TEXAS TECH SOFTBALL
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Two-straight NCAA Regional selections
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2011 All-Big 12 second team Emily Bledsoe and Sandy James
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 #5 Texas* 4/23 #5 Texas* 4/30 at #14 Nebraska* 5/1 at #14 Nebraska* 5/13 at #18 Texas A&M* 5/14 at #18 Texas A&M* 5/20 vs. New Mexico State> 5/21 vs. Harvard> 5/21 vs. New Mexico State> 5/22 at #10 Arizona>
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 L, 7-0 W, 5-0 L, 0-3 L, 2-5 L, 0-9 (6) W, 7-0 W, 6-4 L, 2-10 (6)
* 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. > NCAA Tucson Regional - Tucson, Ariz.
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Head Coach Shanon Hays
2011 SEASON IN REVIEW
“Strive for honor evermore, long live the Matadors” 2011 SCHEDULE
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Release Date: June 16, 2011
LEADING OFF... When the final out was made in the 2011 Texas Tech softball season, the Red Raiders closed one of the most successful campaigns in school history with their second-straight trip to a NCAA Regional, continuing the winning trend for a program on the rise. HIGHEST WINNING PERCENTAGE EVER Texas Tech’s 42-16 (.724) record marked the highest winning percentage in school history, surpassing the previous school record from 1998 when the Red Raiders went 45-19 overall (.721). RED RAIDERS POST SECOND 40-WIN SEASON The Red Raiders came three wins shy of matching the single-season school record as the 2011 season was only the season 40-win season in program history. No Tech team had reached the 40 win mark since the 1998 squad went 45-19 overall. TWO SEASONS, TWO REGIONAL TRIPS FOR HAYS After inheriting a program that went 15-42 in 2009, head coach Shanon Hays has led Texas Tech to the postseason in each of his two seasons. Tech had only advanced to the regional round twice in program history prior to Hays arrival as last year’s squad broke a 10-year postseason absence after being selected to the Stanford Regional.
LOOKING TO GET PAST REGIONALS As the dust slowly settled following the seasonending loss to Arizona, head coach Shanon Hays had one challenge for his young squad - make a Super Regional in 2012. The Red Raiders will not lose a single player due to graduation, giving Hays an experienced group returning for his third season. BLEDSOE, JAMES EARN ALL-BIG 12 ACCOLADES Emily Bledsoe and Sandy James both earned spots on the All-Big 12 second team as part of the conference’s postseason awards announcement. Bledsoe, a junior from Fulshear, Texas, was honored on the second team for the second-straight season, while James, a sophomore Dallas, Texas native, picked up her first postseason accolade at Tech. HALL LEADS NFCA ALL-REGION HONOREES Logan Hall led Tech’s list of four selections to the NFCA All-Region teams as the junior became the first Tech player to be selected to the first team since Sandy Butler and Amanda Renfro in 2001. Tech’s four total selections were also the most for a single season in school history as Cydney Allen, Emily Bledsoe, and Mikey Kenney were all honored on the second team. Bledsoe picked up the honor for the secondstraight season, joining Renfro as the only Tech players to be honored in consecutive years.
2011 POSTSEASON AWARD WINNERS
CYDNEY ALLEN NFCA All-Region Second Team
EMILY BLEDSOE
All-Big 12 Second Team NFCA All-Region Second Team
MIKEY KENNEY LOGAN HALL NFCA All-Region First Team
NFCA All-Region Second Team
SANDY JAMES All-Big 12 Second Team
EVERYDAY LINEUP Pos. No. Name GP-GS BA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG% BB OB% SB-ATT C 22 Holley Gentsch 47-35 .284 10 27 4 0 1 17 .344 11 .375 0-0 -or- 6 Randi Tongate 33-21 .403 7 25 2 0 2 16 .532 7 .451 1-1 1B 18 Sandy James 58-58 .352 32 51 9 2 16 62 .772 37 .484 2-2 2B 4 Logan Hall 58-58 .366 41 64 11 2 6 55 .554 10 .398 10-11 3B 3 Emily Bledsoe 58-58 .383 41 64 11 2 6 55 .554 10 .398 10-11 SS 19 Raven Richardson 58-58 .384 43 58 7 2 10 43 .656 17 .444 3-5 LF 1 Stephanie Drewry 45-38 .260 26 27 7 0 0 17 .327 8 .328 4-4 -or- 25 McKenzie Clemmons 44-20 .313 19 20 0 1 0 5 .344 4 .353 6-8 CF 26 Mikey Kenney 58-58 .324 60 56 15 1 4 31 .491 28 .443 15-15 RF 7 Ashley Hamada 53-49 .275 25 33 3 1 1 12 .342 4 .310 4-5 DP 56 Cydney Allen 57-56 .361 31 53 8 2 13 55 .707 26 .481 0-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Pos. No. Name ERA W L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO SP 20 Kelsey Dennis (LHP) 2.93 13 6 27 26 9 5/3 0 110.0 109 52 46 28 80 SP 11 Brittany Talley (LHP) 3.02 14 7 31 22 9 5/1 3 127.2 129 69 55 35 80 1 www.twitter.com/TechAthletics