David Eckert
Texas Longhorns Insider at Austin American-Statesman
Covering Texas football @statesman. Before that: Ole Miss, Southern Miss. Proud @DailyCollegian alum. Soccer enjoyer. Suffering Mets fan.
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6 days ago |
statesman.com | David Eckert
The map the Texas baseball coaching staff designed to navigate the NCAA Tournament's Austin Regional has been torn up and shredded ‒ its remnants left to float away in the breeze. And the Longhorns have their own self-sabotage to thank. A UTSA offense crafted to pressure opposing defenses into mistakes achieved its desired goal on Saturday night in a 9-7 Roadrunners victory that sent UTSA (46-13) to the regional final and Texas (43-13) to the brink of elimination.
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1 week ago |
statesman.com | David Eckert
When Texas baseball arrived at the halfway point of its SEC conference slate on April 19, the trio of Ethan Walker, Grayson Saunier and Hudson Hamilton had combined to pitch 3.7% of the available innings. They were afterthoughts, occasionally tossed into developmental situations with no stakes. Friday, Longhorns coach Jim Schlossnagle entrusted them to kick off his team’s NCAA Tournament run.
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1 week ago |
statesman.com | David Eckert
Texas baseball will start lefthander Ethan Walker against Houston Christian to begin NCAA Tournament play on Friday, the team announced Thursday night. Walker won the trust of Longhorns coach Jim Schlossnagle with an impressive outing against Tennessee in the SEC tournament last week. The redshirt sophomore held the Volunteers, who own one of the nation's 20 most prolific offenses, to one earned run in 4⅓ innings of work, striking out three and allowing two hits without issuing a walk.
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1 week ago |
statesman.com | David Eckert
A reminder of the rich history of Texas baseball greets those who walk through the glass door into the bowels of UFCU Disch-Falk Field. There, a display on the wall commemorates the Longhorns' 38 appearances in the College World Series — 13 more than any other program. Texas hopes that display will need a revision at the conclusion of the 2025 NCAA Tournament, which begins for the Longhorns with a home game against Houston Christian on Friday at 1 p.m. in Austin.
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1 week ago |
sports.yahoo.com | David Eckert
A reminder of the rich history of Texas baseball greets those who walk through the glass door into the bowels of UFCU Disch-Falk Field. There, a display on the wall commemorates the Longhorns' 38 appearances in the College World Series — 13 more than any other program. AdvertisementTexas hopes that display will need a revision at the conclusion of the 2025 NCAA Tournament, which begins for the Longhorns with a home game against Houston Christian on Friday at 1 p.m. in Austin.
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