2014 Austin Super Regional

Texas Longhorns

Austin, Texas

At-large bid from Big 12, Won Houston Regional

2014 record: 13-11, 38-18

Head coach: Augie Garrido (Fresno State, 1961)

Record at school: 761-365-2, 18 years

Overall record: 1,912-889-9, 46 years

Assistant coaches: Skip Johnson, Tommy Nicholson, Ryan Russ

Team offense: .268 BA, 282 R, 21 HR, .360 SLG%, .363 OBP

Team pitching: 2.36 ERA, 546.1 IP, 447 H, 208 BB, 352 K

Top hitters: Madison Carter (.361/1/11), Mark Payton (.324/2/38), Zane Gurwitz (.278/2/26), C.J. Hinojosa (.297/1/31), Brooks Marlow (.283/3/19), Ben Johnson (.279/6/41), Tres Barrera (.275/5/32), Ben Johnson (.271/6/32)

Top pitchers: Travis Duke (2-1, 0.36 ERA, 25 IP, 18 H, 7 BB, 22 K), Nathan Thornhill (8-2, 1.57 ERA, 97.2 IP, 70 H, 35 BB, 59 K), Chad Hollingsworth (3-0, 1.36 ERA, 46.1 IP, 30 H, 13 BB, 23 K), Ty Culbreth (2-0, 1.98 ERA, 27.1 IP, 16 H, 18 BB, 20 SO), John Curtiss (2-2, 2.11 ERA, 9 SV, 38.1 IP, 27 H, 13 BB, 28 K), Dillon Peters (7-3, 2.13 ERA, 80.1 IP, 72 H, 21 BB, 53 K), Parker French (5-5, 2.62 ERA, 89.1 IP, 77 H, 37 BB, 59 K)

Last NCAA Appearance: 2011 (4-1 at Austin Regional, 2-1 at Austin Super Regional, 0-2 at College World Series)

Notes: Texas returns to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since having reached its seventh College World Series under Augie Garrido in 2011. Since the Super Regional format started in 1999, the Longhorns are playing are making their ninth trip to the Supers. They can thank Chadd Hollingsworth, who tossed a two-hitter in the Regional final in his first start since late March. Garrido became college baseball’s all-time winningest coach on March 25 when the Longhorns beat Texas State for career win No. 1,894, topping Gordon Gillespie’s mark. He is the only coach in Division I history to win more than 600 games at two different schools. Texas does it with pitching – it ranks ninth in the nation in ERA. Junior lefty Dillon Peters is 17-7 with a 2.26 ERA in three years in the rotation. Nathan Thornhill had an ERA of 2.21 but went just 3-6 a year ago and improved on those numbers (opponents hit only .198). Mark Payton has reached base in an incredible 95 straight games, the longest streak in Big 12 history. His father played baseball at Illinois. Speaking of famous dads, Lukas Schiraldi’s father Calvin and Kacy Clemens’ father Roger played on the Longhorns’ 1983 national championship team and went on to have fantastic careers in Major League Baseball.

Houston Cougars

Houston, Texas

Automatic bid - won American tournament, won Baton Rouge Regional

2014 record: 14-9, 48-16 (third)

Head coach: Todd Whitting (Houston, 1995)

Record at school: 86-90-1, 4 years

Overall record: 86-90-1, 4 years

Assistant coaches: Trip Couch, Frank Anderson, Mike Taylor

Team offense: .278 BA, 340 R, 17 HR, 85-111 SB

Team pitching: 2.32 ERA, 581 IP, 496 H, 117 BB, 421 K

Top hitters: Casey Grayson (.320/6/48/16 2B), Kyle Survance (.315/2/32/31-38 SB), Connor Hollis (.311/0/8), Justin Montemayor (.299/1/31), Michael Pyeatt (.296/1/21), Frankie Ratcliff (.283/2/28/17-21 SB), Josh Vidales (.277/0/30/11-14 SB), Ashford Fulmer (.273/4/32/12-15 SB)

Top pitchers: Tyler Ford (9-0, 4 SV, 1.17 ERA, 69 IP, 47 H, 5 BB, 49 K), Chase Wellbrock (5-0, 12 SV, 1.22 ERA, 44.1 IP, 38 H, 5 BB, 35 K), Jared Robinson (5-1, 1.42 ERA, 44.1 IP, 29 H, 15 BB, 38 K), Aaron Garza (8-4, 2.67 ERA, 104.1 IP, 96 H, 10 BB, 57 K), Jake Lemoine (6-8, 2.87 ERA, 106.2 IP, 98 H, 29 BB, 87 K), Jared West (2-2, 2.90 ERA, 49.2 IP, 38 H, 18 BB, 39 K), David Longville (1-0, 2.88 ERA, 59.1 IP, 69 IP, 8 BB, 36 K)

Last NCAA Appearance: 2008 (3-2 at College Station Regional)

Notes: Houston won the inaugural American Athletic Conference championship, its first tournament title since 2008. The Cougars then went 4-1 at the Baton Rouge Regional, knocking off LSU twice after losing to the Tigers earlier in the Regional. Houston is making its third Super Regional appearance (2000, 2002). Even though it had an RPI in the top 10 much of the year and sat at No. 2 entering Supers, the Cougars were sent to Texas, which put in a larger bid to the NCAA. Houston lost to the Longhorns 3-2 during the regular season. With the four wins in Baton Rouge, the Cougars have matched the school record for wins with 48. Houston was 27-5 in nonconference contest and led the nation in non-conference RPI. The pitching staff is fourth in the nation in WHIP (1.05), second in walks allowed per nine innings (1.79) and sixth in ERA (2.30). Sophomore Jake Lemoine was named one of 20 finalists for The Premier Player of College and was selected to represent the USA Collegiate National Team. Sophomore Justin Montemayor was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team.