A doubleheader on Saturday helped the No. 3 Texas Longhorns extend its winning streak to 16 games. A seven-hour bus ride back from Stillwater followed the Sunday loss against the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
A large number of players then received their second shot of the vaccine on Monday, with head coach David Pierce estimating that 95 percent of the team is now fully vaccinated as program management incentives caused the staff to ask some players to delay that second shot.
So Tuesday’s midweek game against Incarnate Word was about winning first, but it was also about managing a fatigued team facing a huge conference series at home against Texas Tech this weekend.