AUSTIN, Texas – Longhorn Network is slated to televise all 23 Texas softball regular season home games and 33 total contests from Red & Charline McCombs Field, including all 10 match-ups of both the Texas Classic (Feb. 13-15) and Texas Invitational (Feb. 27-March 1), during the upcoming 2015 campaign.

LHN's coverage is slated to begin on Feb. 13, during the opening day of the Texas Classic. The exclusive 24/7 home of the Longhorns will broadcast four softball tilts on that Friday including neutral contests matching Colorado State vs. IPFW (10 a.m. CT) and Colorado State vs. Wichita State (1 p.m. CT) as well as Texas' initial two games at McCombs Field against IPFW (4 p.m. CT) and Wichita State (6:30 p.m. CT).

Texas is coming off a 2014 campaign that included 35 victories, a 10th consecutive NCAA Tournament bid and a berth in the NCAA Lafayette Regional title game.

Entering the 2015 season, the Burnt Orange & White are "receiving votes" in the preseason USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association poll and were recently picked to finish third in the Big 12 Conference through a vote of the league's coaches.

UT returns seven position players that started at least 31 games and 15 overall letter-winners from last season's NCAA Regional finalist, including 2014 NFCA All-American junior outfielder Lindsey Stephens and sophomore pitcher and 2014 NFCA All-Region selection/NFCA National Freshman of the Year Top 25 finalist Tiarra Davis . The Longhorns also welcome four promising freshmen to the squad in shortstop/outfielder Alyssa Angel , pitcher/first baseman Kristen Clark , catcher/outfielder Randel Leahy and pitcher Erica Wright .

In all, the Longhorns return 61% of the total runs, 63% of the hits, 66% of the doubles, 62% of the triples, 58% of the home runs and 68% of the RBIs from a team that hit .333 overall (seventh in NCAA Division I) during last season's campaign. UT also welcomes back 100% of its pitching victories, innings pitched and strikeouts from last year's staff that limited opponents to a miniscule .226 batting average.

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Date Time (CT) Match-Up Texas Classic Fri., Feb. 13 10 a.m. Colorado State v. IPFW Fri., Feb. 13 1 p.m. Colorado State v. Wichita State Fri., Feb. 13 4 p.m. IPFW v. Texas Fri., Feb. 13 6:30 p.m. Wichita State v. Texas Sat., Feb. 14 10 a.m. Colorado State v. IPFW Sat., Feb. 14 1 p.m. Colorado State v. Texas Sat., Feb. 14 4 p.m. Wichita State v. Texas Sat., Feb. 14 11:30 p.m.* Wichita State v. IPFW Sun., Feb. 15 10 a.m. Colorado State v. Texas Sun., Feb. 15 Noon Wichita State v. IPFW Texas Invitational Fri., Feb. 27 11:30 a.m. Lamar v. Dartmouth Fri., Feb. 27 2:30 p.m. Dartmouth v. Texas Fri., Feb. 27 5 p.m. Texas Southern v. Texas Sat., Feb 28., (game played on Feb. 27) 12:30 a.m.* Texas Southern v. Lamar Sat., Feb. 28 10 a.m. Lamar v. Dartmouth Sat., Feb. 28 1 p.m. Lamar v. Texas Sat., Feb. 28 4 p.m. Texas Southern v. Texas Sat., Feb. 28 11:30 p.m.* Texas Southern v. Dartmouth Sun., Mar. 1 10 a.m. Dartmouth v. Texas Sun., Mar. 1 4 p.m.* Texas Southern v. Lamar Thurs., Mar. 19 6 p.m. Georgia Southern Tues., Mar. 24 6 p.m. UTSA Sat., Apr. 4 1 p.m. Texas State Tues., Apr. 7 4:30 p.m. TAMU – CC Fri., Apr. 10 4:30 p.m. Oklahoma Sat., Apr. 11 1 p.m. Oklahoma Sun., Apr. 12 Noon Oklahoma Wed., Apr. 15 6 p.m. UT – Arlington Fri., Apr. 17 6:30 p.m. Iowa State Sat., Apr. 18 4 p.m. Iowa State Sun., Apr. 19 1 p.m. Iowa State Sat., May 9 6:30 p.m. Baylor Sun., May 10 1 p.m. Baylor

*denotes game is tape delayed