Texas State battles, pushed No. 9 Texas to breaking point

AUSTIN, Texas — For the second time this season, an I-35 Showdown between the Texas State University and University of Texas softball programs went down to the wire as a seventh-inning rally by the Bobcats made the No. 9 Longhorns uncomfortable until Shealyn O'Leary was summoned to help UT escape with a 5-4 victory.

"I didn't like the way we competed early and that's something I told the team," said Texas State softball head coach Ricci Woodard. "We are too good to not show up and compete every single time we step on the field. We didn't show up tonight ready to compete and that's what frustrated me."

After throwing a career-long 7.2 innings of unearned softball against Texas on February 24,…