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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 KANSAS JAYHAWKS Record............................................................ 30-16; 5-13 2011 Postseason....................................................None Head Coach..............................................Megan Smith Record at School............................................. 82-73 (3) Career Record................................................123-93 (4)
Last Five Games......................................................... 4-1 Last 10 Games............................................................ 6-4 Streak.......................................................................Won 3 Home/Away/Neutral..............................8-5/9-9/13-2 National Ranking..................................................None Texas Tech Series......................................Leads 25-14
#24/24 TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS Record............................................................ 37-13; 10-8 2011 Postseason................................ NCAA Regional Head Coach...............................................Shanon Hays Record at School...........................................117-47 (3) Career Record................................................232-63 (5)
Last Five Games......................................................... 3-2 Last 10 Games............................................................ 6-4 Streak.......................................................................Won 1 Home/Away/Neutral........................... 16-3/7-5/14-5 National Ranking.............................#24 NFCA/ESPN Kansas Series.............................................. Trails 25-14
TECH TAKES FINAL ROAD TRIP AT KANSAS
Texas Tech takes its final road trip of the regular season this weekend when the Red Raiders open a three-game series at Kansas Friday evening at Arrocha Ballpark in Lawrence.
TECH POSTS THIRD-STRAIGHT 30-WIN SEASON
With six 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 37-13 overall and 10-8 in Big 12 play entering the Kansas series this weekend. After opening the year 1-4 at the Arizona State Kajikawa Classic, Tech has won 36 of 45 games since that point, with wins in nine of 17 contests against ranked opponents. The Red Raiders will be looking to reach the 40win mark for the second-straight year as well.
SERIES INFORMATION
Dates____________________ Friday-Sunday, April 27-29 First pitch___________________5 p.m. / 2 p.m. / 12 p.m. Location__________________________ Lawrence, Kan. Facility______________________ Arrocha Ballpark (750) Dimensions_________________200 (L) / 250 (C) / 200 (R) Live Audio_____________________ www.texastech.com Radio_______________________________KTXT 88.1 FM Play-by-play________________________Jody Roginson Live Stats______________________ www.texastech.com Live Blog______________________ www.texastech.com Tickets_______________________ www.kuathletics.com
TEXAS TECH PROBABLE LINEUP 26 - MIKEY KENNEY .329 - 13 - 31
28 - EMILY COOPER .364 - 0 - 1
7 - ASHLEY HAMADA .222 - 0 - 1
19 - RAVEN RICHARDSON .286 - 6 - 23
3 - EMILY BLEDSOE .284 - 4 - 22
2 - LOGAN HALL .278 - 1 - 15
18 - SANDY JAMES .299 - 9 - 39
2012 STATISTICS AVG - HR - RBI
DP 9 - ADRIANA PEREZ .372 - 15 - 52 22 - HOLLEY GENTSCH .259 - 2 - 12
POSSIBLE PITCHERS Pitcher 77 - Cara Custer 20 - Kelsey Dennis
W-L ERA 23-8 2.35 2-1 4.20
Pitcher 11 - Brittany Talley 8 - Chandler Moore
W-L ERA 10-4 2.32 0-0 5.65
Pitcher W-L ERA 4 - Kermitria Ward 0-0 4.85 23 - Ashley Brokeshoulder 2-0 2.40
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 (6) 18 * #19 TEXAS A&M W, 8-6 20 * #25 BAYLOR W, 3-1 21 * #25 BAYLOR L, 4-8 22 * #25 BAYLOR W, 6-5 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.