Texas Tech Softball - Masked Rider Invite Game Notes

TEXAS TECH SOFTBALL

u

2010 NCAA Regional selection

u

2010 All-Big 12 second team Emily Bledsoe, Logan Hall, Mikey Kenney

u

Head Coach Shanon Hays

2011 GAME NOTES

“Strive for honor evermore, Long live the Matadors”

Release Date: March 10, 2011

2011 SCHEDULE Date Opponent 2/10 vs. BYU# 2/11 vs. Bradley# 2/12 vs. 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 Nebraska* 5/1 Nebraska* 5/13 Texas A&M* 5/14 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 1 p.m.

3 p.m.

1 p.m.

3 p.m.

12 p.m.

2 p.m.

11 a.m.

4:30 p.m.

7 p.m.

11:30 a.m.

2 p.m.

8:30 a.m.

2 p.m.

12 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

11 a.m.

5 p.m.

7 p.m.

2 p.m.

12 p.m.

3 p.m.

5 p.m.

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.

www.texastech.com

MASKED RIDER INVITATIONAL • LUBBOCK, TEXAS • MARCH 11-13 The 19th-ranked Texas tech softball team closes its 25-game homestand this weekend with the Masked Rider Invitational, facing Alcorn State and Evansville in a three-day event that begins Friday at Rocky Johnson Field.

NATIONAL RANKINGS Texas Tech...............................................................No. 19/19 Alcorn State....................................................................None Evansville.........................................................................None (ESPN.com/USA Softball - NFCA/USA Today)

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Friday, March 11 Alcorn State vs. Evansville..................................... 11 a.m.

Texas Tech vs. Alcorn State.......................................1 p.m.

Texas Tech vs. Evansville...........................................3 p.m.

RED RAIDERS RANKED 19TH NATIONALLY The Red Raiders are ranked No. 19 nationally by both the NFCA/USA Today and ESPN.com/USA Softball polls as Tech remains one of the few undefeated teams in the nation. The ranking is the highest in school history as prior to this season Tech had not been ranked in either poll since ending the 1999 season at No. 24 in the NFCA rankings.

Saturday, March 12 Alcorn State vs. Evansville..................................... 11 a.m.

Texas Tech vs. Evansville...........................................1 p.m.

Texas Tech vs. Alcorn State.......................................3 p.m.

Sunday, March 13 Texas Tech vs. Alcorn State........................................Noon Texas Tech vs. Evansville...........................................2 p.m.

LIVE STREAMING Texas Tech will stream every home game free of charge this season at RaiderVision All-Access on the school’s official website, www.texastech.com.

GAMEDAY CENTRAL Texas Tech fans unable to make the trip to Lubbock can keep up with all 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 Tech game along with postgame video from head coach Shanon Hays.

ALLEN NAMED BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK Texas Tech’s solid start to the season appears to be catching notice around the Big 12 as Cydney Allen was named this week’s Player of the Week by conference officials. Allen follows teammate Logan Hall who earned the award just a week ago. The junior from Taylorsville, Utah went 7-for-13 at the plate in the Red Raider Classic to go along with three home runs and nine RBIs. ON DECK Texas Tech makes its first road trip in over a month next week, traveling to Clearwater, Fla. for the USF - The Game Tournament where the Red Raiders will face Jacksonville, Long Island, UT-Chattanooga, Boston University, and Liberty in a three-day event that runs March 18-20. The Red Raiders and Colorado State will play a non-tournament game on March 17.

PROBABLE STARTERS Catcher____________ First Base___________ Second Base________ Third Base__________ Shortstop__________ Left Field___________ Center Field_________ Right Field__________ Designated Player___ Starting Pitcher______ Starting Pitcher______ Starting Pitcher______ Starting Pitcher______ Starting Pitcher______

Holley Gentsch________ Sandy James__________ Logan Hall____________ Emily Bledsoe_________ Raven Richardson______ Stephanie Drewry______ Mikey Kenney_________ Ashley Hamada________ Cydney Allen__________ Kelsey Dennis_________ Ashley Brokeshoulder___ Karli Merlich__________ Brittany Talley_________ Kermitria Ward________

Two-year starter at catcher; will switch with Cydney Allen at DP as well.

Angelo State transfer has four HRs thus far and a .320 average.

Leads the Big 12 in batting average and already has 40 RBIs this year.

Solid presence in the middle of the lineup with a .397 average.

Drove in 11 runs during Red Raider Classic; batting .436 on the season.

Junior has already set a career high for RBIs in a season with 15 thus far.

Powerful hitter who leads the Big 12 with 11 doubles.

Been reliable out of No. 9 hole with a .371 average and six RBIs. Smashed three HRs last weekend; second on team with .481 average.

Southpaw who has posted two one-hitters this year and a 5-0 record.

Shares Tech lead with seven wins over 25 innings pitched.

Earned first win of the year against St. John’s; primarily used in relief.

Freshman is 7-0 already with 2.11 ERA after team-leading 49.2 IP. Primarily a reliever with her success out of the pen; recorded 1.29 ERA.

1 www.twitter.com/TechAthletics

2011 TEXAS TECH SOFTBALL

TEXAS TECH ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

QUICK FACTS Matt Dowdy - Softball Contact Office........................................... (806) 742-2770 Cell............................................... (806) 928-5190 e-mail..................... matthew.dowdy@ttu.edu Blayne Beal - Asst. AD/Communications Office........................................... (806) 742-2770 Cell............................................... (806) 790-7924 e-mail...............................blayne.beal@ttu.edu Website........................... www.texastech.com Twitter...................twitter.com/TechAthletics

Matt Dowdy

Asst. Director/Communications

Blayne Beal

Assistant AD/Communications

MEDIA ACCESS Players and coaches are available for interviews every day prior to the start of practice. Practice times vary from week to week, so media members wishing to attend should contact Matt Dowdy in the Athletics Communications office to get a weekly schedule. Players and coaches are not available until following the game on gamedays.

Head coach Shanon Hays can be reached best during the morning hours. Hays’ office is housed in the new softball facility adjacent to Rocky Johnson Field. To setup an interview, please contact Matt Dowdy in the Athletics Communications office.

Texas Tech players and head coach Shanon Hays will be made available to the media outside the home dugout following a brief cooling off period. The Texas Tech lockerroom is will remain closed.

CREDENTIALS Media members wishing to cover the Texas Tech softball team at Rocky Johnson Field during the 2011 season must be issued a working credential from the Texas Tech Athletics Communications office. All requests for both media and photo credentials must be made either in writing or via e-mail at least a day in advance to Matt Dowdy, Assistant Director for Athletic Communications. (Fax: (806) 742-1970; e-mail: matthew.dowdy@ ttu.edu) Credentials can be picked up in the Athletics Communications office (south end of Jones AT&T Stadium) or at the entrance to Rocky Johnson Field on gamedays.

WWW.TEXASTECH.COM This is the official site of the Texas Tech Athletics Department. Texas Tech Softball releases as well as a variety of athletics department information can be found on the web. Texas Tech also offers live video (home and neutral games only) streaming of all Red Raider games.

ROCKY JOHNSON FIELD Rocky Johnson Field opened in 2001, giving Texas Tech one of the newest softball facilities in the country.

In the 10 years since its opening, the complex has gone through several changes, including the addition of the team facility down the left field line which opened in 2010, making “The Rock” one of the finest facilities in the country.

DIRECTIONS TO ROCKY JOHNSON FIELD Rocky Johnson Field is located on 10th Street near University Medical Center (UMC). The softball complex is adjacent to the McLeod Tennis Center and can be best reached via Texas Tech Parkway.

FROM THE AIRPORT: Take I-27 South from Regis Street and exit west on the Marsha Sharp Freeway. Take the Texas Tech Parkway exit and turn north (right) for a quarter of a mile until you reach the first stop light (10th Street). Turn back east (right) and Rocky Johnson Field will be on the right side.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location..................................................... Lubbock, Texas Founded........................................................................ 1923 Enrollment.................................................................31,367 Nickname.........................................................Red Raiders Colors...................................................... Scarlet and Black Facility...............................................Rocky Johnson Field Affiliation.................................................. NCAA Division I Conference.................................................................Big 12 Chancellor.........................Kent Hance (Texas Tech ‘65) President...........................Dr. Guy Bailey (Alabama ‘74) Athletics Director........ Gerald Myers (Texas Tech ‘59) Sr. Assoc. AD/SWA.....Dr. Judi Henry (Texas Tech ‘75) Department Main Number................. (806) 742-3355 HISTORY Seasons of Softball................20 (1981-85; 1996-Pres.)

All-Time Record................................................. 450-571-4 NCAA Regional Appearances... 3 (1999, 2001, 2010) FACILITY INFORMATION Name.................................................Rocky Johnson Field Capacity.... 589, but with room for portable seating Opened.................................. 2001 (renovated in 2010) COACHING STAFF Head Coach.................................................. Shanon Hays Alma Mater.................................. Lubbock Christian ‘91 Record at Tech...................................... 62-18 (1 Season) Career Record...................................176-34 (3 Seasons) Best time to reach Coach Hays..................... Mornings Assistant Coach.....................Aly Sartini (Arkansas ‘00) Assistant Coach....................... Kristie Fox (Arizona ‘07) Dir. of Operations......................Lisa Stratton (LCU ‘09) TEAM INFORMATION 2010 Record................................................................38-18 Conference Record..................................................... 7-11 Home Record................................................................ 21-7 Away Record....................................................................6-6 Neutral Site Record..................................................... 11-5 Postseason..............................NCAA Stanford Regional Final Ranking..........................................Receiving Votes Letterwinners Returning/Lost................................ 14/6 Starters Returning/Lost................................................8/1 Pitchers Returning/Lost...............................................3/1 Newcomers...........................................................................6 Top Returners..................... Emily Bledsoe, Logan Hall, ........................................................................ Mikey Kenney Top Newcomers............ Cydney Allen, Kelsey Dennis .......................................................................Kermitria Ward ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Assistant AD/Communications................ Blayne Beal E-mail............................................... blayne.beal@ttu.edu Assistant Director (Softball)......................Matt Dowdy Office........................................................... (806) 742-2770 Cell............................................................... (806) 928-5190 E-mail..................................... matthew.dowdy@ttu.edu

WEEKLY SCHEDULE THURSDAY

10

Practice 2-3:30 p.m.

www.texastech.com

FRIDAY

11

SATURDAY

12

SUNDAY

13

MONDAY

vs. Alcorn State - 1 p.m. vs. Evansville - 1 p.m. vs. Alcorn State - Noon Likely “Off Day” vs. Evansville - 3 p.m. vs. Alcorn State - 3 p.m. vs. Evansville - 2 p.m.

14

TUESDAY

Travel to Florida

15

WEDNESDAY

16

Practice in Florida (First game is Thurs.)

2 www.twitter.com/TechAthletics

2011 TEXAS TECH SOFTBALL RED RAIDERS IN THE BIG 12 RANKINGS

BIG 12 STANDINGS

Offense Batting Average.................................................................... 1st (.403) Runs............................................................................................ 1st (223) Hits.............................................................................................. 1st (240) Doubles........................................................................................1st (38) Triples......................................................................................... T-1st (9) Home Runs.............................................................................T-1st (29) RBI............................................................................................... 1st (196) Walks.......................................................................................... 1st (100) Strikeouts....................................................................................1st (60) Stolen Bases.......................................................................... T-3rd (38) On-Base Percentage............................................................ 1st (.492) Slugging Percentage........................................................... 1st (.644)

Individual Offense Batting Average........................................... Logan Hall - 1st (.500) .................................................................... Cydney Allen - 2nd (.474) ....................................................................Mikey Kenney - 6th (.442) ..........................................................Raven Richardson - 12th (.417) Hits.................................................................Mikey Kenney - 1st (34) ......................................................................... Logan Hall - T-2nd (33) ..................................................................... Cydney Allen - T-6th (27) ....................................................................Emily Bledsoe - T-8th (26) Runs Scored................................................Mikey Kenney - 1st (32) ...................................................................... Emily Bledsoe - 2nd (28) ..............................................................................Logan Hall - 3rd (26) Home Runs.................................................Cydney Allen - T-4th (7) Doubles........................................................Mikey Kenney - 1st (12) Pitching RBI.......................................................................Logan Hall - 2nd (40) Wins...............................................................................................1st (24) ..................................................................... Cydney Allen - T-3rd (26) ERA............................................................................................ 8th (2.38) ......................................................................Sandy James - T-6th (24) Innings Pitched.................................................................2nd (144.0) ....................................................................Mikey Kenney - T-8th (23) Hits............................................................................................. 8th (124) Runs..............................................................................................8th (59) Individual Pitching Walks...........................................................................................2nd (36) Wins.............................................................. Brittany Talley - T-7th(8) Strikeouts................................................................................ 8th (112) Saves..............................................................Kermitria Ward - 1st (3) Shutouts....................................................................................T-4th (7) Games Started......................................... Brittany Talley - T-8th (9)

THE SERIES • Alcorn State - Tech will be facing the Braves for the first time in school history.

• Evansville - The Red Raiders are 1-1 all-time against the Purple Aces after a two-game series that took place March 4-5, 2000, in Corpus Christi, Texas.

A LOOK AT ALCORN STATE The Braves enter this weekend’s tournament 6-5 on the season with one of those wins coming over Ole Miss. An NCAA Regional participant a year ago, Alcorn State’s lone win in its last six games came in a 3-1 victory against the Rebels in the first game of a doubleheader in Oxford, Miss.

A LOOK AT EVANSVILLE Evansville arrives in Lubbock riding a nine-game losing streak as the Purple Aces are 1-11 on the season after tournaments at South Alabama, Southern Miss, and Georgia Tech. Evansville’s lone win on the year came in a 10-3 victory Feb. 19 over Southeastern Louisiana. The Aces dropped a 6-0 decision to No. 7 Tennessee on March 3 in Knoxville, Tenn.

TAKING IT TO THE VALLEY Tech will be facing its third opponent from the Missouri Valley Conference when it takes on Evansville this weekend. The Red Raiders have previously defeated both Bradley and Wichita State earlier in the year.

RED RAIDERS AMONG THE FINAL UNBEATEN Texas Tech enters the midweek series as one of the few unbeaten teams left in the country. According to Ultimate College Softball, only five teams (Florida, Michigan, South Carolina-Upstate, Texas Tech, and Washington) remain undefeated through games Wednesday night.

POWERFUL OFFENSE LEADS THE BIG 12 Texas Tech enters this weekend with the top offense in the Big 12 as the Red Raiders have a league-leading .403 average to go along with 223 runs scored and 196 RBIs. The next-highest average in the conference is .346 from Texas. www.texastech.com

NEW MEXICO PROVES TO BE TOUGH TEST Wednesday’s doubleheader against New Mexico ended up being two of Tech’s closest games this season as the Red Raiders took game one, 9-6, before closing the day with a 5-3 win. Tech had previously played only one game (St. John’s on Feb. 25) since the season-opening Arizona State Kajikawa Tournament that was decided by three runs or less.

JAMES LEAVES HER MARK AGAINST LOBOS Sandy James provided a huge lift to the Tech offense against New Mexico, belting two home runs in the doubleheader while adding eight RBIs. Her four RBIs in each game set a new season high as the sophomore accounted for eight of Tech’s 14 total runs.

PITCHING STAFF SETS SCHOOL RECORDS The Texas Tech pitching staff set several school records during the Red Raider Classic, including most shutouts in a row (5), consecutive hitless innings (11.2), and consecutive shutout innings (27.1). Brittany Talley leads the Red Raiders in wins so far with eight on the year.

HALL NAMED BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK After hitting .583 during the Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic, junior infielder Logan Hall was named the Big 12 Player of the Week on March 1. In addition to her 7-for-12 weekend at the plate, Hall added three home runs, two of which were grand slams, and 16 total RBIs to help keep Tech undefeated.

RED RAIDERS ALREADY OFF TO RECORD SEASON After beginning the year with the best start in school history thanks to a 5-0 showing at the ASU Kajikawa Tournament, Tech added to its list of early-season accomplishments last Sunday. The Red Raiders won their 22nd-straight game, continuing the squad’s best start in school history.

TECH A STAPLE ON ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Five Red Raiders along were named to the all-tournament team of the Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic while Logan Hall was honored as the tournament’s Top Hitter and Brittany Talley was selected as the Top Pitcher. Cydney Allen, Emily Bledsoe, Kelsey

School Texas Tech Baylor Nebraska Kansas Texas Missouri Oklahoma Oklahoma State Texas A&M Iowa State

Big 12 Pct. Overall Pct. 0-0 .000 24-0 1.000 0-0 .000 20-2 .909 0-0 .000 14-2 .875 0-0 .000 17-3 .850 0-0 .000 17-3 .850 0-0 .000 12-3 .800 0-0 .000 18-5 .783 0-0 .000 16-5 .762 0-0 .000 15-6 .714 0-0 .000 11-8 .579

Tuesday, March 8 Baylor 3, San Diego State 0 Wednesday, March 9 Texas Tech 9, New Mexico 6 Texas Tech 5, New Mexico 3 Missouri 12, Arkansas 0 Oklahoma State 10, Wichita State 1 Oklahoma 9, Tulsa 0 Texas 2, Texas State 1 Texas A&M 4, UTSA 0 Thursday, March 10 Houston at Texas Friday, March 11 Nebraska vs. Radford Alcorn State at Texas Tech Nebraska vs. Maryland Evansville at Texas Tech San Diego State at Texas A&M Minnesota at Oklahoma State Louisiana Tech at Texas A&M Kansas vs. Mount St. Mary College Northern Iowa at Oklahoma State Baylor at Arizona Saturday, March 12 Iowa State at Wichita State Illinois State at Missouri Kansas vs. Alabama State Evansville at Texas Tech Northern Colorado at Oklahoma State Iowa State at Wichita State Nebraska vs. La Salle Illinois at Missouri Kansas vs. Deleware State Mississippi Valley State at Texas A&M Alcorn State at Texas Tech Indiana at Oklahoma San Diego State at Texas A&M Arkansas Pine Bluff at Oklahoma Baylor at Arizona Nebraska vs. Florida Sunday, March 13 TBA at Oklahoma State (DH) Nebraska vs. Central Conn. State Alcorn State at Texas Tech Illinois State at Missouri Iowa State at Wichita State Missouri State at Oklahoma Louisiana Tech at Texas A&M Baylor at Arizona Kansas at North Florida Evansville at Texas Tech Illinois at Missouri TBA at Oklahoma

6:30 p.m.

11:30 a.m.

1 p.m.

2 p.m.

3 p.m.

3 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

5:15 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

7 p.m.

7 p.m.

Noon Noon Noon 1 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

2 p.m.

2 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

3 p.m.

3 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

5:15 p.m.

5:45 p.m.

7 p.m.

7 p.m.

TBA 8:30 a.m.

Noon Noon Noon 12:15 p.m.

12:15 p.m.

1 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

2 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

3 www.twitter.com/TechAthletics

2011 TEXAS TECH SOFTBALL Dennis, Mikey Kenney, and Raven Richardson were all honored on the all-tournament team.

USA TODAY/NFCA (March 8) Rk. School 1. Georgia (20) 2. Florida (8) 3. Alabama (1) 4. Arizona (1) 5. Washington 6. Michigan 7. Tennessee 8. Arizona State 9. UCLA 10. Oklahoma 11. California 12. Texas 13. Stanford 14. Hawaii 15. Oregon 16. Nebraska 17. Louisiana-Lafayeete 18. Missouri 19. Texas Tech 20. Oklahoma State 21. LSU 22. Texas A&M 23. Baylor 24. Auburn 25. Syracuse

Rec. 17-1 19-0 20-1 19-2 16-0 22-0 19-2 17-1 16-4 17-5 12-2 16-3 17-3 16-4 18-4 14-2 18-2 11-3 22-0 15-5 15-5 14-6 19-2 17-2 16-3

Pts. 731 726 672 663 635 595 571 539 518 488 438 409 361 344 332 297 291 244 187 175 165 102 83 58 27

LW 1 2 3 4 5 8 7 9 6 10 11 12 16 14 13 15 17 18 20 19 21 22 RV 24 RV

Others Receiving Votes: Houston 22, Kentucky 17, Fresno State, 16, Georgia Tech 13, Notre Dame 12, Virginia 6, S.C. Upstate - 3, Long Beach State 3, DePaul 3, Kansas 2, Tulsa, 1, Memphis 1.

ESPN.com/USA SOFTBALL (March 8) Rk. School 1. Florida (11) 2. Alabama (8) 3. Georgia (1) 4. Arizona 5. Michigan 6. Washington 7. Arizona State 8. Tennessee 9. Oklahoma 10. UCLA 11. California 12. Stanford 13. Texas 14. Missouri Oregon 16. Louisiana-Lafayette 17. Hawaii 18. Oklahoma State 19. Texas Tech 20. Nebraska 21. LSU 22. Baylor 23. Kentucky 24. Texas A&M 25. Houston

Rec. 19-0 20-1 17-1 19-2 22-0 16-0 17- 20-2 17-5 15-4 12-2 17-3 16-3 11-3 17-4 18-2 15-4 15-5 22-0 14-2 15-5 19-2 14-3 14-6 16-4

Pts. 484 472 447 435 414 398 382 371 321 307 293 266 258 220 220 216 181 167 125 115 105 66 47 39 37

LW 3 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 11 9 10 14 12 17 13 18 16 15 19 20 21 RV 24 22 23

Others receiving votes: Auburn (30), Syracuse (28), Alabama-Birmingham (24), Notre Dame (9), Ohio State (7), Fresno State (5), DePaul (4) Long Beach State (3), S.C. Upstate (3).

BOLD indicates 2011 Texas Tech opponent.

www.texastech.com

KENNEY PRODUCING IN LEADOFF SPOT Since moving to the leadoff spot to start the year, Mike Kenney has continued to show she is one of the top power hitters in the Big 12 as the sophomore has been one of the main catalysts for the Tech offense this year with her .538 on-base percentage and .442 batting average. She leads the Big 12 with 12 doubles, three more than her total from the entire 2010 season.

DREWRY NEARING CAREER RBI NUMBERS After only 22 games, Stephanie Drewry is close to matching her RBI total from the previous two seasons combined. The junior currently has 15 RBIs this year, five more than her 2010 total and eight more from her freshman season in 2009.

TECH STAYS ON PITCHING BY COMMITTEE PATH Entering the year, Shanon Hays said that Tech would rely on pitching by committee, and after 16 games, the second-year head coach has stayed true to his word. Brittany Talley leads Tech with eight wins thus far, while Ashley Brokeshoulder has added seven and Kelsey Dennis has five of her own. Karli Merlich picked up her first win of the year against St. John’s and Kermitria Ward has served as Tech’s primary closer with two wins and three saves.

AVERAGES SOURING OVER .400 Texas Tech currently has five regular position players with a batting average at .400 or higher. Logan Hall leads all players with a .500 average followed by Cydney Allen, Emily Bledsoe, Mikey Kenney, and Raven Richardson, who all are over the .400 mark so far.

HALL NAMED STAT STAR ON ESPN.COM Following her performance at the Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic, Logan Hall was selected as one of ESPN’s “Stat Stars” for the previous week.

The website lists the top performers from the previous week each Monday or Tuesday on its College Sports page.

JEANNINE MCHANEY MEMORIAL CLASSIC Texas Tech honored the university’s long-considered founder of women’s athletics with the Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic. The Red Raiders faced St. John’s, Northern Illinois, and Wichita State in the three-day event that ran Feb. 25-27 at Rocky Johnson Field. McHaney was the first athletics director when the women’s athletics department was formed in 1975 and remained a top member of the athletics department for the next two decades. She passed away in 1994.

HALL BOOSTS MIDDLE OF THE ORDER To say Logan Hall had a successful Texas Tech Invitational might be an understatement. The junior infielder hit .611 at the plate (11-for-18) with 11 RBIs, three of which came off a three-run home run against Utah Valley in the weekend finale. Hall leads Tech with 40 RBIs on the year and has recorded a .500 average, the highest on the team.

SPEAKING OF HALL...

Logan Hall began the Texas Tech Invitational with a memorable performance against Utah Valley in the early game on Friday. The junior smashed two triples in the game, tying Denise Jackson for the school record that had not been matched since the 1997 season against New Mexico.

HOME RUN WATCH BEGINS FOR KENNEY Mikey Kenney’s two home run day to close the Texas Tech Invitational moved the sophomore into a tie for fourth on the school’s career homer chart. She is now tied with Jennifer Bowers (2005-08) with 17 career dingers and is three from tying Jennifer Corking (2005-08) for third all-time. After matching the single-season record with 15 home runs as a freshman, it’s not a stretch to think Kenney could some day match Kim Martinez’ school record of 27.

RED RAIDERS CONTINUE LONG HOMESTAND The Red Raiders are currently in the middle of a 25game homestand that began with the Texas Tech Invitational on Feb. 18. Tech will play at home for nearly a month, hosting two more separate tournaments and a midweek doubleheader against New Mexico before heading to South Florida for the USF - The Game Tournament. The homestand is the longest in school history.

ALLEN MAKES SUCCESSFUL DEBUT After only one weekend in a Red Raider uniform, Cydney Allen has already proved why she was one of the most highly sought-after recruits in the nation coming out of Salt Lake Community College.

The junior catcher had a hit in each of Tech’s game at the Kajikawa Classic and had at least two hits in four of five games. Allen finished with a .556 average off a team-high 10 hits, including a two-run home run against Indiana as part of her five RBIs on the week.

FOX NOT ONLY FAMILY MEMBER IN TOP 25 Texas Tech assistant coach Kristy Fox is not the only member of the Fox family ranked in the top 25. Fox’s younger sister, Kellie Fox, is the starting shortstop for 10th-ranked UCLA as only a freshman.

BROKE PULLS TECH OUT OF JAMS Whenever Texas Tech appears to be in a jam, the likely bet is Ashley Brokeshoulder may be heading to the circle soon. The sophomore southpaw has earned seven wins in 27 innings of work where she has only allowed one run.

BLEDSOE DELIVERS TOP-FIVE MOMENT Emily Bledsoe has had many significant hits in her Texas Tech career, but few may have been bigger than her two-run walkoff home run against Appalachian State that sent Tech to a 10-9 come-frombehind victory. The junior described the hit as a “top five moment” during Monday’s media session.

TALLEY TALLIES UP THE RESULTS For being only a freshman, Brittany Talley had a lot of responsibility on her left arm in Arizona. The Little Elm, Texas native got the start against both No. 16 BYU and No. 12 Cal, picking up the win against the Golden Bears. Talley was an out away from a complete game win over BYU before the Cougars responded with a game-tying two-run home run.

After going 5.1 innings against Cal, Talley returned to the circle later in the night to close the Indiana game, going the final 2.2 innings to earn the save.

DON’T FORGET ABOUT DREWRY With all the individual successes of the Kajikawa Classic, the play of Stephanie Drewry should not be forgotten. The junior outfielder went 2-for-3 at the plate against Appalachian State and drove in a career-high five RBIs while posting a .467 average.

KERM PROVING TO BE SOLID RELIEVER Freshman Kermitria Ward proved to be a reliable

4 www.twitter.com/TechAthletics

2011 TEXAS TECH SOFTBALL arm out of the bullpen in Arizona, picking up the win against BYU before earning the save against Cal. The Texas 4A Player of the Year as a high school senior, Ward recorded a 2.74 ERA in 7.2 innings during her collegiate debut.

HAYS CELEBRATES SUCCESSFUL BIRTHDAY Tech’s wins over No. 12 Cal and Indiana was no ordinary day at the park for head coach Shanon Hays.

The second-year coach was celebrating his birthday and received a nice gift in Tech’s second victory over a ranked opponent of the weekend.

KENNEY MOVES TO LEADOFF SPOT After spending most of the 2010 season in the middle of the Tech lineup, Mikey Kenney moved to the leadoff spot to start this season. Known as one of Tech’s top power hitters, Kenney has recorded a .442 average with two home runs and 23 RBIs. BIG 12 PROVES TOUGH ONCE AGAIN To say the Big 12 schedule will be a cake-walk for any team would be an exaggeration. Eight of the conference’s 10 schools appeared in one of the two major top 25 polls this week with one more (Kansas) also receiving votes.

BYU GAME MARKS A FIRST FOR TECH Prior to last weekend, Texas Tech had never gone to extra innings in its season opener. The Red Raiders were an out away from ending the game in the seventh, but instead won, 7-5, in nine innings.

EARLY TEST SHOULD HELP LATE The Red Raiders trip to Arizona should pay dividends when Big 12 play begins as Tech faced two of the top teams in the nation in BYU and Cal. The conference currently has seven schools ranked among the top 25 nationally with another receiving votes in Baylor.

ALLEN TO FACE FORMER SCHOOL Junior catcher Cydney Allen might see a few familiar faces in the opposite dugout during Tech’s seasonopener against BYU. Allen appeared in 11 games for the Cougars as a freshman in 2009 before transferring to Salt Lake Community College in 2010.

HALL RETURNS TO HOME STATE Logan Hall returned to her home state for the Kajikawa Classic. Hall, a native of Tucson, Ariz., played one season at Pima Community College before transferring to Tech for the 2010 season where she was an All-Big 12 second team selection.

EIGHT STARTERS RETURN FROM REGIONAL TEAM With eight starters returning in the field from the 2010 squad that advanced to the NCAA Stanford Regional, the Red Raiders should have a wealth of experience to rely on when Big 12 play begins. Tech lost Leah Legler, Danielle Matthews, and pitcher Ashly Jacobs from last season’s 38-18 team.

ALL-BIG 12 TRIO RETURNS Tech’s trio of All-Big 12 second team selections from a year ago in Emily Bledsoe, Logan Hall, and Mikey Kenney all return to the diamond this spring. Bledsoe and Hall will both be juniors, while Kenney will be entering only her sophomore season. The trio combined for 31 home runs and 122 RBI last season, giving Tech three reliable bats in the lineup.

NO SENIORS, NO PROBLEM The Red Raiders will have one noticeable difference in their roster than every other school in the Big www.texastech.com

12 - Tech has no seniors on its 2011 roster. Instead, second-year head coach Shanon Hays will rely on an experienced group of 11 juniors.

RED RAIDERS TURN TO NEW ARMS Following the graduation of former standout pitcher Ashly Jacobs, Tech will look at several new faces in the circle, including junior college transfer Kelsey Dennis and freshmen Brittany Talley and Kermitria Ward. Ashley Brokeshoulder and Karli Merlich both return to the circle as well, giving Tech five pitchers for the season. Ward will also split time as an outfielder and will occasionally pinch run.

TEXAS TECH RECORD WHEN...

At Rocky Johnson Field.......................................... 19-0 On the road....................................................................0-0 At neural sites...............................................................5-0 vs. Top 25 teams...........................................................2-0 vs. Top 10 teams...........................................................0-0 February....................................................................... 16-0 March...............................................................................8-0 April..................................................................................0-0 May...................................................................................0-0

HOME SWEET HOME The Red Raiders will play 35 of their 54 games at Rocky Johnson Field this season, beginning with the Texas Tech Invitational, Feb. 18-20. Tech will host four-straight weekends of round robin tournaments and a midweek doubleheader against New Mexico before completing non-conference play in Florida for the UCF Tournament. The Red Raiders begin Big 12 play with their first five conference games at home as Missouri, Oklahoma, and Baylor all travel to Lubbock. Tech will also have home series against Kansas and in-state rival Texas. Tech’s 35 home games is the most in school history.

June..................................................................................0-0

TECH RECEIVES VOTES IN PRESEASON POLL Texas Tech enters the 2011 season earning votes in both the USA Today/NFCA and ESPN.com/USA Softball polls as the Red Raiders picked up four votes in each poll.

Sunday............................................................................6-0

FROM ACROSS THE NATION Nearly half of Texas Tech’s 21 players are originally from a state other than Texas as only 11 players hail from the Lone Star State. All together eight states are represented on this year’s roster, including Alabama Arizona, California, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Washington.

HAYS ADDS SIX NEWCOMERS Even with most of his roster from a year ago back, Tech head coach Shanon Hays added seven newcomers this spring, most notably junior college transfers Cydney Allen and Kelsey Dennis and freshman Kermitria Ward. Freshmen Brittany Talley and Taylor Powell along with sophomore transfer Sandy James will add to the list of newcomers.

TECH PICKED TO FINISH SEVENTH IN BIG 12 After finishing the 2010 season seventh in the Big 12, the Red Raiders have been picked to finish in the same exact spot this season in the conference’s preseason poll of league coaches.

Big 12 Coaches Preseason Poll 1. Oklahoma (7) - 79 2. Missouri (2) - 71 3. Texas (1) - 69 4. Texas A&M - 54 5. Oklahoma State - 50 6. Baylor - 40 7. Texas Tech - 33 8. Nebraska - 26 9. Iowa State - 15 10. Kansas - 13 RYBA TO REDSHIRT 2011 SEASON Despite appearing on Tech’s roster, junior infielder Melissa Ryba will redshirt the 2011 season in order to comply with NCAA transfer rules. Ryba spent the past two seasons at Northern Colorado.

Non-Conference....................................................... 24-0 Big 12...............................................................................0-0 Big 12 South..................................................................0-0 Big 12 North..................................................................0-0 Monday...........................................................................0-0 Tuesday...........................................................................0-0 Wednesday....................................................................2-0 Thursday.........................................................................1-0 Friday...............................................................................7-0 Saturday..........................................................................8-0 vs Left-handed Starter...............................................3-0 vs Right-handed Starter......................................... 21-0 1-Run games.................................................................2-0 2-Run games.................................................................3-0 5+Run games............................................................. 17-0 Extra inns........................................................................1-0 Shutouts.........................................................................8-0 Scoring 0-2 runs...........................................................0-0 Scoring 3-5 runs...........................................................4-0 Scoring 6-9 runs...........................................................9-0 Scoring 10+ runs...................................................... 11-0 Opponent 0-2 runs.................................................. 14-0 Opponent 3-5 runs.....................................................7-0 Opponent 6-9 runs.....................................................3-0 Opponent 10+ runs....................................................0-0 Scored in 1st inning................................................. 18-0 Opponent scored in 1st inning..............................6-0 Scores first................................................................... 17-0 Opponent scores first................................................7-0 Hit 0 home runs...........................................................9-0 Hit 1 home run.............................................................7-0 Hit 2+ home runs.........................................................8-0 Opponent 0 home runs......................................... 17-0 Opponent 1 home run..............................................3-0 Opponent 2+ HRs........................................................4-0 Made 0 errors................................................................8-0 Made 1 error............................................................... 10-0 Made 2+ errors.............................................................6-0 Opp. made 0 errors.....................................................6-0 Opp. made 1 error.......................................................6-0 Opp. made 2+ errors............................................... 12-0 Out-hit opponent..................................................... 20-0 Out-hit by opponent..................................................1-0 Hits are tied...................................................................3-0

5 www.twitter.com/TechAthletics

2011 TEXAS TECH SOFTBALL “THE ROCK” SEES NEW ADDITION Fans entering Rocky Johnson Field this season will see a new addition just off the warning track - a new outfield wall. A black, padded wall replaced the chain-link fence that had been in place since the park’s opening in 2001. The wall also extends down the outfield foul lines.

GAME-BY-GAME TRENDS STARTING LINEUP BY POSITION (W-L record) CATCHER: Gentsch, Holley_____________ 12________ (12-0) Tongate, Randi_____________ 8__________ (8-0) Allen, Cydney______________ 4__________ (4-0) FIRST BASE: James, Sandy______________ 23________ (23-0) Richardson, Raven__________ 1__________ (1-0) SECOND BASE: Hall, Logan________________ 24________ (24-0) THIRD BASE: Bledsoe, Emily______________ 24________ (24-0) SHORTSTOP: Richardson, Raven__________ 23________ (23-0) Powell, Taylor______________ 1__________ (1-0) LEFT FIELD: Drewry, Stephanie__________ 18________ (18-0) Clemmons, McKenzie________ 6__________ (6-0) CENTER FIELD: Kenney, Mikey______________ 24________ (24-0) RIGHT FIELD: Hamada, Ashley____________ 17________ (17-0) Ward, Kermitria_____________ 7__________ (7-0) DESIGNATED HITTER: Allen, Cydney______________ 19________ (19-0) Gentsch, Holley_____________ 3__________ (3-0) James, Sandy______________ 1__________ (1-0) Drewry, Stephanie__________ 1__________ (1-0)

TECH SIGNS FIVE IN FALL PERIOD Texas Tech head coach Shanon Hays announced the signing of five future student-athletes to national letters of intent this fall as Hannah Bell, Cara Custer, Chandler Moore, Adriana Perez and Katelyn Williams will all join the program for the 2012 season.

2010 SEASON IN REVIEW u Texas Tech returned to a NCAA Regional last season for the first time in 10 seasons, eventually falling to Hawaii in the championship game of the regional, held on the Stanford campus in Palo Alto, Calif. Hawaii went on to advance to the College World Series. u Emily Bledsoe, Logan Hall, and Mikey Kenney were all named to the All-Big 12 second following after all three players hit over .300 for the season and had at least 40 RBI. u Tech finished the year 38-18 overall, the secondmost wins in school history. u Ashly Jacobs wrapped her stellar career in a Tech uniform with a 15-9 record and team-best 2.01 earned-run average. u In only her true freshman season, Mikey Kenney tied the Tech single-season record with 15 home runs to go along with 40 RBI. u Tech swept 7th-ranked Oklahoma State in a Wednesday doubleheader on April 22, taking the first game, 6-0, before winning the finale, 4-1. u The Red Raiders finished the non-conference portion of the schedule 28-4 before turning to Big 12 play. Tech began the year with wins in 18 of its first 19 games.

PLAYER TO WATCH...SOPHOMORE SANDY JAMES

James hit two home runs and added eight RBIs during Tech’s doublheader sweep of New Mexico on Wednesday.

www.texastech.com

STARTING LINEUP BY LINEUP (W-L record) LEADOFF: Kenney, Mikey______________ 24________ (24-0) 2ND SPOT: Drewry, Stephanie__________ 19________ (19-0) Clemmons, McKenzie________ 5__________ (5-0) 3RD SPOT: Bledsoe, Emily______________ 24________ (24-0) CLEANUP: Allen, Cydney______________ 23________ (23-0) Hall, Logan________________ 1__________ (1-0) 5TH SPOT: Hall, Logan________________ 22________ (22-0) Richardson, Raven__________ 1__________ (1-0) James, Sandy______________ 1__________ (1-0) 6TH SPOT: James, Sandy______________ 22________ (22-0) Hall, Logan________________ 1__________ (1-0) Richardson, Raven__________ 1__________ (1-0) 7TH SPOT: Richardson, Raven__________ 22________ (22-0) Clemmons, McKenzie________ 1__________ (1-0) James, Sandy______________ 1__________ (1-0) 8TH SPOT: Gentsch, Holley_____________ 15________ (15-0) Tongate, Randi_____________ 8__________ (8-0) Powell, Taylor______________ 1__________ (1-0) 9TH SPOT: Hamada, Ashley____________ 17________ (17-0) Ward, Kermitria_____________ 7__________ (7-0) Drewry, Stephanie__________ 1__________ (1-0)

6 www.twitter.com/TechAthletics

2011 TEXAS TECH SOFTBALL

NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 32 56 77

NAME Stephanie Drewry Logan Hall Emily Bledsoe Kermitria Ward Kristen Reeves Randi Tongate Ashley Hamada Meredith Heath Brittany Talley Sandy James Raven Richardson Kelsey Dennis Holley Gentsch Ashley Brokeshoulder Karli Merlich McKenzie Clemmons Mikey Kenney Melissa Ryba* Taylor Powell Cydney Allen Jordan Palmer

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER HT. POS. 5-2 OF 5-6 INF 5-6 INF 5-0 OF/RHP 5-11 INF 5-9 C/INF 5-4 OF 5-10 OF 5-8 LHP 5-9 INF 5-8 INF 5-4 LHP 5-9 C 5-5 RHP 5-5 LHP 5-3 OF 5-11 OF 5-8 INF 5-8 INF 6-1 C 5-4 OF

B/T L/R R/R L/R L/R R/R R/R L/R L/R L/L R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R L/L L/R R/L L/R R/R R/R L/R

CLASS-EX. Jr-2L Jr-1L Jr-2L Fr-HS So-1L So-1L Jr-2L Jr-1L Fr-HS So-SQ Jr-1L Jr-TR Jr-2L So-1L Jr-2L So-1L So-1L Jr-TR Fr-HS Jr-TR So-1L

HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL) Tomball, Texas (St. Pius X HS) Tucson, Ariz. (Pima C.C.) Fulshear, Texas (Foster HS) Waco, Texas (Midway HS) Missouri City, Texas (Elkins HS) Weatherford, Texas (Weatherford HS) Touchet, Wash. (DeSales Catholic HS) Fort Worth, Texas (Chipola College) Little Elm, Texas (Little Elm HS) Dallas, Texas (Angelo State) Placentia, Calif (Yavapai C.C.) Helena, Ala. (Wallace State C.C.) Hewitt, Texas (Midway HS) Shawnee, Okla. (Shawnee HS) Federal Way, Wash. (Kennedy Prep HS) Piedmont, Okla. (Piedmont HS) Arvada, Colo. (Arvada West HS) Littleton, Colo. (Northern Colorado) Henrietta, Texas (Henrietta HS) Taylorsville, Utah (Salt Lake C.C.) Fort Worth, Texas (Joshua HS)

NO. NAME 56 Cydney Allen 3 Emily Bledsoe 23 Ashley Brokeshoulder 25 McKenzie Clemmons 20 Kelsey Dennis 1 Stephanie Drewry 22 Holley Gentsch 2 Logan Hall 7 Ashley Hamada 10 Meredith Heath 18 Sandy James 26 Mikey Kenney 24 Karli Merlich 77 Jordan Palmer 32 Taylor Powell 5 Kristen Reeves 19 Raven Richardson 27 Melissa Ryba 11 Brittany Talley 6 Randi Tongate 4 Kermitria Ward

POS. C INF RHP OF LHP OF C INF OF OF INF OF LHP OF INF INF INF INF LHP C/INF OF/RHP

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

* Will sit out 2011 season due to NCAA transfer rules.

Ashley Brokeshoulder Stephanie Drewry Holley Gentsch

Mikey Kenney Karli Merlich Randi Tongate Kermitria Ward

COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Shanon Hays (2nd Season) Assistant Coach: Aly Sartini (2nd Season) Assistant Coach: Kristie Fox (2nd Season) Director of Operations: Lisa Stratton (2nd Season) Athletic Trainer: Larry Munger

Broke-shoulder Drew-ree Ghench (rhymes with wrench) Mike-ee Kar-lee Mur-lick Rand-ee Tong-gate Ker-me-tree-ah

HEAD COACH SHANON HAYS • 2nd Season • Lubbock Christian ‘91 No stranger to building programs, Shanon Hays took over as head coach of the Texas Tech softball team in 2010 and immediately led the Red Raiders back to the NCAA postseason in only his first season, laying the groundwork for a program on the rise.

The fifth head coach since the resurrection of the program in 1996, Hays helped guide the Red Raiders to a 23-win improvement last year from the 2009 season, while eventually advancing all the way to the championship game of the NCAA Stanford Regional.

Under Hays, all facets of the game improved as the Tech hitters snapped the school record for runs, slugging percentage, and home runs in a season, while the pitching staff boasted its lowest earnedrun average since 2001 and the Tech defense committed its fewest errors in school history.

Most importantly, Tech’s win-loss record received the biggest improvement under Hays, whose 38-18 record in his first season is the best finish for a firstyear head coach in program history. Three Tech players - Emily Bledsoe, Logan Hall, and Mikey Kenney, were named to the All-Big 12 second team following the regular season.

Tech’s transformation should come as little surprise after Hays’ work at Lubbock Christian. Following his www.texastech.com

appointment as the program’s first head softball coach in 2006, Hays worked for a full academic year in preparation for LCU’s first season in 2008.

The Lady Chaps did not disappoint in their inaugural season, compiling a 60-9 record and claiming the NAIA National Championship, earning Hays NAIA National Coach of the Year honors. Hays wrapped his two-year tenure at LCU with a 114-16 overall record after advancing to the national championship again in 2009. Known as a top-flight recruiter and motivator, Hays was named the Sooner Athletic Conference Coach of the Year both seasons and produced five National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) and NAIA first team All-Americans during his tenure.

Hays turned to softball after a successful career as a basketball coach that included two seasons on the Texas Tech bench as an assistant coach from 19992001 under James Dickey. He is the first person at Texas Tech to coach two completely different sports (one men’s and now one women’s).

Prior to accepting the softball position at LCU, Hays was the associate head men’s basketball coach at the University of Houston in 2005-06. Working under head coach Tom Penders, Hays found his knack as a recruiter, helping sign one of the nation’s top 15 recruiting classes in only his first season where the Cougars won 18 games and advanced to a national tournament for the first time in three years.

Hays began playing fastpitch softball as a youth, along with baseball and basketball, because his father, the legendary Texas Tech and LCU baseball coach Larry Hays, also played fastpitch softball. Hays, the elder, whose 1,509 wins were good enough for fourth on the all-time collegiate baseball list, retired as Tech’s all-time winningest coach prior to the 2009 season.

In a rare twist, Larry Hays succeeded his son at LCU for one season prior to Daren Hays, Shanon’s brother and former Tech assistant baseball coach and director of operations, accepted the position to lead the Lady Chaps beginning with the 2011 season.

Shanon Hays began and ended his college career at LCU, graduating with his degree in Education in 1991 after also matriculating at Texas Tech and competing from 1988 - 1990 for his father on the Red Raiders’ baseball team. He competed for LCU prior to that in both baseball and on the basketball teams.

He graduated from Lubbock Monterey High School in 1986 and makes his home in Lubbock with his wife, Tina, his two sons, Hunter, Heath, and his daughter, Hampton.

Record at Tech: 62-18 (1 Season) Career Record: 176-38 (3 Seasons)

In each coaching stop, Hays left as the winningest head coach in school history according to winning percentage. He ended his collegiate basketball tenure with a 107-42 record as a head coach.

7 www.twitter.com/TechAthletics

2011 TEXAS TECH SOFTBALL

RADIO/TV ROSTER

1

Stephanie Drewry OF • 5-2 • Jr-2L Tomball, Texas St. Pius X H.S.

7

Ashley Hamada

OF • 5-4 • Jr-2L Touchet, Wash.

DeSales Catholic H.S.

22

Holley Gentsch C • 5-9 • Jr-2L Hewitt, Texas Midway H.S.

2

Logan Hall

INF • 5-6 • Jr-1L Tucson, Ariz.

Pima C.C.

10

Meredith Heath OF • 5-10 • Jr-1L Fort Worth, Texas Chipola College

23

Ashley Brokeshoulder

3

Emily Bledsoe INF • 5-6 • Jr-2L Fulshear, Texas Foster H.S.

11

Brittany Talley LHP • 5-8 • Fr-HS Little Elm, Texas Little Elm H.S.

24

Karli Merlich

RHP • 5-5 • So-1L Shawnee, Okla.

Shawnee H.S.

LHP • 5-5 • Jr-2L Federal Way, Wash.

Kennedy Prep H.S.

32

56

Taylor Powell INF • 5-8 • Fr-HS Henrietta, Texas Henrietta H.S.

Shanon Hays Head Coach

www.texastech.com

4

5

6

OF/RHP • 5-0 • Fr-HS Waco, Texas Midway H.S.

INF • 5-11 • So-1L Missouri City, Texas Elkins H.S.

C/INF • 5-9 • So-1L Weatherford, Texas Weatherford H.S.

19

20

Kermitria Ward

18

Sandy James

INF • 5-9 • So-SQ Dallas, Texas Angelo State

25

McKenzie Clemmons OF • 5-3 • So-1L Piedmont, Okla.

Piedmont H.S.

Cydney Allen

C • 6-1 • Jr-TR Taylorsville, Utah Salt Lake C.C.

Aly Sartini

Assistant Coach

Kristen Reeves

Raven Richardson INF • 5-8 • Jr-1L Placentia, Calif.

Yavapai C.C.

26

Mikey Kenney OF • 5-11 • So-1L Arvada, Colo.

Arvada West H.S.

Randi Tongate

Kensey Dennis

LHP • 5-4 • Jr-TR Helena, Ala. Wallace State C.C.

27

Melissa Ryba

INF • 5-8 • Jr-TR Littleton, Colo.

Northern Colorado

77

Jordan Palmer OF • 5-4 • So-1L Fort Worth, Texas Joshua H.S.

Kristie Fox

Assistant Coach

Lisa Stratton

Dir. of Operations

8 www.twitter.com/TechAthletics

2011 TEXAS TECH SOFTBALL

2011 RESULTS Record: 24-0 Home: 19-0 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 5-0 Big 12: 0-0 Date Feb 10, 2011 Feb 11, 2011 Feb 12, 2011 Feb 12, 2011 Feb 13, 2011 Feb 18, 2011 Feb 18, 2011 Feb 19, 2011 Feb 19, 2011 Feb 20, 2011 Feb 20, 2011 Feb 25, 2011 Feb 25, 2011 Feb 26, 2011 Feb 26, 2011 Feb 27, 2011 Mar 04, 2011 Mar 04, 2011 Mar 05, 2011 Mar 05, 2011 Mar 06, 2011 Mar 06, 2011 Mar 09, 2011 Mar 09, 2011

Opponent Score vsBYU W 7-5

vsBradley W 13-2

vsCalifornia W 5-4

vsIndiana W 4-1

vsAppalachian State W 10-9

UTAH VALLEY W 8-3

BRYANT W 10-0

BRYANT W 10-2

UTAH VALLEY W 8-2

BRYANT W 8-0

UTAH VALLEY W 14-5

NORTHERN ILLINOIS W 16-3

ST. JOHN’S W 5-3

ST. JOHN’S W 19-8

NORTHERN ILLINOIS W 8-0

WICHITA STATE W 10-2

HOWARD W 8-0

DAYTON W 8-0

DAYTON W 11-0

HOWARD W 10-0

DAYTON W 10-0

HOWARD W 7-1

NEW MEXICO W 9-6

NEW MEXICO W 5-3

r-h-e 7-9-3 13-11-2 5-7-3 4-7-1 10-17-0 8-8-2 10-14-1 10-13-1 8-9-1 8-12-0 14-13-1 16-13-2 5-4-1 19-10-0 8-8-1 10-12-0 8-8-0 8-9-0 11-11-1 10-10-0 10-10-1 7-9-0 9-8-3 5-8-1

r-h-e 5-6-2 2-4-3 4-6-2 1-6-1 9-11-0 3-5-0 0-3-2 2-1-3 2-6-1 0-4-1 5-7-0 3-6-3 3-6-1 8-10-1 0-6-3 2-6-1 0-1-0 0-0-2 0-3-2 0-4-4 0-3-0 1-4-3 6-8-0 3-8-2

Inns (9) 5 7 7 7 7 5 5 7 6 6 5 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7

Overall 1-0-0 2-0-0 3-0-0 4-0-0 5-0-0 6-0-0 7-0-0 8-0-0 9-0-0 10-0-0 11-0-0 12-0-0 13-0-0 14-0-0 15-0-0 16-0-0 17-0-0 18-0-0 19-0-0 20-0-0 21-0-0 22-0-0 23-0-0 24-0-0

Big 12 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

Pitcher of record Ward, K. (W 1-0) Dennis, K. (W 1-0) Talley, B. (W 1-0) Brokeshoulde (W 1-0) Brokeshoulde (W 1-0) Talley, B. (W 2-0) Brokeshoulde (W 3-0) Dennis, K. (W 2-0) Brokeshoulde (W 4-0) Talley, B. (W 3-0) Ward, K. (W 2-0) Brokeshoulde (W 5-0) Talley, B. (W 4-0) Merlich, K. (W 1-0) Dennis, K. (W 3-0) Talley, B. (W 5-0) Dennis, K. (W 4-0) Talley, B. (W 6-0) Dennis, K. (W 5-0) Brokeshoulde (W 6-0) Brokeshoulde (W 7-0) Talley, B. (W 7-0) Talley, B. (W 8-0) Dennis, K. (W 6-0)

Attend Time 0 2:40 0 1:35 0 1:49 0 1:48 0 2:15 215 1:56 215 2:18 240 1:24 301 2:01 205 1:32 245 1:57 230 1:50 245 1:42 252 2:02 254 1:20 195 1:40 235 1:06 255 1:09 275 1:29 283 1:23 232 1:34 265 1:54 243 1:59 254 2:30

* = Conference game () extra inning game

www.texastech.com

9 www.twitter.com/TechAthletics

2011 TEXAS TECH SOFTBALL

2011 HITTING STATISTICS Player AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% Hall, Logan .500 24 24 66 26 33 5 2 5 40 57 .864 7 2 3 1 .532 4 1 7 8 61 35 1 .990 Allen, Cydney .474 23 23 57 14 27 2 2 7 26 54 .947 9 4 8 1 .563 1 1 0 0 10 3 0 1.000 Kenney, Mikey .442 24 24 77 32 34 12 0 2 23 52 .675 14 2 9 0 .538 0 0 8 8 19 1 0 1.000 Richardson, Raven .417 24 24 60 23 25 3 1 5 24 45 .750 10 1 10 0 .500 1 0 2 3 38 26 5 .928 Bledsoe, Emily .406 24 24 64 28 26 5 2 1 16 38 .594 16 3 8 0 .529 2 1 5 6 29 36 4 .942 Drewry, Stephanie .373 20 19 51 14 19 5 0 0 15 24 .471 6 0 2 0 .431 1 9 3 3 15 2 0 1.000 James, Sandy .364 24 24 55 16 20 2 0 6 24 40 .727 17 1 5 0 .514 1 0 1 1 113 8 4 .968 Hamada, Ashley .317 20 17 41 13 13 0 1 0 6 15 .366 2 0 3 0 .349 0 4 0 0 12 1 0 1.000 Gentsch, Holley .282 19 15 39 5 11 2 0 0 6 13 .333 7 2 2 0 .408 1 1 0 0 65 3 0 1.000 -------------Tongate, Randi .500 14 8 22 3 11 1 0 2 7 18 .818 4 0 0 0 .536 2 0 0 0 39 1 2 .952 Heath, Meredith .500 21 0 2 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 .000 Powell, Taylor .417 19 1 12 9 5 1 0 1 4 9 .750 1 1 3 0 .500 0 0 1 1 8 8 4 .800 Ward, Kermitria .389 19 7 18 9 7 0 0 0 3 7 .389 2 0 3 0 .450 0 3 2 2 8 9 2 .895 Clemmons, McKenzie .320 17 6 25 12 8 0 1 0 2 10 .400 2 0 1 0 .370 0 1 5 5 9 1 0 1.000 Reeves, Kristen .000 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 3 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 .800 Palmer, Jordan .000 19 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 .750 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 Talley, Brittany .000 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 9 2 .833 Merlich, Karli .000 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1.000 Dennis, Kelsey .000 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1.000 Brokeshoulder, Ashley .000 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 1.000 Totals .403 24 24 595 223 240 38 9 29 196 383 .644 100 16 60 2 .492 13 21 38 41 432 161 25 .960 Opponents .230 24 24 540 59 124 12 1 12 48 174 .322 36 10 112 5 .290 0 20 7 9 375 158 37 .935 LOB - Team (148), Opp (118). DPs turned - Team (5), Opp (2). CI - Team (1), Tongate, R. 1. IBB - Team (6), James, S. 4, Allen, C. 1, Hall, L. 1, Opp (1).

2011 PITCHING STATISTICS Player Talley, Brittany Dennis, Kelsey Brokeshoulder, Ash -------------Ward, Kermitria Merlich, Karli Totals Opponents

ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 2.36 8 0 11 9 4 2 0 1 53.1 47 24 18 9 34 4 0 4 203 .232 2 4 3 0 6 2.43 6 0 8 8 3 2 1 0 31.2 26 13 11 9 29 2 1 2 115 .226 2 3 2 0 7 2.85 7 0 11 6 1 1 2 0 27.0 25 12 11 10 23 5 0 3 104 .240 1 1 2 0 3 1.17 2 0 10 0 0 0 3.00 1 0 7 1 0 0 2.38 24 0 24 24 8 8 10.33 0 24 24 24 6 0

2 3 18.0 11 3 3 4 22 0 0 2 62 .177 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 14.0 15 7 6 4 4 1 0 1 56 .268 1 1 1 0 3 3 4 144.0 124 59 49 36 112 12 1 12 540 .230 6 10 8 0 20 0 0 125.1 240 223 185 100 60 38 9 29 595 .403 15 16 5 13 21

PB - Team (3), Tongate, R. 2, Gentsch, H. 1, Opp (4). Pickoffs - Team (1), Gentsch, H. 1. SBA/ATT - Gentsch, H. (3-4), Allen, C. (2-3), Dennis, K. (3-3), Talley, B. (1-2), Tongate, R. (2-2), Merlich, K. (2-2), Brokeshoulde (0-1), Ward, K. (1-1).

www.texastech.com

10 www.twitter.com/TechAthletics

2011 TEXAS TECH SOFTBALL

GAME HIGHS TEAM GAME HIGHS

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

BATTING At bats:.......................... 35.........................................vs Appalachian State (Feb 13, 2011) Runs scored:................ 19........................................................... vs St. John’s (Feb 26, 2011) Hits:................................. 17.........................................vs Appalachian State (Feb 13, 2011) RBIs:................................ 17........................................................... vs St. John’s (Feb 26, 2011) Doubles:......................... 4.................................................... vs Wichita State (Feb 27, 2011) Triples:............................ 3........................................................vs Utah Valley (Feb 18, 2011) Home runs:................... 5............................................................ vs St. John’s (Feb 26, 2011) Total bases:.................. 27....................................................... vs Utah Valley (Feb 20, 2011) Walks:............................. 12........................................................... vs St. John’s (Feb 26, 2011) Strikeouts:..................... 8............................................................... vs Indiana (Feb 12, 2011) Sac hits:.......................... 3........................................................vs Utah Valley (Feb 20, 2011) Sac flies:.......................... 2.................................................... vs Wichita State (Feb 27, 2011) .......................................... 2.............................................................. vs Howard (Mar 04, 2011) .......................................... 2............................................................... vs Dayton (Mar 06, 2011) Stolen bases:................ 5........................................................vs Utah Valley (Feb 19, 2011) Hit by pitch:.................. 4............................................................ vs St. John’s (Feb 25, 2011) Caught stealing:.......... 1...................................................................... vs BYU (Feb 10, 2011) .......................................... 1............................................................... vs Dayton (Mar 04, 2011) .......................................... 1..................................................... vs New Mexico (Mar 09, 2011) Runners LOB:............... 10..................................................................... vs BYU (Feb 10, 2011) ......................................... 10............................................................. vs Howard (Mar 06, 2011) Hit into DP:.................... 1...................................................................... vs BYU (Feb 10, 2011) .......................................... 1............................................................... vs Dayton (Mar 06, 2011)

BATTING At bats:........................... 5..........................................Allen, Cydney vs BYU (Feb 10, 2011) .......................................... 5............ Bledsoe, Emily vs Appalachian State (Feb 13, 2011) Runs scored:................. 3............................................................................................. (9 games) Hits:.................................. 3...........................................................................................(13 games) RBIs:................................. 7.......................Hall, Logan vs Northern Illinois (Feb 25, 2011) .......................................... 7.....................................Hall, Logan vs St. John’s (Feb 26, 2011) Doubles:......................... 2........................... Drewry, Stephanie vs Bryant (Feb 20, 2011) Triples:............................ 2.................................Hall, Logan vs Utah Valley (Feb 18, 2011) Home runs:................... 2.....................................Hall, Logan vs St. John’s (Feb 26, 2011) .......................................... 2................................... James, Sandy vs Dayton (Mar 05, 2011) Total bases:................... 8.....................................Hall, Logan vs St. John’s (Feb 26, 2011) .......................................... 8................................... James, Sandy vs Dayton (Mar 05, 2011) Walks:.............................. 3.......................... Kenney, Mikey vs Utah Valley (Feb 20, 2011) .......................................... 3........ Drewry, Stephanie vs Northern Illinois (Feb 25, 2011) .......................................... 3................................... James, Sandy vs Dayton (Mar 06, 2011) Strikeouts:..................... 3..........................Richardson, Raven vs Indiana (Feb 12, 2011) .......................................... 3.... Richardson, Raven vs Appalachian State (Feb 13, 2011) Sac hits:.......................... 2.................. Drewry, Stephanie vs Utah Valley (Feb 20, 2011) Sac flies:.......................... 1...........................................................................................(13 games) Stolen bases:................ 2.......................... Bledsoe, Emily vs Utah Valley (Feb 19, 2011) .......................................... 2.............................. Hall, Logan vs New Mexico (Mar 09, 2011) .......................................... 2....................... Kenney, Mikey vs New Mexico (Mar 09, 2011) Hit by pitch:.................. 1...........................................................................................(16 games) Caught stealing:.......... 1................................ Richardson, Raven vs BYU (Feb 10, 2011) .......................................... 1........................................Hall, Logan vs Dayton (Mar 04, 2011) .......................................... 1........................Bledsoe, Emily vs New Mexico (Mar 09, 2011) Runners LOB:................ 6..............................Gentsch, Holley vs Howard (Mar 06, 2011)

FIELDING Putouts:......................... 27..................................................................... vs BYU (Feb 10, 2011) Assists:........................... 13.............................................................. vs Indiana (Feb 12, 2011) ......................................... 13....................................................... vs Utah Valley (Feb 19, 2011) Errors:.............................. 3...................................................................... vs BYU (Feb 10, 2011) .......................................... 3........................................................... vs California (Feb 12, 2011) .......................................... 3..................................................... vs New Mexico (Mar 09, 2011) Passed balls:................. 1................................................................. vs Bryant (Feb 19, 2011) .......................................... 1.............................................................. vs Howard (Mar 04, 2011) .......................................... 1..................................................... vs New Mexico (Mar 09, 2011) DPs turned:................... 2........................................................vs Utah Valley (Feb 19, 2011) PITCHING Innings pitched:.........9.0.................................................................... vs BYU (Feb 10, 2011) Runs allowed:............... 9..........................................vs Appalachian State (Feb 13, 2011) Earned runs:.................. 9..........................................vs Appalachian State (Feb 13, 2011) Walks allowed:............. 4..................................................... vs New Mexico (Mar 09, 2011) Strikeouts:.................... 12.........................................vs Appalachian State (Feb 13, 2011) Hits allowed:................ 11.........................................vs Appalachian State (Feb 13, 2011) Doubles allowed:........ 3............................................................ vs St. John’s (Feb 26, 2011) Triples allowed:........... 1............................................................... vs Bradley (Feb 11, 2011) Homers allowed:......... 3..........................................vs Appalachian State (Feb 13, 2011) Wild pitches:................. 1............................................................................................. (6 games) Hit batters:.................... 2.............................................................. vs Howard (Mar 06, 2011)

www.texastech.com

FIELDING Putouts:......................... 12............................... James, Sandy vs St. John’s (Feb 25, 2011) Assists:............................ 5........................................ Bledsoe, Emily vs BYU (Feb 10, 2011) .......................................... 5.....................................Hall, Logan vs St. John’s (Feb 25, 2011) .......................................... 5.............................. Bledsoe, Emily vs St. John’s (Feb 25, 2011) Errors:.............................. 2................................ Richardson, Raven vs BYU (Feb 10, 2011) Passed balls:................. 1.................................Gentsch, Holley vs Bryant (Feb 19, 2011) .......................................... 1............................... Tongate, Randi vs Howard (Mar 04, 2011) .......................................... 1...................... Tongate, Randi vs New Mexico (Mar 09, 2011) PITCHING Innings pitched:.........7.0............................ Talley, Brittany vs St. John’s (Feb 25, 2011) Runs allowed:............... 5........................................ Talley, Brittany vs BYU (Feb 10, 2011) .......................................... 5.......................... Dennis, Kelsey vs Utah Valley (Feb 20, 2011) .......................................... 5.....................Brokeshoulder, Ash vs St. John’s (Feb 26, 2011) Earned runs:.................. 5.......................... Dennis, Kelsey vs Utah Valley (Feb 20, 2011) .......................................... 5.....................Brokeshoulder, Ash vs St. John’s (Feb 26, 2011) Walks allowed:............. 3........................Brokeshoulder, Ash vs Dayton (Mar 06, 2011) Strikeouts:..................... 9..........Ward, Kermitria vs Appalachian State (Feb 13, 2011) .......................................... 9..................................Dennis, Kelsey vs Dayton (Mar 05, 2011) Hits allowed:................. 7........................Dennis, Kelsey vs New Mexico (Mar 09, 2011) Doubles allowed:........ 3.....................Brokeshoulder, Ash vs St. John’s (Feb 26, 2011) Triples allowed:........... 1..................................Dennis, Kelsey vs Bradley (Feb 11, 2011) Homers allowed:......... 2........................................ Talley, Brittany vs BYU (Feb 10, 2011) .......................................... 2..........Ward, Kermitria vs Appalachian State (Feb 13, 2011) .......................................... 2...... Brokeshoulder, Ash vs Northern Illinois (Feb 25, 2011) Wild pitches:................. 1............................................................................................. (6 games) Hit batters:.................... 2................................ Talley, Brittany vs Howard (Mar 06, 2011)

11 www.twitter.com/TechAthletics

2011 TEXAS TECH SOFTBALL

MISCELLANEOUS STATS

TEXAS TECH HOME RUNS

MULTIPLE HIT GAMES_______ 2 3___ Kenney, Mikey_______________ 7 3___ Hall, Logan_________________ 8 2___ Bledsoe, Emily_______________ 7 1___ Allen, Cydney_______________ 5 2___ James, Sandy_______________ 6 -___ Richardson, Raven___________ 4 1___ Drewry, Stephanie___________ 3 2___ Tongate, Randi______________ 4 -___ Hamada, Ashley_____________ 1 1___ Powell, Taylor_______________ 1 -___ Ward, Kermitria______________ 1 -___ Clemmons, McKenzie_________ - 1___ TEAM_____________________ 47 13__

4___ 5+__ Tot -____ -___ 10 -____ -___ 10 -____ -____ 8 -____ -____ 7 -____ -____ 6 -____ -____ 5 -____ -____ 5 -____ -____ 4 -____ -____ 2 -____ -____ 1 -____ -____ 1 -____ -____ 1 0____ 0___ 60

MULTIPLE RBI GAMES_______ 2 3___ Allen, Cydney_______________ 8 2___ Hall, Logan_________________ 3 1___ Richardson, Raven___________ 5 2___ James, Sandy_______________ 3 2___ Kenney, Mikey_______________ 3 3___ Bledsoe, Emily_______________ 3 2___ Drewry, Stephanie___________ 2 1___ Hamada, Ashley_____________ 2 -___ Gentsch, Holley______________ 2 -___ Powell, Taylor_______________ 1 -___ Tongate, Randi______________ 1 -___ TEAM_____________________ 33 13__

4___ 5+__ Tot -____ -___ 10 2____ 2____ 8 1____ -____ 8 2____ -____ 7 -____ -____ 6 -____ -____ 5 -____ 1____ 4 -____ -____ 2 -____ -____ 2 -____ -____ 1 -____ -____ 1 5____ 3___ 54

No. 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

Player (#) L. Hall (1) R. Richardson (1) C. Allen (1) S. James (1) E. Bledsoe (1) M. Kenney (1) R. Tongate (1) L. Hall (2) S. James (2) M. Kenney (2) C. Allen (2) L. Hall (3) C. Allen (3) R. Richardson (2) L. Hall (4) L. Hall (5) C. Allen (4) T. Powell (1) R. Tongate (2) R. Richardson (3) S. James (3) C. Allen (5) S. James (4) C. Allen (6) C. Allen (7) R. Richardson (4) S. James (5) R. Richardson (5) S. James (5)

Opponent (Date) Runs Outs Count Inning Pitcher Bradley (2/11) 3 0 2-2 1 Hufeld Bradley (2/11) 2 0 1-0 4 Lynch-Crumri Indiana (2/12) 2 2 3-1 7 Melloh Appalachian State (2/13) 1 2 3-2 6 Seader Appalachian State (2/13) 2 2 0-1 7 Seader Bryant (2/20) 1 2 1-1 5 Hart Utah Valley (2/20) 1 0 1-1 2 Summers Utah Valley (2/20) 3 2 1-1 2 Summers Utah Valley (2/20) 2 2 2-1 2 Flanary Utah Valley (2/20) 3 2 3-1 6 Flanary Northern Illinois (2/25) 2 0 3-2 3 Owens Northern Illinois (2/25) 4 2 0-1 4 Germillion St. John’s (2/25) 2 2 1-1 1 Sumrall St. John’s (2/26) 2 1 1-2 2 Lawrence St. John’s (2/26) 3 0 3-2 3 Lawrence St. John’s (2/26) 4 1 2-1 3 Link St. John’s (2/26) 3 1 2-1 4 Beza St. John’s (2/26) 1 1 0-0 4 Beza Wichita State (2/27) 1 1 3-1 5 Anderson Dayton (3/4) 2 0 2-0 2 Daly Dayton (3/5) 1 0 2-0 3 Isaacson Dayton (3/5) 1 1 0-0 4 Isaacson Dayton (3/5) 2 1 0-1 4 Daly Dayton (3/6) 1 0 3-2 2 Wedel Howard (3/6) 3 2 2-1 4 Johnson Howard (3/6) 1 0 0-2 5 Johnson New Mexico (3/9 - #1) 2 1 3-2 2 Gutierrez New Mexico (3/9 - #1 4 2 1-1 5 Gutierrez New Mexico (3/9 - #2) 3 2 2-1 1 DeBroeck

HITTING STREAKS__________ Longest_______ Current Kenney, Mikey_______________ 12________________ 5 Richardson, Raven___________ 10_________________ Hall, Logan_________________ 9_________________ 1 Drewry, Stephanie___________ 8__________________ Allen, Cydney_______________ 7_________________ 4 Bledsoe, Emily_______________ 6_________________ 6 Tongate, Randi______________ 5__________________ Hamada, Ashley_____________ 4__________________ Ward, Kermitria______________ 4__________________ James, Sandy_______________ 4_________________ 2 Gentsch, Holley______________ 3_________________ 1 Clemmons, McKenzie_________ 2_________________ 1 Heath, Meredith_____________ 1__________________ Powell, Taylor_______________ 1_________________ 1 WINNING STREAKS Current winning streak: Longest winning streak: Longest losing streak:

24 24 0

ATTENDANCE Home attendance: Away attendance: Total attendance:

4,639 (19 dates avg = 244) 0 (5 dates avg = 0) 4,639 (24 dates avg = 193)

www.texastech.com

GAME SUMMARY Record when team scores: Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W-L 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 3-0 0-0 2-0 Record when opponent scores: Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 W-L 8-0 2-0 4-0 4-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 Record when leading after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 W-L 16-0 17-0 21-0 21-0 11-0 9-0 Record when trailing after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 W-L 3-0 4-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 Record when tied after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 W-L 5-0 3-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0

8 9 10+ 6-0 1-0 11-0 8 9 10+ 1-0 1-0 0-0

12 www.twitter.com/TechAthletics

2011 TEXAS TECH SOFTBALL

GAME RECAPS GAME ONE Texas Tech 7, No. 16 BYU 5 Feb. 10, 2011 at Tempe Sports Complex, Tempe, Ariz.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Texas Tech 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 7 9 3 BYU 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 6 2 W: Ward (1-0); L: Howell (0-1); S: None Attendance: 0 Highlights: Brittany Talley fell one out shy of the complete game win, finishing with 6.2 innings and ... Emily Bledsoe drove in the winning run off a fielder’s choice grounder to first ... Cydney Allen finished 3-for-5 at the plate with a run scored against her former school ... Kermitria Ward picked up the win in her first collegiate outing ... win extended Tech’s winning streak in season openers to three games.

GAME TWO Texas Tech 13, Bradley 2 Feb. 11, 2011 at Tempe Sports Complex, Tempe, Ariz.

1 2 3 4 5 R H E Bradley 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 3 Texas Tech 8 2 1 2 X 13 11 2 W: Dennis (1-0); L: Hufeld (0-1); S: None Attendance: 0 Highlights: Tech’s eight-run first inning was its most runs scored in a single inning since scoring 20 against North Carolina Central on March 12, 2010 ... every Tech starter had at least one hit in the game except Ashley Hamada, whose only plate appearance resulted in a walk ... Logan Hall and Raven Richardson both have home runs in the game ... Kelsey Dennis earned her first win in a Tech uniform ... Emily Bledsoe, Cydney Allen, and Richardson all had two hits in the game ... game was called after five innings due to run rule.

GAME THREE Texas Tech 5, No. 12 Cal 4 Feb. 12, 2011 at Tempe Sports Complex, Tempe, Ariz.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Cal 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 6 2 Texas Tech 0 0 0 0 5 0 X 5 7 3 W: Talley (1-0); L: Erceg (1-1); S: Ward (1) Attendance: 0 Highlights: Brittany Talley earned her first career win, going 5.2 innings and not allowing any earned wins ... Stephanie Drewry finished 3-for-4 at the plate with a run scored ... Mikey Kenney and Cydney Allen both had RBIs in the five-run fifth inning ... was the second win for Tech over a ranked opponent early in the season.

GAME FOUR Texas Tech 4, Indiana 1 Feb. 12, 2011 at Tempe Sports Complex, Tempe, Ariz.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Texas Tech 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 7 1 Indiana 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 W: Brokeshoulder (1-0); L: Melloh (1-2); S: Talley (1) Attendance: 0 Highlights: The win gave Tech its best start in school history ... Cydney Allen wrapped a 2-for-4 day at the plate with a two-run home run in the top of the seventh ... Brittany Talley earned the save after picking up the win over Cal earlier in the night ... Mikey Kenney finished 2-for-2 at the plate with two runs scored and an RBI ... Ashley Brokeshoulder pitched two shutout innings of relief to earn the win, allowing only one hit during that stretch.

www.texastech.com

GAME FIVE Texas Tech 10, Appalachian State 9 Feb. 13, 2011 at Tempe Sports Complex, Tempe, Ariz.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Appal. St. 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 9 11 0 Texas Tech 1 3 0 1 1 1 3 10 17 0 W: Brokeshoulder (2-0); L: Seader (0-2); S: None Attendance: 0 Highlights: Emily Bledsoe hit a two-run walkoff home run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh ... hit helped Tech complete a 5-0 outing at the ASU Kajikawa Classic ... Tech trailed the entire game until the final at-bat ... Stephanie Drewry finished 2-for-3 with a career-high five RBIs ... Bledsoe went 3-for-5 at the plate with two runs scored and three RBIs ... Ashley Hamada wrapped the day 3-for-4 at the plate ... Tech’s 17 hits were its most since finishing with 20 against North Carolina Central on March 12, 2010.

GAME SIX Texas Tech 8, Utah Valley 3 Feb. 18, 2011 at Rocky Johnson Field, Lubbock, Texas

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Utah Valley 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 0 Texas Tech 2 0 4 0 2 0 X 8 8 2 W: Talley (2-0); L: Summers (2-3); S: None Attendance: 215 Highlights: Logan Hall finished 2-for-2 with two runs and four RBIs ... Sandy James also added a 2-for3 day with a run scored and two RBIs ... Brittany Talley earned her second win of the year after going four innings with four innings and two runs scored ...

Kermitria pitched the final 2.2 innings, giving up no runs on one hit ... Tech’s eight hits was its fewest of the Texas Tech Invitational.

GAME NINE Texas Tech 8, Utah Valley 2 Feb. 19, 2011 at Rocky Johnson Field, Lubbock, Texas

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Utah Valley 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 6 1 Texas Tech 1 3 1 3 0 0 X 8 9 1 W: Brokeshoulder (4-0); L: Summers (1-5); S: None Attendance: 215 Highlights: After 12 scoreless innings to start the year, Ashley Brokeshoulder finally surrendered her first run in the top of the fourth ... Brokeshoulder earned her team-leading fourth win of the year after going five innings with three hits and one run ...

Stephanie Drewry and Cydney Allen both had two RBIs in the game ... win guaranteed the Red Raiders the Texas Tech Invitational title.

GAME 10 Texas Tech 8, Bryant 0 Feb. 20, 2011 at Rocky Johnson Field, Lubbock, Texas

1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Bryant 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 Texas Tech 0 4 2 0 1 1 8 12 0 W: Talley (3-0); L: Houseal (1-5); S: None Attendance: 205 Highlights: Brittany Talley threw her first career shutout, going six innings with only four hits ...

Mikey Kenney and Stephanie Drewry combined for five hits and six RBIs at the top of the lineup ... Drewry extended her hit streak to a career-high eight games ... Kenney hit her first home run of the year in the fifth inning ... Cydney Allen left the game in the top of the second due to a foul ball of her leg.

GAME SEVEN Texas Tech 10, Bryant 0 Feb. 18, 2011 at Rocky Johnson Field, Lubbock, Texas

1 2 3 4 5 R H E Bryant 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 Texas Tech 1 3 5 1 X 10 14 1 W: Brokeshoulder (3-0); L: Houseal (0-1); S: None Attendance: 215 Highlights: Ashley Brokeshoulder continued her strong start to the season with her third win on a complete game shutout off just three hits ... Taylor Powell and Kermitria Ward earned their first career starts and combined for three hits, two runs scored, and three RBIs ... Stephanie Drewry added two RBIs on a 1-for-1 day ... McKenzie Clemmons took advantage of a pinch hit opportunity with her first career triple.

GAME 11 Texas Tech 14, Utah Valley 5 Feb. 20, 2011 at Rocky Johnson Field, Lubbock, Texas

1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E Utah Valley 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 7 0 Texas Tech 2 6 0 0 0 6 14 13 1 W: Ward (2-0); L: Summers (1-6); S: None Attendance: 245 Highlights: Mikey Keney hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning to end the game for Tech ... Logan Hall went 3-for-4 at the plate with four RBIs, including a three-run homer in the second ... Tech finished the game with four home runs total as Randi Tongate and Sandy James both went deep in the second inning as well ... Tongate finished 2-for-3 at the plate with two runs scored and a RBI ... Stephanie Drewry saw her eight-game hit streak come to an end after a 0-for-2 day that includes to sacrafice hits ... Kermitria Ward earned the win after 3.2 shutout innings of relief.

GAME EIGHT Texas Tech 10, Bryant 2 Feb. 19, 2011 at Rocky Johnson Field, Lubbock, Texas

1 2 3 4 5 R H E Bryant 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 Texas Tech 1 0 2 2 5 10 13 1 W: Dennis (2-0); L: Hart (1-1); S: None Attendance: 240 Highlights: Kelsey Dennis retired the final 14 hitters in order as part of a one-hit complete game ... was the second-straight outing a Tech pitcher threw a complete game ... Tech’s top two hitters in the lineup, Mikey Kenney and Stephanie Drewry, both went 3-for-4 on the day with an RBI ... Cydney Allen went 2-for-3 with her first career triple ... Logan Hall, Sandy James, and Ashley Hamada each had two RBIs in the game.

GAME 12 Texas Tech 16, Northern Illinois 3 Feb. 25, 2011 at Rocky Johnson Field, Lubbock, Texas

1 2 3 4 5 R H E N. Illinois 1 0 0 2 0 3 6 3 Texas Tech 5 2 5 4 X 16 13 2 W: Brokeshoulder (5-0); L: Owens (0-3); S: None Attendance: 230 Highlights: Logan Hall recorded a career-high seven RBIs as part of a 3-for-3 day at the plate ... she connected on a grand slam in the fourth inning for her third home run of the year ... Hall was one RBI shy of the school record ... Emily Bledsoe added a 2-for-3 day at the plate with three RBIs and three runs scoed ... Cydney Allen crushed a two-run home run in the fourth inning for her second long ball of the year ...

Ashley Brokeshoulder picked up her fifth of the win.

13 www.twitter.com/TechAthletics

2011 TEXAS TECH SOFTBALL

GAME RECAPS GAME 13 Texas Tech 5, St. John’s 3 Feb. 25, 2011 at Rocky Johnson Field, Lubbock, Texas

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E St. John’s 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 6 1 Texas Tech 2 0 2 1 0 0 X 5 4 1 W: Talley (4-0); L: Sumrall (0-1); S: None Attendance: 245 Highlights: Game was the smallest win margin for Tech since defeating Appalachian State, 10-9, on Feb. 13 ... Cydney Allen hit her second home run of the day with a two-run blast in the first inning ...

Tech’s four hits were its fewest in a game this season ... Brittany Talley picked up the win after a complete game effort, going a career-high seven innings.

GAME 14 Texas Tech 19, St. John’s 8 Feb. 26, 2011 at Rocky Johnson Field, Lubbock, Texas

1 2 3 4 5 R H E St. John’s 2 3 0 0 3 8 10 1 Texas Tech 0 2 11 6 X 19 10 0 W: Merlich (1-0); L: Lawrence (4-2); S: None Attendance: 252 Highlights: Tech’s 19 runs were a new season high ... were also the most for the Red Raiders since scoring 24 last year against North Carolina Central ... Logan Hall had another seven RBI game, this time with the total coming all in one inning ... Hall led off the third with a three-run homer and came up again later in the inning to deliver a grand slam ... Raven Richardson extended her hitting streak to a career-high 10 games after a 1-for-2 day ... Cydney Allen hit a home run for the third-consecutive game which was followed by the first career homer from Taylor Powell.

GAME 15 Texas Tech 8, Northern Illinois 0 Feb. 26, 2011 at Rocky Johnson Field, Lubbock, Texas

1 2 3 4 5 R H E N. Illinois 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 Texas Tech 4 2 2 0 X 8 8 1 W: Dennis (3-0); L: Germillion (0-1); S: None Attendance: 254 Highlights: The win was Tech’s 15th in a row, tying the longest winning streak in school history ... Kelsey Dennis threw her first career shutout with five innings pitched and only six hits ... Mikey Kenney went 1-for-3 at the plate with two RBIs ... Sandy James also added two RBIs ... Logan Hall picked up her 16th RBI of the weekend after a 1-for-3 day.

GAME 16 Texas Tech 10, Wichita State 2 Feb. 27, 2011 at Rocky Johnson Field, Lubbock, Texas

1 2 3 4 5 R H E Wichita St. 0 1 0 1 0 2 6 1 Texas Tech 1 0 5 2 2 10 12 0 W: Talley (5-0); L: Smet (1-5); S: None Attendance: 195 Highlights: Tech broke the school record for longest winning streak as the Red Raiders won their 16thstraight ... it was Wichita State who snapped Tech’s winning streak last year ... Mikey Kenney extended her hitting streak to 10 games with a 3-for-4 game at the plate ... Randi Tongate connected on her second home run of the year in the third inning ... Raven Richardson and Tongate both finished with two RBIs to lead Tech ... Brittany Talley picked up her fifth win of the year in the complete game effort ... Tech has now ended eight of the last 10 games by run rule. www.texastech.com

GAME 17 Texas Tech 8, Howard 0 March 4, 2011 at Rocky Johnson Field, Lubbock, Texas

1 2 3 4 5 R H E Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Texas Tech 3 1 1 0 3 8 8 0 W: Dennis (4-0); L: Martin (2-1); S: None Attendance: 235 Highlights: After a leadoff double to begin the game, Kelsey Dennis did not allow another hit in the one-hit shutout ... marked Dennis’ second one-hitter of the season ... Mikey Kenney extended her hitting streak to 11 games after a 1-for-2 day at the plate ...

Cydney Allen and Raven Richardson both drove in two RBIs ... Tech ended the game via run rule for the ninth time in the last 11 games.

GAME 18 Texas Tech 8, Dayton 0 March 4, 2011 at Rocky Johnson Field, Lubbock, Texas

1 2 3 4 5 R H E Dayton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Texas Tech 1 3 0 4 X 8 9 0 W: Talley (6-0); L: Daly (2-2); S: None Attendance: 255 Highlights: Brittany Talley threw Tech’s first no-hitter since the 2001 season ... the freshman allowed only one runner off a walk in the second inning ... was the sixth no-hitter in school history ... Tech allowed only one hit in its two games against Howard and Dayton to start the tournament ... Mikey Kenney extended her hitting streak to a career-high 12 games after a 3-for-3 day with two runs scored and a RBI ... was the fifth-straight game to end after five innings.

GAME 19 Texas Tech 11, Dayton 0 March 5, 2011 at Rocky Johnson Field, Lubbock, Texas

1 2 3 4 5 R H E Dayton 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 Texas Tech 5 0 2 4 X 11 11 1 W: Dennis (5-0); L: Isaacson (4-2); S: None Attendance: 275 Highlights: Until a Dayton double with two outs in the second, Brittany Talley and Kelsey Dennis had combined to go 11.2-consecutive innings without allowing a hit, a new school record ... the shutout was Tech’s third-straight as well, tying the school record ... Mikey Kenney ended her 12-game hit streak after a 0-for-2 day at the plate ... Sandy James hit two home runs in the game to drive in three runs, matching her season high ... Cydney Allen also hit a solo home run after a 3-for-3 day at the plate.

GAME 20 Texas Tech 10, Howard 0 March 5, 2011 at Rocky Johnson Field, Lubbock, Texas

1 2 3 4 5 R H E Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 Texas Tech 4 1 5 0 X 10 10 0 W: Brokeshoulder (6-0); L: Gatson (1-1); S: None Attendance: 283 Highlights: The shutout runs Tech’s streak to a school record four-consecutive games ... Tech ended its seventh-straight game via run rule ... the Tech defense went without an error for the fourth time in five games ... Ashley Brokeshoulder pitched three shutout innings for her sixth win of the year ... Emily Bledsoe, Logan Hall, and Raven Richardson all had two RBIs in the game ... Mikey Kenney hit her 10th double of the year as part of a 2-for-2 day.

GAME 21 Texas Tech 10, Dayton 0 March 6, 2011 at Rocky Johnson Field, Lubbock, Texas

1 2 3 4 5 R H E Dayton 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Texas Tech 0 4 1 5 X 10 10 1 W: Brokeshoulder (7-0); L: Wedel (1-3); S: None Attendance: 232 Highlights: The shutout was Tech’s fifth-straight in the tournament ... marked the eighth-straight game Tech ended via run rule ... shutout moved Tech to 26.1-consecutive innings without allowing a run, breaking the previous school record set in 2008 ...

Mikey Kenney went 2-for-3 at the plate with three RBIs ... Raven Richardson finished 3-for-3 with three RBIs ... Cydney Allen crushed her sixth home run of the year to leadoff the second inning.

GAME 22 Texas Tech 7, Howard 1 March 6, 2011 at Rocky Johnson Field, Lubbock, Texas

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Howard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 Texas Tech 2 0 0 3 1 1 X 7 9 0 W: Talley (7-0); L: Johnson (1-4); S: None Attendance: 265 Highlights: Howard snapped Tech’s scoreless innings streak in the top of the first ... Tech had gone 27-straight innings without allowing a run before ... Tech went the full seven innings for the first time in its last eight games ... Brittany Talley struck out a season-high seven batters for her seventh win of the year ... Logan Hall extended her hitting streak to nine games, matching her season high after a 2-for4 day that included two RBIs ... Cydney Allen hit her second home run of the day, giving her a team-leading seven on the year ... Tech finished the Red Raider Classic hitting .438 as a team.

GAME 23 Texas Tech 9, New Mexico 6 March 9, 2011 at Rocky Johnson Field, Lubbock, Texas

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E New Mexico 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 6 8 0 Texas Tech 0 2 0 1 6 0 X 9 8 3 W: Talley (8-0); L: Gutierrez (2-4); S: Ward (2) Attendance: 243 Highlights: Sandy James finished 2-for-2 with two runs scored and a season-high four RBIs, two which came off a second-inning home run ... Raven Richardson crushed a grand slam in the bottom of the fifth as part of a six-inning ... Brittany Talley picked up her team leading eighth win of the year ... Tech trailed in the fifth inning for the first time since facing Appalachian State on Feb. 13.

GAME 24 Texas Tech 5, New Mexico 3 March 9, 2011 at Rocky Johnson Field, Lubbock, Texas

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E New Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 8 2 Texas Tech 4 0 0 0 1 0 X 5 8 1 W: Dennis (6-0); L: DeBroeck (2-4); S: Ward (3) Attendance: 254 Highlights: Sandy James added another four RBI game, highlighted by a three-run homer in the first ... Emily Bledsoe added Tech’s other RBI ... Kelsey Dennis picked up her sixth win of the year ... Kermitria Ward earned her second save of the day after getting the final out ... Mikey Kenney recorded her 10th multiple-hit game of the year after going 2-for4 at the plate.

14 www.twitter.com/TechAthletics