Play in the Austin Regional begins on Friday as the No. 19 Texas Longhorns welcome the Air Force Fighting Falcons back to UFCU Disch-Falk Field following two midweek games in April.
The Falcons proved they can not only hang with the Longhorns, but also blow them out, winning the Tuesday game 14-2 and losing on Wednesday 12-10 after Texas scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning.
“I think they’re very familiar with the Dish,” Texas head coach David Pierce said Thursday. “They had some success here and these are a bunch of young men that build for adversity and build for combat so they will not be intimidated.