AUSTIN, Texas \u2013 No. 4 Texas Softball travels to Kentucky for its penultimate SEC series on April 24-26 at John Cropp Stadium in Lexington, Ky. Friday’s series opener will begin at 5 p.m. CT on SEC Network with Krista Blunk and Erin Miller in the booth. Game two on Saturday will start at 1 p.m. on SEC Network+, and Sunday’s series finale is slated for Noon on SEC Network+.<\/p>\n
Fans can also tune into Andrew Haynes on Texas’ radio broadcast on https:\/\/texas.leanplayer.com\/ or the iHeart Radio app.<\/p>\n
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\n\tThe Longhorns are in the home-stretch of the 2026 regular season with six games remaining: a three-game series at Kentucky and three-game set at home vs. Arkansas on April 30-May 2.
\n\tFriday will be the ninth all-time meeting between Texas and Kentucky. Texas leads the all-time series, 4-3-1. Texas has won three-consecutive games.
\n\tTexas is coming off a 13-game stretch vs. top-17 opponents.
\n\tTexas ranks No. 1 in RPI this week after securing a road series victory at No. 13 Georgia on April 18-20. Texas’ SOS ranks third nationally.
\n\tTexas and Oklahoma’s 13 wins over Quad 1 RPI teams leads the country. Texas is 13-8 vs. Quad 1 teams, 9-0 vs. Quad 2 teams, 3-0 vs. Quad 3 teams and 7-0 vs. Quad 4 teams.
\n\tJunior first baseman Katie Stewart<\/a> has homered a career-high 22 times this season and needs one home run to tie Reese Atwood’s<\/a> single-season program home run record (23). Stewart needs two home runs to set a new single-season record.
\n\tAgainst Oklahoma on April 10, junior RHP Teagan Kavan<\/a> became the sixth player in program history to eclipse 500 career strikeouts. Kavan, who currently has 519 career strikeouts, joins Cat Osterman (2,265), Blaire Luna (1,428), Meagan Denny (988), Christa Williams (678) and Tiarra Davis (508) as the only players in program history to reach 500 career Ks. Kavan’s 519 career strikeouts rank fifth in program history.
\n\tTexas remains in the top-10 across all four major polls this week in ESPN.com\/USA Softball, NFCA, D1Softball and Softball America. Texas has been ranked in 70-consecutive NFCA Coaches polls.
\n\tTexas has accumulated 16 run-rule victories this season, including two in league play. Texas set a program record with 23 run-rule wins in 2025.
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\n\tTexas and Kentucky meet for the ninth time in history on Friday night. Texas leads the all-time series, 4-3-1.
\n\tTexas has won three-straight games against the Wildcats after sweeping them last year in Austin.
\n\tIt’ll be the first meeting between Texas and Kentucky in Lexington.
\n\tTexas’ record vs. Kentucky teams: Kentucky (4-3-1), Louisville (3-1) Western Kentucky (2-0).
\n\tIt’ll be Texas’ first time playing in the state of Kentucky.
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