TEXAS TECH SOFTBALL
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2010 NCAA Regional selection
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2010 All-Big 12 second team Emily Bledsoe, Logan Hall, Mikey Kenney
Date Opponent 2/10 vs. #16 BYU! 2/11 vs. Bradley! 2/12 vs. #12 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 #13 Missouri* 3/27 #13 Missouri* 4/1 #14 Oklahoma* 4/2 #14 Oklahoma* 4/6 #17 Baylor* 4/6 #17 Baylor* 4/9 at Iowa State* 4/10 at Iowa State* 4/13 Kansas* 4/13 Kansas* 4/16 at #19 Oklahoma State* 4/17 at #19 Oklahoma State* 4/22 Texas* 4/23 Texas* 4/30 at Nebraska* 5/1 at Nebraska* 5/13 at Texas A&M* 5/14 at 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 L, 2-4 W, 8-0 (5) W, 5-1 W, 15-0 (5) W, 18-0 (5) W, 8-0 (5) W, 17-5 (5) W, 5-1 W, 8-4 W, 3-1 W, 4-0 W, 6-5 (9) L, 1-4 L, 1-10 (6) W, 5-0 L, 6-7 L, 1-4 L, 1-10 W, 15-5 W, 16-5 L, 9-5 W, 10-0 (5) L, 1-2 (8) L, 1-7 L, 2-15 (5) L, 5-9 1 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.
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Release Date: April 29, 2011
Date_______________ April 30-May 1 First Pitch____________ 1 p.m./Noon Location____________ Lincoln, Neb. Venue____________ Bowlin Stadium Live Video_______ www.huskers.com Audio___________ www.huskers.com Live Stats______ www.texastech.com Live Blog______ www.texastech.com Series Record________NU leads 30-6 In Lubbock__________NU leads 12-2 Last Season_____ NU swept the series _________ NU def. TTU, 3-1 (April 10) _________ NU def. TTU, 2-0 (April 11) TTU Head Coach______ Shanon Hays NU Head Coach____ Rhonda Revelle
TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (39-11; 4-10)
Head Coach Shanon Hays
2011 GAME NOTES
“Strive for honor evermore, long live the Matadors” 2011 SCHEDULE
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NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS (34-9; 4-6)
LEADING OFF... Texas Tech will make its final trip to Nebraska this weekend as the Red Raiders and the 14th-ranked Huskers begin a two-game series at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bowlin Stadium.
ON DECK Following a week off for finals, the Red Raiders will take to the road one final time with the regular season finale at Texas A&M. The series begins at 6 p.m. May 13 in College Station.
GAMEDAY CENTRAL Texas Tech fans unable to make the trip to Lincoln. can keep up with 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 game along with postgame video from coach Shanon Hays.
SOFTBALL MAKES FINAL TRIP TO LINCOLN The Red Raiders are the final Texas Tech athletics program to travel to Lincoln as Nebraska will enter the Big 10 Conference beginning next season.
NATIONAL RANKINGS Texas Tech (39-11; 4-10)........................................... RV/RV Nebraska (34-9; 4-6).............................................No. 19/14 (ESPN.com/USA Softball - NFCA/USA Today) THE SERIES Nebraska has historically dominated the series, maintaining a 30-6 all-time lead in the series, including a 12-2 mark in Lincoln. The Huskers won both games of the series a year ago, taking a 3-1 victory in the first game of the series before closing the weekend with a 2-0 win. Tech split the series in 2009 during its last trip to Lincoln.
TECH STILL IN THE TOP 30 OF THE RPI The Red Raiders remained in the top 30 of the ratings percentage index (RPI) this week, moving up one spot to No. 28. Tech is one of eight Big 12 schools in the top 30 of the RPI. A LOOK AT NEBRASKA The 14th-ranked Huskers come into this weekend’s series with wins in three of their last four games, including a split series last weekend against Missouri. Nebraska is third in the Big 12 with a .315 average on the year, but the Huskers are only hitting a .195 mark in conference play. Ashley Hagemann, meanwhile, leads the NU pitching staff with a 24-8 record and a 1.92 ERA. The Huskers are 6-3 this season in games played at Bowlin Stadium.
PROBABLE STARTERS Pos. No. Name GP-GS BA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG% BB OB% SB-ATT C 22 Holley Gentsch 40-30 .300 9 24 4 0 1 15 .388 9 .383 0-0 1B 18 Sandy James 50-50 .357 31 45 8 1 15 58 .794 31 .484 1-1 2B 4 Logan Hall 50-50 .396 40 59 10 2 6 54 .611 10 .430 8-9 3B 3 Emily Bledsoe 50-50 .397 53 56 14 2 3 32 .589 27 .503 12-13 SS 19 Raven Richardson 50-50 .375 38 48 5 1 8 40 .617 16 .442 3-5 LF 25 McKenzie Clemmons 37-17 .333 17 19 0 1 0 5 .368 4 .377 6-7 CF 26 Mikey Kenney 50-50 .353 59 53 15 1 4 31 .547 27 .478 14-14 RF 7 Ashley Hamada 45-41 .299 23 29 2 1 1 10 .371 4 .340 4-5 DP 56 Cydney Allen 49-49 .398 31 51 7 2 13 52 .789 24 .519 0-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Pos. No. Name ERA W L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO SP 20 Kelsey Dennis (LHP) 2.62 12 3 22 21 9 5 0 91.0 91 38 34 21 70 SP 11 Brittany Talley (LHP) 2.79 13 5 24 19 7 4 1 105.1 107 56 42 22 64 1 www.twitter.com/TechAthletics