Texas and Arizona State will play an elimination game on Saturday at 6 p.m. Central. ASU will be the home team.
Today's game marked the 46th meeting between Texas and Arizona State on the diamond. Texas holds a 27-19 advantage in the all-time series.
Texas is making its eighth NCAA Super Regional appearance and its third straight.
Arizona State is making its sixth NCAA Super Regional appearance and its fourth consecutive.
The official attendance for the super regional's first session was 7,235.
No. 7 Texas (47-17)
Team Notes:
Texas' loss moved its all-time mark in NCAA Regional/Super Regional play to 147-62-1 (eighth NCAA Super Regional appearance). Texas is now 13-6 in Super Regional play.
The Horns own an 87-27 mark all-time in NCAA Regional/Super Regional play at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
Texas has dropped the first game of the Super Regional three times in program history and has rebounded to win the series twice.
Individual Notes:
Tant Shepherd's single in the third inning extended his team-leading hitting streak to six games. Shepherd has now hit safely in all six of Texas' postseason games.
Jacob Felts' two-hit effort marked his eighth multi-hit performance of the season.
Arizona State (43-16)
Team Notes:
Arizona State's win moved its all-time mark in NCAA Regional/Super Regional play to 86-29 (sixth* NCAA Super Regional appearance). ASU is now 9-5 in NCAA Super Regional play.
Individual Notes:
Johnny Ruettiger's single in the first extended his team-best hitting streak to 11 games.
Joey DeMichele's RBI single in the eight pushed his postseason RBI total to 11 in four games.
DeMichele's two-hit, two-RBI performance marked his 21st multi-hit and team-best 14th multi-RBI game of 2011.
