several records at UT.

Last weekend, although the Longhorns had already lost the series to the University of Oklahoma Sooners, they were determined to win the third game. They were behind 5-4 when junior Taylor Hoagland stepped up to the plate. Her home run gave the Longhorns a lead which they kept for the rest of the game, eventually winning 12-5.

What makes this game special, though, is that it brought the total number of runs for the team this season to 329, 6 runs more than the previous record, and Hoagland broke the school record for most home runs in a single game at 16, breaking the school's previous record of 15, her own from last year.

Hoagland has also been named Co-Big 12 Player of the Week this week.

The women's team has one more game this season on Sunday, so we'll see if they break any more records before summer.