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2022 Texas Longhorns softball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
Record47–22–1 (12–6 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Steve Singleton (3rd season)
  • Megan Bartlett (2nd season)
  • Nicole Parnell (1st season)
Home stadiumRed and Charline McCombs Field
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 Big 12 Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 1 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍y 17 1 0   .944 59 3 0   .952
No. 7 Oklahoma State  ‍‍y 14 4 0   .778 48 14 0   .774
No. 17 Texas  ‍‍‍y 12 6 0   .667 47 22 1   .679
Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 6 12 0   .333 28 27 0   .509
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 6 12 0   .333 32 24 0   .571
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍ 5 13 0   .278 22 27 0   .449
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 3 15 0   .167 20 36 0   .357
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 9, 2022[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2022 Texas Longhorns softball team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2022 NCAA Division I softball season. The Longhorns played their home games at Red and Charline McCombs Field as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Mike White, in his fourth season at Texas.

Personnel

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Roster

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2022 Texas Longhorns Roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 22 – Estelle Czech – sophomore
  • 27 – Hailey Dolcini – senior
  • 29 – Shealyn O’Leary – junior
  • 45 – Logan Hulon – junior
  • 99 – Sophia Simpson – freshman
 

Catchers

  • 18 – JJ Smith – sophomore
  • 33 – Mary Iakopo – senior
  • 44 – Katie Cimusz – freshman

Infielders/Utility Players

  • 00 – Lauren Burke – senior
  • 2 – Janae Jeffersonsenior
  • 3 – Vanessa Quiroga – freshman
  • 4 – Brianna Cantu – sophomore
  • 9 – McKenzie Parker – junior
  • 10 – Mia Scott – freshman
  • 11 – Alyssa Washington – sophomore
  • 15 – Courtney Day – sophomore
  • 18 – JJ Smith – sophomore
  • 20 – Carlee Ratcliff – sophomore
  • 28 – Camille Corona – sophomore
 

Outfielders

  • 1 – Mya Holmes – freshman
  • 5 – Jordyn Whitaker – sophomore
  • 6 – Bella Dayton – sophomore
  • 7 – Ashton Maloney – freshman
  • 12 – Lou Gilbert – junior
  • 16 – Alyssa Popelka – sophomore
 

Coaches

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2022 Texas Longhorns coaching staff[3]
  • Mike White – Head coach – 4th year
  • Steve Singleton – Assistant coach – 3rd year
  • Megan Bartlett – Assistant coach – 2nd year
  • Nicole Parnell – Volunteer assistant coach – 1st year

Support staff

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2022 Texas Longhorns support staff[4]
  • Keely McMillon – Director of operations – 2nd year
  • Kassi Hardee – Associate athletic trainer (Softball) – 5th year
  • Nick Williams – Video coordinator

Offseason

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Player departures

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2022 Texas offseason departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
Molly Jacobsen 7 P 5’8” Senior Adel, IA Graduated
Shannon Rhodes 13 OF 5’6” Senior Fort Worth, TX Graduated
Taylor Ellsworth 17 C 5’5” Senior Georgetown, TX Transferred to Arkansas[5]
Ryleigh White 14 P 6’1” Freshman Washington Township, NJ Transferred to Tennessee[6]
Colleen Sullivan 19 C 5’6” Sophomore Poway, CA Departed from Team
Ariana Adams 21 P 5’7” Junior Magnolia, TX Transferred to Syracuse[7]
MK Tedder 22 IF/OF 5’8” Junior Hoover, AL Transferred to Samford[8]

Coaching staff departures

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Name Position New Team New Position
Courtney Gettins Volunteer Assistant Coach Mercer Assistant coach[9]

Incoming players

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2022 Texas Recruits[10]
Name Number B/T Pos. Hometown High School
Katie Cimusz 44 R/R C/UTL Humble, TX Atascocita
Mya Holmes 1 R/R OF Texas City, TX Texas City
Ashton Maloney 7 L/R OF Liberty, MO Liberty
Vanessa Quiroga 3 L/R UTL Corpus Christi, TX Mary Carroll
Mia Scott 10 L/R IF Angleton, TX Angleton
Sophia Simpson 99 R/R P Mont Belvieu, TX Barbers Hill

Incoming transfers[11][12][13][14]

Name B/T Pos. Height Hometown Year Previous school
Estelle Czech L/L P 5’8” Downers Grove, IL Sophomore NC State
Logan Hulon R/R P 5’6” Dripping Springs, TX Junior Houston
Hailey Dolcini R/R P 6’0” Ferndale, CA Senior Fresno State
Bella Dayton L/L OF 5’6” Wylie, TX Sophomore Arizona
Lou Gilbert L/R OF 5’7” Kansas City, MO Junior Baylor

Preseason

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Award watch lists

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Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year[15] Janae Jefferson IF Senior
USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year[16] Hailey Dolcini P Senior

Big 12 media poll

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Big 12 media poll[17]
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Oklahoma 36 (6)
2 Oklahoma State 31 (1)
3 Texas 26
4 Baylor 19
5 Iowa State 18
6 Texas Tech 10
7 Kansas 7

Preseason All-Big 12 team

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Preseason All-Big 12 Team[18]
Name Number Position Class
Janae Jefferson^ 2 IF Senior
Shea O’Leary 29 P Junior
Mary Iakopo 33 C Senior

^Janae Jefferson was a unanimous selection.

Preseason All-Americans

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First Team All-Americans
Player No. Position Class Selector(s)
Janae Jefferson 2 IF Senior D1Softball
Softball America
Second Team All-Americans
Player No. Position Class Selector(s)
Shea O’Leary 29 P Junior Softball America
Third Team All-Americans
Player No. Position Class Selector(s)
Hailey Dolcini 27 P Senior Softball America

Sources:[19][20]

Schedule and results

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2022 Texas Longhorns softball game log (47–22–1)[21]
Legend:        = Win        = Loss

  = Tie        = Canceled      Bold = Texas team member

Regular season (37–16–1)
Postseason (10–6)
Women’s College World Series (4–3)
Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCWS Record Box Score Recap
June 2 11:00 a.m. ESPN vs. No. 5 UCLA No. 16 USA Softball Hall of Fame StadiumOklahoma City, OK 7–2 Dolcini (23–10) Faraimo (22–5) 44–19–1 1–0 Box Score Recap
June 4 2:00 p.m. ABC vs. No. 1 Oklahoma No. 16 USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK 2–7 Trautwein (20–1) Dolcini (23–11) 44–20–1 1–1 Box Score Recap
June 5 6:00 p.m. ESPN2 vs. Arizona No. 16 USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK 5–2 Czech (12–1) Bowen (14–12) 12,403 45–20–1 2–1 Box Score Recap
June 6 6:00 p.m. ESPN vs. No. 6 Oklahoma State No. 16 USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK 5–0 Czech (13–1) Day (13–5) 46–20–1 3–1 Box Score Recap
June 6 8:45 p.m. ESPN vs. No. 6 Oklahoma State No. 16 USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK 6–5 Dolcini (24–11) Maxwell (21–5) 12,135 47–20–1 4–1 Box Score Recap
June 8 7:30 p.m. ESPN vs. No. 1 Oklahoma
Champhionship Series
No. 16 USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK 1–16 Trautwein (22–1) Dolcini (24–12) 12,234 47–21–1 4–2 Box Score Recap
June 9 6:30 p.m. ESPN2 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma
Champhionship Series
No. 16 USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK 5–10 Bahl (22–1) Czech (13–2) 12,257 47–22–1 4–3 Box Score Recap
* indicates a non-conference game. All rankings from D1Baseball on the date of the contest.

Schedule Notes

  1. ^ The Longhorns first win over Oklahoma since 2014. On the same day, Cat Osterman’s number 8 was retired by the University of Texas.
  2. ^ Broke the largest capacity record in Red and Charline McCombs Field history.
  3. ^ Was originally scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on April 23. The game was postponed to April 24 due to inclement weather.
  4. ^ Janae Jefferson hit her 333rd career hit, breaking the all-time Big 12 record.
  5. ^ The first super regional championship and Women’s College World Series appearance for Texas since 2013.

Postseason

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Big 12 Tournament

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First Round
Thursday, May 12
Semi-finals
Friday, May 13
Championship
Saturday, May 14
         
1 Oklahoma 5
4 Iowa State 0
4 Iowa State 2
5 Baylor 1
1 Oklahoma 3
2 Oklahoma State 4(8)
2 Oklahoma State 2
7 Kansas 0
2 Oklahoma State 6
3 Texas 1
3 Texas 9
6 Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 1

Fayetteville Super Regional

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Round 1 Round 2 Regional Finals Super Regionals
               
4 Arkansas 11(5)
Princeton 0
4 Arkansas 6
Oregon 2
Wichita State 2
Oregon 10(5)
4 Arkansas 9
Fayetteville Regional – Bogle Park
Oregon 3
Princeton 4
Wichita State 5
Oregon 8
Wichita State 1
4 Arkansas 7 1 0
Texas 1 3 3
13 Washington 9
Lehigh 2
13 Washington 2
Texas 8
Weber State 0
Texas 6
Texas 1 3
Seattle Regional – Husky Softball Stadium
13 Washington 2 2
Lehigh 5
Weber State 4
13 Washington 6
Lehigh 1

Women's College World Series

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First round Second round Semifinals Finals
               
1 Oklahoma 13(5)
9 Northwestern 2
1 Oklahoma 7
Texas 2
5 UCLA 2
Texas 7
1 Oklahoma 3 15(5)
5 UCLA 7 0
9 Northwestern 1
5 UCLA 6
14 Florida 0
5 UCLA 8(6)
1 Oklahoma 16 10
Texas 1 5
14 Florida 7
Oregon State 1
14 Florida 0
7 Oklahoma State 2
7 Oklahoma State 4
Arizona 2
7 Oklahoma State 0 5
Texas 5 6
Oregon State 1
Arizona 3
Texas 5
Arizona 2

Awards, accomplishments, and honors

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All-Americans

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Second Team All-Americans
Player No. Position Class Selector(s)
Janae Jefferson 2 IF Junior NFCA
Third Team All-Americans
Player No. Position Class Selector(s)
Hailey Dolcini 27 P Senior NFCA

Source:[25]

National honors

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National honors
Honors Player Position Ref.
Women’s College World Series All-Tournament Team Estelle Czech P [26]
Courtney Day 1B/DP
Bella Dayton OF

Conference honors

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Conference honors
Honors Player Position Ref.
All-Big 12 First Team Hailey Dolcini P [27]
Janae Jefferson IF
Mary Iakopo C/1B
All-Big 12 Second Team Alyssa Washington IF
Mia Scott IF
All-Big 12 Freshman Team Katie Cimusz C/1B
Mia Scott IF
Sophia Scott P
Big 12 All-Tournament Team Janae Jefferson IF [28]
Mia Scott IF

Weekly honors

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Weekly honors
Honors Player Position Date Awarded Ref.
Big 12 Player of the Week Katie Cimusz C March 8, 2022 [29]
McKenzie Parker IF March 22, 2022 [30]
Mary Iakopo C April 5, 2022 [31]
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week Hailey Dolcini P March 29, 2022 [32]
Hailey Dolcini P April 19, 2022 [33]
Hailey Dolcini P May 10, 2022 [34]

Records

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Records
Record Player Position Stat Ref.
Big 12 Career Hits Janae Jefferson IF 333 [35]

No-hitters

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Date Pitcher Opponent IP K BB HBP E Score Source
February 27, 2022 Sophia Simpson UTSA 6 12 4 0 0 8-0 [36]

Statistics

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Team batting

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Team AB Avg. H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
Texas 1,850 .303 560 116 13 68 355 224 297 97
Opponents 1,771 .237 419 77 5 62 237 166 449 34

Team pitching

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Team IP H R ER BB SO SV ERA
Texas 460.1 419 267 215 166 449 2 3.27
Opponents 445.1 560 397 313 224 297 4 4.92

Individual batting

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Player GP AB Avg. H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
Janae Jefferson 70 226 .407 92 24 2 7 34 31 12 16
Mia Scott 64 204 .377 77 14 5 4 38 25 29 26
Mary Iakopo 67 191 .335 64 15 1 11 58 27 18 2
Courtney Day 58 130 .300 39 10 0 12 34 15 24 1
Alyssa Washington 65 172 .279 48 10 0 5 35 22 29 3
Bella Dayton 68 156 .276 43 9 1 5 23 24 26 14
McKenzie Parker 55 155 .265 41 10 0 8 42 20 32 3
Katie Cimusz 60 156 .244 38 8 0 9 32 15 36 5
Camille Corona 34 10 .500 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Alyssa Popelka 64 92 .348 32 0 2 0 7 12 18 16
JJ Smith 42 78 .282 22 6 1 2 13 9 11 1
Lauren Burke 47 106 .255 27 7 0 1 14 8 17 0
Brianna Cantu 27 30 .233 7 0 0 1 8 5 5 2
Lou Gilbert 56 60 .217 13 0 1 1 9 4 8 5
Jordyn Whitaker 43 62 .177 11 3 0 2 6 6 24 0
Vanessa Quiroga 9 10 .100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mya Holmes 13 12 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0

Individual pitching

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Player GP GS W L IP H R ER BB SO SV ERA
Hailey Dolcini 43 32 24 12 216.0 145 99 78 66 217 1 2.53
Estelle Czech 30 16 13 2 103.2 120 58 48 25 83 0 3.24
Sophia Simpson 29 16 8 4 86.1 82 53 44 50 105 1 3.57
Courtney Day 3 0 0 0 6.1 8 6 2 4 2 0 2.21
Shea O’Leary 19 5 1 4 26.2 40 28 23 12 27 0 6.04
Logan Hulon 13 1 1 0 21.1 24 23 20 9 15 0 6.56
Legend
  GP  Games played   GS  Games started  AB  At-bats
  H  Hits  Avg.  Batting average  2B  Doubles
 3B  Triples  HR  Home runs  RBI  Runs batted In
  IP  Innings pitched   W Wins  L  Losses
 ERA  Earned run average  SO  Strikeouts  BB  Base on balls
 SV  Saves  SB  Stolen bases  High  Team high

Source:[37]
Note: leaders must meet the minimum requirement of 2 PA/G and 75% of games played (Hitting)
Note: leaders must meet the minimum requirement of 1 IP/G (Pitching)

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
NFCA / USA Today101123242119181617171616162
Softball America111125161414131215121417122
ESPN.com/USA Softball8924231919181616141618182
D1Softball91025161515141415141515154

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