Islanders Host Texas in Nationally Televised Bout

GAME 25: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (9-15) vs. Texas (17-10)
DATE: Tuesday, March 27 | 6:30 PM | Whataburger Field
TICKETS: Hooks Box Office | (361) 561-HOOK
TV: Fox College Sports/Spectrum Sports | FoxSportsGo
       (DirecTV  608 | Dish 447 | Spectrum 825 | UVerse 647 | Grande 226)
 
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – For the first time in six years, the Texas Longhorns visit Corpus Christi as the Islanders and Longhorns clash at Whataburger Field Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m.
 
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi has taken two of the last three meetings between the two, while Texas won this season's earlier matchup in Austin.
 
Tickets to Tuesday's game are available through the Corpus Christi Hooks Box Office. To purchase your tickets online click here. Fans can also purchase tickets by calling the Hooks at (361) 561-HOOK.
 
Tuesday's contest will be nationally televised on Fox College Sports. Locally, Spectrum Sports will join the broadcast. Channel listings for major television providers can be found above.
 
PROBABLE STARTERS
 
ISLANDERS | RHP Nolan Holland | Sr. | 0-1, 9.31 ERA | 4 K
LONGHORNS | RHP Kyle Johnston | Jr. | 1-1, 4.05 ERA | 22 K
 
THE WEEK THAT WAS
>> The Islanders produced their best week of the season, going 3-1 against UIW and Northwestern State.
>> Corpus Christi hit .343 as a club with five players hitting .375 or better. Cam Boudreaux paced all Islanders at .600 for the week.
>> Dalton Stark went 7-of-13 to lead the Islanders in hits on the week. He added a team-high five RBI.
>> Nick Anderson slugged .750 with a double, triple and home run, driving in four.
 
TRIPLES ALL AROUND
>> The Islanders rank 41st in the country with eight triples this season.
>> Each of those eight triples have come from different players as no Islander has multiple three-baggers.
 
DOUBLE MACHINE
>> Freshman Dalton Stark has made an immediate impact with the stick.
>> Stark leads the Islanders with eight two-baggers on the year.
>> His seven doubles rank eighth in the conference.
>> Stark is just three shy of matching the 10 that led the Islanders in 2016.
 
LONG ROAD AHEAD
 
Tuesday's game kicks off a busy week for the Blue and Green as the Islanders will head to UH-Victoria for a Wednesday night matchup against the Jaguars. Following the two midweek contests, the Islanders continue on to New Orleans for a three-game set in Southland action.