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Back-To-Back NCAA Regional Finalists
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80-34 Record Past Two Seasons
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2011 Top 5 Nationally Ranked Offense
Communications Contact: Matt Dowdy • matthew.dowdy@ttu.edu • O: (806) 742-2770 • C: (806) 928-5190 OKLAHOMA STATE COWGIRLS Record............................................................ 24-21; 7-11 2011 Postseason.........NCAA College World Series Head Coach..........................................Rich Wieligman Record at School........................................ 207-137 (6) Career Record.........................................................Same
Last Five Games......................................................... 1-4 Last 10 Games............................................................ 5-5 Streak.......................................................................Won 1 Home/Away/Neutral..............................12-5/4-7/8-9 National Ranking..................................................None Texas Tech Series......................................Leads 26-12
#24/23 TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS Record............................................................ 38-14; 11-9 2011 Postseason................................ NCAA Regional Head Coach...............................................Shanon Hays Record at School...........................................118-48 (3) Career Record................................................233-64 (5)
Last Five Games......................................................... 3-2 Last 10 Games............................................................ 5-5 Streak........................................................................Lost 1 Home/Away/Neutral........................... 16-3/8-6/14-5 National Ranking...................#24 NFCA / #23 ESPN Oklahoma State Series............................ Trails 26-12
TECH CLOSES REGULAR SEASON WITH OSU
No. 23 Texas Tech closes the regular season this weekend with the start of a three-game series against Oklahoma State, beginning with a 1 p.m. first pitch Saturday at Rocky Johnson Field.
TECH POSTS THIRD-STRAIGHT 30-WIN SEASON
With three regular season games remaining, Tech has already reached the 30-win mark for the third-straight year, marking the first time since 1997-99 that the program has done so. The Red Raiders currently stand 38-14 overall and 11-9 in Big 12 play entering the Oklahoma State series. After opening the year 1-4 at the Arizona State Kajikawa Classic, Tech has won 37 of 47 games since that point, with wins in nine of 17 contests against ranked opponents. The Red Raiders will be looking to reach the 40win mark for the second-straight year as well.
SERIES INFORMATION
Dates____________________Saturday-Monday, May 4-7 First pitch____________________1 p.m. / 2 p.m. / 4 p.m. Location__________________________ Lubbock, Texas Facility__________________ Rocky Johnson Field (1,181) Dimensions_________________200 (L) / 250 (C) / 200 (R) Live Video_____________________ www.texastech.com Radio_______________________________KTXT 88.1 FM Play-by-play_________________________ Luke Wempe Color Analyst________________________ Joshua Koch Live Stats______________________ www.texastech.com Live Blog______________________ www.texastech.com Tickets________________________ www.texastech.com
TEXAS TECH PROBABLE LINEUP 26 - MIKEY KENNEY .333 - 13 - 31
12 - KATELYN WILLIAMS .217 - 1 - 10
7 - ASHLEY HAMADA .233 - 0 - 1
19 - RAVEN RICHARDSON .285 - 7 - 24
3 - EMILY BLEDSOE .284 - 4 - 22
2 - LOGAN HALL .294 - 1 - 16
18 - SANDY JAMES .297 - 9 - 40
2012 STATISTICS AVG - HR - RBI
DP 9 - ADRIANA PEREZ .368 - 15 - 54 22 - HOLLEY GENTSCH .253 - 3 - 14
POSSIBLE PITCHERS Pitcher 77 - Cara Custer 20 - Kelsey Dennis
W-L ERA 24-9 2.45 2-1 4.20
Pitcher 11 - Brittany Talley 8 - Chandler Moore
W-L ERA 10-4 2.27 0-0 5.65
Pitcher W-L ERA 4 - Kermitria Ward 0-0 4.85 23 - Ashley Brokeshoulder 2-0 2.40
2012 SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 9 # vs. San Diego State W, 5-4 10 # vs. Northwestern L, 6-14 (6) # vs. #14 Tennessee L, 0-1 11 # vs. #9 Stanford L, 1-7 # vs. Cal Poly L, 0-3 17 $ vs. Ohio State W, 7-4 $ vs. Long Beach State W, 2-0 18 $ vs. Idaho State W, 8-4 $ vs. Portland State W, 5-1 19 $ vs. DePaul W, 2-1 $ vs. Utah State W, 11-2 (5) 24 ^ vs. Texas State W, 6-0 ^ vs. North Texas W, 10-0 (8) 25 ^ vs. UTEP W, 5-2 ^ vs. Stephen F. Austin W, 2-1 (8) 26 ^ vs. Texas State L, 1-3 MARCH 2 ~ BINGHAMTON W, 7-2 ~ UT-ARLINGTON W, 2-0 3 ~ UT-ARLINGTON W, 9-1 (6) ~ BINGHAMTON W, 8-2 4 ~ BINGHAMTON W, 4-3 ~ UT-ARLINGTON W, 7-1 6 at #5 Texas (LHN) L, 0-8 (6) 7 at #5 Texas (LHN) L, 1-2 12 #23 NEW MEXICO W, 9-4 #23 NEW MEXICO W, 8-5 14 at Stony Brook W, 4-1 at Stony Brook W, 6-3 16 + vs. Monmouth W, 4-2 + at Seton Hall W, 11-0 (5) 17 + vs. Manhattan W, 13-2 (5) + vs. Manhattan W, 7-2 18 + at Seton Hall W, 9-0 (5) 27 MIDWESTERN STATE W, 10-2 (6) 30 * IOWA STATE W, 19-7 (5) 31 * IOWA STATE W, 6-2 APRIL 1 * IOWA STATE W, 5-3 (8) 5 * at #5 Oklahoma L, 1-3 6 * at #5 Oklahoma W, 5-4 7 * at #5 Oklahoma L, 1-4 11 * #5 TEXAS W, 5-2 13 * at #9 Missouri W, 2-0 14 * at #9 Missouri W, 5-4 * at #9 Missouri L, 1-4 (8) 17 * #19 TEXAS A&M L, 6-9 * #19 TEXAS A&M L, 0-9 (6) 18 * #19 TEXAS A&M W, 8-6 20 * #25 BAYLOR W, 3-1 21 * #25 BAYLOR L, 4-8 22 * #25 BAYLOR W, 6-5 28 * at Kansas W, 4-1 * at Kansas L, 4-5 29 * at Kansas Cancelled MAY 5 * OKLAHOMA STATE 1 p.m. 6 * OKLAHOMA STATE 2 p.m. 7 * OKLAHOMA STATE 4 p.m. 17-20 NCAA Regionals TBA 24-27 NCAA Super Regionals TBA 31-6 NCAA College World Series TBA # ASU Kajikawa Classic (Tempe, Ariz.) • $ Louisville Slugger Desert Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) • ^ Texas Shootout (Waco, Texas) • ~ Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic (Lubbock, Texas) • + Seton Hall Classic (South Orange, N.J.) • * Big 12 Series • Central times listed.