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GAMES
49-51
TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (23-25; 7-8) AT IOWA STATE CYCLONES (25-23; 2-10) May 1-3 | 4 p.m. / 12 p.m. / 12 p.m. | Ames, Iowa | Cyclone Sports Complex (2,000)
LEADING OFF...
TEXAS TECH
23-25; 7-8 Big 12
IOWA STATE
25-23; 2-10 Big 12
SERIES INFORMATION Date_______________________________________ May 1-3 Game Times__________________ 4 p.m. / 12 p.m. / 12 p.m. Location________________________________ Ames, Iowa Stadium________________ Cyclone Sports Complex (2,000) Dimensions__________________200 (LF), 220 (CF), 200 (RF) Live Stream_________________________www.Cyclones.TV Live Stats________________________ www.TexasTech.com All-Time Series_______________________Tech leads 26-15 In Lubbock________________________Tech leads 14-6 In Ames___________________________Tech leads 11-9 At Neutral Sites______________________Tech leads 1-0
THE MATCHUPS TEXAS TECH
Record______________________________23-25; 7-8 Big 12 Home / Away / Neutral_________________ 10-8 / 7-11 / 6-6 Streak______________________________________ Won 2 Last 5 / Last 10 Games________________________4-1 / 7-3 Ranking______________________________________ None Head Coach__________________________Adrian Gregory Career Record___________________ 23-25 (1st Season) Record at Texas Tech_________________________ Same Against Iowa State___________________ First Meeting
IOWA STATE
Record_____________________________25-23; 2-10 Big 12 Home / Away / Neutral________________ 10-6 / 4-12 / 11-5 Streak______________________________________ Won 2 Last 5 / Last 10 Games________________________3-2 / 4-6 Ranking______________________________________ None Head Coach_________________ Stacy Gemeinhardt-Cesler Career Record_______________ 372-358-1 (14th Seson) Record at Iowa State_________ 219-281-1 (10th Season) Against Texas Tech___________________________5-16
• Texas Tech returns to the road this weekend as the Red Raiders close the regular season with a three-game series at Iowa State. The series begins with a 4 p.m. first pitch on Friday afternoon at the Cyclone Sports Complex. The two teams will face each other again at 12 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. • The Red Raiders are coming off their third-straight Big 12 series win last weekend as Texas Tech took two-of-three games from in-state rival Texas. It marked the first time in program history where Tech had won a regular-season series against the Longhorns. • Texas Tech previously swept Oklahoma State - its third three-game sweep of a Big 12 opponent in school history and took two-of-three games from then-No. 25 Kansas. The Red Raiders enter the Iowa State series having won seven of their past nine games, all of which that have come in conference play. • Texas Tech will be looking to make school history this weekend with potentially a fourth-straight Big 12 series win, a feat that has not previously been accomplished by a Red Raider softball team. • Texas Tech’s series win over Texas marked just the second time since 1998 where the Red Raiders have won three-consecutive Big 12 series. This is the second-straight season where Tech has claimed three-straight series versus conference opponents as the Red Raiders won consecutive series against Kansas, Oklahoma State and Iowa State a year ago. • A series sweep of Iowa State would guarantee the Red Raiders their sixth-straight winning season as Texas Tech has posted a .500 or better record each year since 2010. The streak is currently the longest in school history. • Texas Tech needs one win this weekend to match its best record ever over the final 12 games of the regular season. The Red Raiders, who are currently 7-2 over the past nine games, closed the 2008 regular season with an 8-4 mark over its final 12 games, its best record during that span in school history. • Texas Tech has possibly made the biggest jump of any team in the country the past month as the Red Raiders have moved up 52 total spots in the NCAA ratings percentage index (RPI) rankings. The Red Raiders were No. 129 in the first set of rankings that debuted on March 16 and are currently 77th in this week’s poll.
TEXAS TECH PROBABLE STARTERS (Based off previous games) POS # C 50 1B 24 2B 3 3B 23 SS 22 LF 4 CF 11 RF 42 DP 18
Name HT. Yr.-Exp. Hometown GP-GS AVG R H 2B 3B Kristi Belshe 5-4 Sr-1L Honolulu, Haw. 47-43 .328 20 39 4 1 Brittany Warnecke 5-10 So-1L Plainfield, Ill. 45-44 .224 14 26 4 0 Lea Hopson 5-6 Sr-1L Sequim, Wash. 46-46 .320 35 40 2 1 Ashley Fultz 5-5 So-1L Flower Mound, Texas 47-47 .325 29 41 7 0 Brooke Scott 5-7 Jr-2L Broken Arrow, Okla. 47-47 .255 25 25 4 0 Susan Welborn 5-9 So-1L N. Richland Hills, Texas 44-41 .262 18 27 6 0 Jordan Bettiol 5-8 Jr-TR College Station, Texas 48-48 .394 41 63 3 2 Kierra Miles 5-8 So-1L Mustang, Okla. 48-47 .340 36 52 9 3 Devon Thomey 5-8 So-TR Sugar Land, Texas 47-45 .356 35 47 11 3
HR RBI SB-ATT 3 17 8-14 5 25 1-2 11 37 9-12 6 30 7-10 2 13 15-19 4 17 2-4 0 18 15-23 8 42 10-13 7 38 12-16
TEXAS TECH PITCHING ROTATION POS # Name HT. Yr.-Exp. Hometown RHP 2 Cara Custer 5-8 Sr-3L Tacoma, Wash. RHP 8 Chandler Moore 5-8 Sr-3L Broomfield, Colo. RHP 17 Mattison Maisel 5-10 So-SQ Spring, Texas
ERA W-L APP-GS CG SHO SV IP SO 4.49 13-15 41-28 14 1/1 2 190.0 107 5.80 9-7 27-15 2 0/2 0 93.0 58 6.48 1-3 20-4 0 0/1 1 27.0 7
2015 SCHEDULE / RESULTS
OVERALL: 23-25 | BIG 12: 7-8 | H: 10-8 | A: 7-11 | N: 6-6 FEBRUARY 5 ^ at New Mexico State W, 5-3 5 ^ vs. Montana W, 8-5 6 ^ vs. UTSA L, 7-13 6 ^ vs. Colorado State L, 2-8 7 ^ vs. #18 Nebraska L, 3-11 (6) 13 + vs. UTSA W, 9-5 13 + at Texas State W, 5-2 14 + vs. Grand Canyon L, 4-7 14 + at Texas State L, 0-2 15 + vs. UTSA W, 7-2 15 + at Texas State L, 0-3 20 % vs. DePaul W, 9-1 (5) 20 % at UT Arlington W, 10-6 21 % vs. UMKC W, 9-6 21 % vs. Prairie View A&M W, 12-0 (5) 22 % vs. DePaul Cancelled 27 $ vs. Drake L, 0-12 (5) 27 $ at McNeese State L, 0-5 28 $ vs. Memphis L, 9-12 28 $ at McNeese State L, 4-5 MARCH 1 $ vs. Holy Cross Cancelled 6 = UTAH VALLEY L, 5-6 6 = UT MARTIN L, 3-4 7 = UT MARTIN W, 13-9 7 = UTAH VALLEY W, 8-5 8 = UT ARLINGTON W, 13-5 (5) 11 at UTEP L, 3-5 11 at UTEP L, 7-9 13 ~ MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE W, 8-0 (5) 13 ~ TULSA L, 1-11 (5) 14 ~ MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE W, 16-4 (5) 14 ~ TULSA W, 10-2 (5) 18 at Seattle W, 8-4 19 at #18 Washington L, 1-7 19 at #18 Washington L, 5-8 27 * #6 OKLAHOMA L, 1-9 28 * #6 OKLAHOMA L, 5-13 (6) 29 * #6 OKLAHOMA L, 6-21 (5) APRIL 2 * at #15 Baylor (FSSW+) L, 0-3 3 * at #15 Baylor (FSSW+) L, 0-5 4 * at #15 Baylor (FSSW+) L, 5-6 (9) 10 * #25 KANSAS W, 8-7 11 * #25 KANSAS L, 9-11 (10) 12 * #25 KANSAS W, 5-4 18 * at Oklahoma State W, 5-2 19 * at Oklahoma State W, 9-1 (6) 20 * at Oklahoma State W, 8-4 24 * TEXAS L, 3-4 25 * TEXAS (FSN) W, 4-0 26 * TEXAS W, 7-3 MAY 1 * at Iowa State 4 p.m. 2 * at Iowa State 12 p.m. 3 * at Iowa State 12 p.m. ^ Hotel Encanto Classic (Las Cruces, N.M.) | + Centurylink Classic (San Marcos, Texas) | % UTA Invitational (Arlington, Texas) | $ Cowgirl Classic (Lake Charles, La.) | = Texas Tech Invitational | ~ Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic | * Big 12 Series