AUSTIN, TX. – The Southern University baseball team fell 11-0 to second-ranked Texas on the first day of the Austin Regional of the 2021 NCAA Baseball Tournament.
FINAL SCORE: No. 2 Texas 11, Southern 0
LOCATION: UFCU Disch-Falk Field (Austin, TX.)
RECORDS: Southern (20-29) | Texas (43-15)
W: Tristan Stevens (10-3) | L: Jacob Snyder (1-3)
NOTABLES
- Friday's contest marked Southern's second appearance in the Austin Regional, last time was in 1988.
- Southern has made 10 NCAA Division 1 Baseball Tournament Regionals
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Texas grabbed the lead early, plating two runs in the bottom of the first.
- SU threatened in the second, putting a couple of runners on base, but the Jaguars were turned away.
- In the second inning, the Longhorns increased their advantage to 6-0.
- Texas added one more run in the third.
- The Longhorns tacked on two more in the seventh, then rounded out the evening's scoring two more in the eighth.
UP NEXT
Southern is set to face Fairfield in an elimination game on Saturday afternoon. First pitch is set for 1:00 pm and will be televised on ESPN3.
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