WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2017 VOLUME 91 ■ ISSUE 96
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Tech’s paintball team returns to national tournament
COURTESY OF THE TECH PAINTBALL TEAM
The Texas Tech Paintball team breaks out of formation during a match. The team will compete at the national tournament in April in Kissimmee, Florida.
By DAVID GAY L a Vida Editor
he sport of paintball does not have a gigantic following. Not many people know about the sport or are exposed to the professional nature of the sport. But, the activity is important to the members of the Texas Tech Paintball team. Tech’s paintball team is ranked 11th out of 47 teams in the nation, and the team will compete in the national tournament in late April in Kissimmee, Florida. According to
the team’s Facebook page, the team plays in the National Collegiate Paintball Association. Reymundo Garcia, a junior sports management major from San Antonio, said Tech’s paintball team plays tournaments mainly against other Texas teams. The tournaments are scored best out of three points. Garcia started playing on the paintball team when he transferred to Tech last year. Garcia said he was nervous when he started playing with the team.
“I didn’t really know anybody, and I had just started playing paintball,” Garcia said. “It was new to me. So, I had to adapt. I was able to pick it up rather quickly.” Garcia said he fell in love with the sport of paintball while he played with Tech’s team. Through the sport, Garcia met the friends he would spend time with. In his first tournament, Garcia said his paintball gun malfunctioned, which made his first time playing with the team memorable. “During my first tournament,
my gun kind of messed up because it was shooting faster than it was supposed to,” Garcia said. “So, I didn’t get to play my first college point. It showed how nervous I was. Over that tournament, I did rather well. I brought us close enough to win the other point.” Patrick Ruffer, a senior restaurant, hotel and institutional management major from Houston and another member of the team, started playing tournament paintball when he was in high school. Ruffer said the fast-paced nature was something he
BASEBALL
really enjoyed about the sport. When Ruffer was deciding which university to attend, he said he wanted to attend a university that offered a major he was interested in as well as featured a paintball team. Ruffer found both of those things at Tech. As a freshman and every year since then, Ruffer said he has competed in the national tournament. Since Ruffer has been on the team, it has improved its finishing position.
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No. 6 Tech bounces back from weekend loss Texas Tech By ARIANA HERNANDEZ Staff Writer
The No. 6 Texas Tech baseball team traveled to Las Cruces, New Mexico, to take on New Mexico State and defeated the Aggies, 15-4, on Tuesday. This was the second meeting between the two teams, as Tech hosted New Mexico State on Feb. 21 and defeated the Aggies, 16-1, at Dan Law Field, according to Tech Athletics. Prior to facing the Aggies, Tech fell to No. 16 Oklahoma on Sunday, 5-4. Tech ended the afternoon with 21 hits at 46 at-bats and 15 runs, according to New Mexico State Athletics. Tech put in a total of six pitchers against the Aggies. Freshman right-handed pitcher Caleb Kilian started on the mound and pitched for two innings, and allowed three hits and one run, according to New Mexico State Athletics. Freshman infielder Grant Little had success at the plate with four hits at five at-bats and four runs. The Red Raiders started strong in the top of the first. Senior infielder/outfielder Hunter Hargrove was walked with bases loaded to allow Little to score
and give Tech the lead, 1-0. Freshman catcher Michael Berglund was up next and hit a twoRBI double to right center, which allowed freshman infielder Josh Jung and junior infielder Michael Davis to score and increase the lead to 3-0, according to New Mexico State Athletics. Right after Berglund’s hit, junior shortstop Orlando Garcia hit a single to right field, sending Hargrove and Berglund home to grab a 5-0 lead. Junior outfielder Connor Beck grounded out to the third for a sacrifice RBI to send Garcia in to score, 6-0. The Aggies earned their first run in the bottom of the first after senior outfielder Dan Hetzel hit a triple to left field to allow freshman infielder Joey Ortiz to score, 6-1, according to New Mexico State Athletics. With neither team scoring in the second inning, Davis registered a double to left field in the top of the third for an RBI that allowed sophomore outfielder Cody Farhat to score, according to New Mexico State Athletics. Jung was up next, and he hit a sacrifice RBI, which brought Little in to score, 8-1.
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named elite college in US
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Texas Tech pitcher Caleb Freeman throws the ball during its game against Texas Southern on March 29 at Dan Law Field. On Tuesday, Tech defeated New Mexico State, 15-4, in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Texas Tech has been named on a list of America’s 100 best public colleges and universities. Out of 499 four-year public institutions across the country, Tech was ranked at No. 93 based on a 22-part criterion by Business First, according to a news release from The Business Journals. The criteria included aspects such as academic excellence, affordability, diversity and economic strength. Tech ranks fourth in Texas out of 29 Texas public institutions included in the rankings. The study is based on the latest data from the National Center for Education Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, according to the release. The criterion gives the highest marks to institutions with selective admission processes, strong retention and graduation rates, generous earnings from alumni, numerous resources, affordable cost of attendance, diversity in faculty and students, and economically stable communities. @DailyToreador