TEXAS TECH RED RAIDER SOFTBALL 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 6 p.m. 14 * at #9 Missouri 2 p.m. 15 * at #9 -Missouri Noon 17 * TEXAS A&M (DH) 5 p.m. 18 * TEXAS A&M 5 p.m. 20 * BAYLOR 6 p.m. 21 * BAYLOR Noon 22 * BAYLOR Noon 27 * at Kansas 5 p.m. 28 * at Kansas 2 p.m. 29 * at Kansas Noon 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 Slug- ger 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. u Back-To-Back NCAA Regional Finalists u 80-34 Record Past Two Seasons u 2011 Top 5 Nationally Ranked Offense Communications Contact: Matt Dowdy • [email protected] • O: (806) 742-2770 • C: (806) 928-5190 RED RAIDERS TRAVEL TO FACE NO. 9 MISSOURI Fresh off its victory over No. 5 Texas Wednesday night, Texas Tech heads into another top-10 matchup this weekend as the Red Raiders travel to face No. 9 Missouri in a three game series that opens at 6 p.m. Friday from University Field. TECH POSTS THIRD-STRAIGHT 30-WIN SEASON With 15 regular season games remaining, Tech also has already reached the 30-win mark for the third-straight year, marking the first time since 1997-99 that the pro- gram has done so. The Red Raiders currently stand 32-9 overall and 5-4 in Big 12 play entering the Missouri series this weekend. After opening the year 1-4 at the Arizona State Kajikawa Classic, Tech has won 31 of 35 games since that point, with wins in four of eight contests against ranked opponents. SERIES INFORMATION Dates ___________________ Friday-Sunday, April 13-14 Location __________________________ Columbia, Mo. Facility ______________________ University Field ( 500) First pitch __________________ 6 p.m. / 2 p.m / 12 p.m. Live Stream _______________________________ None Radio ____________________________________ None Live Stats _____________________ www.texastech.com Live Blog _____________________ www.texastech.com Tickets _______________________ www.mutigers.com TEXAS TECH PROBABLE LINEUP 26 - MIKEY KENNEY .339 - 11 - 25 7 - ASHLEY HAMADA .239 - 0 - 1 28 - EMILY COOPER .333 - 0 - 0 3 - EMILY BLEDSOE .284 - 4 - 21 19 - RAVEN RICHARDSON .306 - 6 - 20 2 - LOGAN HALL .282 - 1 - 12 18 - SANDY JAMES .342 - 8 - 33 DP 9 - ADRIANA PEREZ .397 - 13 - 44 2012 STATISTICS AVG - HR - RBI POSSIBLE PITCHERS Pitcher W-L ERA 77 - Cara Custer 19-6 2.19 20 - Kelsey Dennis 2-1 3.57 Pitcher W-L ERA 11 - Brittany Talley 9-2 2.07 8 - Chandler Moore 0-0 5.65 Pitcher W-L ERA 4 - Kermitria Ward 0-0 0.00 23 - Ashley Brokeshoulder 2-0 0.00 22 - HOLLEY GENTSCH .250 - 1 - 10 TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS Record ................................................................ 32-9; 5-4 2011 Postseason............................... NCAA Regional Head Coach.............................................. Shanon Hays Record at School..........................................112-43 (3) Career Record ...............................................227-59 (5) Last Five Games ........................................................ 3-2 Last 10 Games............................................................ 8-2 Streak ...................................................................... Won 1 Home/Away/Neutral .......................... 13-0/5-4/14-5 National Ranking ................................................. None Missouri Series .......................................... Trails 12-26 #9 MISSOURI TIGERS Record ................................................................ 31-6; 9-3 2011 Postseason........ NCAA College World Series Head Coach..................................... Ehren Earleywine Record at School..........................................272-82 (6) Career Record ............................................ 418-137 (9) Last Five Games ........................................................ 4-1 Last 10 Games............................................................ 8-2 Streak ...................................................................... Won 3 Home/Away/Neutral .............................17-0/6-3/8-3 National Ranking .............................. #9 NFCA/ESPN Texas Tech Series ..................................... Leads 26-12
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TEXAS TECHRED RAIDER SOFTBALL
2012 SCHEDULEFEBRUARY 9 # vs. San Diego State W, 5-410 # vs. Northwestern L, 6-14 (6) # vs. #14 Tennessee L, 0-111 # vs. #9 Stanford L, 1-7 # vs. Cal Poly L, 0-317 $ vs. Ohio State W, 7-4 $ vs. Long Beach State W, 2-018 $ vs. Idaho State W, 8-4 $ vs. Portland State W, 5-119 $ 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, 2-03 ~ UT-ARLINGTON W, 9-1 (6) ~ BINGHAMTON W, 8-24 ~ BINGHAMTON W, 4-3 ~ UT-ARLINGTON W, 7-16 at #5 Texas (LHN) L, 0-8 (6)7 at #5 Texas (LHN) L, 1-212 #23 NEW MEXICO W, 9-4 #23 NEW MEXICO W, 8-514 at Stony Brook W, 4-1 at Stony Brook W, 6-316 + vs. Monmouth W, 4-2 + at Seton Hall W, 11-0 (5)17 + vs. Manhattan W, 13-2 (5) + vs. Manhattan W, 7-218 + 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, 6-2APRIL 1 * IOWA STATE W, 5-3 (8)5 * at #5 Oklahoma L, 1-36 * at #5 Oklahoma W, 5-47 * at #5 Oklahoma L, 1-411 * #5 TEXAS W, 5-213 * at #9 Missouri 6 p.m.14 * at #9 Missouri 2 p.m.15 * at #9 -Missouri Noon17 * TEXAS A&M (DH) 5 p.m.18 * TEXAS A&M 5 p.m.20 * BAYLOR 6 p.m.21 * BAYLOR Noon22 * BAYLOR Noon27 * at Kansas 5 p.m.28 * at Kansas 2 p.m.29 * at Kansas Noon
MAY 5 * OKLAHOMA STATE 1 p.m.6 * OKLAHOMA STATE 2 p.m.7 * OKLAHOMA STATE 4 p.m.17-20 NCAA Regionals TBA24-27 NCAA Super Regionals TBA31-6 NCAA College World Series TBA# ASU Kajikawa Classic (Tempe, Ariz.) • $ Louisville Slug-ger 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.
u Back-To-Back NCAA Regional Finalists u 80-34 Record Past Two Seasons u 2011 Top 5 Nationally Ranked Offense
RED RAIDERS TRAVEL TO FACE NO. 9 MISSOURIFresh off its victory over No. 5 Texas Wednesday night, Texas Tech heads into another top-10 matchup this weekend as the Red Raiders travel to face No. 9 Missouri in a three game series that opens at 6 p.m. Friday from University Field.
TECH POSTS THIRD-STRAIGHT 30-WIN SEASONWith 15 regular season games remaining, Tech also has already reached the 30-win mark for the third-straight year, marking the first time since 1997-99 that the pro-gram has done so. The Red Raiders currently stand 32-9 overall and 5-4 in Big 12 play entering the Missouri series this weekend. After opening the year 1-4 at the Arizona State Kajikawa Classic, Tech has won 31 of 35 games since that point, with wins in four of eight contests against ranked opponents.
SERIES INFORMATIONDates ___________________ Friday-Sunday, April 13-14Location __________________________ Columbia, Mo.Facility ______________________ University Field ( 500)First pitch __________________ 6 p.m. / 2 p.m / 12 p.m.Live Stream _______________________________ NoneRadio ____________________________________ NoneLive Stats _____________________ www.texastech.comLive Blog _____________________ www.texastech.comTickets _______________________ www.mutigers.com
TEXAS TECH PROBABLE LINEUP
26 - MIKEY KENNEY.339 - 11 - 25
7 - ASHLEY HAMADA.239 - 0 - 1
28 - EMILY COOPER.333 - 0 - 0
3 - EMILY BLEDSOE.284 - 4 - 21
19 - RAVEN RICHARDSON.306 - 6 - 20
2 - LOGAN HALL.282 - 1 - 12
18 - SANDY JAMES.342 - 8 - 33
DP9 - ADRIANA PEREZ
.397 - 13 - 44
2012 STATISTICSAVG - HR - RBI
POSSIBLE PITCHERS
Pitcher W-L ERA77 - Cara Custer 19-6 2.1920 - Kelsey Dennis 2-1 3.57
TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERSRecord ................................................................ 32-9; 5-42011 Postseason ............................... NCAA RegionalHead Coach ..............................................Shanon HaysRecord at School ..........................................112-43 (3)Career Record ...............................................227-59 (5)
Last Five Games ........................................................ 3-2Last 10 Games............................................................ 8-2Streak ......................................................................Won 1Home/Away/Neutral .......................... 13-0/5-4/14-5National Ranking .................................................NoneMissouri Series .......................................... Trails 12-26
#9 MISSOURI TIGERSRecord ................................................................ 31-6; 9-32011 Postseason ........NCAA College World SeriesHead Coach ..................................... Ehren EarleywineRecord at School ..........................................272-82 (6)Career Record ............................................ 418-137 (9)
Last Five Games ........................................................ 4-1Last 10 Games............................................................ 8-2Streak ......................................................................Won 3Home/Away/Neutral .............................17-0/6-3/8-3National Ranking .............................. #9 NFCA/ESPNTexas Tech Series .....................................Leads 26-12
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WEEK 10: at MISSOURI • GAME 42-44
PRACTICESPlayers and coaches are available for interviews ev-ery day prior to the start of practice. Practice usu-ally begins at 2:15 (batting cages) on weekdays, and media members wishing to attend should contact Matt Dowdy in the Athletics Communications office beforehand.
PLAYER/HEAD COACH INTERVIEWSTexas Tech student-athletes and head coach Sha-non Hays are available most days prior to practice. Hays can also be reached at various points during the day. Normally following weekend road trips, players and coaches are available on the following Monday, which is normally the scheduled “off day” for the team. To set up an interview, please contact Matt Dowdy.
POSTGAME INTERVIEWSTexas Tech players and head coach Shanon Hays will be made available to the media just outside the home dugout following a brief cooling off period. The Texas Tech clubhouse will remain closed.
CREDENTIALSMedia members wishing to cover the Texas Tech softball team at Rocky Johnson Field during the 2012 season must be issued a working credential from the Texas Tech Athletics Communications of-fice. All requests for both media and photo creden-tials must be made either in writing or via e-mail at least a day in advance to Matt Dowdy, Assistant Di-rector for Athletic Communications. (Fax: (806) 742-1970; e-mail: [email protected]) Credentials can be picked up in the Athletics Communications office (south end of Jones AT&T Stadium) or at the ticket office outside the stadium entrance on game-days.
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GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation ______________________ Lubbock, TexasFounded ______________________________ 1923Enrollment ___________________________32,327Nickname ________________________Red RaidersColors ______________________ Scarlet and BlackFacility ___________________ Rocky Johnson FieldAffiliation ____________________ NCAA Division IConference ___________________________ Big 12Chancellor ________________________ Kent HancePresident _______________________ Dr. Guy Bailey Athletics Director _________________ Kirby Hocutt Sr. Associate AD/SWA _____________Dr. Judi HenryDepartment Main Number _______ (806) 742-3355
HISTORYSeason of Softball ____21st (1981-85; 1996-present)All-Time Record _______________ 492-587-4 (.454)NCAA Regional Appearances _______________Four______________________ (1999, 2001, 2010, 2011)
FACILITY INFORMATIONName ____________________ Rocky Johnson FieldCapacity ______________________________ 1,181Opened _______________________________ 2001
COACHING STAFFHead Coach ____________________ Shanon HaysAlma Mater _______________Lubbock Christian ‘91Record at Tech _____________ 112-43 (3rd Season)Career Record ______________ 227-59 (5th Season)Best time to reach ________ Afternoon, Contact SIDAssoc. Head Coach __________________ Aly SartiniAlma Mater ______________________ Arkansas ‘00Assistant Coach ____________________ Kristie FoxAlma Mater _______________________ Arizona ‘07Dir. of Operations __________ Shannon ArmstrongOffice Number _________________ (806) 742-5001
TEAM INFORMATION2011 Record ___________________________42-16Conference Record __________________ 5-13 (8th)Home Record __________________________26-10Away Record _____________________________3-5Neutral Site Record _______________________13-1Postseason _____________ NCAA Tucson RegionalFinal Ranking __________________ Received VotesLetterwinners Returning/Lost ______________15/5Position Starters Returning/Lost _____________7/1Pitchers Returning Lost ____________________4/1Newcomers _______________________________ 9Top Returning Position Players ____ Emily Bledsoe_________________ Raven Richardson, Logan Hall,____________________ Sandy James, Cydney AllenTop Returning Pitchers ____________Kelsey Dennis_______________________________Brittany TalleyTop Newcomers _______Cara Custer, Adriana Perez__________________ Katelyn Williams, Melisa Ryba
WWW.TEXASTECH.COMThis is the official site of the Texas Tech Athletics De-partment. 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 matches only) streaming of all Red Raider matches.
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTSTexas Tech Athletics will provide video highlights and player/coaches interviews through an FTP site hosted by Texas Tech University. Members of the media can download files in QuickTime format that are of broadcast quality. For more information and to get FTP log-in information, please contact Matt Dowdy.
ROCKY JOHNSON FIELDRocky Johnson Field opened in 2001, giving Texas Tech one of the newest softball facilities in the coun-try. 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 FIELDRocky Johnson Field is located on 10th Street near University Medical Center (UMC). The softball com-plex 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.
THIS WEEK IN THE BIG 12Tuesday, April 10Drake 8, Iowa State 6Texas A&M 3, Baylor 0
Wednesday, April 11Missouri 3, Northern Iowa 1Kansas 8, Wichita State 3Kansas 9, Wichita State 1 (5 inn.)Texas Tech 5, Texas 2Oklahoma 11, Oklahoma State (6 inn.)
Friday, April 13Texas at Kansas 5 p.m.Texas Tech at Missouri 6 p.m.Oklahoma at Texas A&M 7 p.m.Iowa State at Oklahoma State 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 14Texas at Kansas 2 p.m.Texas Tech at Missouri 2 p.m.Iowa State at Oklahoma State 3 p.m.Oklahoma at Texas A&M 3 p.m.
Sunday, April 15Iowa State at Oklahoma State 12 p.m.Texas Tech at Missouri 12 p.m.Oklahoma at Texas A&M 12 p.m.Texas at Kansas 12 p.m.
LAST WEEKEND’S RESULTSThursday, April 5Texas 9, Missouri 5Oklahoma 3, Texas Tech 1
Friday, April 6Missouri 11, Texas 4Texas Tech 5, Oklahoma 4Baylor 6, Kansas 1Baylor 3, Kansas 0Texas A&M 11, Iowa State 3Texas A&M 6, Iowa State 1
Saturday, April 7Oklahoma 4, Texas Tech 1Iowa State 2, Texas A&M 1Kansas 6, Baylor 1Missouri 2, Texas 0
2012 BIG 12 STANDINGSINSIDE THE MISSOURI SERIESThe Red Raiders will be looking to snap a six-game losing streak to the Tigers, who have also won 13 of the last 14 contests between the two schools. Missouri leads the overall series, 26-12, including an 8-6 mark when playing in Columbia. The Tigers held Tech to just one run in each of the two games last year in Lubbock, winning the opener 4-1 before closing the series with a 10-1 rout that ended in six innings. Tech’s last win in the series came on May 10, 2008 as part of a 5-3 victory in the opening round of the Big 12 Tournament.
ON DECKTech returns to Rocky Johnson Field next week for six games in front of the home crowd, beginning with a three-game midweek series with No. 17 Texas A&M. The Red Raiders host the Aggies in a 5 p.m. double-header next Tuesday before closing the series with a 5 p.m. first pitch the following day. Tech closes the week with a three-game series with No. 23 Baylor that opens on April 20.
LOOKING BACKThe Red Raiders used a Raven Richardson three-run homer in the fourth inning to shock No. 5 Texas Wednes-day night at Rocky Johnson Field. The win, Tech’s 13th-straight at home, snapped a nine-game losing streak to the Longhorns. It also marked the second victory for Tech over a top-five team in the past week dating back to the Oklahoma series.
RED RAIDERS CONTINUE TOUGH STRETCH AT MISSOURIFriday’s series opener will mark the fifth-straight game for Tech against a top-10 opponent as the Red Raiders are currently 2-2 during that span. Tech opened the streak last weekend dropping two-of-three at then-No. 5 Oklahoma before coming back to top No. 5 Texas Wednesday night in Lubbock. Tech’s schedule does not get much easier following this weekend, either, as the Red Raiders will face No. 17 Texas A&M in a three-game midweek series next Tuesday and Wednesday before battling No. 23 Baylor just two days later to start a three-game weekend series.
TECH, MISSOURI BOTH PROTECT THEIR HOUSETech and Missouri both enter this weekend’s series boasting two of the longest active home winning streaks in the country as the Tigers have won 22-straight at University Field. The streak is the third-longest nation-ally, trailing only Louisiana-Lafayette (36-straight) and Boise State (23). Missouri has not lost at home since dropping a 2-1 decision in 11 innings to DePaul during last year’s NCAA Regional held in Columbia. Tech currently boasts a 13-game home winning streak at Rocky Johnson Field that is tied for fourth nationally with Western Michigan.
RED RAIDERS AGAINST RANKED OPPONENTS THIS SEASONThe Red Raiders enter this weekend’s series with a 4-6 record against the top 25 this year and a 2-5 mark against top-10 ranked teams. Tech is 4-2 in its last six games against ranked opponents after sweeping then-No. 23 New Mexico in a March 12 doubleheader and taking a game each from No. 5 Oklahoma and No. 5 Texas over the past week. The Red Raiders are also 7-6 on the year against teams currently ranked or receiv-ing votes in either poll.
TECH OFF TO BEST START IN BIG 12 PLAY SINCE 2001With its win Wednesday night over No. 5 Texas, the Red Raiders are now 5-4 in Big 12 play, the school’s best start to league action since 2001 when Tech was also 5-4 through nine games. Tech started league play by splitting three-straight series in 2001 against Oklahoma State, No. 20 Texas A&M, and No. 17 Nebraska before returning home to sweep Kansas in a two-game set. The Red Raiders finished that year 37-24 overall and 10-8 in Big 12 play en route to advancing to their second NCAA Regional in school history. This is the first season in league history where all conference series are three games.
RED RAIDERS MOVE UP TO NO. 28 IN RPI RANKINGSTexas Tech moved up to No. 28 this week in the RPI rankings (ratings percentage index) that are widely used to determine postseason selections and seeding. The Red Raiders had been slotted at No. 29 in each of the first two polls of the season. Tech ranks fifth in the new poll among Big 12 schools, trailing Texas (No. 4), Okla-homa (No. 8), Missouri (No. 14), and Texas A&M (No. 17). Tech wrapped the 2011 season ranked 30th in the poll, earning a NCAA Regional selection for the second-straight year in the process.
TECH APPROACHING HOME RUN RECORD FROM A YEAR AGOWith 15 games still remaining in the regular season, the Red Raiders have a chance to snap last year’s single-season home run record after a successful March left Tech just six shy of its total from 2011. Tech, which hit 33 home runs during the month of March alone, has hit 53 now on the year, eight more than its total through 41 games a year ago. The 53 home runs already mark the second-most in program history as Tech had not hit more than 40 balls out of the park prior to the 2011 season. During Tech’s 13-game winning streak that ended last weekend at Oklahoma, the Red Raiders totaled 27 home runs during a stretch that begun with the New Mexico doubleheader on March 12.
CUSTER RECORDS MOST WINS FOR A TECH PITCHER SINCE RENFRODespite being in only her first collegiate season, Cara Custer has already achieved as much success as any other Tech pitcher in the last decade. The freshman has 19 wins on the year, the most for a Tech pitcher since Amanda Renfro picked up 21 during her 1999 sophomore season. Custer, who is currently ranked second in the Big 12 for wins, is fourth on the school’s single-season wins chart with the top-three spots all being held by Renfro. In the career record book, Custer passed teammate Ashley Brokeshoulder for eighth all-time following Wednesday night’s win against Texas. Renfro is the only Tech player to have a number retired after she totaled 93 wins from 1998-2001, leading Tech to two postseason appearances during that span as well.
Others Receiving Votes: Auburn (9); Syracuse (8); Tulsa (8); DePaul (4); North Carolina State (3); Okla-homa State (3); Nebraska (2); Central Florida (1); Georgia Tech (1).
BOLD represents 2012 Texas Tech opponents
USA TODAY/NFCA TOP 25 POLL
ESPN/USA SOFTBALL TOP 25 POLL
RED RAIDER DEFENSE RANKS EIGHTH NATIONALLYWith home runs leaving the ballpark in record numbers again this year, it can be easy to forget one key im-provement for the Red Raiders this year - the defense. Despite three errors last weekend at Oklahoma, the Red Raiders remained in the top 10 of the NCAA rankings for fielding percentage as Tech is now eighth in the country with a .976 average. Tech currently ranks first among Big 12 schools in fielding percentage and assists and just four shy of Texas A&M for the conference high in putouts.
CUSTER STILL AMONG BIG 12 WINS LEADERSDespite going 1-1 last weekend at Oklahoma, Cara Custer remains among the Big 12 wins total as she is tied with the Sooners’ Keilani Ricketts for second in the league with 19 victories. The duo trail Mel Dumezich of Texas A&M who picked up a pair of victories last weekend at Iowa State to take the league lead with 20 so far. Custer, who tossed her first career no-hitter March 16 against Seton Hall, is also among the league leaders in innings pitched, strikeouts, appearances, games started, saves, shutouts, and complete games.
PEREZ NAMED BIG 12 CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEKAfter hitting .714 with four home runs and 12 RBI against Midwestern State and Iowa State, Adriana Perez was named the Big 12 Co-Player of the Week on April 3, the second weekly award honor for a Tech player this season. Perez frustrated opposing pitchers all week as she was 10-for-14 at the plate while posting at least two hits and two RBI in all four games. The junior concluded the weekend with an eighth-inning walk-off home run that sent Tech to a three-game sweep of Iowa State. Perez shared the award with Oklahoma’s Lauren Chamberlain. Sandy James is the other Tech player to earn the award this year after picking up the accolade on Feb. 21.
BLEDSOE FINDS THE LONG BALL AGAINST THE CYCLONESEmily Bledsoe took advantage of the long ball during Tech’s sweep of Iowa State as the senior hit three home runs in the series, including two during Tech’s 5-2 victory in the series finale. Bledsoe now has four home runs on the year and 17 for her career which is tied for seventh in school history. She was hitting .432 during Tech’s 13-game winning streak as she has scored 14 runs and posted 13 RBI during that span. The successful week-end brought Bledsoe’s average up to .305, marking the first time she has reached the .300 mark this season.
INDIVIDUAL NOTESu Mikey Kenney was caught stealing for the first time in her career in the series finale against Iowa State as her eighth-inning attempt ended a streak where she was 30-for-30, including 11-for-11 this season. Kenney is still among the Big 12 leaders in stolen bases. u Kenney and Emily Bledsoe both snapped the school’s career record for runs scored against the Cyclones, passing Paula Workman who came across 135 times from 1997-2000. Kenney ended the weekend with 139 runs scored with Bledsoe trailing just one run behind. u Bledsoe needs just three more doubles to enter the top 10 in Big 12 history. Already the school’s all-time leader in the category, Bledsoe has totaled 45 doubles over her career.u Bledsoe moved to third all-time in career hits last weekend at OU as passed current volunteer assistant coach Leah Legler. Bledsoe now has 185 hits over four seasons, one more than Legler’s total from 2007-10. u Cara Custer’s save last Saturday marked her third of the season, moving her into the Big 12 lead with Kansas’ Alicia Pille. She is one save shy of tying Erin Crawford (2006) for the school single-season record.
PEREZ CONTINUES TO CREATE HAVOC IN CLEANUP SPOTAdriana Perez continues to cause problems for opposing pitchers as she is now hitting .397 on the year with 13 home runs and a team-high 44 RBI. The junior enters this week as the Big 12 leader in hits (49) while also ranking among the top performers in batting average (.397) home runs (13), RBI (44), total bases (94), and slugging percentage (.758). Perez saw her season-high 14-game hitting streak come to an end against Okla-homa as the junior combined to go 0-for-9 in the series. It was the longest hitting streak for any Tech player since Elyssa Sigala recorded a hit in 21-straight games during the 2004 season.
HALL BECOMES BIG 12 DOUBLES LEADERLogan Hall enters the Missouri series as the Big 12 doubles leader with 12 on the year. Hall doubled twice during the series finale against the Sooners last Sunday, moving her two past Nadia Taylor of Texas for the league high. Following a relatively slow start to the season, Hall posted seven doubles during the month of March alone before opening April with a first-inning double in the Sunday game against Iowa State. She is now hitting .289 on the year with 19 runs scored and 12 RBI.
RYBA RETURNS TO THE LINEUPAfter 14 games away from the field, Melisa Ryba returned the field at the Seton Hall Classic, crushing a three-run homer in the first plate appearance. She came off the bench in all five games that weekend, replacing Katelyn Williams in the lineup to go 5-for-11 at the plate. The junior kept the hot-hitting going against Mid-western State as she went 1-for-2 at the plate with a second-inning home run that carried over the score-board in right field. Ryba earned her first start in the game since facing Idaho State Feb. 18 in Las Vegas. Prior to the Seton Hall Classic, Ryba had not previously seen action since facing UTEP on Feb. 25 in Waco.
CUSTER THROWS FIRST CAREER NO-HITTERCuster tossed her first career no-hitter in Tech’s second game of the Seton Hall Classic, a 11-0 run-rule of the host Pirates. It marked the eighth no-hitter in school history and the first since Kermitria Ward held Dayton hitless on March 6 last year. She became just the third Tech freshman to record a no-hitter, joining Ward and fellow teammate Brittany Talley. Custer struck out a season-high nine Pirates in the outing before coming back two days later to keep Seton Hall hitless all the way till the third inning when Colltey Sheldon slapped an infield single. The Spanaway, Wash. native was named the tournament’s top pitcher following the game.
KENNEY SETS CAREER HOME RUN RECORDAfter setting the Tech career home run record against Stony Brook March 14, Mikey Kenney continued to add to her record in the Seton Hall Classic, pounding her team-leading 10th dinger of the year against the host Pirates during pool play. Kenney now has 30 home runs in her career, three more than previous record holder Kim Martinez who totaled 27 during the 1997 and 1999 seasons. Her 11 home runs on the year currently rank third in the Big 12 behind Lauren Chamberlain of Oklahoma and teammate Adriana Perez.
SPRING BREAK GOOD FOR TECH’S AVERAGESTo say the Tech offense enjoyed a successful Spring Break at the plate might be an understatement. During Tech’s nine games during the week, Tech hit .374 as a team, totaling 14 home runs and 71 runs during that span, outscoring opponents 71-19 overall. The Red Raiders had eight players with 10 or more at-bats post at least a .300 average at the plate, led by Raven Richardson’s .600 mark. Texas Tech Over Spring Break AB H AVG. HR RBI Raven Richardson 20 12 .600 2 7 Adriana Perez 31 14 .452 4 14 Melisa Ryba 11 5 .455 1 6 Mikey Kenney 27 12 .444 3 8 Emily Bledsoe 27 11 .407 3 8 Logan Hall 28 9 .321 0 4 Sandy James 25 8 .320 2 8 Holley Gentsch 13 4 .308 0 2
HAYS EARNS WIN NO. 100 AT TEXAS TECHShanon Hays picked up his 100th victory while the head coach at Texas Tech with the Red Raiders’ 4-1 win in the series opener at Stony Brook. Tech went on to win the second game as well, moving Hays to 101-41 at the time in two-plus seasons at Tech. The Lubbock native, who is 218-57 in five seasons as a collegiate coach, trails only Renee Luers-Gillespie as the school’s all-time winningest coach. Gillespie went 136-159-1 during just over four seasons from 1996-2000.
BLEDSOE HEATS UP DURING TRIP TO NEW YORKAfter struggling for the first part of the season, Emily Bledsoe was able to string several hits together during Tech’s trip the New York area, compiling a .476 average (10-for-21) over the seven-game stretch. Bledsoe also scored six runs during that time while adding five RBI and three doubles. She now has 44 doubles for her career, the most in Tech history, which leave her four shy of entering the Big 12 record book as well. The performance helped Bledsoe move her season average to .284 overall, the highest its been all year.
DON’T FORGET TALLEYEven with Cara Custer’s emergence early in the season, Tech would not be 31-9 on the year without the consistency of sophomore Brittany Talley. The left-hander, who provides a good 1-2 punch in the rotation with Custer, is 9-2 on the year with a 2.05 earned-run average. In 11 starts this season, Talley has given up more than one earned run only three times. She has tossed five complete games on the year, including one shutout, in 88.0 innings.
PENCIL BLEDSOE IN THE LINEUPDuring Cal Ripken, Jr.’s historic stretch with the Baltimore Orioles, he earned the iconic nickname “Iron Man” after breaking the major league record for 2,632 consecutive games played. While not nearing Ripken’s mark, Emily Bledsoe has impressed many not just for her glove or bat but for her toughness as well as the Fulshear, Texas native has started in all 212 games since her freshman season in 2009. With her start against Midwest-ern State, Bledsoe passed Heather Parker (2004-07) for seventh on the career games played chart. If Bledsoe were to start in each of Tech’s final 23 games, she would wrap her career ranked fifth all-time with 227 games played.
TECH BATS COME TO LIFE AGAINST NEW MEXICOHeading into the New Mexico doubleheader, Shanon Hays had hoped his offense would have produced a few more runs so far this season. He got his wish early on against the 23rd Lobos as Tech set a new season high in hits during the first game en route to scoring a total of 17 runs over the two games. The Red Raiders capitalized on two separate seven-run innings which allowed Tech to break the first game open in the third before using another seven-run frame in the fourth to bounce back from an early 3-0 deficit in the finale.
NOTABLESu Texas Tech’s 16 game road trip to start the season marks the longest stretch away from Lubbock under Shanon Hays. The Red Raiders longest streak away from home to start the season was in 2009 when the Red Raiders opened with their first 22 games were at road tournaments.u Tech built a 10-game winning streak before falling to Texas State in the championship game of the Texas Shootout in Waco. That streak was the Red Raiders’ longest at the time since running off 11-straight from March 11-20 last year as Tech closed the non-conference schedule. u The Red Raiders have been aggressive on the base paths so far this season, swiping 50 bases in 60 at-tempts thus far. Mikey Kenney and Kermitria Ward are among the Big 12 leaders in the category as the duo are a combined 20-for-21 in attempts this year.u Tech had a 34.0 errorless inning streak going last weekend until the Red Raiders committed two against Binghamton on Saturday. Tech had been error-free in each of its last four games to that point.u The Red Raiders are currently ranked first in the Big 12 with a .978 fielding percentage that is just points higher than second-place Texas A&M. The Red Raiders, who lead the league in both assists and putouts, have committed 27 errors on the year while turing a conference-high 12 double plays.
BIG 12 WEEKLY AWARDSPLAYER OF THE WEEKFeb. 14 Lexy Bennett, Texas, Sr.Feb. 21 Sandy James, Texas Tech, Jr.Feb. 28 Kelsea Roth, Missouri, Fr.March 6 Courtney Craig, Texas, Sr.March 13 Lauren Chamberlain, Oklahoma, Fr.March 20 Georgia Casey, Oklahoma, Fr.March 27 Nadia Taylor, Texas, Sr.April 3 Adriana Perez, Texas Tech, Jr. Lauren Chamberlain, Oklahoma, Fr.April 10 Ashley Fleming, Missouri, Sr. April 17April 24May 1 May 8May 15
PITCHER OF THE WEEKFeb. 14 Whitney Canion, Baylor, Jr.Feb. 21 Blaire Luna, Texas, Jr.Feb. 28 Chelsea Thomas, Missouri, Jr.March 6 Keilani Ricketts, Oklahoma, Jr.March 13 Kat Espinosa, Oklahoma State, Jr. March 20 Keilani Rickets, Oklahoma, Jr.March 27 Keilani Rickets, Oklahoma, Jr.April 3 Keilani Rickets, Oklahoma, Jr. Chelsea Thomas, Missouri, Jr.April 10 Chelsea Thomas, Missouri, Jr.April 17April 24May 1 May 8May 15
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“THE ROCK” GETS ADDITIONAL SEATINGTexas Tech fans have the added comfort of not having to fight for a seat this season as over 500 seats were added to Rocky Johnson Field in the offseason. The seating addition replaced the grass berms that previ-ously stood above both dugouts and over both bullpen areas. The facility currently has seating for 1,165 fans with room to add portable seating as well.
OFFENSE SHINES IN OPENING WEEKENDAfter hitting just .240 over the first 16 games of the season, the Red Raiders responded with a .386 average over six games against Binghamton and UT-Arlington, bringing their season average up 42 points in the process. Tech, which ranked fourth nationally in scoring offense and batting average last year, had at least 10 hits in four of six games en route to an undefeated weekend. Mikey Kenney led the way with a .533 average on the weekend that included three home runs and four stolen bases. Logan Hall trailed close behind after going 11-for-21 with three RBI and six runs scored. Tech is 13-1 this year when scoring three or more runs.
TECH PITCHERS GOING THE DISTANCELed by primary starters Brittany Talley and Cara Custer, the Tech pitching staff has been going the distance for the most part this season, already tossing 16 complete games over the first 34 games, including four times at the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic in Las Vegas. Custer leads the squad as she has finished out 11 games so far while Talley has added five complete games of her own. The duo has combined for six shutouts on the year, two of which that took place at the Texas Shootout in Waco.
RED RAIDERS REBOUND NICELY IN VEGASAfter what many considered a disappointing 1-4 start to the season, the Red Raiders rebounded rather nicely in Las Vegas, going 6-0 while defeating three teams that advanced to the postseason a year ago in Long Beach State, Portland State, and DePaul along with Ohio State who was receiving votes in the top 25 polls at the time. Tech faced six schools that made the postseason last year in its first 11 games, going 4-2 in those contests.
JAMES NAMED BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEKAfter hitting over .400 with a pair of home runs, Sandy James was named the Big 12 Player of the Week Tues-day, marking the second time the junior has earned the honor. She hit .409 at the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic while driving in nine RBI to lead the Red Raider offense. She becomes the first Red Raider in school history to be named the league’s Player of the Week twice. She is also just the second Tech player to earn a weekly award on multiple occasions, joining Amanda Renfro who was named the Pitcher of the Week five times over the 1998-01 seasons.
HAYS EARNS WIN NO. 200The Red Raiders’ 2-1 win over DePaul marked win No. 200 for head coach Shanon Hays as the third-year head coach is now 205-55 in four-plus seasons as a collegiate coach. Hays, who is 91-39 at Tech, recently passed Theresa Wilson for third on the winningest Tech coaches list as Wilson went 89-123 during the 2005-08 sea-sons.
TEAM RECORD AGAINST 2012
San Diego State 1-0 18-19
Northwestern 0-1 16-20
Tennessee 0-1 31-9
Stanford 0-1 28-10
Cal Poly 0-1 9-25
Ohio State 1-0 23-14
Long Beach State 1-0 16-20
Idaho State 1-0 6-28
Portland State 1-0 16-15
DePaul 1-0 21-12
Utah State 1-0 11-25
Texas State 1-1 24-14
North Texas 1-0 17-18-1
UTEP 1-0 12-27
Stephen F. Austin 1-0 9-25
Binghamton 3-0 15-17
UT-Arlington 3-0 12-18
Texas* 1-2 32-4
New Mexico 2-0 24-10
Stony Brook 2-0 24-9
Monmouth 1-0 13-13
Seton Hall 2-0 18-21
Manhattan 2-0 2-21
Midwestern State 1-0 19-20
Iowa State* 3-0 12-24
Oklahoma* 1-2 32-5
Missouri* 0-0 30-6
Texas A&M* 0-0 27-11
Baylor* 0-0 24-12
Kansas* 0-0 24-12
Oklahoma State* 0-0 18-15
Totals 32-9 583-499-1
TRACKING THE OPPONENTS
PLAYER TO WATCH - #18 SANDY JAMES
• James was the only Red Raider to record a hit in every game of the Oklahoma series last weekend as the junior went 6-for-10 at the plate with a home run and pair of RBI. James belted her eighth home run of the season in the series opener and returned to go 3-for-4 in the Friday game and then 2-for-3 with a RBI double in the series finale.
Sandy James
Feb. 21 Big 12 Player of the Week
Emily Bledsoe
USA Softball Preseason Top 50 Watch List
Adriana Perez
Seton Hall Classic MVP
April 3 Big 12 Co-Player of the Week
Cara Custer
Seton Hall Classic Top Pitcher
Mikey Kenney
Seton Hall Classic All-Tournament Team
2012 PLAYER AWARDS
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UNFAMILIAR TERRITORYThe Red Raiders entered unfamiliar territory in Las Vegas as Tech had never gone into a game with a losing record under head coach Shanon Hays. Tech lost only five non-conference games over the last two seasons, including only one in 2011 alone. The Red Raiders had a tough weekend in Arizona, though, falling to Northwestern, No. 14 Tennessee, No. 9 Stanford, and Cal Poly in what is the worst start to a season since the 2008 squad opened the year with 12-straight losses. Tech’s four-game losing streak to regular season non-conference opponents also marks its longest since late in the 2009 season.
BLEDSOE A CANDIDATE FOR LOWE’S SR. CLASSEarlier this season, Emily Bledsoe was named one of 30 candidates for the pres-tigious Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award that is presented annually to the softball stu-dent-athlete that excels not only on the diamond but also in the classroom and community. The 30 candidates will be trimmed to 10 finalists midway through the season with the winner being named following a nationwide vote at the Women’s College World Series.
BUILDING THAT RPIPart of Tech’s success over the last two seasons in getting to a NCAA Regional has stemmed from its difficult regular season schedule. Tech played six non-confer-ence teams last year that made the postseason and is set to face seven this year with three of those games taking place at the Kajikawa Classic. The Red Raiders dropped San Diego State, 5-4, before falling to both No. 14 Tennessee and No. 9 Stanford, who both earned national seeds a year ago. Tech faced three more re-gional squads from a year ago last weekend as Long Beach State, Portland State, and DePaul all made the postseason in 2011.
RED RAIDERS FACE QUALITY ARMS IN ARIZONAIf there was one certainty from Tech’s opening weekend at the Kajikawa Classic, it was that Tech faced two of the country’s top pitchers in Tennessee’s Ellen Ren-fro and Stanford’s Teagan Gerhart. The duo combined to hold Tech to just one run which came off a Mikey Kenney solo home run in the second inning off the Cardinal. Renfro was the SEC Freshman of the Year last season after compiling a 26-7 record, while Gerhart earned All-Pac 12 first team honors after going 26-13 in the circle.
TECH PICKS UP VOTES IN PRESEASON POLLSFor the second-straight season, Texas Tech started the season receiving votes in both the USA Today/NFCA and the ESPN/USA Softball preseason polls. The Red Raiders picked up five votes in the NFCA poll and then six in the ESPN rankings. One of seven Big 12 schools appearing in the polls, Tech will face a total of 14 teams this season that are ranked or receiving votes in the preseason rankings.
RED RAIDERS FACE CHALLENGE IN THE DESERTThe Red Raiders had a tough task at hand at the Kajikawa Classic as four of their five opponents were ranked or receiving votes in the preseason rankings. Stan-ford led the pack after being ranked No. 9 by the NFCA and No. 10 by ESPN.com, while Tennessee is No. 14 in the NFCA poll and No. 9 in the ESPN rankings. San Diego State was receiving votes in both polls while Northwestern picked up two votes in the ESPN rankings. Tennessee, Stanford, and San Diego State were all selected to a NCAA Regional last year with the Lady Vols and Cardinal eventually advancing to the Super Regionals.
RED RAIDERS RETURN 15 PLAYERS FROM 2011 With 15 returners back from its 2011 squad, Tech could be primed for another breakout season in 2012. Of those 15 returners, eight were position starters a year ago while Tech’s top two pitchers, senior Kelsey Dennis and sophomore Brit-tany Talley, also return in the circle. The Red Raiders had no seniors on their roster last year when Tech finished 42-16 overall after falling to Arizona in the finale of the NCAA Tucson Regional.
TAKING THE NEXT STEPImmediately following Tech’s season-ending loss to Arizona in the NCAA Tucson Regional, head coach Shanon Hays had one message for his young team - to take the next step in 2012. Advancing to the postseason would no longer just be the goal. Knowing the majority of that squad would return this year, he challenged the group to win a regional this season, a feat that has not been accomplished in school history. The Red Raiders have fallen in the regional finale in each of the last two seasons.
TECH BOASTS A RECORD EIGHT SENIORSAfter only having a total of two seniors on the roster during his first two seasons, Shanon Hays will have a senior-laden squad for the first time as eight seniors
return for their final season in scarlet and black. No Tech team had previously boasted more than six seniors on its roster since softball returned as an intercol-legiate sport in 1996. The only two seniors in Hays’ tenure were in 2010 when Ashly Jacobs and Leah Legler completed their eligibility. Both are still associated with the program this season with Jacobs filling the role of graduate student manager and Legler as the volunteer assistant coach.
TECH RETURNS ONE OF NATION’S TOP LINEUPSThe majority of last year’s lineup that hit .361 and ranked fourth nationally in both batting average and scoring average returns this season as the Red Raiders bring back eight position starters from a year ago. Tech set the Big 12 Confer-ence record last year with its .361 batting average as seven regulars in the lineup hit .300 or better during the season. Raven Richardson led all hitters with a .384 mark followed closely behind by Emily Bledsoe and her .383 average.
BLEDSOE NAMED TO PRESEASON WATCH LISTSenior Emily Bledsoe was named to the USA Softball Player of the Year Watch List prior to the season, joining 49 players nationwide including 10 from the Big 12 Conference. Bledsoe, a Fulshear, Texas native, hit a career-high .383 as a junior and is already a fixture in the school’s record book. She is the first Tech player to be named to any preseason watch list in school history.
TECH HITS THE ROAD FOR NON-CONFERENCEAfter playing the majority of non-conference games at home the past two sea-sons, the Red Raiders will be hitting the road more often this year with four non-conference tournaments away from Lubbock. Following Tech’s trip to Tempe to open the season the Red Raiders will travel to Las Vegas (Feb. 17-19) for the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic, Waco (Feb. 24-26) for the Texas Shootout, and South Orange, N.J. (March 16-18) for the Seton Hall Classic.
HAYS LOOKS TO CUSTER FOR BOOST IN CIRCLEWhen pitching coach Aly Sartini was out recruiting the Las Vegas area in the summer of 2010, she sat in by chance on the Washington Lady Hawks travel team where this young right-hander with great velocity and good movement was retiring hitters left and right. Sartini along with Shanon Hays immediately began recruiting that right-hander, current freshman Cara Custer, early and se-cured her commitment before several of the top programs across the country came calling. Now, the Tech coaching staff is expecting the Spanaway, Wash. na-tive to be a dominating presence in the circle for a Tech pitching staff that had a 3.50 ERA a year ago.
RED RAIDERS ADD JUCO CATCHER OF THE YEARTech continued to add hitters in the offseason with the signing of two-time California JUCO Catcher of the Year Adriana Perez. One of the top junior college prospects in the country last year, Perez is expected to bolster an already-deep catcher staff that consists of seniors Holley Gentsch and Cydney Allen along with junior Randi Tongate. Perez hit over .500 in each of her two seasons at Antelope Valley College in California, totaling 31 home runs and 117 RBI during that two year stretch.
RYBA RETURNS TO DIAMOND AFTER YEAR OFFMelisa Ryba will be returning to the softball diamond for the first time since the 2010 season this weekend as the redshirt junior sat out the 2011 season due to NCAA transfer rules. Ryba, who could play varies positions for Tech, transferred from Northern Colorado after hitting .323 as a sophomore with seven home runs and 32 RBI. She was named an All-Independent Co-Freshman of the Year in 2009 before Northern Colorado joined the Pacific Coast Softball Conference in 2010 when she was a second team PCSC All-Mountain selection.
BIG 12 PLAY TURNS TO THREE-GAME SERIESFor the first time in Big 12 history, all conference series will be three games each. The league had previously gone with a two-game format and a postseason con-ference tournament until the 2011 season when the tournament was cut. There will be a total of 24 conference games, six more than the 2010 season. With the departure of Nebraska, the league is a nine-team conference as Kansas State does not sponsor softball.
TECH PICKED 7TH IN BIG 12 PRESEASON POLLEven with lofty expectations and the majority of its 2011 squad back for another season, Texas Tech was picked seventh in the Big 12 preseason poll of confer-ence coaches. The league is coming off a record year where eight teams (of 10) advanced to the postseason with four of those eventually composing the eight-team Women’s College World Series. Missouri was the preseason favorite to take the league title followed by Oklahoma and then Texas.
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In two seasons as Texas Tech’s head softball coach, Shanon Hays has taken the Red Raiders to consecutive NCAA Regional appearances, breaking a nine-year postseason absence and laying the framework for a program on the rise in the process. After inheriting a squad that was only 15-42 in 2009, Hays led the Red Raid-ers to back-to-back 30-plus win seasons, including a 42-16 campaign in 2011 that marked the highest winning percentage in school history. Prior to Hays’ arrival, Tech had only advanced to the postseason twice in program history with its last trip being in 2001, which was also its most-previous season with a winning record. Tech’s 80-34 record under Hays is one win shy of its previous four seasons combined as the Red Raiders won 81 games from 2006-09. Most importantly, though, the Red Raiders have been in the postseason each season, advancing to the NCAA Stanford Regional in 2010 and the Tucson
Regional in 2011. Tech fell in the regional finale each year as eventual College World Series participant Hawaii ended the squad’s run in 2010 while host Arizona dropped the Red Raiders in 2011. No Tech squad had previously advanced to a regional in consecutive seasons, nor had any team previ-ously appeared in the top 25 rankings. The Red Raiders changed that on Feb. 15, 2011 as they appeared in the top 25 of both polls, breaking a drought that lasted over a decade. Tech, which had not been ranked previously in either poll since the end of the 1999 season, climbed as high as No. 19 throughout the year, the highest ranking in school history. Under Hays, Tech has consistently produced one of the top lineups in the nation as the Red Raiders spent most of the 2011 season with the highest batting average in the nation before ending the year fourth overall. The squad’s 7.17 runs per game ranked fourth as well in scoring nationally, while its .533 slugging percentage was just inside the top 10 nationally in ninth. With that type of production up and down the lineup, the Red Raiders have snapped 13 single-season offensive marks in the school record book, including the previous highs for batting average, runs, hits, dou-bles, home runs, and RBI. While playing in a conference dominated by pitching, Tech has only been shutout six times under Hays as the Red Raiders have been among the Big 12 leaders in most offensive categories as well. Four players - Cydney Allen, Emily Bledsoe, Logan Hall, and Mikey Kenney - have been honored on either the All-Big 12 second team or on the NFCA postseason awards lists following each season. Tech’s transformation should come as little surprise after Hays’ work at Lubbock Christian. Following his 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 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 1999-2001 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). Hays began playing fastpitch softball as a youth, along with baseball and basketball, because his fa-ther, the legendary Texas Tech and LCU baseball coach Larry Hays, also played fastpitch softball. Hays, the elder, whose 1,509 career 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. He graduated from Lubbock Monterey High School in 1986 and makes his home in Lubbock with his wife, Tina, two sons, Hunter, Heath, and daughter, Hampton.
For Hays’ complete bio, visit texastech.com.
HAYS AGAINST ALL OPPONENTSAlcorn State _________________ 2-1Appalachian State ____________ 1-0Arizona _____________________ 0-1Auburn _____________________ 0-1Binghamton _________________ 3-0Boise St. _____________________ 3-0Boston University _____________ 1-0Bradley _____________________ 1-0Bryant ______________________ 3-0BYU ________________________ 1-0Cal Poly _____________________ 0-1California ____________________ 1-0Chattanooga _________________ 1-0Colorado State _______________ 1-0Dayton _____________________ 3-0DePaul ______________________ 1-0Evansville ___________________ 3-0Florida A&M _________________ 1-0Florida State _________________ 1-0
New Mexico State _____________ 1-1North Carolina Central _________ 3-0North Texas __________________ 1-0Northern Illinois ______________ 2-0Northwestern ________________ 0-1Ohio State ___________________ 1-0Oregon _____________________ 1-0Portland State ________________ 1-0San Diego State ______________ 1-1Seton Hall ___________________ 2-0Southern Utah _______________ 1-0Stony Brook _________________ 2-0St. John’s ____________________ 2-0Stanford ____________________ 1-1Stephen F. Austin _____________ 1-0Tennessee ___________________ 0-1Texas-Arlington ______________ 4-0Texas Southern _______________ 1-0Texas State __________________ 1-1
Harvard _____________________ 1-0Hawai’i ______________________ 0-1Houston Baptist ______________ 2-0Howard _____________________ 3-0Idaho State __________________ 1-0Indiana _____________________ 1-0Jackson State ________________ 3-0Jacksonville __________________ 1-0Liberty ______________________ 1-0Long Beach State _____________ 1-0Long Island __________________ 1-1Maine ______________________ 3-0Manhattan __________________ 2-0Maryland ____________________ 0-1Midwestern State _____________ 1-0Missouri- Kansas City __________ 3-0Monmouth __________________ 1-0Nebraska ____________________ 1-3New Mexico _________________ 4-0
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORDYEAR SCHOOL RECORD2006-07 Lubbock Christian n/a2008 Lubbock Christian 60-9*2009 Lubbock Christian 54-7^2010 Texas Tech 38-18#2011 Texas Tech 42-162012 Texas Tech 32-9Total 227-59
* NAIA National Champions^ NAIA National Championship finalists# NCAA Regional
PERSONAL
High School _____________ Lubbock Monterey ‘86 College __________________Lubbock Christian ‘91Degree ___________________________ EducationWife ___________________________________ TinaChildren ______________ Hunter, Heath, Hampton
Father is legendary Texas Tech baseball coach Larry Hays, who retired in 2008 as the fourth-winningest coach in NCAA history.
Brother, Daren Hays, is the current coach at Lubbock Christian University.
ACCOMPLISHMENTSu 2008 NAIA National Coach of the Yearu 2008-09 Sooner Athletic Conference Coach of the Yearu Only person in Tech history to coach two com- pletely different sports (men’s basketball).u Led Tech to a 23-game turnaround in first year.u Broken 15 school records in just over a year.u Three Big 12 weekly award recepiants.u Three All-Big 12 postseason award honorees.
OTHER EXPERIENCEYEAR SCHOOL (SEASONS) RECORD1995-96 Frank Phillips (1) 19-91996-99 Abilene Christian (3) 58-261999-01 Texas Tech Asst. Coach (2) 21-342001-02 Abilene Christian AD2002-03 Midland College (1) 30-72004-06 Houston Assoc. HC (2) 39-24Total 187-37
Towson _____________________ 1-0UC Davis ____________________ 1-0Utah State ___________________ 1-0Utah Valley __________________ 3-0UTEP _______________________ 1-0Wichita State _________________ 3-1Wisconsin ___________________ 1-0Total ____________________ 95-17
BIG 12Baylor ______________________ 1-3Iowa State ___________________ 6-1Kansas ______________________ 4-1Missouri_____________________ 0-4Oklahoma ___________________ 3-5Oklahoma St. ________________ 2-2Texas _______________________ 1-6Texas A&M ___________________ 0-4Total ____________________ 17-26
Date Opponent Score r-h-e r-h-e Inns Overall Big 12 Pitcher of record Attend TimeFeb 09, 2012 vs San Diego State W 5-4 5-8-0 4-5-0 7 1-0-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (W 1-0) 215 1:59Feb 10, 2012 vs Northwestern 6-14 L 6-5-3 14-7-0 6 1-1-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (L 1-1) 216 2:32Feb 10, 2012 vs #14 Tennessee 0-1 L 0-2-0 1-6-0 7 1-2-0 0-0-0 Talley, B. (L 0-1) 254 1:49Feb 11, 2012 vs Stanford 1-7 L 1-2-0 7-7-0 7 1-3-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (L 1-2) 245 1:41Feb 11, 2012 vs Cal Poly 0-3 L 0-7-0 3-8-0 7 1-4-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (L 1-3) 232 2:04Feb 17, 2012 vs Ohio State W 7-4 7-7-1 4-7-4 7 2-4-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (W 2-3) 150 2:12Feb 17, 2012 vs Long Beach State W 2-0 2-7-0 0-7-2 7 3-4-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (W 3-3) 276 1:22Feb 18, 2012 vs Idaho State W 8-4 8-9-1 4-8-3 7 4-4-0 0-0-0 Dennis, K. (W 1-0) 165 2:07Feb 18, 2012 vs Portland State W 5-1 5-7-0 1-5-1 7 5-4-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (W 4-3) 100 1:45Feb 19, 2012 vs DePaul W 2-1 2-7-1 1-3-0 7 6-4-0 0-0-0 Talley, B. (W 1-1) 132 1:41Feb 19, 2012 vs Utah State W 11-2 11-9-1 2-7-2 5 7-4-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (W 5-3) 135 1:46Feb 24, 2012 vs Texas State W 6-0 6-6-0 0-5-3 7 8-4-0 0-0-0 Talley, B. (W 2-1) 0 1:38Feb 24, 2012 vs North Texas W 10-0 10-9-0 0-4-1 (8) 9-4-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (W 6-3) 0 2:04Feb 25, 2012 vs UTEP W 5-2 5-5-2 2-5-2 7 10-4-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (W 7-3) 909 1:59Feb 25, 2012 vs Stephen F. Austin W 2-1 2-6-1 1-3-0 (8) 11-4-0 0-0-0 Talley, B. (W 3-1) 0 1:53Feb 26, 2012 vs Texas State 1-3 L 1-1-0 3-4-1 7 11-5-0 0-0-0 Talley, B. (L 3-2) 1047 1:41Mar 02, 2012 BINGHAMTON W 7-2 7-10-0 2-8-2 7 12-5-0 0-0-0 Talley, B. (W 4-2) 215 1:40Mar 02, 2012 UT-ARLINGTON W 2-0 2-7-0 0-5-0 7 13-5-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (W 8-3) 215 1:23Mar 03, 2012 UT-ARLINGTON W 9-1 9-14-0 1-4-2 6 14-5-0 0-0-0 Talley, B. (W 5-2) 365 1:37Mar 03, 2012 BINGHAMTON W 8-2 8-13-2 2-6-2 7 15-5-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (W 9-3) 365 1:54Mar 04, 2012 BINGHAMTON W 4-3 4-8-0 3-4-1 7 16-5-0 0-0-0 Brokeshoulder, A. (W 1-0) 295 1:45Mar 04, 2012 UT-ARLINGTON W 7-1 7-12-0 1-3-1 7 17-5-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (W 10-3) 295 1:46Mar 06, 2012 at Texas* 0-8 L 0-3-3 8-12-0 6 17-6-0 0-1-0 Custer, C. (L 10-4) 505 1:44Mar 07, 2012 at Texas* 1-2 L 1-2-1 2-7-0 7 17-7-0 0-2-0 Custer, C. (L 10-5) 571 1:31Mar 12, 2012 NEW MEXICO W 9-4 9-15-1 4-8-0 7 18-7-0 0-2-0 Custer, C. (W 11-5) 231 1:52Mar 12, 2012 NEW MEXICO W 8-5 8-6-0 5-8-1 7 19-7-0 0-2-0 Talley, B. (W 6-2) 265 1:46Mar 14, 2012 at Stony Brook W 4-1 4-7-0 1-4-2 7 20-7-0 0-2-0 Talley, B. (W 7-2) 31 1:18Mar 14, 2012 at Stony Brook W 6-3 6-9-1 3-5-1 7 21-7-0 0-2-0 Custer, C. (W 12-5) 31 1:25Mar 16, 2012 vsMonmouth W 4-2 4-6-0 2-11-2 7 22-7-0 0-2-0 Talley, B. (W 8-2) 85 2:06Mar 16, 2012 at Seton Hall W 11-0 11-13-0 0-0-2 5 23-7-0 0-2-0 Custer, C. (W 13-5) 120 1:28Mar 17, 2012 vsManhattan W 13-2 13-15-0 2-6-1 5 24-7-0 0-2-0 Dennis, K. (W 2-0) 105 1:33Mar 17, 2012 vsManhattan W 7-2 7-8-4 2-4-2 7 25-7-0 0-2-0 Brokeshoulde (W 2-0) 123 1:50Mar 18, 2012 at Seton Hall W 9-0 9-9-0 0-2-0 5 26-7-0 0-2-0 Custer, C. (W 14-5) 105 1:08Mar 27, 2012 MIDWESTERN STATE W 10-2 10-11-2 2-2-2 6 27-7-0 0-2-0 Custer, C. (W 15-5) 205 1:32Mar 30, 2012 IOWA STATE* W 19-7 19-18-0 7-9-1 5 28-7-0 1-2-0 Custer, C. (W 16-5) 236 1:42Mar 31, 2012 IOWA STATE* W 6-2 6-9-0 2-5-3 7 29-7-0 2-2-0 Talley, B. (W 9-2) 451 1:58Apr 01, 2012 IOWA STATE* W 5-3 5-9-0 3-8-1 (8) 30-7-0 3-2-0 Custer, C. (W 17-5) 306 1:53Apr 05, 2012 at Oklahoma* 1-3 L 1-1-1 3-8-0 7 30-8-0 3-3-0 Dennis, K. (L 2-1) 604 1:52Apr 06, 2012 at Oklahoma* W 5-4 5-8-1 4-7-2 7 31-8-0 4-3-0 Custer, C. (W 18-5) 740 1:59Apr 07, 2012 at Oklahoma* 1-4 L 1-6-1 4-9-0 7 31-9-0 4-4-0 Custer, C. (L 18-6) 594 1:45Apr 11, 2012 TEXAS* W 5-2 5-6-3 2-4-0 7 32-9-0 5-4-0 Custer, C. (W 19-6) 637 1:55
PB - Team (5), Allen, C. 3, Gentsch, H. 1, Tongate, R. 1, Opp (5). Pickoffs - Team (1), Tongate, R. 1. SBA/ATT - Gentsch, H. (12-17), Custer, C. (8-12), Talley, B. (7-11), Ton-gate, R. (5-8), Dennis, K. (3-4), Allen, C. (1-3), Moore, C. (0-1).
Win - Thomas (12-2). Loss - Talley, B. (11-2). Save - None.PB - Christopher(1). Pitches/strikes: Thomas 67/46; Nottelmann 11/8; Talley, B. 43/28; Dennis, K. 26/16;Brokeshoulde 17/12; Merlich, K. 14/10.
Umpires - HP: Scott Mair 1B: Jack Campbell 3B: Jay GrigsbyStart: 12:01 Time: 1:30 Attendance: 1248Weather: Foggy, 50 degrees
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETexas Tech 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 8 0San Diego St. 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 5 0W: Custer (1-0); L: May (0-1); S: NoneAttendance: 215Highlights: The win marked the fourth-straight year Texas Tech had started its season with a victory ... Sandy James homored twice in the game, marking the ninth time in school history a player had done so ... Melisa Ryba finished the day 2-for-3 with two RBI ... she homored in her first career at-bat in a Tech jersey, becoming the first player since Mikey Kenney in 2010 to do so ... Cara Custer earned the win, mark-ing the second-straight year a Tech freshman took the opening-game victory.
GAME ONETexas Tech 5, San Diego State 4
Tempe, Ariz. - Tempe Sports ComplexFeb. 9, 2012
GAME TWONorthwestern 14, Texas Tech 6
Tempe, Ariz. - Tempe Sports ComplexFeb. 10, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 R H ETexas Tech 4 0 0 2 0 0 6 5 3Northwestern 3 0 5 0 2 4 14 7 0W: Letourneau (1-0); L: Custer (1-1); S: NoneAttendance: 216Highlights: The loss was only the second all-time for Tech at the Kajikawa Classic under Shanon Hays ... Tech used every pitcher in the game except Brit-tany Talley ... Melisa Ryba finished the game with her second-straight multiple-hit performance, going 2-for-4 with a RBI ... Adriana Perez drop in two runs from the DP spot, giving her three RBI through two games ... Tech issued seven walks in the game and also hit seven batters.
GAME THREE#14 Tennessee 1, Texas Tech 0
Tempe, Ariz. - Tempe Sports ComplexFeb. 10, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETennessee 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0Texas Tech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0W: Renfroe (2-0); L: Talley (0-1); S: NoneAttendance: 254Highlights: The loss marked the first time Tech had lost consecutive regular season non-conference games since dropping a double header to UTEP on April 23, 2009 ... Brittany Talley tossed her 10th career complete game, allowing the Lady Vols only one run off six hits while striking out four ... Tech’s two hits in the game were its fewest since being no-hit by New Mexico State in the opener of last year’s NCAA Tuc-son Regional ... the shutout makred the first against Tech in a regular season non-conference game since Notre Dame did so in back-to-back games on March 6-7, 2009 during the UNLV Invitational.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETexas Tech 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0Stanford 2 0 0 3 0 2 X 7 7 0W: Gerhart (3-1); L: Custer (1-2); S: NoneAttendance: 245Highlights: The game marked the 14th all-time be-tween the two schools ... the loss dropped Tech to 0-10 all-time when facing the Cardinal at a neutral site ... Mikey Kenney provided Techs’ only run with a second-inning home run ... Kenney happened to be playing on her 21st birthday ... Tech’s top of the lineup struggled as its 1-3 hitters combined to go 0-for-9 at the plate.
GAME FOUR#9 Stanford 7, Texas Tech 1
Tempe, Ariz. - Tempe Sports ComplexFeb. 11, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ECal Poly 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 8 0Texas Tech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0W: Patton (1-1); L: Custer (1-3); S: NoneAttendance: 232Highlights: The loss was Tech’s fourth straight, marking the school’s longest regular season non-conference losing streak since midway through the 2009 season ... loss also guaranteed the Red Raid-ers their worst start to a season since 2008 ... Melisa Ryba went 2-for-3 at the plate, her third multiple-hit game of the Kajikawa Classic ... Brittany Talley re-lieved Cara Custer in the fifth, allowing no runs over final 2.1 innings.
GAME FIVECal Poly 3, Texas Tech 0
Tempe, Ariz. - Tempe Sports ComplexFeb. 11, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETexas Tech 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 7 7 1Ohio State 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 7 4W: Custer (2-3); L: Endicott (0-3); S: NoneAttendance: 150Highlights: The loss snapped a four-game losing streak for the Red Raiders ... Tech’s seven runs in the game marked a season high ... first time any Tech opponent recorded an error this season ... Holley Gentsch and Mikey Kenney both drove in two RBI in the game ... Cara Custer earned the win after com-ing on in relief to shutout the Buckeyes over the final three innings.
GAME SIXTexas Tech 7, Ohio State 4
Las Vegas, Nev. - Stephanie Craig ParkFeb. 17, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ELong Beach St. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2Texas Tech 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 2 7 0W: Custer (3-3); L: Hansen (0-3); S: NoneAttendance: 276Highlights: The win marked Tech’s first this season when scoring two runs or less ... win moved Tech to 2-2 this year when facing a NCAA Regional team from a year ago ... Cara Custer tossed her first ca-reer shutout as she worked around seven hits sur-rendered and two walks ... Cydney Allen provided Tech’s lone RBI with a two-out single up the middle to score Mikey Kenney ... Tech’s other run came from a double play ball off the bat of Ashley Hamada.
GAME SEVENTexas Tech 2, Long Beach State 0Las Vegas, Nev. - Stephanie Craig Park
Feb. 17, 2012
GAME EIGHTTexas Tech 8, Idaho State 4
Las Vegas, Nev. - Stephanie Craig ParkFeb. 18, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H EIdaho State 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 8 3Texas Tech 4 1 0 0 3 0 X 8 9 1W: Dennis (1-0); L: Fitzsimmons (2-2); S: NoneAttendance: 165Highlights: Tech’s eight runs and nine hits both marked season highs ... Red Raiders’ four runs in the first were their most in the opening frame this sea-son ... Chandler Moore earned her first start of the year, giving up four runs over 2.2 innings ... Kelsey Dennis picked up her first win after tossing 3.1 shut-out innings ... Mikey Kenney led off the game with a home run, marking the first time she had ever done so.
GAME NINETexas Tech 5, Portland State 1
Las Vegas, Nev. - Stephanie Craig ParkFeb. 18, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETexas Tech 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 0Portland State 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1W: Custer (4-3); L: Holladay (0-2); S: NoneAttendance: 100Highlights: The win was Tech’s fourth straight, its longest streak since winning 11 in a row from March 11-20 last year ... marked the second time during the tournament where Tech defeated a NCAA Regional team from last year ... Sandy James and Adriana Perez both homored in the five-run first inning ... Tech had not previously homored twice in the first inning under Shanon Hays ... Taylor Powell made her first start of the season in left field, finishing 2-for-3 at the plate ... Cara Custer earned her third win of the weekend after giving up one run in the complete game performance.
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GAME RECAPS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H EDePaul 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0Texas Tech 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2 7 1W: Talley (1-1); L: Verdun (1-1); S: NoneAttendance: 132Highlights: The win comes against Tech’s final NCAA Regional team of the tournament ... Red Raid-ers wrapped weekend 3-0 in such games ... game marked the first time Tech had trailed and come back to win since the season opener against San Di-ego State ... Adriana Perez had a solo shot in the sec-ond to tie the game and then Sandy James drove in game-winning run with fifth inning single ... Brittany Talley gave up only three hits in the complete game performance, earning her first win of the season.
GAME TENTexas Tech 2, DePaul 1
Las Vegas, Nev. - Stephanie Craig ParkFeb. 19, 2012
GAME 11Texas Tech 11, Utah State 2
Las Vegas, Nev. - Stephanie Craig ParkFeb. 19, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 R H ETexas Tech 2 1 1 0 7 11 9 1Utah State 1 0 1 0 0 2 7 2W: Custer (5-3); L: Chaplin (1-1); S: NoneAttendance: 135Highlights: The win completed a perfect 6-0 week-end ... win was Tech’s sixth-straight, its longest since winning 11 in a row midway through 2011 season ... Tech’s seven-run fifth inning was its most in an in-ning since leading off the game with seven against Harvard last year in the NCAA Tucson Regional ... Adriana Perez hit a home run for the third-straight game ... Cara Custer picked up her fourth win of the weekend in the complete game performance ... Sandy James finished 4-for-4 at the plate with a team-high four RBI.
GAME 12Texas Tech 6, Texas State 0
Waco, Texas - Getterman StadiumFeb. 24, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETexas State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3Texas Tech 0 0 0 1 5 0 X 6 6 0W: Talley (2-1); L: Hall (1-4); S: NoneAttendance: 100Highlights: Brittany Talley tossed Tech’s second shutout of the season ... it was Talley’s first shutout of the year and the third of her career ... marked the fourth-straight game where a Tech pitcher has thrown a complete game ... Raven Richardson hit her second home run of the season with a three-run shot in the fifth ... dinger moved Richardson to sev-enth all-time in the school record book.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H ETexas Tech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 9 0North Texas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1W: Custer (6-3); L: Kirk (1-3); S: NoneAttendance: 140Highlights: The win was Tech’s eighth straight ... marked the second shutout for the Red Raiders on the day ... Cara Custer threw a complete game ef-fort for her sixth win on the year, allowing only four hits over eight innings ... it was the longest outing for a Tech pitcher since Kermitria Ward went 8.2 in-nings last year against Liberty ... Tech’s 10-run eighth marked its most runs in a single inning since scor-ing 11 against St. John’s on Feb. 26 last year ... game marked the largest margin of victory for an extra-inning contest in school history.
GAME 13Texas Tech 10, North Texas 0 (8)Waco, Texas - SW Regional Complex
Feb. 24, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H EUTEP 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 2Texas Tech 2 2 1 0 0 0 X 5 5 2W: Custer (7-3); L: Villastrigo (3-3); S: NoneAttendance: 909Highlights: The win continued Tech’s winning streak, moving it to nine-straight ... UTEP’s two runs in the fifth broke up 22-straight scoreless innings by the Tech pitching staff ... Cara Custer threw her fifth-straight complete game while matching her season high with seven strikeouts ... Mikey Kenney had Tech’s only two RBI as she doubled home a pair of runs in the second ... all of Tech’s other runs came off aggressive base running or UTEP errors.
GAME 14Texas Tech 5, UTEP 2
Waco, Texas - Getterman StadiumFeb. 25, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H ETexas Tech 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 6 1SFA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0W: Talley (3-1); L: Mixon (0-1); S: NoneAttendance: 150Highlights: The win was Tech’s 10th-straight, its lon-gest such streak since winning 11 in a row to close the non-conference portion of last year’s schedule ... win moved Tech to the Texas Shootout champi-onship game ... was the second-straight Tech had a game go into extra innings, improving to 2-0 in the process ... Tech had previously gone into extra innings two days in a row since March 10-11, 2001 ... Adriana Perez went 2-for-3 at the plate for her team-leading fifth multiple-hit game of the season.
GAME 15Texas Tech 2, Stephen F. Austin 1 (8)
Waco, Texas - SW Regional ComplexFeb. 25, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETexas State 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 4 1Texas Tech 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0W: Taylor (6-3); L: Talley (3-2); S: NoneAttendance: 1,047Highlights: The loss snapped a 10-game winning streak for the Red Raiders ... Tech’s one run scored in the game was its fewest since Cal Poly shut out the Red Raiders Feb. 11 to close the Kajikawa Clas-sic ... Texas State starter Anne Marie Taylor held the Red Raiders to just one hit in the game, Tech’s fewest since being no-hit by New Mexico State last year ... Sandy James had Tech’s lone hit with a RBI single up the middle in the first inning ... Tech was previously 56-4 under Shanon Hays when leading or tied fol-lowing six innings.
GAME 16Texas State 3, Texas Tech 1
Waco, Texas - Getterman StadiumFeb. 26, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H EBinghamton 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 8 2Texas Tech 0 0 3 1 0 3 X 7 10 0W: Talley (4-2); L: Mansteller (1-3); S: NoneAttendance: 215Highlights: The win marked the third-straight sea-son Tech has won its home opener ... first all-time meeting between the two schools ... Tech’s 10 hits in the game marked a season high at the time ... the Red Raiders crushed three home runs, match-ing their season high ... Tech’s home runs came from Adriana Perez, Mikey Kenney, and Emily Bledsoe ... marked Bledsoe’s first home run of the season ... Randi Tongate went 2-for-3 with a RBI in first start behind the plate.
GAME 17Texas Tech 7, Binghamton 2
Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldMarch 2, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H EUT-Arlington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0Texas Tech 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 7 0W: Custer (8-3); L: Lyles (4-3); S: NoneAttendance: 215Highlights: The shutout was the fourth for Tech this season and the third for starter Cara Custer ... it was also Custer’s sixth complete game of the year ... Tech defense did not commit an error for the third-straight game ... Mikey Kenney led off the game with a solo home run to left field ... marked the second time she has opened a game with a leadoff homer ... Kenney finished 3-for-3 at the plate for her second multiple-hit game of the year ... her home run was the 24th of her career, moving her to sec-ond all-time in Tech history ... Logan Hall added her first multiple-hit game of the year as she finished 2-for-3 with a RBI.
GAME 18Texas Tech 2, UT-Arlington 0
Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldMarch 2, 2012
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1 2 3 4 5 6 R H EUT-Arlington 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 2Texas Tech 4 1 0 3 0 1 9 14 0W: Talley (5-2); L: Lyles (4-4); S: NoneAttendance: 365Highlights: Tech’s 14 hits in the game marked a new season high ... was the second time Tech had run-ruled an opponent this year ... Tech’s nine runs in the game were two less than its season high set against Utah State Feb. 18 ... Mikey Kenney went 3-for-3 at the plate for the second-straight game ... she also homored for the third-straight game, making her the second Tech player this season to do so ... Brit-tany Talley tossed her fourth complete game of the year after giving up one run off four hits.
GAME 19Texas Tech 9, UT-Arlington 1 (6)
Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldMarch 3, 2012
GAME 20Texas Tech 8, Binghamton 2
Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldMarch 3, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H EBinghamton 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 2Texas Tech 4 0 1 1 1 1 X 8 13 2W: Custer (9-3); L: Emerling (0-2); S: NoneAttendance: 365Highlights: The win clinched Tech the Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic title ... the Red Raiders came close to matching their season high in hits set just the game before ... the win was Tech’s 14th in its last 15 contests ... Katelyn Williams recorded her first career home run with a solo shot in the fifth inning ... Holley Gentsch went 2-for-3 at the plate with her first home run of the season ... Kermitria Ward post-ed Tech’s first triple of the year that nearly stretched into an inside-the-park home run.
GAME 21Texas Tech 4, Bingamton 3
Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldMarch 3, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H EBinghamton 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 4 1Texas Tech 0 1 0 2 1 0 X 4 8 0W: Brokeshoulder (1-0); L: Laney (1-2); S: NoneAttendance: 295Highlights: The victory marked Tech’s fourth one-run victory of the year ... Tech went error free for the fourth time in its last five games ... win was the 15th in Tech’s last 16 contests ... Katelyn Williams posted her first career multiple-hit game after a 2-for-3 day at the plate that included a pair of RBI ... Ashley Brokeshoulder came on in relief of starter Kelsey Dennis in her first appearance of the season ... Brokeshoulder earned her first victory of the year after throwing a perfect 2.1 innings of relief ... Bing-hamton hit three home runs, the most for a Tech op-ponent this year.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H EUT-Arlington 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1Texas Tech 0 4 1 0 0 2 X 7 12 0W: Custer (10-3); L: Collins (5-4); S: NoneAttendance: 295Highlights: The win completed Tech’s 6-0 sweep of the Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic ... marked Tech’s 16th win in its last 17 contests ... UT-Arling-ton’s three hits matched the season low for a Tech opponent this season ... Cara Custer picked up her Big 12-leading 10th victory of the year after throw-ing four shutout innings ... Katelyn Williams drove in a career-high three RBI in a 1-for-3 performance ... Emily Bledsoe went 3-for-4 at the plate for her sec-ond multiple-hit game of the year ... Logan Hall to-taled her fourth multiple-hit game of the year after a 2-for-3 day at the plate.
GAME 22Texas Tech 7, UT-Arlington 1
Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldMarch 4, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 R H ETexas Tech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3Texas 1 1 3 1 1 1 8 12 0W: Luna (8-0); L: Custer (10-4); S: NoneAttendance: 505Highlights: The game marked the earliest Tech had opened Big 12 play in school history ... loss snapped a six-game winning streak for the Red Raiders ... Tech was shut out for only the third time this sea-son and first since falling to Cal Poly at the Kajikawa Classic ... loss marked the second-straight year Tech dropped its conference opener ... Red Raiders were run-ruled in the series opener against Texas for the second-straight year ... marked second time Tech had been run-ruled this year.
GAME 23#6 Texas 8, Texas Tech 0
Austin, Texas - McCombs FieldMarch 6, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETexas Tech 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 Texas 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 2 7 0W: Fox (6-0); L: Custer (10-5); S: NoneAttendance: 571Highlights: The loss marked Tech’s ninth straight to Texas and eighth straight in Austin ... Tech had not previously lost a one-run game to Texas since falling 1-0 on April 2, 2003 in Austin ... loss dropped Tech to 6-28 all-time in Big 12 opening series ... loss was also Tech’s 13th-straight to teams ranked in the top 25 ... Mikey Kenney connected on her team-leading seventh home run of the season in the sixth inning ... homer marked the 26th of her career, leaving her one shy of the school record held my Kim Martinez ... Cara Custer became the first Tech pitcher to ap-pear in both conference opening games since Ashly Jacobs did so in 2007 against No. 3 Oklahoma.
GAME 24#6 Texas 2, Texas Tech 1
Austin, Texas - McCombs FieldMarch 7, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ENew Mexico 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 8 0Texas Tech 1 1 7 0 0 0 X 9 15 1W: Custer (11-5); L: Sheehan (6-2); S: NoneAttendance: 231Highlights: The win was Tech’s first over a ranked opponent since defeating No. 14 Oklahoma, 5-0, on April 1 last year ... Red Raiders set a new season high with 15 hits in the game ... Raven Richardson led the way with a 4-for-4 day at the plate, setting a new career high for hits ... Richardson and Cydney Allen both homored in the game ... Allen’s three-run shot in the fifth was her first of the year and highlighted a seven-run third inning ... the big inning marked third time Tech had scored seven-plus in a frame this season.
GAME 25Texas Tech 9, #23 New Mexico 4
Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldMarch 12, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ENew Mexico 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 8 1Texas Tech 0 0 0 7 0 1 X 8 6 0W: Talley (6-2); L: DeBroeck (10-2); S: Custer (1)Attendance: 265Highlights: The win gave Tech its first two-game sweep of a ranked opponent since defeating No. 7 Oklahoma State in a April 22, 2010 doubleheader in Lubbock ... win was the fourth-straight over New Mexico ... improved Tech to 2-4 on the year against ranked opponents ... Mikey Kenney highlighted a seven-run fourth inning with a one-out grand slam ... homer was her eighth of the season and the 27th of her career, tying the junior with Kim Martinez for the school record.
GAME 26Texas Tech 8, #23 New Mexico 5
Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldMarch 12, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETexas Tech 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 7 0Stony Brook 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 2W: Talley (7-2); L: Cukrov (4-4); S: NoneAttendance: 31Highlights: The game marked the first for Tech in the state of New York in school history ... Emily Bled-soe sparked the four-run fifth inning with a two-out double that brought in two runs ... Brittany Talley tossed her fifth complete game of the year as she gave up one run off only four hits ... Tech was previ-ously 1-5 on the year when trailing after four innings ... marked the first game between the two schools ... head coach Shanon Hays earned his 100th victory while at Texas Tech, improving to 100-41 with the win.
GAME 27Texas Tech 4, Stony Brook 1
Stony Brook, N.Y. - University FieldMarch 14, 2012
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GAME RECAPS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETexas Tech 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 9 1Stony Brook 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 1W: Custer (12-5); L: Lucido (4-1); S: NoneAttendance: 31Highlights: The win marked Tech’s 10th-straight over non-conference opponents ... gave Tech its second doubleheader sweep of the week ... Tech got started early with a two-run single in the first by Randi Tongate ... Emily Bledsoe, Raven Richardson, and Mikey Kenney all had multiple-hit games ... Ken-ney set the Tech career home run record with her solo shot in the second inning ... the dinger was the 28th of Kenney’s career, passing Kim Martinez who had 27 during the 1997 and 1999 seasons ... win im-proved Tech 17-2 when scoring before its opponent.
GAME 28Texas Tech 6, Stony Brook 3
Stony Brook, N.Y. - University FieldMarch 14, 2012
GAME 29Texas Tech 4, Monmouth 2
South Orange, N.J. - Ivy Hill ParkMarch 16, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETexas Tech 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 6 0Monmouth 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 2W: Talley (8-2); L: Sulick (5-5); S: Custer (2)Attendance: 85Highlights: The game was the first all-time between Tech and Monmouth ... the Red Raiders had to over-come an early deficit, moving Tech to 3-5 this year when trailing after three innings ... the win marked the second time this year Tech won when being out-hit by its opponent ... Melisa Ryba connected on her second home run of the season with a pinch hit three-run shot in the fourth inning ... Brittany Talley picked up the win after giving up two runs over the first 5.1 innings.
GAME 30Texas Tech 11, Seton Hall 0
South Orange, N.J. - Ivy Hill ParkMarch 16, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 R H ESeton Hall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2Texas Tech 2 0 9 0 X 11 13 0W: Custer (13-5); L: Tull (2-3); S: NoneAttendance: 120Highlights: Cara Custer tossed her first career no-hitter and first for a Tech player since Kermitria Ward did so on March 4 last year against Dayton ... it was the eighth no-hitter in school history (including perfect games) ... Custer was a walk away from the perfect game ... the game was the first between the two schools in history ... Sandy James recorded two home runs for the third time in her career and the second time this season ... Tech finished with four home runs in the game as Mikey Kenney and Adri-ana Perez also provided long balls ... Tech’s 11 runs in the game matched its season high ... Red Raiders did not commit an error for the fourth time in the last five game.
1 2 3 4 5 R H ETexas Tech 1 8 0 2 2 13 15 0 Manhattan 1 0 0 0 1 2 6 1W: Dennis (2-0); L: Romero (0-2); S: NoneAttendance: 105Highlights: Marked the second-straight game Tech ended via run-rule ... Tech scored a season high in runs in the game, breaking the previous total of 11 set against Utah State and then the day before against Seton Hall ... Kelsey Dennis picked up her second victory of the year after giving up a run over the first three innings ... Emily Bledsoe went 3-for-4 at the plate with a pair of RBI and two doubles in the game ... Logan Hall and Raven Richardson also had multiple-hit games with 2-for-4 performances.
GAME 31Texas Tech 15, Manhattan 2South Orange, N.J. - Ivy Hill Park
March 17, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H EManhattan 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 2Texas Tech 2 1 1 1 0 2 X 7 8 4W: Brokeshoulder (2-0); L: Redding (0-6); S: NoneAttendance: 123Highlights: The win was the first in the tournament format of the event ... Tech swiped seven bases in the game, one shy of the Tech single-game record ... Mikey Kenney had four of those stolen bases which actually tied the single-game individual record ... the Red Raiders committed a season-high four er-rors in the game ... Ashley Brokeshoulder made her first start of the season, picking up the win after giv-ing up a run over the first five innings ... Chandler Moore and Kermitria Ward both saw action in relief.
GAME 32Texas Tech 7, Manhattan 2
South Orange, N.J. - Ivy Hill ParkMarch 16, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 R H ESeton Hall 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0Texas Tech 2 0 2 5 X 9 9 0W: Custer (14-5); L: Tull (2-4); S: NoneAttendance: 105Highlights: The win gave Tech the Seton Hall Clas-sic title ... marked the third time in the five-game tournament that Tech won via run-rule ... win marked Tech’s 15th-straight over a non-conference opponent ... was Tech’s ninth-straight victory over-all ... Adriana Perez went 3-for-3 in the game with two home runs and seven RBI ... she finished one RBI of the school record ... marked the third time a Tech player had homored twice in a game this year ... following the game, Perez was named the tourna-ment MVP while Cara Custer picked up top pitching honors and Mikey Kenney was named to the all-tournament team ... Custer picked up her 14th win of the year, moving her into a tie for eighth already on the school single-season chart.
GAME 33Texas Tech 9, Seton Hall 0
South Orange, N.J. - Ivy Hill ParkMarch 16, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 R H EMidwestern 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 2Texas Tech 0 2 1 4 2 1 10 11 2W: Custer (15-5); L: Glenn (12-9); S: NoneAttendance: 205Highlights: The Red Raiders hit a school record six home runs in the game ... broke the previous record of five that had been accomplished three times in school history ... Tech led off four innings with a dinger ... Adriana Perez hit two of Tech’s home runs, giving her four during Tech’s last two games alone ... she has also totaled 11 RBI in that span after driving in four against the Mustangs ... Cydney Allen, Raven Richardson, Taylor Powell, and Melisa Ryba also hit solo shots for Tech ... Cara Custer pitched four shut-out innings while not allowing a hit.
GAME 34Texas Tech 10, Midwestern State 2Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson Field
March 28, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 R H EIowa State 0 5 0 1 1 7 9 1Texas Tech 2 6 4 7 X 19 18 0W: Custer (16-5); L: Torrescano (6-13); S: NoneAttendance: 236Highlights: Texas Tech’s 19 runs in the game marked the most against a Big 12 opponent in school history ... the Red Raiders have now scored at least 15 runs in each of their last three games with the Cyclones ... Adriana Perez went 4-for-4 at the plate with four RBI, falling just a triple shy of the cycle ... Emily Bledsoe and Logan Hall both added three-run home run in the rout ... Mikey Kenney became the all-time runs scored leader in school history after coming across three times in the game ... she was also 1-for-3 at the plate with a pair of RBI.
GAME 35Texas Tech 19, Iowa State 7
Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldMarch 30, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H EIowa State 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 3Texas Tech 0 0 3 0 0 3 X 6 9 0W: Talley (9-2); L: Torrescano (6-14); S: Custer (3)Attendance: 451Highlights: Tech won its 12th-straight game and improved to .500 in the Big 12 play ... the win helped Tech end March with an 18-2 record during the month ... the Red Raiders scored five or more runs for the seventh-straight game ... despite the win, Tech did not hit a home run for the first time in its last seven games ... Adriana Perez helped lead the offense with a 2-for-4 performance that included a pair of RBI ... Emily Bledsoe also drove in a pair of runs on a 1-for-3 day ... Brittany Talley picked up her ninth win of the year after giving up two runs over the first five innings ... Cara Custer closed the game, earning her third save of the year after retiring six of the seven total hitters she faced.
GAME 36Texas Tech 6, Iowa State 2
Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldMarch 31, 2012
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H EIowa State 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 8 1Texas Tech 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 9 0W: Custer (17-5); L: Torrescano (6-15); S: NoneAttendance: 306Highlights: The moved the Red Raiders’ winning streak to 13-straight ... also improved Tech to 3-2 in conference, the program’s best start since 2001 ... Adriana Perez hit an eighth-inning walk-off home run to propel Tech to the victory ... it was Perez’ sixth home run in her last five games ... she finished with two or more hits in each of the three games in the series ... Emily Bledsoe also homored twice in the game, only the second time in her career she has done so ... Mikey Kenney also added a solo home run in the sixth inning ... Cara Custer picked up her Big 12-leading 17th victory of the year after going the entire 8.0 innings.
GAME 37Texas Tech 5, Iowa State 3
Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldApril 1, 2012
GAME 38#5 Oklahoma 3, Texas Tech 1
Norman, Okla. - OU Softball ComplexApril 5, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETexas Tech 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1Oklahoma 0 0 0 1 2 0 X 3 8 0W: Ricketts (18-4); L: Dennis (2-1); S: NoneAttendance: 604Highlights: The loss snapped a 13-game winning streak for the Red Raiders ... Tech had only one hit against the Sooners, a two-out solo home run from Sandy James in the first inning ... the one-hitter was the second against Tech this year dating back to the Texas State loss on Feb. 26 ... Tech dropped only its second game of the year when leading after three innings ... Red Raiders were previously 21-1 on the year when taking a lead through three innings ... Adriana Perez went 0-for-3 to snap a 14-game hit-ting streak.
GAME 39Texas Tech 5, #5 Oklahoma 4
Norman, Okla. - OU Softball ComplexApril 6, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETexas Tech 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 8 1Oklahoma 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 7 2W: Custer (18-5); L: Gascoigne (12-1); S: NoneAttendance: 740Highlights: The Red Raiders picked up their first vic-tory over a top-five team since defeating then No. 5 Texas A&M, 6-2, on April 29, 2007 in College Sta-tion ... the win improved Tech to 3-5 against ranked opponents this year and 1-4 against those ranked in the top 10 ... Red Raiders moved to 5-2 on the year in one-run games ... Tech scored at least five runs for the fifth time in its last seven contests against the Sooners ... Adriana Perez drove in two runs despite going 0-for-3 at the plate ... Sandy James went 3-for-4 at the plate to lead middle of Tech’s lineup ... Ash-ley Hamada stole a career-high two bases, including a swipe of third in the seventh that led to her scoring off an Oklahoma throwing error.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETexas Tech 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 1Oklahoma 2 0 2 0 0 0 X 4 9 0W: Gascoigne (13-1); L: Custer (18-6); S: NoneAttendance: 594Highlights: Tech dropped its second series of the year with the rubber-match loss ... Red Raiders fell to 3-6 on the year against ranked opponents and 1-5 against top-10 teams ... Tech fell behind early for the first time in the series ... Red Raiders matched their season high with four doubles in the game ... Logan Hall and Sandy James led off the sixth inning with back-to-back doubles to score Tech’s only run ... both players finished 2-for-3 at the plate ... Cara Custer picked up her first loss since falling to Texas on March 6 in Austin.
GAME 40#5 Oklahoma 4, Texas Tech 1
Norman, Okla. - OU Softball ComplexApril 7, 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETexas 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0Texas Tech 0 0 0 3 2 0 X 5 6 3W: Custer (19-6); L: Luna (13-2); S: NoneAttendance: 637Highlights: The win snapped a nine-game losing streak to Texas ... it was also Tech’s second victory over a top-five team in the past week ... marked the largest margin against Texas since taking an 8-3 vic-tory on May 2, 2001 ... win extended Tech’s home winning streak to 13-straight, which is tied for the fourth-longest streak in the country ... Raven Rich-ardson put Tech ahead with a three-run homer in the fourth ... Cara Custer picked up her 19th win as part of her 13th complete game of the year.
GAME 41Texas Tech 5, #5 Texas 2
Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldApril 11, 2012
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BREAKDOWN(Win-Loss record in parenthesis)PITCHER:Custer, Cara ________________ 24 ________ (16-8)Talley, Brittany______________ 12 ________ (11-1)Dennis, Kelsey ______________ 3 __________ (3-0)Moore, Chandler ____________ 1 __________ (1-0)Brokeshoulder, Ashley _______ 1 __________ (1-0)
BATTINGAt bats: .......................... 5 ...............................Hall, Logan vs North Texas (Feb 24, 2012).......................................... 5 ........................Kenney, Mikey vs North Texas (Feb 24, 2012)Runs scored: ................ 3 ............................................................................................ (6 games)Hits: ................................. 4 .............................James, Sandy vs Utah State (Feb 19, 2012).......................................... 4 ...............Richardson, Raven vs New Mexico (Mar 12, 2012).......................................... 4 .......................... Perez, Adriana vs Iowa State (Mar 30, 2012)RBIs: ................................ 7 ...........................Perez, Adriana vs Seton Hall (Mar 18, 2012)Doubles: ........................ 2 ............................................................................................ (4 games)Triples: ........................... 1 ............................................................................................ (4 games)Home runs: .................. 2 ............................................................................................ (5 games)Total bases: ................. 10 ............................James, Sandy vs Seton Hall (Mar 16, 2012)......................................... 10 ..........................Perez, Adriana vs Seton Hall (Mar 18, 2012)Walks: ............................. 3 ..........................James, Sandy vs North Texas (Feb 24, 2012).......................................... 3 ...............Richardson, Raven vs New Mexico (Mar 12, 2012).......................................... 3 ............Bledsoe, Emily vs Midwestern State (Mar 27, 2012)Strikeouts: .................... 3 ............................................................................................ (4 games)Sac hits: ......................... 1 ..........................................................................................(18 games)Sac flies: ......................... 1 ..........................................................................................(10 games)Stolen bases: ............... 4 .........................Kenney, Mikey vs Manhattan (Mar 17, 2012)Hit by pitch: ................. 2 ....................Bledsoe, Emily vs Northwestern (Feb 10, 2012)Caught stealing: ......... 1 ..........................................................................................(11 games)Runners LOB: ............... 5 ...............................Hall, Logan vs North Texas (Feb 24, 2012)
FIELDINGPutouts: ........................ 17 ............................James, Sandy vs Iowa State (Apr 01, 2012)Assists: ........................... 7 ...........................Bledsoe, Emily vs Iowa State (Apr 01, 2012).......................................... 7 ................................. Hall, Logan vs Iowa State (Apr 01, 2012)Errors: ............................. 2 ....................................... James, Sandy vs UTEP (Feb 25, 2012).......................................... 2 .............................Richardson, Raven at Texas (Mar 06, 2012)Passed balls:................. 1 ............................................................................................ (5 games)
PITCHINGInnings pitched: ........8.0 ........................... Custer, Cara vs North Texas (Feb 24, 2012).........................................8.0 ............................. Custer, Cara vs. Iowa State (Apr 01, 2012)Runs allowed: .............. 7 .........................Custer, Cara vs Northwestern (Feb 10, 2012)Earned runs: ................. 5 .........................Custer, Cara vs Northwestern (Feb 10, 2012)Walks allowed: ............ 4 .........................Custer, Cara vs Northwestern (Feb 10, 2012)Strikeouts: .................... 9 ................................Custer, Cara vs Seton Hall (Mar 16, 2012)Hits allowed: ............... 10 ....................... Talley, Brittany vs Monmouth (Mar 16, 2012)Doubles allowed: ....... 2 ............................................................................................ (7 games)Triples allowed:........... 1 .....................................Talley, Brittany at Texas (Mar 06, 2012)Homers allowed: ........ 3 ...................... Dennis, Kelsey vs Binghamton (Mar 04, 2012)Wild pitches: ................ 2 .....................Custer, Cara vs San Diego State (Feb 09, 2012).......................................... 2 ........................ Custer, Cara vs Portland State (Feb 18, 2012).......................................... 2 .............Custer, Cara vs UTEP (Feb 25, 2012 at Waco, Texas)Hit batters: ................... 3 .........................Custer, Cara vs Northwestern (Feb 10, 2012).......................................... 3 ............................Custer, Cara vs New Mexico (Mar 12, 2012)
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No. Player (#) Opponent (Date) Runs Outs Count Inning Pitcher 1. Sandy James (1) San Diego State (2/9) 1 0 0-2 2 May 2. Melisa Ryba (1) San Diego State (2/9) 1 0 0-0 3 May 3. Sandy James (2) San Diego State (2/9) 1 0 2-2 4 May 4. Mikey Kenney (1) Stanford (2/11) 1 1 0-1 2 Gerhart 5. Raven Richardson (1) Ohio State (2/17) 1 2 2-2 5 Endicott 6. Mikey Kenney (2) Idaho State (2/18) 1 0 2-0 1 Fitzsimmons 7. Sandy James (3) Portland State (2/18) 3 0 2-1 1 Holliday 8. Adriana Perez (1) Portland State (2/18) 1 0 0-0 1 Holliday 9. Adriana Perez (2) DePaul (2/19) 1 0 1-0 2 Verdun 10. Mikey Kenney (3) Utah State (2/19) 1 2 1-1 2 Harmon 11. Sandy James (4) Utah State (2/19) 1 0 2-1 3 Harmon 12. Adriana Perez (3) Utah State (2/19) 2 0 2-2 5 Harmon 13. Raven Richardson (2) Texas State (2/24) 3 1 2-2 5 Hall 14. Taylor Powell (1) North Texas (2/24) 3 1 2-1 8 Poole 15. Adriana Perez (4) Binghamton (3/2) 2 1 0-0 3 Marsteller 16. Mikey Kenney (4) Binghamton (3/2) 1 0 2-2 4 Marsteller 17. Emily Bledsoe (1) Binghamton (3/2) 3 0 1-1 6 Price 18. Mikey Kenney (5) UT-Arlington (3/2) 1 0 3-1 1 Lyles 19. Mikey Kenney (6) UT-Arlington (3/3) 1 1 3-2 2 Lyles 20. Adriana Perez (5) UT-Arlington (3/3) 1 2 0-0 4 Lyles 21. Katelyn Williams (1) Binghamton (3/3) 1 0 3-2 4 Emerling 22. Holley Gentsch (1) Binghamton (3/3) 1 1 2-2 5 Laney 23. Sandy James (5) Binghamton (3/4) 1 0 0-0 5 Laney 24. Mikey Kenney (7) Texas (3/7) 1 1 3-1 6 Fox 25. Raven Richardson (3) New Mexico - 1 (3/12) 1 0 1-0 2 Sheehan 26. Cydney Allen (1) New Mexico - 1 (3/12) 3 1 3-1 3 Sheehan 27. Mikey Kenney (8) New Mexico - 2 (3/12) 4 1 2-2 4 DeBroeck 28. Mikey Kenney (9) Stony Brook - 2 (3/14) 1 1 3-1 2 Lucido 29. Melisa Ryba (2) Monmouth (3/16) 3 1 1-2 4 Sulick 30. Sandy James (6) Seton Hall (3/16) 2 1 3-2 1 Tull 31. Mikey Kenney (10) Seton Hall (3/16) 3 2 3-1 3 Tull 32. Sandy James (7) Seton Hall (3/16) 2 2 1-0 3 Tull 33. Adriana Perez (6) Seton Hall (3/16) 1 2 2-0 3 Tull 34. Raven Richardson (4) Manhattan - 1 (3/17) 1 0 2-2 2 Romero 35. Adriana Perez (7) Manhattan - 1 (3/17) 2 2 0-1 2 Romero 36. Taylor Powell (2) Manhattan - 2 (3/17) 2 1 1-1 6 Redding 37. Adriana Perez (8) Seton Hall (3/18) 2 2 2-0 1 Tull 38. Adriana Perez (9) Seton hall (3/18) 2 2 2-2 3 Tull 39. Raven Richardson (5) Midwestern State (3/27) 1 0 3-2 2 Glenn 40. Melisa Ryba (3) Midwestern State (3/27) 1 0 0-1 2 Glenn 41. Adriana Perez (10) Midwestern State (3/27) 1 0 0-0 3 Glenn 42. Adriana Perez (11) Midwestern State (3/27) 3 2 2-2 4 Glenn 43. Taylor Powell (3) Midwestern State (3/27) 1 0 0-0 5 Hennan 44. Cydney Allen (2) Midwestern State (3/27) 1 0 3-1 6 Hennan 45. Adriana Perez (12) Iowa State (3/30) 2 2 3-0 1 Torrescano 46. Emily Bledsoe (2) Iowa State (3/30) 3 1 2-1 3 Kennewell 47. Logan Hall (1) Iowa State (3/30) 3 2 0-1 4 Kennewell 48. Emily Bledsoe (3) Iowa State (4/1) 1 1 3-1 1 Smith 49. Mikey Kenney (11) Iowa State (4/1) 1 0 2-0 6 Smith 50. Emily Bledsoe (4) Iowa State (4/1) 1 0 2-0 6 Smith 51. Adriana Perez (13) Iowa State (4/1) 2 2 0-0 8 Torrescano 52. Sandy James (8) Oklahoma (4/5) 1 2 1-1 1 Ricketts 53. Raven Richardson (6) Texas (4/11) 3 1 1-0 4 Luna
HOME RUN BREAKDOWNat Home ________________________________ 26on the Road ______________________________ 8at Neutral Site ____________________________ 19
vs. RHP__________________________________ 46vs. LHP ___________________________________ 7
vs. Big 12 Teams __________________________ 10vs. Non-Conference Teams __________________ 43
with 0 outs ______________________________ 23with 1 out _______________________________ 16with 2 outs ______________________________ 14
Solo HR _________________________________ 312-Run HR ________________________________ 103-Run HR ________________________________ 11Grand Slam _______________________________ 1
To tie the game ____________________________ 2To put Tech ahead ________________________ 15Walkoff HR _______________________________ 1
To leadoff a game __________________________ 2To leadoff an inning _______________________ 17
Record with HR __________________________25-3Record without HR ________________________7-6
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SITUATIONAL RECORDS ALL BIG 12All Opponents 32-9 5-4At Rocky Johnson Field 13-0 4-0On the road 5-4 1-4At neural sites 14-5 0-0Ranked Teams 4-6 2-4Top-10 Teams (NFCA) 2-5 2-4Top-5 Teams (NFCA) 2-2 2-2 February 11-5 0-0March 18-2 2-2April 3-2 3-2May 0-0 0-0June 0-0 0-0
TEXAS TECH GAME-WINNING RBINo. Player (#) Date Opponent Runs Outs Count Inning Final Score Play1. Melisa Ryba (1) 2/9 San Diego State 1 2 3-2 6 5-4 Single to left field2. Holley Gentsch (1) 2/17 Ohio State 2 0 0-1 6 7-4 Single to right field3. Cydney Allen (1) 2/17 Long Beach State 1 2 2-2 1 2-0 Single up the middle4. Sandy James (1) 2/18 Idaho State 1 1 2-2 2 8-4 Single up the middle5. Sandy James (2) 2/18 Portland State 3 0 2-1 1 5-1 HR to center field6. Sandy James (3) 2/19 DePaul 1 2 3-2 5 2-1 Single past shortstop7. Sandy James (4) 2/19 Utah State 1 0 2-1 3 11-2 HR to left field8. Holley Gentsch (2) 2/24 Texas State 1 1 1-2 4 6-0 Sac fly to right field9. Adriana Perez (1) 2/24 North Texas 2 0 1-1 8 10-0 Single to left field10. Mikey Kenney (1) 2/25 UTEP 2 2 3-1 2 5-2 Double to left field11. Mikey Kenney (2) 2/25 Stephen F. Austin 1 1 0-2 8 2-1 Fielder’s choice to short12. Randi Tongate (1) 3/2 Binghamton 1 2 2-2 3 7-2 Single to left field13. Mikey Kenney (3) 3/2 UT-Arlington 1 0 3-1 1 2-0 Leadoff HR to left field14. Adriana Perez (2) 3/3 UT-Arlington 2 1 0-0 1 9-1 Double to left center15. Holley Gentsch (3) 3/3 Binghamton 1 2 2-0 1 8-2 Double to left field16. Sandy James (5) 3/4 Binghamton 1 0 0-0 5 4-3 HR to center field17. Katelyn Williams (1) 3/4 UT-Arlington 2 1 2-2 2 7-1 Single to left field18. Raven Richardson (1) 3/12 New Mexico - 1 1 1 1-2 3 9-4 Single up the middle19. Mikey Kenney (4) 3/12 New Mexico - 2 4 1 2-2 4 8-5 Grand slam to left field20. Emily Bledsoe (1) 3/14 Stony Brook - 1 2 2 1-1 5 4-1 Double to left field21. Mikey Kenney (5) 3/14 Stony Brook - 2 1 1 3-1 2 6-3 Home run to left field22. Melisa Ryba (2) 3/16 Monmouth 3 1 1-2 4 4-2 Home run to center field23. Sandy James (6) 3/16 Seton Hall 2 1 3-2 1 11-0 Home run to right field24. Emily Bledsoe (2) 3/17 Manhattan - 1 2 2 1-0 2 13-2 Double to left center25. Emily Bledsoe (3) 3/17 Manhattan - 2 1 1 3-2 2 7-2 SAC fly to center field26. Adriana Perez (3) 3/18 Seton Hall 2 2 2-0 1 9-0 Home run to left field27. Adriana Perez (4) 3/27 Midwestern State 1 0 0-0 3 10-2 Home run to right field28. Raven Richardson (2) 3/30 Iowa State 1 2 0-1 2 19-7 Single to center field29. Adriana Perez (5) 3/31 Iowa State 1 1 0-1 3 6-2 Single to left field30. Adriana Perez 4/1 Iowa State 2 2 0-0 8 5-3 Walk-off home run to left field31. No RBI 4/5 Oklahoma32. Raven Richardson (3) 4/11 Texas 3 1 1-0 4 5-2 Home run to left field
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CAREER OFFENSIVE RECORD BOOK WATCHBATTING AVERAGE (Min. 100 AB) 1. Kim Martinez (1997,1999) _____________.386 2. Sandy Butler (1998-2001) ______________.337 3. Elyssa Sigala (2003-04) ________________.315 4. Leah Legler (2007-10) _________________.312 Ashley Parker (2004-07)________________.312 Kelly Rhyne (2003-05) _________________.312 7. Kim Tillett (1996-98) __________________.308 Current Players: Adriana Perez ________________________.397 Sandy James ________________________.343 Cydney Allen ________________________.342 Logan Hall __________________________.329 Mikey Kenney _______________________.324 Randi Tongate _______________________.323 Raven Richardson ____________________.323 Emily Bedsoe ________________________.321
NO. NAME POS. 56 Cydney Allen C 17 Hannah Bell RHP 3 Emily Bledsoe INF 23 Ashley Brokeshoulder RHP 28 Emily Cooper OF 77 Cara Custer RHP 20 Kelsey Dennis LHP 22 Holley Gentsch C 2 Logan Hall INF 7 Ashley Hamada OF 10 Meredith Heath OF 29 Derryn Hebert UTIL 18 Sandy James INF 26 Mikey Kenney OF 14 Katibeth King C 8 Chandler Moore RHP/INF 9 Adriana Perez C 32 Taylor Powell INF/OF 19 Raven Richardson INF 27 Melisa Ryba INF/OF 11 Brittany Talley LHP 6 Randi Tongate C 4 Kermitria Ward OF/RHP 12 Katelyn Williams OF