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
Release Date: May 18, 2011
2011 NCAA TUCSON REGIONAL
2011 SCHEDULE 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) L, 1-2 (8) L, 1-7 L, 2-15 (5) L, 5-9 L, 7-0 W, 5-0 L, 0-3 L, 2-5 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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Head Coach Shanon Hays
2011 POSTSEASON GUIDE
“Strive for honor evermore, long live the Matadors”
Date Opponent 2/10 vs. #16 BYU! 2/11 vs. Bradley! 2/12 vs. #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 #13 Missouri* 3/27 #13 Missouri* 4/1 #14 Oklahoma* 4/2 #14 Oklahoma* 4/6 #17 Baylor* 4/6 #17 Baylor* 4/9 at Iowa State* 4/10 at Iowa State* 4/13 Kansas* 4/13 Kansas* 4/16 at #19 Oklahoma State* 4/17 at #19 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
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RITA HILLENBRAND MEMORIAL STADIUM • TUCSON, ARIZ. • MAY 20-22 LEADING OFF... Texas Tech begins its second postseason trip in as many years Friday evening when the Red Raiders open the NCAA Tucson Regional against New Mexico State at 6 p.m. (CDT) at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium.
NATIONAL RANKINGS Texas Tech (40-14)...................................................... RV/RV Arizona (40-16)......................................................No. 10/10 New Mexico State (43-15)....................................... RV/RV Harvard (36-14).............................................................None (ESPN.com/USA Softball - NFCA/USA Today)
REGIONAL SCHEDULE Friday, May 20 Game 1: Texas Tech vs. New Mexico State – 6 p.m. Game 2: Arizona vs. Harvard – 8:30 p.m.
TWO SEASONS, TWO REGIONAL TRIPS FOR HAYS After inheriting a program that went 15-42 in 2009, head coach Shanon Hays has led Texas Tech to the postseason in each of his first two seasons. Tech had only advanced to the regional round twice in program history prior to Hays arrival as last year’s squad broke a 10-year postseason absence after being selected to the Stanford Regional.
Saturday, May 21 Game 3: Winner game 1 vs. winner game 2 – 4 p.m. Game 4: Loser game 1 vs. loser game 2 – 6:30 p.m. Game 5: Winner game 4 vs. loser game 3 – 9 p.m. Sunday, May 22 Game 6: Winner game 3 vs. winner game 5 – 2 p.m. Game 7: If needed - 4:30 p.m. Note: All times listed are Central Daylight Time (CDT). GAMEDAY CENTRAL Texas Tech fans unable to make the trip to Tucson 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. Gameday Central will provide Tech fans the latest from the Tucson Regional.
TECH ALL-TIME AT THE REGIONAL ROUND Texas Tech has never advanced past the regional round during its three previous trips to the postseason. The Red Raiders earned a regional selection in 1999 and 2001 before returning to the postseason last season. Tech is a combined 7-6 all-time in NCAA postseason games, advancing to the regional championship game in 1999 and 2010. ON DECK The winner of the Tucson Regional will advance to face the Norman Regional champion May 27-29 at a site to be determined. No. 9 seed Oklahoma hosts the regional against Tulsa, Missouri State and Iona.
PROBABLE STARTERS Pos. No. Name GP-GS BA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG% BB OB% SB-ATT C 22 Holley Gentsch 43-32 .282 9 24 4 0 1 16 .365 10 .376 0-0 -or- 6 Randi Tongate 32-20 .410 7 25 2 0 2 16 .541 7 .457 1-1 1B 18 Sandy James 54-54 .343 31 46 9 1 15 59 .761 36 .483 1-1 2B 4 Logan Hall 54-54 .383 40 62 11 2 6 55 .586 10 .416 10-11 3B 3 Emily Bledsoe 54-54 .384 55 58 14 2 3 33 .563 29 .497 13-15 SS 19 Raven Richardson 54-54 .371 39 52 6 1 8 40 .600 16 .434 3-5 LF 1 Stephanie Drewry 42-35 .276 25 27 7 0 0 17 .347 8 .345 4-4 -or- 25 McKenzie Clemmons 41-19 .323 18 20 0 1 0 5 .355 4 .364 6-7 CF 26 Mikey Kenney 54-54 .346 59 56 15 1 4 31 .525 28 .467 14-14 RF 7 Ashley Hamada 49-45 .287 24 31 3 1 1 10 .361 4 .325 4-5 DP 56 Cydney Allen 53-52 .375 31 51 7 2 13 52 .743 26 .500 0-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Pos. No. Name ERA W L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO SP 20 Kelsey Dennis (LHP) 2.84 12 5 24 23 9 5/2 0 101.0 101 47 41 25 74 SP 11 Brittany Talley (LHP) 2.70 14 6 27 21 9 5/0 1 119.1 120 60 46 28 73 1 www.twitter.com/TechAthletics