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GAMES
16-20
TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (9-6) AT COWGIRL CLASSIC
Feb. 27-March 1 | Hosted by McNeese State | Lake Charles, La. | Cowgirl Diamond (1,200)
TEXAS TECH
9-6; 0-0 Big 12
DRAKE
6-5; 0-0 MVC
MCNEESE STATE
MEMPHIS
9-5; 0-0 Southland
3-7; 0-0 AAC
HOLY CROSS
0-0; 0-0 Patriot
THE MATCHUPS
LEADING OFF...
TEXAS TECH
• Texas Tech closes its 20-game road trip to start the 2015 season this weekend as the Red Raiders will travel to the Cowgirl Classic hosted by McNeese State. • The Red Raiders open the three-day tournament with a Friday doubleheader against Drake and McNeese State. Tech continues the weekend with another doubleheader Saturday against Memphis and McNeese State before closing the tournament Sunday morning against Holy Cross. • Drake is a late addition to the tournament as the Bulldogs were previously scheduled to take part in a doubleheader at Austin Peay on Thursday before beginning the Purple and Gold Challenge hosted by Lipscomb on Friday. Both events were canceled due to winter conditions. • This will be Tech’s first ever trip to Lake Charles, Louisiana, to face McNeese State. The Red Raiders traveled to the state of Louisiana to open the 2014 season as Tech took part in the Lions Classic hosted by Southeastern Louisiana. • The Red Raiders enter this weekend riding a four-game winning streak after a perfect 4-0 showing at the UT Arlington Invitational. This is Tech’s longest winning streak so far this season. • The Red Raider offense has been hitting at all cylinders lately as Tech has totaled 40 runs over its last four games, highlighted by a season-high 12 runs in its UT Arlington Invitational finale against Prairie View A&M. • Texas Tech won all four of its games at UT Arlington by a margin of at least four runs as the Red Raiders posted their first two run-rule victories of the year over DePaul and Prairie View A&M. • Texas Tech enters this weekend as the Big 12 leader in stolen bases as the Red Raiders have recorded 32 through 15 games this year. The Red Raiders have used a balanced approach on the base paths as well as 10 different players have swiped a bag thus far.
Record_________________________________________9-6 Home / Away / Neutral___________________ 0-0 / 3-2 / 6-4 Head Coach__________________________Adrian Gregory Overall Record____________________ 9-6 (1st Season) Record at Tech______________________________ Same
DRAKE
Record_________________________________________6-5 Home / Away / Neutral___________________ 0-0 / 1-2 / 5-3 Head Coach_____________________________Rich Calvert Overall Record_______________ 329-320 (13th Season) Record at Drake____________________________ Same
MCNEESE STATE
Record_________________________________________9-5 Home / Away / Neutral___________________ 2-0 / 1-2 / 6-3 Head Coach__________________________ Joanna Hardin Overall Record____________________ 9-5 (1st Season) Record at McNeese State_____________________ Same
MEMPHIS
Record_________________________________________3-7 Home / Away / Neutral___________________ 0-0 / 0-2 / 3-5 Head Coach___________________________ Natalie Poole Overall Record_______________ 359-379 (13th Season) Record at Memphis_______________ 47-80 (3rd Season)
HOLY CROSS
Record_________________________________________0-0 Home / Away / Neutral___________________ 0-0 / 0-0 / 0-0 Head Coach__________________________ Brian Claypool Overall Record_______________________________n/a Record at Holy Cross___________________________n/a
TEXAS TECH PROBABLE STARTERS (Based off previous games) POS # Name HT. Yr.-Exp. Hometown GP-GS AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-ATT C 50 Kristi Belshe 5-4 Sr-1L Honolulu, Haw. 15-13 .294 6 10 1 1 0 1 4-4 1B 24 Brittany Warnecke 5-10 So-1L Plainfield, Ill. 15-15 .326 7 14 2 0 3 13 1-2 2B 22 Brooke Scott 5-7 Jr-2L Broken Arrow, Okla. 15-15 .182 8 6 1 0 0 5 8-9 3B 23 Ashley Fultz 5-5 So-1L Flower Mound, Texas 14-14 .324 10 11 4 0 1 9 1-1 SS 3 Lea Hopson 5-6 Sr-1L Sequim, Wash. 15-15 .262 9 11 1 1 3 13 2-3 LF 4 Susan Welborn 5-9 So-1L N. Richland Hills, Texas 15-15 .270 8 10 2 0 1 3 1-2 CF 11 Jordan Bettiol 5-8 Jr-TR College Station, Texas 15-15 .500 14 24 2 0 0 7 5-7 RF 42 Kierra Miles 5-8 So-1L Mustang, Okla. 15-15 .255 9 12 2 1 1 12 2-4 DP 18 Devon Thomey 5-8 So-TR Sugar Land, Texas 14-12 .333 10 12 2 2 3 14 7-7
TEXAS TECH PITCHING ROTATION POS # Name HT. Yr.-Exp. Hometown RHP 2 Cara Custer 5-8 Sr-3L Tacoma, Wash. RHP 8 Chandler Moore 5-8 Sr-3L Broomfield, Colo. RHP 17 Mattison Maisel 5-10 So-SQ Spring, Texas
ERA W-L APP-GS CG SHO SV IP SO 3.89 4-4 12-8 2 0/0 1 54.0 36 4.00 4-1 9-6 1 0/1 0 28.0 21 3.57 1-1 9-1 0 0/1 1 15.2 3
2015 SCHEDULE / RESULTS OVERALL: 9-6
| BIG 12: 0-0 | H: 0-0 | A: 3-2 | N: 6-4
FEBRUARY 5 ^ at New Mexico State 5 ^ vs. Montana 6 ^ vs. UTSA 6 ^ vs. Colorado State 7 ^ vs. #18 Nebraska 13 + vs. UTSA 13 + at Texas State 14 + vs. Grand Canyon 14 + at Texas State 15 + vs. UTSA 15 + at Texas State 20 % vs. DePaul 20 % at UT Arlington 21 % vs. UMKC 21 % vs. Prairie View A&M 22 % vs. DePaul 27 $ vs. Drake 27 $ at McNeese State 28 $ vs. Memphis 28 $ at McNeese State MARCH 1 $ vs. Holy Cross 6 = UTAH VALLEY 6 = UT MARTIN 7 = UT MARTIN 7 = UTAH VALLEY 8 = UT ARLINGTON 11 at UTEP (DH) 13 ~ MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE 13 ~ TULSA 14 ~ MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE 14 ~ TULSA 18 at Seattle 19 at Washington (DH) 27 * OKLAHOMA 28 * OKLAHOMA 29 * OKLAHOMA APRIL 2 * at Baylor (FSSW+) 3 * at Baylor (FSSW+) 4 * at Baylor (FSSW+) 10 * KANSAS 11 * KANSAS 12 * KANSAS 17 * at Oklahoma State 18 * at Oklahoma State 19 * at Oklahoma State 24 * TEXAS 25 * TEXAS (FSN) 26 * TEXAS MAY 1 * at Iowa State 2 * at Iowa State 3 * at Iowa State
W, 5-3 W, 8-5 L, 7-13 L, 2-8 L, 3-11 (6) W, 9-5 W, 5-2 L, 4-7 L, 0-2 W, 7-2 L, 0-3 W, 9-1 (5) W, 10-6 W, 9-6 W, 12-0 (5) Cancelled 12 p.m. 6 p.m. 12 p.m. 3 p.m. 10 a.m. 4 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 3 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 12 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 12 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 12 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m. 12 p.m. 4 p.m. 12 p.m. 12 p.m.
^ Hotel Encanto Classic (Las Cruces, N.M.) | + Centurylink Classic (San Marcos, Texas) | % UTA Invitational (Arlington, Texas) | $ Cowgirl Classic (Lake Charles, La.) | = Texas Tech Invitational (Lubbock, Texas) | ~ Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic (Lubbock, Texas) | * Big 12 Series