No. 1 Texas travels to Sam Houston State

Murphy Stehly Texas baseballEven head coach David Pierce is skeptical about the upcoming schedule for the No. 1 Texas Longhorns.

“This stretch was probably a little bit more than I wanted,” he said on Sunday.

Starting with Tuesday’s game against the Sam Houston State Bearkats in Huntsville, the Longhorns play 10 of the next 11 games away from UFCU Disch-Falk Field, a challenging stretch highlighted by five games in South Carolina that will bolster the team’s NCAA Tournament resume and provide plenty of perspective on whether Texas deserves to maintain its top ranking.

“You want to look at how your RPI plays,” Pierce said. “You want to look at how we respond in hostile environments before we…