Austin Softball Regional: Schedule & Updates

The No. 6 Texas Longhorns have made the postseason for a 20th consecutive season and are hosting the Austin Regional at Red & Charline McCombs Field May 16-18.

Coming to Austin are the Michigan Wolverines, Central Florida Knights and Eastern Illinois Panthers.

* All game times are Central Time.

Friday

Game 1 – Michigan 4, UCF 3

The Michigan Wolverines are still hot off their Big Ten tournament championship win. Ella Stephenson’s solo home run left the game tied at 1-1 until Ashleigh Griffin and Izzy Mertes recorded RBIs for UCF to take the lead.

With two outs in the sixth inning, Jenissa Conway recorded her 50th RBI of the season, allowing Lauren Putz to homer and the Wolverines to lead for the first time.

Lauren Derkowski started the game in the circle and went four innings with three strikeouts before she reentered for Erin Hoehn in the bottom of the seventh. With two outs and runners in scoring position, she came in with back-to-back changeups to strike out Mertes.

Hoehn was awarded the win.

PUTZ POWER!! 🚀

Wolverines got one back on a Conway RBI double, then the rookie went yard for two runs and our first lead!

(It was reviewed and ruled *not* fan interference.) pic.twitter.com/Wx7eBaC4Kh
— Michigan Softball (@umichsoftball) May 16, 2025

Game 2 – Texas 10 vs. Eastern Illinois 2

Reese Atwood’s 76th RBI of the season led to a run-rule walk-off victory for the Longhorns. With bases loaded, Texas just needed three more runs to end the game early, and the junior hit the perfect bloop to right field, causing Eastern Illinois to struggle to find the ball.

While Atwood went 4-for-4 with five RBIs, plenty of other Longhorns added RBIs of their own. A two-run double by Joley Mitchell put Texas ahead early in the first inning and Mia Scott and Ashton Maloney added doubles for additional RBIs in the fourth.

Eastern Illinois made noise in the fifth inning when Kendall Grover doubled for an RBI, but Citaly Gutierrez and Cambria Salmon in the circle combined with an immaculate Longhorns defense kept the Panthers at bay.

bring 'em all in @atwood_reese 👏🤘#HookEm pic.twitter.com/AS7eAD97YP
— Texas Softball (@TexasSoftball) May 16, 2025

Saturday

Game 3 – Texas 16, Michigan 4

Texas played the long ball to run-rule and snap Michigan’s seven-game winning streak. Katie Stewart homered over the left field wall twice, Reese Atwood and Kaydee Bennett both added three-run shots, Joley Mitchell’s grand slam added much insurance, and Leighann Goode put up one last Longhorn homer more for good measure.

Teagan Kavan was just as electric on the mound, throwing seven strikeouts.

most dangerous duo in the country @atwood_reese 🤝 @KatieStew2242 #HookEm | 📺: ESPN pic.twitter.com/aUkTwTQr2j
— Texas Softball (@TexasSoftball) May 17, 2025

that's now 5⃣ home runs in four innings 😏#HookEm | 📺: ESPN pic.twitter.com/ZsJqL7yDXC
— Texas Softball (@TexasSoftball) May 17, 2025

Game 4 – UCF 10 , EIU 2

UCF came out swinging. A four-run first inning paired with Coco Jaimes’s first career home run plus smart base running from Stormy Kotzelnick led to the Knights grabbing a run-rule victory.

Isabella Vega and Kaitlyn Felton dealt in the circle. 25 out of 39 pitches from Vega were strikes and Felton walked away with the win.

No time like the postseason for your first career long ball, Coco!! pic.twitter.com/ue16KNKTIv
— UCF Softball (@UCF_Softball) May 17, 2025

Game 5 – UCF 10, Michigan 8

In a back-and-forth run affair, the Knights came out resilient. Two home runs and seven RBIs from UCF and eight RBIs from Michigan had the game tied 8-8 in the fifth. But it was Madison Simon who singled to left field for two more RBIs to grab the lead for UCF.

Isabella Vega was brought into the circle in the fourth and kept the Wolverines quiet through the end. She snags the win with two strikeouts.

Double digits and the lead!! pic.twitter.com/rAYfDVodph
— UCF Softball (@UCF_Softball) May 18, 2025

Sunday

Game 6 – Texas 9, UCF 0

The long ball worked wonders yet again for the Longhorns. Leighann Goode started the show with a two-run shot in the second, followed by two two-run home runs from Reese Atwood. Atwood collected her 20th homer of the season while Mia Scott went 3-for-4 and added her 300th career hit.

RBIs from Ashton Maloney and Victoria Hunter added plenty of insurance in the seventh to send Texas on to the Super Regionals.

Tegan Kavan was untouchable in the circle. With five strikeouts today, she recorded her 200th strikeout of the season.

Reese Atwood is inevitable. #HookEm | 📺: ESPN pic.twitter.com/ldGWE1SXyW
— Texas Softball (@TexasSoftball) May 18, 2025