TEXAS TECH SOFTBALL
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2010 NCAA Regional selection
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2010 All-Big 12 second team Emily Bledsoe, Logan Hall, Mikey Kenney
Date Opponent 2/10 vs. No. 16 BYU# 2/11 vs. Bradley# 2/12 vs. No. 12 California# 2/12 vs. Indiana# 2/13 vs. Appalachian State# 2/18 Utah Valley^ 2/18 Bryant^ 2/19 Bryant^ 2/19 Utah Valley^ 2/20 Bryant^ 2/20 Utah Valley^ 2/25 Northern Illinois+ 2/25 St. John’s+ 2/26 St. John’s + 2/26 Northern Illinois+ 2/27 Wichita State+ 3/4 Howard& 3/4 Dayton& 3/5 Dayton& 3/5 Howard& 3/6 Dayton& 3/6 Howard& 3/9 New Mexico 3/9 New Mexico 3/11 Alcorn State~ 3/11 Evansville~ 3/12 Evansville~ 3/12 Alcorn State~ 3/13 Alcorn State~ 3/13 Evansville~ 3/17 vs. Colorado State$ 3/18 vs. Jacksonville% 3/18 vs. Long Island% 3/19 vs. UT-Chattanooga% 3/19 vs. Boston University% 3/20 vs. Liberty% 3/26 Missouri* 3/27 Missouri* 4/1 Oklahoma* 4/2 Oklahoma* 4/6 Baylor* 4/6 Baylor* 4/9 at Iowa State* 4/10 at Iowa State* 4/13 Kansas* 4/13 Kansas* 4/16 at Oklahoma State* 4/17 at Oklahoma State* 4/22 Texas* 4/23 Texas* 4/30 at Nebraska* 5/1 at Nebraska* 5/13 at Texas A&M* 5/14 at Texas A&M* 5/20-22 NCAA Regionals 5/27-29 NCAA Super Regionals 6/2-8 NCAA College World Series
Time/Result W, 7-5 (9) W, 13-2 (5) W, 5-4 W, 4-1 W, 10-9 W, 8-3 W, 10-0 (5) W, 12-2 (5) W, 8-2 W, 8-0 (6) W, 14-5 (6) W, 16-3(5) W, 5-3 W, 19-8 (5) W, 8-0 (5) W, 10-2 (5) W, 8-0 (5) W, 8-0 (5) W, 11-0 (5) W, 10-0 (5) W, 10-0 (5) W, 7-1 W, 9-6 W, 5-3 L, 2-4 W, 8-0 (5) W, 5-1 W, 15-0 (5) W, 18-0 (5) W, 8-0 (5) W, 17-5 (5) W, 5-1 W, 8-4 W, 3-1 W, 4-0 W, 6-5 (9) L, 1-4 L, 1-10 (6) W, 5-0 L, 6-7 L, 1-4 L, 1-10 W, 15-5 W, 16-5 L, 9-5 W, 10-0 (5) 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 11 a.m. 2 p.m. 12 p.m. 6 p.m. 12 p.m. TBA TBA TBA
* Big 12 Conference Game # Arizona State Kajikawa Tournament - Tempe, Ariz. ^ Texas Tech Invitational - Lubbock, Texas + Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic - Lubbock, Texas & Red Raider Classic - Lubbock, Texas ~ Masked Rider Invitational - Lubbock, Texas $ Game played in Clearwater, Fla. % USF Tournament - Clearwater, Fla.
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Release Date: April 15, 2011
Date__________________ April 16-17 First Pitch____________ 4 p.m./Noon Location__________ Stillwater, Okla. Venue___________Cowgirls Stadium Live Video_______ www.okstate.com Audio___________ www.okstate.com Live Stats______ www.texastech.com Live Blog______ www.texastech.com Series Record______OSU leads 21-12 In Stillwater__________OSU leads 9-3 Last Season_________ Tech swept 2-0 ___________ Tech def. OSU 6-0 & 4-1 _________ April 22, 2010 in Lubbock TTU Head Coach______ Shanon Hays OSU Head Coach___ Rich Wieligman
No. 25
TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (39-7; 4-6)
Head Coach Shanon Hays
2011 GAME NOTES
“Strive for honor evermore, long live the Matadors” 2011 SCHEDULE
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No. 19/21
OKLAHOMA STATE COWGIRLS (32-10; 3-4)
LEADING OFF... No. 25 Texas Tech returns to the road this weekend, traveling to Stillwater, Okla. for a two-game series at No. 19 Oklahoma State that begins at 4 p.m. Saturday at Cowgirl Stadium.
ON DECK The Red Raiders return to Rocky Johnson Field next weekend for their final home series of the season against No. 4 Texas. The two-game series begins at 6 p.m. next Friday.
GAMEDAY CENTRAL Texas Tech fans unable to make the trip to Stillwater can keep up with the action through the Gameday Central page at texastech.com. The page will contain live scoring, an in-game blog, and stats and box scores from every game along with postgame video from coach Shanon Hays.
TOUGH STRETCH TO CLOSE SEASON The Oklahoma State series marks the first of eightstraight games against ranked opponents to close Tech’s regular season. Six of those games will come on the road as the Red Raiders will travel to Nebraska and Texas A&M for its final two series of the year.
NATIONAL RANKINGS Texas Tech (39-7; 4-6)...............Receiving Votes/No. 25 Oklahoma State (32-10; 3-4)........................... No. 21/19 (ESPN.com/USA Softball - NFCA/USA Today) THE SERIES Oklahoma State leads the all-time series between the two schools, 21-12, including a 9-3 mark in games played in Stillwater. Tech swept the series last year in Lubbock, breaking a four-game losing streak to the Cowgirls. The Red Raiders have not won in Stillwater since May 6, 2007 when Tech completed a two-game sweep of Oklahoma State.
RED RAIDERS MOVE UP IN RPI AGAIN For the third-straight week, Texas Tech moved up in the ratings percentage index (RPI) as the Red Raiders came in at No. 27 in the newest rankings released Wednesday. Tech appeared at No. 30 in the first rankings on March 30 and moved to No. 28 in the April 6 release. SURPASSING LAST SEASON Texas Tech has already surpassed its win total from the 2010 season that ended with a berth to an NCAA regional. The Red Raiders finished 38-18 last year in the first season under head coach Shanon Hays. It marks the most wins for a Tech squad since 1997.
PROBABLE STARTERS Pos. No. Name GP-GS BA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG% BB OB% SB-ATT C 22 Holley Gentsch 37-28 .276 9 21 3 0 1 12 .355 9 .360 0-0 1B 18 Sandy James 46-46 .371 30 43 8 1 14 56 .819 29 .497 1-1 2B 4 Logan Hall 46-46 .399 38 55 8 2 6 52 .616 10 .435 8-9 3B 3 Emily Bledsoe 46-46 .408 51 53 13 2 3 32 .608 25 .512 12-13 SS 19 Raven Richardson 46-46 .387 37 46 5 1 8 40 .647 16 .457 3-5 LF 1 Stephanie Drewry 38-33 .293 25 27 7 0 0 17 .370 8 .365 4-4 CF 26 Mikey Kenney 46-46 .379 59 53 15 1 4 31 .586 26 .500 14-14 RF 7 Ashley Hamada 41-37 .326 22 28 2 1 1 10 .407 4 .363 3-3 DP 56 Cydney Allen 45-45 .431 30 50 7 2 12 51 .836 24 .553 0-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Pos. No. Name ERA W L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO SP 20 Kelsey Dennis (LHP) 2.57 12 1 20 19 8 5 0 81.2 79 32 30 19 65 SP 11 Brittany Talley (LHP) 2.22 13 3 22 17 7 4 1 97.2 86 43 31 20 59 1 www.twitter.com/TechAthletics