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Back-To-Back NCAA Regional Finalists
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80-34 Record Past Two Seasons
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2011 Top 5 Nationally Ranked Offense
Communications Contact: Matt Dowdy • matthew.dowdy@ttu.edu • O: (806) 742-2770 • C: (806) 928-5190 #25 BAYLOR BEARS Record...............................................................27-14; 4-8 2011 Postseason.........NCAA College World Series Head Coach.................................................................... xx Record at School.......................................................... xx Career Record............................................................... xx
Last Five Games......................................................... 3-2 Last 10 Games............................................................ 5-5 Streak.......................................................................Won 1 Home/Away/Neutral..............................23-7/2-4/2-3 National Ranking.......................#25 NFCA/RV ESPN Texas Tech Series........................................ Leads 28-9
#24/25 TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS Record...............................................................35-12; 8-7 2011 Postseason................................ NCAA Regional Head Coach...............................................Shanon Hays Record at School...........................................115-46 (3) Career Record................................................230-62 (5)
Last Five Games......................................................... 2-3 Last 10 Games............................................................ 7-3 Streak........................................................................Lost 1 Home/Away/Neutral........................... 13-0/7-5/14-5 National Ranking..................................................None Missouri Series..............................................Trails 28-9
TECH CLOSES HOMESTAND WITH NO. 25 BEARS
No. 24 Texas Tech faces its fifth-straight ranked opponent this weekend when No. 25 Baylor travels to Lubbock to open a three-game series that begins at 6 p.m. Friday from Rocky Johnson Field.
TECH POSTS THIRD-STRAIGHT 30-WIN SEASON
With nine regular season games remaining, Tech has already reached the 30-win mark for the third-straight year, marking the first time since 1997-99 that the program has done so. The Red Raiders currently stand 35-12 overall and 8-7 in Big 12 play entering the Baylor series this weekend. After opening the year 1-4 at the Arizona State Kajikawa Classic, Tech has won 34 of 42 games since that point, with wins in seven of 10 contests against ranked opponents.
SERIES INFORMATION
Dates____________________ Friday-Sunday, April 20-22 First pitch__________________6 p.m. / 12 p.m. / 12 p.m. Location__________________________ Lubbock, Texas Facility__________________ Rocky Johnson Field (1,181) Dimensions_________________200 (L) / 250 (C) / 200 (R) Live Stream_________________ Raider Vision All-Access Radio_______________________________KTXT 88.1 FM Play-by-play_________________________ Luke Wempe Color Analyst________________________ Joshua Koch Live Stats______________________ www.texastech.com Live Blog______________________ www.texastech.com Tickets________________________ www.texastech.com
TEXAS TECH PROBABLE LINEUP 26 - MIKEY KENNEY .324 - 11 - 26
28 - EMILY COOPER .364 - 0 - 1
7 - ASHLEY HAMADA .231 - 0 - 1
19 - RAVEN RICHARDSON .288 - 6 - 23
3 - EMILY BLEDSOE .284 - 4 - 21
2 - LOGAN HALL .278 - 1 - 12
18 - SANDY JAMES .314 - 9 - 39
2012 STATISTICS AVG - HR - RBI
DP 9 - ADRIANA PEREZ .381 - 14 - 48 22 - HOLLEY GENTSCH .247 - 1 - 10
POSSIBLE PITCHERS Pitcher 77 - Cara Custer 20 - Kelsey Dennis
W-L ERA 21-8 2.38 2-1 4.20
Pitcher 11 - Brittany Talley 8 - Chandler Moore
W-L ERA 10-3 2.07 0-0 5.65
Pitcher W-L ERA 4 - Kermitria Ward 0-0 0.00 23 - Ashley Brokeshoulder 2-0 2.55
2012 SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 9 # vs. San Diego State W, 5-4 10 # vs. Northwestern L, 6-14 (6) # vs. #14 Tennessee L, 0-1 11 # vs. #9 Stanford L, 1-7 # vs. Cal Poly L, 0-3 17 $ vs. Ohio State W, 7-4 $ vs. Long Beach State W, 2-0 18 $ vs. Idaho State W, 8-4 $ vs. Portland State W, 5-1 19 $ vs. DePaul W, 2-1 $ vs. Utah State W, 11-2 (5) 24 ^ vs. Texas State W, 6-0 ^ vs. North Texas W, 10-0 (8) 25 ^ vs. UTEP W, 5-2 ^ vs. Stephen F. Austin W, 2-1 (8) 26 ^ vs. Texas State L, 1-3 MARCH 2 ~ BINGHAMTON W, 7-2 ~ UT-ARLINGTON W, 2-0 3 ~ UT-ARLINGTON W, 9-1 (6) ~ BINGHAMTON W, 8-2 4 ~ BINGHAMTON W, 4-3 ~ UT-ARLINGTON W, 7-1 6 at #5 Texas (LHN) L, 0-8 (6) 7 at #5 Texas (LHN) L, 1-2 12 #23 NEW MEXICO W, 9-4 #23 NEW MEXICO W, 8-5 14 at Stony Brook W, 4-1 at Stony Brook W, 6-3 16 + vs. Monmouth W, 4-2 + at Seton Hall W, 11-0 (5) 17 + vs. Manhattan W, 13-2 (5) + vs. Manhattan W, 7-2 18 + at Seton Hall W, 9-0 (5) 27 MIDWESTERN STATE W, 10-2 (6) 30 * IOWA STATE W, 19-7 (5) 31 * IOWA STATE W, 6-2 APRIL 1 * IOWA STATE W, 5-3 (8) 5 * at #5 Oklahoma L, 1-3 6 * at #5 Oklahoma W, 5-4 7 * at #5 Oklahoma L, 1-4 11 * #5 TEXAS W, 5-2 13 * at #9 Missouri W, 2-0 14 * at #9 Missouri W, 5-4 * at #9 Missouri L, 1-4 (8) 17 * #19 TEXAS A&M L, 6-9 * #19 TEXAS A&M L, 0-9 18 * #19 TEXAS A&M W, 8-6 20 * #25 BAYLOR 6 p.m. 21 * #25 BAYLOR Noon 22 * #25 BAYLOR Noon 27 * at Kansas 5 p.m. 28 * at Kansas 2 p.m. 29 * at Kansas Noon MAY 5 * OKLAHOMA STATE 1 p.m. 6 * OKLAHOMA STATE 2 p.m. 7 * OKLAHOMA STATE 4 p.m. 17-20 NCAA Regionals TBA 24-27 NCAA Super Regionals TBA 31-6 NCAA College World Series TBA # ASU Kajikawa Classic (Tempe, Ariz.) • $ Louisville Slugger Desert Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) • ^ Texas Shootout (Waco, Texas) • ~ Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic (Lubbock, Texas) • + Seton Hall Classic (South Orange, N.J.) • * Big 12 Series • Central times listed.