Texas Baseball Announces (Another) Schedule Change vs. UC Davis

UPDATE: Since the original story was published, Texas has been forced to push the game time yet again, due to weather. The game is now set to start at 6:30 pm CT.

Had early Valentine's Day plans and couldn’t make it out to UFCU Disch-Faulk Field for the second game of the Texas baseball 2026 season? You might be in luck to make it out to the diamond tomorrow.

First pitch for Saturday's game between the No. 3 Texas Longhorns and the UC Davis Aggies, originally scheduled for 2 p.m. CT, has been moved up by two hours to 12 p.m. CT.

Texas Athletics confirmed the time change in a tweet during the first inning of opening day. Both of the Longhorns weekend games against the Aggies will now start at 12 p.m. CT.

However, now that time has changed once again, with the start time now being pushed back to 6:30 pm CT, per a separate announcement from the school.

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— Texas Baseball (@TexasBaseball) February 14, 2026

There is a 51% chance of rain according to AccuWeather at the start of tomorrow’s game, with conditions worsening around 2 p.m. with scattered thunderstorms lasting around two hours.

Graduate pitcher Luke Harrison will make his first start of the season for the Longhorns tomorrow afternoon against the Aggies. Harrison had a team-leading 15 starts last season, earning a 5-1 record with a 3.06 ERA in Texas’ best season since 2010.

The Longhorns' prized sophomore pitcher Dylan Volantis will make his second start of his career to close out the series with UC Davis on Sunday. In his dominant freshman season, the majority of Volantis’ appearances came in relief.

The Longhorns will be coming off of a dominant 12-2 decision over the Aggies in their season opener. Texas junior infielder Ethan Mendoza, the team's leadoff hitter, opened the night going 0-4 at the plate, but in his final appearance of the night, he made up for the previous at-bats.

Mendoza called the game, rocketing a 2-run home run in the seventh inning to close out No. 3 Texas Longhorns season opener with a run rule.

“I can't complain with a win," freshman Anthony Pack Jr. said. "We got the dub, Ethan Mendoza, that's a guy right there, he put it away."

Texas senior pitcher Ruger Riojas got off to a rocky start in the season opener, walking his first batter and allowing two singles to go past him, loading up the bases. After allowing one run, Riojas got the pregame jitters out of the way and closed the first inning with a pair of strikeouts.

Riojas lasted five innings and was dominant following his three-hit, one-run allowed first inning performance. Riojas posted nine strikeouts, just one shy of tying his career high of 10 strikeouts he set last season against Missouri.