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AUSTIN, Texas – The HCU baseball, having won six of its last seven games, travels to take on a No. 3 Texas Longhorns team that has opened the season by winning all 11 of its games on Tuesday evening at UFCU Disch-Falk Field in a rematch from last season’s NCAA Austin Regional opener.

 

HCU (6-6) is fresh off a series win to open Southland Conference play, taking two of three home games against UIW this past weekend, including an 11-10 walk-off win on Sunday that saw the Huskies erase a 9-2 deficit in the final three innings of the game. Jack Walker had a huge week last week, earning honorable mention SLC Offensive Player of the Week honors. The senior outfielder hit two home runs while batting .500 (8-for-16) with eight runs scored and four RBI.

 

Walker is currently on a seven-game hitting streak while teammate Katcher Halligan is on an eight-game hitting streak during which he has raised his average from .143 to .370. Halligan also has six doubles already this year, tied for 23rd-most in the nation.

 

Texas (11-0) is coming off a 3-0 showing at the BRUCE BOLT College Classic in which the Longhorns earned wins over Coastal Carolina, Baylor and Ohio State. Temo Becerra was named SEC Co-Player of the Week honors for the Longhorns, batting .500 with three home runs, eight runs scored and seven RBI.

 

The Huskies and Longhorns met twice last season, once during the regular season and then again in the Austin Regional of the NCAA Tournament. The Longhorns won that regional game, 7-1.

 

HCU heads across state lines this coming weekend for another SLC series, this time visiting Lake Charles, La. to face the McNeese Cowboys in a three-game set from Friday through Sunday.