TEXAS TECH RED RAIDER SOFTBALL Assistant Director/Communications: Matt Dowdy • [email protected]• O: (806) 742-2770 • C: (806) 928-5190 @TechAthletics • @TechGameday • @Matt_Dowdy • #WreckEm FEBRUARY 8 # vs. Central Florida W, 12-4 (5) # vs. #18 Louisville L, 6-10 9 # vs. Minnesota W, 5-3 # at UNLV W, 10-6 10 # vs. DePaul L, 1-5 15 $ vs. Colorado State L, 3-5 $ vs. UMKC W, 14-2 (5) 16 $ vs. UMKC W, 11-3 (5) $ vs. Penn State W, 14-3 (5) 17 $ at New Mexico State W, 5-3 (8) 22 ^ at Texas State W, 6-1 ^ vs. North Texas L, 3-5 23 ^ vs. UT Arlington W, 2-0 ^ vs. Sam Houston State L, 0-4 24 ^ vs. Sam Houston State W, 8-3 MARCH 1 ~ JACKSON STATE W, 18-0 (5) ~ MCNEESE STATE W, 3-2 2 ~ JACKSON STATE L, 2-4 ~ MCNEESE STATE L, 0-1 (8) 3 ~ NORTHERN COLORADO W, 8-7 8 + UMKC W, 8-0 (5) + IPFW L, 4-5 9 + IPFW W, 12-4 (6) + UMKC W, 9-1 (6) 10 + UMKC W, 16-8 (5) + TROY W, 11-3 (5) 11 + TROY W, 15-0 (5) 13 vs. Bryant W, 7-1 vs. Fairfield W, 9-2 15 % vs. Fairfield W, 8-5 % vs. Seton Hall W, 7-4 16 % vs. Buffalo W, 8-0 (5) % at San Diego State L, 0-3 17 % vs. Marist W, 6-0 22 ! vs. Tulsa 4:30 p.m. ! at UNLV 8 p.m. 23 ! vs. Boise State 11 a.m. ! vs. Boise State 1:15 p.m. 28 * at Oklahoma State 7 p.m. 29 * at Oklahoma State 6 p.m. 30 * at Oklahoma State 12 p.m. APRIL 5 * KANSAS 7 p.m. 6 * KANSAS 4 p.m. 7 * KANSAS 12 p.m. 12 * OKLAHOMA 7 p.m. 13 * OKLAHOMA 4 p.m. 14 * OKLAHOMA 12 p.m. 19 * at Iowa State 4 p.m. 20 * at Iowa State 12 p.m. 21 * at Iowa State 12 p.m. 26 * TEXAS 7 p.m. 27 * TEXAS 4 p.m. 28 * TEXAS 12 p.m. MAY 2 * at Baylor (ESPN) 7 p.m. 3 * at Baylor 6:30 p.m. 4 * at Baylor 12 p.m. 16-19 NCAA Regionals TBA 23-26 NCAA Super Regionals TBA 30-5 NCAA Women’s College World Series TBA # Sportco Kick-Off Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) • $ Troy Cox Classic (Las Cruces, N.M.) • ^ Texas Shootout (San Marcos, Texas) • ~ Texas Tech Invitational (Lubbock, Texas) • + Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic (Lubbock, Texas) • % San Diego State Classic (Santee, Calif.) • ! Rebel Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) • * Big 12 Series 26 - MIKEY KENNEY .411 - 9 - 31 12 - KATELYN WILLIAMS .436 - 7 - 31 5 - SHELBY JOHNSON .396 - 0 - 20 13 - SYDNIE TAPIA .236 - 2 - 16 32 - TAYLOR POWELL .298 - 1 - 14 33 - SAMANTHA CAMELLO .344 - 1 - 13 18 - SANDY JAMES .343 - 6 - 30 DP 9 - ADRIANA PEREZ .346 - 12 - 40 2013 STATISTICS AVG - HR - RBI POSSIBLE PITCHERS Pitcher APP-GS W-L SV ERA 2 - Cara Custer 20-16 10-3 1 2.49 11 - Brittany Talley 20-13 9-4 0 2.38 25 - Gretchen Aucoin 15-5 5-0 2 1.40 Pitcher APP-GS W-L SV ERA 23 - A. Brokeshoulder 5-0 0-2 1 4.90 30 - Shannon Carrico 5-0 1-0 0 11.20 6 - Chandler Moore 2-0 0-0 0 3.50 20 - LEXIE ELKINS .344 - 0 - 19 2013 SCHEDULE TEXAS TECH PROBABLE STARTERS RED RAIDERS CLOSE NON-CONFERENCE IN VEGAS Texas Tech will make its second trip this season to Las Vegas this weekend as the Red Raiders close non-conference play with the Rebel Classic hosted by UNLV at Eller Media Stadium. The Red Raiders (25-9) will face 18th-ranked Tulsa and the host Rebels on Friday before closing the tournament with a doubleheader against Boise State on Saturday. Texas Tech previously traveled to Las Vegas for the season-opening Sportco Kick-Off Classic where the Red Raiders went 3-2 with wins over Central Florida, Minnesota and UNLV. Tech fell to No. 18 Louisville, 10-6, and DePaul, 5-1, during the tournament. TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Friday, March 12 Texas Tech vs. Tulsa ___________________4:30 p.m. UNLV vs. Tulsa _______________________6:15 p.m. UNLV vs. Texas Tech __________________8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 16 Boise State vs. Texas Tech _______________ 11 a.m. Boise State vs. Texas Tech ______________1:15 p.m. UNLV vs. Tulsa _______________________3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 17 Boise State vs. Tulsa ___________________ 11 a.m. Boise State vs. Tulsa __________________1:15 p.m. All times listed are central. All games will be played at Eller Media Stadium. REBEL CLASSIC March 22-23 • Las Vegas, Nev. • Eller Media Stadium TEXAS TECH 25-9 (NR/NR) TULSA 23-5 (19/18) UNLV 12-17 (NR/NR) BOISE STATE 21-8 (NR/NR)
FEBRUARY8 # vs. Central Florida W, 12-4 (5) # vs. #18 Louisville L, 6-109 # vs. Minnesota W, 5-3 # at UNLV W, 10-610 # vs. DePaul L, 1-515 $ vs. Colorado State L, 3-5 $ vs. UMKC W, 14-2 (5)16 $ vs. UMKC W, 11-3 (5) $ vs. Penn State W, 14-3 (5)17 $ at New Mexico State W, 5-3 (8)22 ^ at Texas State W, 6-1 ^ vs. North Texas L, 3-523 ^ vs. UT Arlington W, 2-0 ^ vs. Sam Houston State L, 0-424 ^ vs. Sam Houston State W, 8-3MARCH1 ~ JACKSON STATE W, 18-0 (5) ~ MCNEESE STATE W, 3-2 2 ~ JACKSON STATE L, 2-4 ~ MCNEESE STATE L, 0-1 (8)3 ~ NORTHERN COLORADO W, 8-78 + UMKC W, 8-0 (5) + IPFW L, 4-59 + IPFW W, 12-4 (6) + UMKC W, 9-1 (6)10 + UMKC W, 16-8 (5) + TROY W, 11-3 (5) 11 + TROY W, 15-0 (5)13 vs. Bryant W, 7-1 vs. Fairfield W, 9-215 % vs. Fairfield W, 8-5 % vs. Seton Hall W, 7-416 % vs. Buffalo W, 8-0 (5) % at San Diego State L, 0-317 % vs. Marist W, 6-022 ! vs. Tulsa 4:30 p.m. ! at UNLV 8 p.m.23 ! vs. Boise State 11 a.m. ! vs. Boise State 1:15 p.m.28 * at Oklahoma State 7 p.m.29 * at Oklahoma State 6 p.m.30 * at Oklahoma State 12 p.m.APRIL5 * KANSAS 7 p.m.6 * KANSAS 4 p.m.7 * KANSAS 12 p.m.12 * OKLAHOMA 7 p.m.13 * OKLAHOMA 4 p.m.14 * OKLAHOMA 12 p.m.19 * at Iowa State 4 p.m.20 * at Iowa State 12 p.m.21 * at Iowa State 12 p.m.26 * TEXAS 7 p.m.27 * TEXAS 4 p.m.28 * TEXAS 12 p.m.MAY2 * at Baylor (ESPN) 7 p.m.3 * at Baylor 6:30 p.m.4 * at Baylor 12 p.m.16-19 NCAA Regionals TBA23-26 NCAA Super Regionals TBA30-5 NCAA Women’s College World Series TBA
# Sportco Kick-Off Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) • $ Troy Cox Classic (Las Cruces, N.M.) • ^ Texas Shootout (San Marcos, Texas) • ~ Texas Tech Invitational (Lubbock, Texas) • + Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic (Lubbock, Texas) • % San Diego State Classic (Santee, Calif.) • ! Rebel Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) • * Big 12 Series
RED RAIDERS CLOSE NON-CONFERENCE IN VEGASTexas Tech will make its second trip this season to Las Vegas this weekend as the Red Raiders close non-conference play with the Rebel Classic hosted by UNLV at Eller Media Stadium.
The Red Raiders (25-9) will face 18th-ranked Tulsa and the host Rebels on Friday before closing the tournament with a doubleheader against Boise State on Saturday.
Texas Tech previously traveled to Las Vegas for the season-opening Sportco Kick-Off Classic where the Red Raiders went 3-2 with wins over Central Florida, Minnesota and UNLV. Tech fell to No. 18 Louisville, 10-6, and DePaul, 5-1, during the tournament.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULEFriday, March 12Texas Tech vs. Tulsa ___________________4:30 p.m.UNLV vs. Tulsa _______________________6:15 p.m.UNLV vs. Texas Tech __________________8:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 16Boise State vs. Texas Tech _______________ 11 a.m.Boise State vs. Texas Tech ______________1:15 p.m.UNLV vs. Tulsa _______________________3:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 17Boise State vs. Tulsa ___________________ 11 a.m.Boise State vs. Tulsa __________________1:15 p.m.
All times listed are central. All games will be played at Eller Media Stadium.
REBEL CLASSICMarch 22-23 • Las Vegas, Nev. • Eller Media Stadium
TEXAS TECH25-9
(NR/NR)
TULSA23-5
(19/18)
UNLV12-17
(NR/NR)
BOISE STATE21-8
(NR/NR)
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GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation ______________________ Lubbock, TexasFounded ______________________________ 1923Enrollment ___________________________32,611Nickname ________________________Red RaidersColors ________________________ Scarlet & BlackMascot_______________ Masket Rider / Raider RedAffiliation ____________________ NCAA Division IConference ___________________________ Big 12Chancellor ________________________ Kent HanceInterim President _______ Dr. Lawrence Schovanec Athletics Director _________________ Kirby Hocutt Sr. Associate AD/SWA _____________Dr. Judi HenryDepartment Main Number _______ (806) 742-3355
HISTORYSeason of Softball ___ 22nd (1981-85; 1996-present)All-Time Record _______________ 533-604-4 (.467)NCAA Regional Appearances _______________ Five_________________ (1999, 2001, 2010, 2011, 2012)
FACILITY INFORMATIONName ____________________ Rocky Johnson FieldCapacity ______________________________ 1,093Opened _______________________________ 2001
COACHING STAFFHead Coach ____________________ Shanon HaysAlma Mater _______________Lubbock Christian ‘91Record at Tech ____________ 142-59 (4th Seasons)Career Record _____________ 256-75 (6th Seasons)Best time to reach __________________Contact SIDAssoc. Head Coach __________________ Aly SartiniAlma Mater ______________________ Arkansas ‘00Assistant Coach __________ Chrissy SchoonmakerAlma Mater ______________ South Carolina ‘07, ‘09Vol. Assistant Coach _______________Sarah SigrestAlma Mater ____________________Jacksonville ‘12Dir. of Operations __________ Shannon ArmstrongOffice Number _________________ (806) 742-5001
TEAM INFORMATION2012 Record ___________________________41-17Big 12 Record _____________________ 13-10 (5th)Home Record ___________________________18-4Away Record _____________________________8-6Neutral Site Record _______________________15-7Postseason _____________ NCAA Seattle RegionalFinal Ranking __________________ Received VotesLetterwinners Returning/Lost ____________ 10/11Position Starters Returning/Lost _____________4/5Pitchers Returning Lost ____________________4/2Newcomers ______________________________ 12Top Returning Position Players _____ Sandy James,__________________ Mikey Kenney, Adriana PerezTop Returning Pitchers ______________ Cara Custer_______________________________Brittany TalleyTop Newcomers ______________ Gretchen Aucoin_____________Shelby Johnson, Samantha Camello
The Texas Tech Athletics Communications office is here to serve the media throughout the 2013 Red Raider Softball season. Media members in need of assistance can contact Matt Dowdy in the Athletics Communications office at (806) 742-2770.
MEDIA CREDENTIALS Media members covering the Texas Tech softball program at Rocky Johnson Field during the 2013 season must be issued a working credential from the Texas Tech Athletics Communications office. • All requests for both media and photo credentials must be made either in writing or via e-mail at least a day in advance to Matt Dowdy, Assistant Director for Athletic Communications. (Fax: (806) 742-1970; e-mail: [email protected])• Requests are honored from sports editors of daily and weekly newspapers, editors of sports peri-odicals, and sports directors of radio and television stations who broadcast regularly scheduled daily sports reports and talk shows.• Credentials can be picked up in the Athletics Com-munications office (south end of Jones AT&T Stadi-um) or at will call, which is located at the ticket booth outside the park’s front gate.
PRESS BOX SERVICESA complete NCAA box score and pertinent game facts will be distributed to members of the working media following the conclusion of the game. Game notes, statistics, lineups, and rosters are provided prior to first pitch. A pregame meal is also served in the press box approximately 45 minutes prior to first pitch.
PHOTOGRAPHERS Photographers are permitted to shoot around Rocky Johnson Field in approved areas. All photographers must be issued a working credential by the Athletics Communications office to gain access through the stadium entrance.
RADIO BROADCASTS The Rocky Johnson Field pressbox houses two radio booths in addition to seating for print media mem-bers. Both radio booths are equipped with ISDN and phone lines for radio crews wanting to broadcast Texas Tech games. For information on the ISDN and phone lines, please contact Matt Dowdy in the Ath-letics Communications office.
2013 QUICK FACTS
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS/NEWS CONFERENCES Video from news conferences and games will be available to the media via FTP. Broadcast quality video footage (game highlights, post-practice in-terviews, post-game interviews, etc) are available at www.ttumedia.com. Please contact the athletics communications office for login instructions.
WWW.TEXASTECH.COM This 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 and audio (home matches only) streaming of all Red Raider games.
FOLLOW THE RED RAIDERSTexas Tech fans can follow the Red Raiders all season on Twitter (@TechAthletics, @TechGameday and @Matt_Dowdy) as well as Facebook and the official website of Texas Tech Athletics, www.TexasTech.com. Texas Tech offers live video streaming of all home games at Rocky Johnson Field on TexasTech.TV, the official multimedia home of the Red Raiders.
HEAD COACH SHANON HAYS INTERVIEWS Head coach Shanon Hays can be reached best early in the afternoon prior to practice. Hays’ office is lo-cated in the softball facility just outside the left field fence at Rocky Johnson Field. To arrange an inter-view, please contact Matt Dowdy in the Athletics Communications office.
PLAYER INTERVIEWS Players and coaches are available for interviews ev-ery day prior to the start of practice. Practice times vary from week to week, so media members wishing to attend should contact Matt Dowdy in the Athlet-ics Communications office to get a weekly schedule.
POSTGAME INTERVIEWS Texas Tech players and head coach Shanon Hays will be made available to the media outside the home dugout following a brief cooling off period. The Tex-as Tech locker room will remain closed.
SCHOOL BIG 12 PCT. OVERALL PCT.Oklahoma 0-0 .000 27-1 .964Texas 0-0 .000 27-4 .872Baylor 0-0 .000 25-5 .833Kansas 0-0 .000 21-7 .750Texas Tech 0-0 .000 25-9 .735Oklahoma State 0-0 .000 19-12 .613Iowa State 0-0 .000 12-14 .462
INSIDE THE TULSA SERIESThe Red Raiders will be looking for their first-ever win against Tulsa on Friday as Texas Tech is 0-6 all-time against the Hurricane. This is the first time that the two schools have met since 2004 when Tulsa swept a pair of games. Tech and Tulsa have met at a neutral site twice before with the Hurricane taking a 4-2 victory on Feb. 5, 2000, and then a 9-4 win on Feb. 6, 2004.
INSIDE THE UNLV SERIESTexas Tech and UNLV will face each other Friday for the second time this season after the Red Raiders took a 10-6 victory on Feb. 9 in the season-opening Sportco Kick-Off Classic held in Las Vegas. The win improved Tech to 3-4 all-time against the Rebels, who were previously a perfect 3-0 against the Red Raiders at home.
INSIDE THE BOISE STATE SERIESTexas Tech and Boise State will be meeting for the second time in school history after the Red Raiders swept a three-game set against the Broncos in 2010. Tech won all three games by a combined score of 24-7 at Rocky Johnson Field.
ON DECKThe Red Raiders open Big 12 Conference play next weekend with a three-game series April 28-30 (Thurs.-Sat.) at Oklahoma State in what is the latest start to league play in school history. Texas Tech will then open a six-game homestand by welcoming Kansas on April 5-7 and then No. 1 Oklahoma on April 12-14.
RED RAIDERS AGAINST RANKED OPPONENTSTexas Tech will face its second top-25 team of the season Friday when the Red Raiders take on 18th-ranked Tulsa. The Red Raiders previously fell to No. 18 Louisville, 10-6, in the second game of the year which also took place in Las Vegas. Tech is 54-208 all-time in the Big 12 era against ranked opponents and 12-24 under head coach Shanon Hays.
TEXAS TECH AMONG THE TOP OFFENSES IN THE COUNTRY ... AGAINOne staple for Texas Tech under Shanon Hays has been boasting one of the top offenses in the nation the past two seasons. Even with a reworked lineup that normally consists of three or four freshmen, the Red Raiders enter this week ranked fifth nationally in scoring and among the top 10 for batting average (9th), doubles per game (10th) and slugging percentage (10th). Tech is also ranked 18th for home runs per game as well. The Red Raiders ranked among the national leaders in several offensive categories in 2012, a year after ranking fourth in both scoring and batting average.
RED RAIDERS JUST FOUR WINS SHY OF FOURTH-STRAIGHT WINNING SEASONTexas Tech can guarantee its fourth-straight winning season this weekend with four wins. The Red Raiders, who are 25-9 entering this weekend, have won at least 30 games in each of Shanon Hays’ three seasons, including 40 wins in both 2011 and 2012. Prior to Hays’ arrival, Tech had not recorded a winning season since 2001 when the Red Raiders went 37-24 en route to advancing to the NCAA Tucson Regional. It was one of just four winning seasons for Tech until 2010 when Hays led the Red Raiders to a 38-18 record and a trip to the NCAA Stanford Regional.
WILLIAMS SOLIDIFIES MIDDLE OF TEXAS TECH LINEUPKatelyn Williams’ sophomore season has been nothing but success so far as she leads Texas tech with a .436 batting average to go along with seven home runs and 31 RBI. Williams, who totaled just one home run and 10 RBI during her freshman season, has recorded a team-high 14 multiple-hit games this year and seven multiple-RBI performances as well. She is currently among the big 12 leaders in batting average, hits, home runs, doubles, RBI, total bases and slugging percentage.
PEREZ RANKS AMONG TOP HOME RUN HITTERS IN THE COUNTRYEven with no home runs in her last nine games, Adriana Perez ranks fourth nationally with 12 long balls this year, which is four off the Texas Tech single-season school record set by Sandy James in 2011. The Lancaster, Calif. native trails Oklahoma’s Lauren Chamberlain as the sophomore has belted 16 home runs already this year. Perez enters this weekend hitting .346 on the year with a team-high 40 RBI that is tops among Big 12 players. The single-season mark for RBI belongs to Kim Martinez, who drove in 70 runners in 1997. Perez has hit 27 home runs in just over a season at Tech, moving her into a tie for third with Martinez on the school’s career chart.
JOHNSON CONTINUES TO REACH BASE IN THE NO. 2 HOLE Through 34 games this season, Shelby Johnson has done exactly what Shanon Hays envisioned when he recruited the junior college transfer - reach base. The Jefferson, Ga. native opened the year reaching base in the first 30 games, the longest streak to start a season since Emily Bledsoe reached in the first 34 games of the 2011 campaign. Johnson has reached in 33 of 34 games this year as she is second on the team with a .492 on-base percentage that only trails Mikey Kenney’s .562 average. The junior matched the Texas Tech single-game record for hits with her 5-for-5 performance against IPFW on Saturday where she also drove in a season-high six RBI. Johnson matched the school record that was set by Stephanie Drewry on Feb. 27, 2009, against South Florida. She currently ranks among the Big 12 leaders in hits, runs scored, on-base percentage, walks, and stolen bases.
RED RAIDERS BEGIN TO FIND POWER TO CLOSE HOMESTANDTexas Tech belted 12 home runs during the Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic and then three more on Wednesday against Bryant and Fairfield, giving the Red Raiders 37 now through 29 games this season. The Red Raiders are currently on pace to snap the school’s single-season record set just a year ago when Tech
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THIS WEEK IN THE BIG 12
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20Baylor 5, UT Arlington 2North Texas 4, Oklahoma State 3
FRIDAY, MARCH 22Iowa State vs. Dartmouth ________________ 9 a.m.Iowa State vs. Bethune-Cookman ______ 11:15 a.m.Oklahoma State at New Mexico ___________ 4 p.m.Texas Tech vs. Tulsa ___________________ 4:30 p.m.Texas Tech at UNLV _____________________ 8 p.m.
SATURDAY, MARCH 23Texas Tech vs. Boise State (DH) __________ 11 a.m.Siena vs. Oklahoma State _______________ 12 p.m.Elon vs. Iowa State __________________ 12:30 p.m.Louisville at Oklahoma (DH) _____________ 2 p.m.Texas at Baylor ________________________ 2 p.m.Iowa State at Florida Atlantic ___________ 2:45 p.m.Oklahoma State at New Mexico ___________ 6 p.m.
SUNDAY, MARCH 17Louisville at Oklahoma _________________ 12 p.m.Baylor at Texas (FSN) _________________ 12:30 p.m.
Others Receiving Votes: South Alabama (46), Lou-isiana-Lafayette (20), Mississippi State (15), Iowa (7), McNeese State (6), USC Upstate (6), North Carolina (1), Florida State (1), South Florida (1).
Others Receiving Votes: Wisconsin (19), Oregon State (17), Iowa (15), SC Upstate (8), Mississippi State (4), San Diego State (1).
BOLD represents 2013 Texas Tech opponents
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totaled 66 home runs. The 2012 club only had 29 home runs through the first 29 games before eventually snapping the school record that was also broke in 2011 as well. Tech’s 12 home runs last weekend marked its most in a tournament this season.
HAYS PICKS UP CAREER WIN NO. 250 AGAINST IPFWTexas Tech head coach Shanon Hays earned his 250th career victory as a collegiate softball coach on March 9 when the Red Raiders rolled past IPFW, 12-4, in six innings. Hays already became the winningest coach in Texas Tech history already this year with a season-opening win over Central Florida. The fourth-year skipper is now 260-76 in six seasons as a collegiate coach and 146-60 while at Texas Tech.
TEXAS TECH FINDS SUCCESS IN OPENING INNINGOne mantra for Shanon Hays has to always jump on opponents early. The Red Raiders have followed through with that this year as Tech is outscoring its opponents, 46-7, in the first inning alone. Tech has scored in the opening inning 18 times already this year, compiling a 14-4 record during those games alone. The Red Raid-ers are also 17-4 when scoring before their opponent this year and an impressive 110-16 when doing so under fourth-year head coach Shanon Hays.
JAMES BECOMES TEXAS TECH ALL-TIME RBI LEADERSandy James snapped the Texas Tech career RBI record at the Troy Cox Classic as the senior drove in nine runs on the weekend. She now has 122 RBI for her career, which passes the previous mark of 114 set by both Paula Workman (1997-2000) and former teammate Emily Bledsoe (2009-12). The Kilgore, Texas native broke the record with a second-inning grand slam against UMKC on Friday that was part of a five-RBI performance. She also added a three-run double the following day against the Kangaroos. James also holds a narrow lead on current teammate Mikey Kenney, who enters this weekend with 113 career RBI which ranks fourth all-time in school history.
HAYS BECOMES ALL-TIME WINNINGEST COACH ON OPENING WEEKENDShanon Hays became the winningest coach in Texas Tech history on opening weekend when the Red Raiders topped Central Florida, 12-4, for Hays’ 122nd victory. The win helped Hays pass Renee Luers-Gillespie, UCF’s current head coach who also led Tech to a 121-133-1 record in just over four seasons from 1996 to several weeks into the 2000 season. Hays is now 134-58 during his three-plus seasons in the Tech dugout.
ELKINS HAS SUCCESSFUL START TO COLLEGIATE CAREERAs a collegiate athlete for just over a month, Lexie Elkins probably couldn’t imagine such a successful open-ing weekend. The 17-year-old freshman went 4-for-8 at the plate with a pair of doubles and two RBI while making three starts behind the plate at the Sportco Kick-Off Classic. She became the first freshman to earn the opening-day start at catcher since Holley Gentsch in 2009. Gentsch went on to Tech’s primary catcher behind the plate during her four-year career before becoming Tech’s graduate student manager this season.
RED RAIDERS FIND SUCCESS IN THE OPENING INNINGIf one thing was evident at the Sportco Kick-Off Classic in Las Vegas, the Red Raiders were ready from the beginning as Texas Tech plated at least one run in the opening inning four times in five games. In three of those games, the Red Raiders opened with significant leads thanks to four first-inning runs. Tech scored in the first inning 24 times a year ago and was 20-4 in those games. The Red Raiders are 5-2 this year when scoring in the opening frame.
RED RAIDERS RECEIVE VOTES IN BOTH PRESEASON POLLSFor the third-straight season, Texas Tech will start the season receiving votes in both the USA Today/NFCA and the ESPN/USA Softball preseason polls. The Red Raiders picked up 12 points in both polls to fall just outside of the top 25. One of five Big 12 schools appearing in either poll, Tech will face a total of eight teams this season that are ranked or receiving votes in the preseason rankings.
HEART OF THE LINEUP RETURNS FOR 2013 SEASONDespite the graduation of a school record eight seniors from a year ago, the Red Raiders still return the heart of their 2012 lineup in seniors Sandy James, Mikey Kenney and Adriana Perez. The trio led Texas Tech in batting average, home runs and RBI a year ago to help send the Red Raiders to their third-straight NCAA Regional appearance. In addition, all three players currently rank among the Tech all-time leaders in multiple single-season and career categories in the school record book. James, Kenney and Perez accounted for 39 of Tech’s school record 66 home runs last season and nearly half the team’s total RBI while recording the squad’s three highest averages.
PITCHING DEPTH TO BE A PLUS WITH RETURN OF CUSTER, TALLEYFor associate head coach Aly Sartini, the return of several familiar faces in the circle this season has the fourth-year pitching coach feeling good about her rotation as the Red Raiders return their two mainstays in the circle from a year ago in sophomore Cara Custer and junior Brittany Talley. As only a freshman, Custer became just the second 20-win pitcher in school history a year ago, joining the great Amanda Renfro, who owns the majority of single-season and career records in Texas Tech history. Custer and Talley will receive help in the circle from returning senior Ashley Brokeshoulder along with talented freshmen Gretchen Au-coin, Shannon Carrico and Tess McPherson.
YOUTH TO BE SERVED EARLY IN 2013After having a group of returners scattered throughout the infield in 2012, Shanon Hays will see several new faces around the diamond this season as the Red Raiders return only one starting infielder from a year ago in first baseman Sandy James, who will also see time behind the plate. Texas Tech had a senior at each infield
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spot last year, minus first base, but will turn to a talented group of freshmen this season, notably Samantha Camello, Brooke Scott and Nikki Dunlap. Camello and Scott will likely see action up the middle while Dunlap will join returning junior Taylor Powell at either third or second base.
PEREZ, KENNEY PICK UP PRESEASON ACCOLADESTexas Tech seniors Adriana Perez and Mikey Kenney were honored in early January on the Preseason All-Big 12 teams selected by the website collegesportsmadness.com. Perez led the two selections as she was one of 12 players named to the first team while Kenney picked up second team honors in the outfield. It marked the second-straight year Tech had two players honored on the website’s preseason teams as Sandy James and Emily Bledsoe were both second-team recipients prior to the 2012 season. Perez also picked up third-team All-American honors by the website as well as she was joined by 10 other Big 12 players on one of the publication’s four preseason All-America teams.
JAMES MAKES THE MOVE BEHIND THE PLATEFollowing the graduation of four-year starter Holley Gentsch at catcher, Sandy James made the move be-hind the plate this past fall where she will split time with freshman Lexie Elkins. James, who was Texas Tech’s primary first baseman the past two seasons, caught throughout her prep career at Sabine High School and was behind the plate occasionally her freshman season at Angelo State.
ELKINS ADDS DEPTH BEHIND THE PLATE AT A YOUNG AGEFor Lexie Elkins, age is only a number. As just a 17-year-old, Elkins will likely be one of the youngest, if not the youngest, players in the country this season as the Victoria, Texas native graduated high school a semester early in order to join the Red Raiders in early January. Elkins, a three-year starter for Victoria East High School, will give Texas Tech additional depth at catcher as she will combine with Sandy James for the majority of starts behind the plate. Elkins was the Co-Newcomer of the Year of district 30-5A during her 2010 freshman season and followed up by being named the district Co-MVP as a sophomore. She also garnered honorable mention All-American accolades in 2011 by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.
JAMES, KENNEY TO BATTLE FOR CAREER HOME RUN LEADMikey Kenney and Sandy James will battle throughout the 2013 season for which senior finishes her career as the school’s all-time home run leader. Kenney, who broke Kim Martinez’ previous school record of 27 mid-way through last season, enters the year with 32 career home runs, five more than James. Kenney belted 13 home runs last season while James added 12 as well as both players are prominant in the Tech single-season record book as well. James set the single-season mark with 16 home runs in 2011 during her first season in scarlet and black, breaking the previous mark of 15 that was held by Martinez (1997) and Kenney (2010).
SCHOONMAKER, SIGREST AMONG NEW FACES IN THE TECH DUGOUTTexas Tech will have two new faces in its dugout this season as assistant coach Chrissy Schoonmaker and volunteer assistant Sarah Sigrest are both entering their first year with the program. Schoonmaker arrives at Texas Tech after spending the past two seasons as the volunteer assistant at her alma mater, South Carolina. Sigrest, meanwhile, comes to Tech following a highly-successful pitching career at Jacksonville where she helped lead the Dolphins to their first NCAA Regional appearance in school history.
RED RAIDERS GET OKLAHOMA, TEXAS BOTH AT HOMEWith five of seven Big 12 Conference teams currently ranked or receiving votes in either top-25 poll, Texas Tech will once again have its hands full when league play begins in late March. One positive for the Red Raiders, though, is that the conference’s two top-ranked teams - No. 2 Oklahoma and No. 7 Texas - will both travel to Lubbock for three-game sets this season. Tech will host the defending national runner-up Sooners on March 12-14 before Texas makes its trip to the South Plains on March 26-28. The Red Raiders went 18-4 last season at Rocky Johnson Field which includes a win over the then-No. 5 Longhorns in Texas’ only trip during the season to Lubbock.
RED RAIDERS TO MAKE FIRST EVER APPEARANCE ON ESPNTexas Tech will make its first ever appearance on the ESPN Family of Networks in May as the Red Raiders’ series opener at Baylor will air nationally on ESPN. The game was originally set to air on ESPN2 before be-ing upgraded in late Feburary. The three-game series was set to begin on May 3 but will instead move to a Thursday-Saturday format. The Big 12 television schedule includes five conference games this season that will air on either ESPN or Fox Sports.
RED RAIDERS PICKED FOURTH IN BIG 12 PRESEASON POLLTexas Tech earned its highest Big 12 preseason ranking in school history in January as the Red Raiders were picked to finish fourth in the seven-team league. The fourth-place nod marked the Red Raiders’ highest preseason selection since the poll was created prior to the 2000 season, breaking the previous mark from 2001 when Tech was slotted to finish tied for sixth. Oklahoma was picked as the preseason favorite for the fourth time in the last five years as the Sooners, who finished as the national runner-up a year ago, notched 36 points in the poll followed by Texas with 29 and third-place Baylor with 28. Tech earned 20 points to finish ahead of Oklahoma State (20), Kansas (12) and Iowa State (6) in the poll.
TEXAS TECH IN NATIONAL POLLS
NFCA ESPNPreseason RV RVFeb. 12 n/a n/aFeb. 19 n/a n/aFeb. 26 n/a n/aMarch 5 n/a n/aMarch 12 n/a n/aMarch 19 n/a n/aMarch 26 April 2 April 9 April 16 April 23 April 30 May 7 May 14
PLAYER OF THE WEEKFeb. 12 Lauren Chamberlain, Oklahoma, So.Feb. 19 Taylor Thom, Texas, Jr.Feb. 26 Taylor Thom, Texas, Jr.March 5 Linsey Hays, Baylor, Fr.March 12 Shelby Pendley, Oklahoma, So.March 19 Lauren Chamberlain, Oklahoma, So.March 26 April 2 April 9 April 16 April 23 April 30 May 7 May 14
PITCHER OF THE WEEKFeb. 14 Keilani Ricketts, Oklahoma, Sr.Feb. 21 Michelle Gascoigne, Oklahoma, Sr.Feb. 28 Keilani Ricketts, Oklahoma, Sr.March 6 Blaire Luna, Texas, Sr.March 13 Whitney Canion, Baylor, Jr.March 20 Keilani Ricketts, Oklahoma, Sr.March 27 April 3 April 10 April 17 April 24 May 1 May 8 May 15
BIG 12 WEEKLY AWARDS
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HEAD COACH
SHANON HAYS6th Season Overall • 4th Season at Texas Tech • Lubbock Christian ‘91Career Record: 260-76 • Record at Tech: 146-60
In three seasons as Texas Tech’s head softball coach, Shanon Hays has trans-formed the Red Raiders into not only a contender in the Big 12 Conference, but nationally as well with three-straight
NCAA Regional appearances.
After inheriting a program that was only 15-42 in 2009, Hays has led the Red Raiders to back-to-back 40-win seasons as he has amassed a 121-51 record in three seasons, leaving the Lubbock native just 18 wins shy of already becoming the winningest coach in school history.
Most importantly, though, the Red Raiders have been in the postseason in each of Hays’ three sea-sons, advancing to the NCAA Stanford Regional in 2010, the Tucson Regional in 2011, and then the Seattle Regional a year ago. Tech fell in the regional finale in each of his first two seasons before Harvard ended Tech’s run in an elimination game in 2012.
Prior to his arrival, Tech had only advanced to the postseason twice in program history and had not recorded a winning record since 2001. The Red Raid-ers, who had also finished no better than eighth in the Big 12 standings in seven of the previous eight seasons, had never advanced to a regional in con-secutive seasons as well.
Hays quickly changed that in 2010, though, as he helped lead the Red Raiders to a 38-18 record, a 23-win improvement from the year before, as well as a seventh-place finish in the league standings. The Red Raiders fell to eventual College World Se-ries participant Hawaii in the Stanford Regional after Tech overcome a first-day loss by topping both UC Davis and the host Cardinal to make its way into the regional finale.
With the majority of that squad returning the fol-lowing year, the Red Raiders wrapped the 2011 campaign with a 42-16 overall record that marked the highest winning percentage in school history. It was also just Tech’s second 40-win season all-time as the Red Raiders were also 45-19 in 1998.
Hays became the program’s first coach to lead the Red Raiders to multiple postseason appearances later in the year as Tech was the No. 2 seed in the Tucson Regional. After overcoming another first-day loss, Tech fell to host Arizona in the championship game.
The Red Raiders had possibly their best season under Hays in 2012 as Tech ended the year fifth in the Big 12 standings behind a 13-10 league record, marking the program’s highest finish and first win-ning conference record since 2001. Tech navigated a 13-game stretch against top-25 teams midway through league play where the Red Raiders finished 7-6 with series wins over No. 25 Baylor and at No.
9 Missouri along with a midweek victory over No. 5 Texas.
Tech wrapped the regular season with a No. 23 ranking in the rating-percentage index (RPI) poll, seven spots higher from where it ended 2011. The Red Raiders also appeared in the top-25 rankings before closing the season by receiving votes for the second-straight season.
School records have fallen in droves under Hays as Tech has broken over 20 single-season marks in just three seasons, including the majority of the of-fensive record book. In 2011 alone, the Red Raiders snapped the single-season records for batting aver-age, runs, hits, doubles, home runs, grand slams, RBI, total bases, slugging percentage and walks.
Hays has regularly 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. Tech’s .341 average that year was not only the highest in school history but it also snapped the Big 12 record that was previously set by Oklahoma in 2001. The Red Raiders also averaged 7.17 runs per game, a mark that ranked fourth in the nation as well.
In addition to hitting for average, pitches have left the ball park in record numbers under Hays as Tech belted 58 in 2011 before smashing a school-record 66 a year later. Seven of the highest single-season individual totals have come in the last three seasons with Sandy James leading the group with a school-record 16 home runs in 2011. Mikey Kenney also owns the career record as she has totaled 32 home runs entering the 2013 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 inaugu-ral season, compiling a 60-9 record and claiming the NAIA National Championship which earned 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 cham-pionship 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).
YEAR SCHOOL RECORD2006-07 Lubbock Christian n/a2008 Lubbock Christian 60-9*2009 Lubbock Christian 54-7^2010 Texas Tech 38-18#2011 Texas Tech 42-16#2012 Texas Tech 41-17#2013 Texas Tech 25-9Total 260-76
* NAIA National Champions^ NAIA National Championship Finalists# NCAA Regional
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.
u2008 NAIA National Coach of the Yearu 2008-09 SAC Coach of the YearuOnly person in Tech history to coach two com- pletely different sports (men’s basketball).uLed Tech to a 23-game turnaround in first year.uBroken over 20 school records in three seasons.uFive Big 12 weekly award recipients.uNine All-Big 12 postseason award honorees.
PERSONAL
SOFTBALL YEAR-BY-YEAR
COACHING ACCOLADES
Hays comes from a family of coaches as his father, legendary Texas Tech baseball coach Larry Hays, roamed the Red Raider dugout from 1987-2008, where he picked up 1,509 career wins, fifth-most in NCAA history. When not coaching on the diamond, Larry Hays also could be found on the fastpitch soft-ball circuit where he pitched for several of the top local and national men’s teams.
Like his father, Shanon Hays also began playing fast-pitch softball as a youth, along with both baseball and basketball, and competed on the summer cir-cuit as well.
Shanon Hays began and ended his college career at LCU, graduating in 1991 with his degree in Educa-tion after also attending Texas Tech and competing from 1988 - 1990 for his father on the Red Raider baseball team. He competed for LCU prior to that on both the baseball and basketball teams.
He graduated from Lubbock Monterey High School in 1986 and makes his home in Lubbock with his wife, Tina, two sons, Hunter and Heath, and daugh-ter, Hampton.
Date Opponent Score r-h-e r-h-e Inns Overall Big 12 Pitcher of record Attend TimeFeb 08, 2013 vs Central Florida W 12-4 12-9-0 4-5-4 5 1-0-0 0-0-0 Talley, B. (W 1-0) 386 1:44Feb 08, 2013 vs #18 Louisville 6-10 L 6-9-1 10-10-1 7 1-1-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (L 0-1) 386 2:12Feb 09, 2013 vs Minnesota W 5-3 5-10-6 3-6-2 7 2-1-0 0-0-0 Talley, B. (W 2-0) 606 2:15Feb 09, 2013 at UNLV W 10-6 10-11-2 6-10-3 7 3-1-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (W 1-1) 606 2:14Feb 10, 2013 vs DePaul 1-5 L 1-4-0 5-8-1 7 3-2-0 0-0-0 Talley, B. (L 2-1) 276 1:58Feb 15, 2013 vs Colorado State 4-6 L 4-8-1 6-9-2 7 3-3-0 0-0-0 Brokeshoulder (L 0-1) 95 2:32Feb 15, 2013 vs UMKC W 14-2 14-14-3 2-3-2 5 4-3-0 0-0-0 Carrico, S. (W 1-0) 95 1:35Feb 16, 2013 vs UMKC W 11-3 11-10-1 3-8-1 5 5-3-0 0-0-0 Aucoin, G. (W 1-0) 85 1:22Feb 16, 2013 vs Penn State W 14-3 14-12-1 3-5-1 5 6-3-0 0-0-0 Talley, B. (W 3-1) 151 1:39Feb 17, 2013 at New Mexico State W 5-3 5-8-4 3-8-2 (8) 7-3-0 0-0-0 Talley, B. (W 4-1) 378 2:20Feb 22, 2013 at Texas State W 6-1 6-9-1 1-4-2 7 8-3-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (W 2-1) 674 2:00Feb 22, 2013 vs North Texas 3-5 L 3-6-2 5-6-2 7 8-4-0 0-0-0 Talley, B. (L 4-2) 674 2:05Feb 23, 2013 vs UT Arlington W 2-0 2-5-1 0-1-0 7 9-4-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (W 3-1) 675 1:38Feb 23, 2013 vs Sam Houston State 0-4 L 0-8-2 4-8-0 7 9-5-0 0-0-0 Talley, B. (L 4-3) 675 1:38Feb 24, 2013 vs Sam Houston State W 8-3 8-11-1 3-7-1 7 10-5-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (W 4-1) 646 1:49Mar 01, 2013 JACKSON STATE W 18-0 18-17-0 0-1-1 5 11-5-0 0-0-0 Aucoin, G. (W 2-0) 245 1:32Mar 01, 2013 MCNEESE STATE W 3-2 3-6-2 2-7-2 7 12-5-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (W 5-1) 245 1:58Mar 02, 2013 JACKSON STATE 2-4 L 2-3-0 4-5-0 7 12-6-0 0-0-0 Brokeshoulder (L 0-2) 420 1:47Mar 02, 2013 MCNEESE STATE 0-1 L 0-5-4 1-2-0 (8) 12-7-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (L 5-2) 420 1:58Mar 03, 2013 NORTHERN COLORADO W 8-7 8-10-1 7-10-2 7 13-7-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (W 6-2) 395 2:11Mar 08, 2013 UMKC W 8-0 8-7-3 0-3-3 5 14-7-0 0-0-0 Talley, B. (W 5-3) 266 1:24Mar 08, 2013 IPFW 4-5 L 4-7-2 5-10-1 7 14-8-0 0-0-0 Talley, B. (L 5-4) 266 2:21Mar 09, 2013 IPFW W 12-4 12-14-0 4-6-1 6 15-8-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (W 7-2) 305 1:52Mar 09, 2013 UMKC W 9-1 9-11-2 1-1-1 6 16-8-0 0-0-0 Aucoin, G. (W 3-0) 305 1:37Mar 10, 2013 UMKC W 16-8 16-14-4 8-9-3 5 17-8-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (W 8-2) 325 1:56Mar 10, 2013 TROY W 11-3 11-14-1 3-6-1 5 18-8-0 0-0-0 Aucoin, G. (W 4-0) 325 1:35Mar 11, 2013 TROY W 15-0 15-16-0 0-3-1 5 19-8-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (W 9-2) 476 1:38Mar 13, 2013 vs Bryant W 7-1 7-9-0 1-4-0 7 20-8-0 0-0-0 Talley, B. (W 6-4) 103 1:41Mar 13, 2013 vs Fairfield W 9-2 9-14-2 2-4-2 7 21-8-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (W 10-2) 105 2:06Mar 15, 2013 vs Fairfield W 8-5 8-9-2 5-5-2 7 22-8-0 0-0-0 Talley, B. (W 7-4) 803 2:02Mar 15, 2013 vs Seton Hall W 7-4 7-6-3 4-6-1 7 23-8-0 0-0-0 Talley, B. (W 8-4) 803 2:22Mar 16, 2013 vs Buffalo W 8-0 8-12-0 0-4-0 5 24-8-0 0-0-0 Aucoin, G. (W 5-0) 1097 1:36Mar 16, 2013 vs San Diego State 0-3 L 0-2-1 3-3-0 7 24-9-0 0-0-0 Custer, C. (L 10-3) 1097 1:31Mar 17, 2013 vs Marist W 6-0 6-4-0 0-5-2 7 25-9-0 0-0-0 Talley, B. (W 9-4) 662 1:48
LOB - Team (235), Opp (198). DPs turned - Team (4), Opp (10). CI - Team (1), Elkins, L. 1. IBB - Team (6), Perez, A. 3, James, S. 2, Kenney, M. 1. Picked off - Kenney, M. 1.
PB - Team (4), James, S. 3, Elkins, L. 1, Opp (11). Pickoffs - Team (1), Elkins, L. 1, Opp (1). SBA/ATT - Elkins, L. (18-18), Talley, B. (14-14), James, S. (12-14), Custer, C. (9-9), Aucoin, G. (5-6), Carrico, S. (2-3).
2013 OVERALL HITTING STATISTICS
2013 OVERALL PITCHING STATISTICS
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TEXAS TECH AGAINST UNLV IN 2013
2013 Texas Tech SoftballTexas Tech at UNLV
Feb 09, 2013 at Las Vegas, Nev. (Eller Media Stadium)
Win - Custer, C. (1-1). Loss - OLIVETO, A. (2-1). Save - None.HBP - by Custer, C. (VAN ACKER, T). PB - HARRISON, H.. Inherited runners/scored: None. Pitches/strikes: Custer, C.99/67; OLIVETO, A. 182/85.
Umpires - HP: Steve Arnold 1B: Bob Shelton 3B: Anthony LewisStart: 9:19 Time: 2:14 Attendance: 606Weather: 40 degrees, clear skies
Date Opp. C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DP2/8 UCF Elkins James Scott Powell Camello Johnson Kenney Tapia Perez2/8 Louisville James Perez Scott Powell Camello Williams Kenney Tapia Johnson2/9 Minnesota Elkins James Scott Powell Camello Johnson Kenney Tapia Perez2/9 UNLV James Perez Scott Powell Camello Williams Kenney Tapia Johnson2/10 DePaul Elkins James Camello Dunlap Powell Johnson Kenney Tapia Perez2/15 Colorado St. Elkins James Camello Tapia Powell Johnson Kenney Williams Perez2/15 UMKC James Perez Camello Powell Scott Johnson Kenney Williams Aucoin2/16 UMKC Elkins Perez Camello Powell Scott Johnson Kenney Williams James2/16 Penn State James Aucoin Camello Perez Powell Tapia Kenney Williams Johnson2/17 New Mexico St. James Aucoin Camello Powell Scott Johnson Kenney Williams Perez2/22 Texas State James Aucoin Camello Powell Scott Johnson Kenney Williams Perez2/22 N. Texas Elkins Perez Camello Tapia Powell Johnson Kenney Williams James2/23 UT Arlington Elkins James Camello Tapia Powell Johnson Kenney Williams Perez2/23 Sam Houston St. James Perez Camello Tapia Powell Johnson Kenney Williams Aucoin2/24 Sam Houston St. Elkins James Camello Tapia Powell Johnson Kenney Williams Perez3/1 Jackson St. Elkins James Camello Tapia Powell Johnson Kenney Williams Perez3/1 McNeese St. James Perez Camello Tapia Powell Johnson Kenney Williams Dunlap3/2 Jackson St. Elkins James Camello Tapia Powell Johnson Kenney Williams Perez3/2 McNeese St. James Perez Camello Tapia Powell Johnson Kenney Williams Aucoin3/3 N. Colorado Elkins James Camello Powell Scott Johnson Kenney Tapia Perez3/8 UMKC Elkins James Camello Powell Scott Johnson Kenney Williams Perez3/8 IPFW James Perez Camello Tapia Scott Powell Kenney Williams Johnson3/9 IPFW Elkins James Camello Tapia Powell Williams Kenney Johnson Perez3/9 UMKC James Perez Camello Tapia Powell Williams Kenney Johnson McPherson3/10 UMKC Elkins James Camello Tapia Powell Johnson Kenney Williams Perez3/10 Troy James Perez Camello Tapia Powell Johnson Kenney Williams Aucoin (P)3/11 Troy Elkins James Camello Tapia Powell Johnson Kenney Williams Perez3/13 Bryant James Perez Camello Tapia Powell Johnson Kenney Williams Elkins3/13 Fairfield Elkins James Camello Tapia Powell Johnson Kenney Williams Perez3/15 Fairfield James Perez Camello Tapia Powell Johnson Kenney Williams Elkins3/15 Seton Hall Elkins James Camello Tapia Powell Johnson Kenney Williams Perez3/16 Buffalo James Perez Camello Tapia Powell Johnson Kenney Williams Elkins3/16 San Diego St. Elkins James Camello Tapia Powell Johnson Kenney Williams Perez3/17 Marist Elkins James Scott Tapia Camello Johnson Kenney Williams Perez3/22 Tulsa3/22 UNLV3/23 Boise St.3/23 Boise St.3/28 Oklahoma St.3/29 Oklahoma St.3/30 Oklahoma St.4/5 Kansas4/6 Kansas4/7 Kansas4/12 Oklahoma4/13 Oklahoma4/14 Oklahoma4/19 Iowa State4/20 Iowa State4/21 Iowa State4/26 Texas4/27 Texas4/28 Texas5/2 Baylor5/3 Baylor5/4 Baylor
STARTING LINEUP BY POSITIONBREAKDOWN
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(Win-Loss record in parenthesis)LEADOFF:Kenney, Mikey _________________ 34 _____ (25-9)
Date Opp. Leadoff 2nd 3rd Cleanup 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th2/8 UCF Kenney Johnson James Perez Tapia Powell Camello Elkins Scott2/8 Louisville Kenney Johnson James Perez Tapia Williams Camello Powell Scott2/9 Minnesota Kenney Johnson James Perez Tapia Elkins Powell Camello Scott2/9 UNLV Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Tapia Powell Camello Scott2/10 DePaul Kenney Johnson James Perez Tapia Elkins Dunlap Powell Camello2/15 Colorado St. Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Elkins Powell Tapia Camello2/15 UMKC Kenney Johnson James Perez Aucoin Williams Powell Scott Camello2/16 UMKC Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Aucoin Elkins Powell Camello2/16 Penn State Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Aucoin Powell Tapia Camello2/17 New Mexico St. Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Aucoin Powell Scott Camello2/22 Texas State Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Aucoin Powell Scott Camello2/22 N. Texas Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Powell Tapia Elkins Camello2/23 UT Arlington Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Powell Tapia Elkins Camello2/23 Sam Houston St. Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Powell Aucoin Tapia Camello2/24 Sam Houston St. Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Powell Tapia Elkins Camello3/1 Jackson St. Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Powell Tapia Elkins Camello3/1 McNeese St. Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Powell Tapia Dunlap Camello3/2 Jackson St. Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Powell Aucoin Elkins Camello3/2 McNeese St. Kenney Johnson Williams Perez James Tapia Powell Aucoin Camello3/3 N. Colorado Kenney Johnson James Perez Elkins Powell Camello Tapia Scott3/8 UMKC Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Powell Elkins Scott Camello3/8 IPFW Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Tapia Powell Scott Camello3/9 IPFW Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Elkins Powell Tapia Camello3/9 UMKC Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Powell McPherson Tapia Camello3/10 UMKC Kenney Johnson Williams James Perez Powell Elkins Tapia Camello3/10 Troy Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Elkins Aucoin Powell Camello3/11 Troy Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Powell Elkins Tapia Camello3/13 Bryant Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Elkins Powell Camello Tapia3/13 Fairfield Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Elkins Powell Camello Tapia3/15 Fairfield Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Elkins Powell Camello Tapia3/15 Seton Hall Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Elkins Powell Camello Tapia3/16 Buffalo Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Elkins Aucoin Powell Camello3/16 San Diego St. Kenney Johnson James Perez Williams Elkins Powell Camello Tapia3/17 Marist Kenney Johnson Williams Perez James Elkins Scott Camello Tapia3/22 Tulsa3/22 UNLV3/23 Boise St.3/23 Boise St.3/28 Oklahoma St.3/29 Oklahoma St.3/30 Oklahoma St.4/5 Kansas4/6 Kansas4/7 Kansas4/12 Oklahoma4/13 Oklahoma4/14 Oklahoma4/19 Iowa State4/20 Iowa State4/21 Iowa State4/26 Texas4/27 Texas4/28 Texas5/2 Baylor5/3 Baylor5/4 Baylor
STARTING LINEUP BY LINEUP SPOT BREAKDOWN
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ALL BIG 12 HAYSAll Opponents 25-7 0-0 146-60At Rocky Johnson Field 9-3 0-0 74-23On the road 3-0 0-0 19-18At neural sites 11-6 0-0 50-17Big 12 Play 0-0 0-0 25-34Non-Conference 25-9 0-0 121-26Day Games 24-6 0-0 127-47Night Games 1-3 0-0 19-13
Top 25 Teams (NFCA) 0-1 0-0 18-35Top-10 Teams (NFCA) 0-0 0-0 6-9Top-5 Teams (NFCA) 0-0 0-0 2-6 February 10-5 0-0 47-9March 15-4 0-0 60-14April 0-0 0-0 19-25May 0-0 0-0 9-12June 0-0 0-0 0-0
To tie the game ____________________________ 1To put Tech ahead _________________________ 8Walkoff HR _______________________________ 0
To leadoff a game __________________________ 4To leadoff an inning ________________________ 9
Record with HR __________________________17-3Record without HR ________________________8-6
TEXAS TECH HOME RUNS HOME RUN BREAKDOWN
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No. Player (#) Date Opponent Runs Outs Count Inning Final Score Play1. No RBI 2/8 Central Florida 2. Sandy James (1) 2/9 Minnesota 1 1 1-0 5 5-3 Single to left center3. No RBI 2/9 UNLV4. Taylor Powell (1) 2/15 UMKC 3 2 1-2 1 14-2 Home run to center field5. Katelyn Williams (1) 2/16 UMKC 1 1 1-0 1 11-3 Home run to right field6. Gretchen Aucoin (1) 2/16 Penn State 1 2 2-0 2 14-3 Single through right side7. Adriana Perez (1) 2/17 New Mexico State 1 0 0-0 8 5-3 Single up the middle8. Samantha Camello (1) 2/22 Texas State 1 2 0-1 2 6-1 Single up the middle9. Katelyn Williams (2) 2/23 UT Arlington 1 1 0-2 4 2-0 Single up the middle10. Katelyn Williams (3) 2/24 Sam Houston State 3 1 1-0 3 8-3 Home run to right field11. Adriana Perez (2) 3/1 Jackson State 1 2 1-0 1 18-0 Single to left field12. No RBI 3/1 McNeese State 13. Lexie Elkins (1) 3/3 Northern Colorado 2 1 1-1 7 8-7 Walk-off double to left field14. No RBI 3/8 UMKC15. Samantha Camello (2) 3/9 IPFW 2 1 3-2 3 12-4 Single up the middle16. Sandy James (2) 3/9 UMKC 1 2 3-2 3 9-1 Home run to center field17. Sandy James (3) 3/10 UMKC 1 1 3-2 5 16-8 Bases-loaded walk18. Sandy James (4) 3/10 Troy 3 0 2-2 3 11-3 Home run to left center19. Mikey Kenney (1) 3/11 Troy 1 0 1-1 1 15-0 Leadoff home run to left field20. Katelyn Williams (4) 3/13 Bryant 2 2 3-2 1 7-1 Single to second base21. Lexie Elkins (2) 3/13 Fairfield 1 2 1-2 3 9-2 Single to left field22. Samantha Camello (3) 3/15 Fairfield 2 1 0-1 3 8-5 Double to left field23. Mikey Kenney (2) 3/15 Seton Hall 1 1 3-2 6 7-4 Fielding error by shortstop24. Katelyn Williams (5) 3/16 Buffalo 1 2 0-0 3 8-0 Single up the middle25. Katelyn Williams (6) 3/17 Marist 2 2 0-0 3 6-0 Inside-the-park home run
TEXAS TECH GAME-WINNING RBI
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#25 #23 #30 #2 #22 #8 #11Opponent Date AUCOIN,G BROKESHOULDER, A. CARRICO,S CUSTER,C MCPHERSON,T MOORE,C TALLEY,B UCF Feb 08 0-0 2-2 1-0LOU Feb 08 0-0 0-0 Start 0-0MINN Feb 09 1-0 StartUNLV Feb 09 Start DPU Feb 10 1-1 0-0 StartCS Feb 15 0-0 2-0 StartUMKC Feb 15 0-0 0-0 Start UMKC Feb 16 Start 0-0 0-0 PSU Feb 16 StartNMSTATE Feb 17 1-0 1-0 TXST Feb 22 Start UNT Feb 22 1-1 StartUTA Feb 23 Start SHSU Feb 23 0-0 2-2 StartSHSU Feb 24 Start JSU Mar 01 0-0 0-0 StartMCN Mar 01 2-1 1-0JSU Mar 02 Start 3-1 0-0 0-0 MCN Mar 02 0-0 StartNC Mar 03 2-0 2-2 UMKC Mar 08 0-0 StartIPFW Mar 08 2-0 0-0IPFW Mar 09 Start UMKC Mar 09 Start UMKC Mar 10 0-0 1-1 TROY Mar 10 Start TROY Mar 11 Start 0-0 BRY Mar 13 StartFFD Mar 13 0-0 Start FFD Mar 15 1-0 StartSHU Mar 15 2-0 Start 0-0BUF Mar 16 Start SDSU Mar 16 Start MARIST Mar 17 Start Totals 28/11 4-1 5-2 0-0 12-4 2-2 0-0 5-2
INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED BREAKDOWN
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BATTINGAt bats: ......................... 36 ............................................................vs Fairfield (Mar 13, 2013)Runs scored: ............... 18 .................................................vs Jackson State (Mar 01, 2013)Hits: ................................ 17 .................................................vs Jackson State (Mar 01, 2013)RBIs: ............................... 17 .................................................vs Jackson State (Mar 01, 2013)Doubles: ........................ 5 .................................................................vs UMKC (Mar 10, 2013)Triples: ........................... 1 ............................................................................................ (4 games)Home runs: .................. 3 ............................................................................................ (7 games)Total bases: ................. 29 .................................................vs Jackson State (Mar 01, 2013)Walks: ............................ 11 ..................................................................at UNLV (Feb 09, 2013)......................................... 11 .......................................................vs Penn State (Feb 16, 2013)Strikeouts: ................... 13 ...............................................vs Colorado State (Feb 15, 2013)Sac hits: ......................... 3 ..........................................at New Mexico State (Feb 17, 2013)Sac flies: ......................... 2 .......................................vs Northern Colorado (Mar 03, 2013)Stolen bases: ............... 3 ............................................................... vs DePaul (Feb 10, 2013).......................................... 3 .....................................................................vs Troy (Mar 11, 2013).......................................... 3 .........................................................vs Seton Hall (Mar 15, 2013)Hit by pitch: ................. 4 ........................................................at Texas State (Feb 22, 2013)Caught stealing: ......... 1 ............................................................................................ (9 games)Runners LOB: .............. 13 ..................................................................at UNLV (Feb 09, 2013)Hit into DP: ................... 2 .....................................................................vs Troy (Mar 10, 2013).......................................... 2 .............................................................vs Fairfield (Mar 15, 2013)
FIELDINGPutouts: ........................ 24 .........................................at New Mexico State (Feb 17, 2013)......................................... 24 .............................................. vs McNeese State (Mar 02, 2013)Assists: .......................... 16 ............................................................vs Fairfield (Mar 13, 2013)Errors: ............................. 6 ........................................................ vs Minnesota (Feb 09, 2013)Passed balls:................. 1 ............................................................................................ (4 games)DPs turned: .................. 1 ............................................................................................ (4 games)
BATTINGAt bats: .......................... 5 ........................................................................................... (5 games )Runs scored: ................ 3 ........................................................................................... (5 games )Hits: ................................. 5 ................................. Johnson, Shelby vs IPFW (Mar 09, 2013)RBIs: ................................ 6 .......................... Perez, Adriana vs Penn State (Feb 16, 2013).......................................... 6 .................... Perez, Adriana vs Jackson State (Mar 01, 2013).......................................... 6 ................................. Johnson, Shelby vs IPFW (Mar 09, 2013)Doubles: ........................ 2 ............................................................................................ (4 games)Triples: ........................... 1 ............................................................................................ (4 games)Home runs: .................. 2 ............................................................................................ (5 games)Total bases: ................. 10 ........ Kenney, Mikey vs Sam Houston State (Feb 24, 2013)Walks: ............................. 4 .....................................Kenney, Mikey vs IPFW (Mar 09, 2013)Strikeouts: .................... 3 .................................Powell, Taylor vs Fairfield (Mar 13, 2013)Sac hits: ......................... 1 ..........................................................................................(13 games)Sac flies: ......................... 1 ............................................................................................ (7 games)Stolen bases: ............... 2 ..............................Johnson, Shelby vs DePaul (Feb 10, 2013).......................................... 2 ...................................Johnson, Shelby vs Troy (Mar 11, 2013)Hit by pitch: ................. 2 ............................Powell, Taylor at Texas State (Feb 22, 2013)Caught stealing: ......... 1 ............................................................................................ (9 games)Runners LOB: ............... 5 ................................. Johnson, Shelby at UNLV (Feb 09, 2013)
FIELDINGPutouts: ........................ 13 .......... James, Sandy vs Sam Houston State (Feb 24, 2013)Assists: ........................... 7 .. Camello, Samantha at New Mexico State (Feb 17, 2013)Errors: ............................. 3 ..................................... Scott, Brooke vs UMKC (Mar 08, 2013)Passed balls:................. 1 ............................................................................................ (4 games)
PITCHINGInnings pitched: ........7.0 .......................................................................................... (6 games)Runs allowed: .............. 7 .............. Custer, Cara vs Northern Colorado (Mar 03, 2013)Earned runs: ................. 7 .............. Custer, Cara vs Northern Colorado (Mar 03, 2013)Walks allowed: ............ 4 .................................. Custer, Cara vs Louisville (Feb 08, 2013).......................................... 4 .......................................... Custer, Cara vs IPFW (Mar 08, 2013).......................................... 4 .................................... Custer, Cara vs Fairfield (Mar 13, 2013)Strikeouts: .................... 9 .............................Aucoin, Gretchen vs UMKC (Mar 09, 2013).......................................... 9 ........................................Custer, Cara vs UMKC (Mar 10, 2013)Hits allowed: ............... 10 ......................................... Custer, Cara at UNLV (Feb 09, 2013)Doubles allowed: ....... 2 .............. Custer, Cara vs Northern Colorado (Mar 03, 2013)Triples allowed:........... 1 ..................Talley, Brittany vs Colorado State (Feb 15, 2013).......................................... 1 .................................Aucoin, Gretchen vs Troy (Mar 10, 2013)Homers allowed: ........ 2 .............................Talley, Brittany vs Louisville (Feb 08, 2013).......................................... 2 .......................................... Custer, Cara at UNLV (Feb 09, 2013).......................................... 2 .......................................... Custer, Cara vs IPFW (Mar 09, 2013)Wild pitches: ................ 1 ............................................................................................ (8 games)Hit batters: ................... 2 ................. Custer, Cara at New Mexico State (Feb 17, 2013).......................................... 2 .......................Custer, Cara vs McNeese State (Mar 01, 2013)
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WEEK 7: REBEL CLASSIC • GAMES 35-38
GAME ONETexas Tech 12, Central Florida 4Las Vegas, Nev. - Eller Media StadiumFeb. 8, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 R H EUCF 0 1 0 0 3 4 5 4Texas Tech 4 0 5 2 1 12 9 0W: Talley (1-0); L: Turnier (0-1); S: NoneAttendance: 386Highlights: The win was No. 122 for head coach Shanon Hays at Texas Tech, making him the win-ningest coach in program history ... Tech improved to 10-8 all-time in season openers ... Tech’s 12 runs marked the program’s most in a season opener since also plating 12 against UCF in 2009 ... Adriana Perez finished 3-for-3 with three RBI, two of which that came off a fourth-inning home run ... Mikey Kenney and Shelby Johnson also went 2-for-4 with Kenney adding a pair of RBI, including a third inning homer. GAME TWO#18 Louisville 10, Texas Tech 6Las Vegas, Nev. - Eller Media StadiumFeb. 8, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETexas Tech 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 9 1Louisville 0 0 5 3 2 0 X 10 10 1W: Le Coq (1-0); L: Custer (0-1); S: NoneAttendance: 386Highlights: Texas Tech’s six runs marked its most in a loss since falling to No. 19 Texas A&M, 9-6, in the first game on an April 17, 2012, doubleheader ... Red Raiders put four runs across in the first inning for the second-straight game ... Shelby Johnson finished 3-for-4 at the plate with a run scored ... Adriana Perez added her second home run of the day with a third-inning shot en route to a 2-for-4 day at the plate ... Katelyn Williams went 2-for-3 with a home run.
GAME THREETexas Tech 5, Minnesota 3Las Vegas, Nev. - Eller Media StadiumFeb. 9, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETexas Tech 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 5 10 6Minnesota 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 6 2W: Talley (2-0); L: Moulton (0-2); S: Brokeshoulder (1)Attendance: 606Highlights: Sandy James delivered a fifth-inning RBI single to help lead the Red Raiders ... James finished 2-for-4 at the plate ... Nikki Dunlap also added a pinch hit RBI single in the sixth to give Tech an insur-ance run ... Ashley Brokeshoulder tossed 2.2 shutout innings to secure the victory ... Red Raiders finished with six errors, their most on the weekend.
GAME FOURTexas Tech 10, UNLV 6Las Vegas, Nev. - Eller Media StadiumFeb. 9, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETexas Tech 4 1 0 3 1 1 0 10 11 2UNLV 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 6 10 3W: Custer (1-1); L: Oliveto (2-1); S: NoneAttendance: 606Highlights: Texas Tech exploded for four runs in the first inning for the third time at the tournament ... the Red Raiders held an eight-run lead at one point before UNLV hit a fifth-inning grand slam ... Adriana Perez connected on her third home run of the week-end with a sixth-inning solo shot ... Sandy James and Sydnie Tapia both finished with two RBI as well.
GAME FIVEDePaul 5, Texas Tech 1Las Vegas, Nev. - Eller Media StadiumFeb. 10, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H EDePaul 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 8 1Texas Tech 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0W: Verdun (3-1); L: Talley (2-1); S: NoneAttendance: 276Highlights: Mikey Kenney hit a first-pitch home run for Texas Tech’s only run ... Red Raiders were held to just three hits following the homer ... marked Tech’s second loss on the weekend to a team ranked or re-ceiving votes in either top-25 poll ... the Red Raiders scored in the first inning for the fourth time in five games so far ... Tech finished with no errors in the field for the second time during the tournament.
GAME SIXColorado State 6, Texas Tech 4Las Vegas, Nev. - Eller Media StadiumFeb. 15, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H EColorado St. 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 6 9 2Texas Tech 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 8 1W: McCarthy (2-1); L: Brokeshoulder (0-1); S: NoneAttendance: 95Highlights: The loss marked the first time Texas Tech had lost consecutive non-conference games since dropping three-straight early in the 2012 season ... the Red Raiders were held without a home run for just the second time this season ... Tech also failed to score in the first inning for the second time this sea-son as well ... Taylor Powell and Samantha Camello both finished with two hits in the game.
GAME SEVENTexas Tech 14, UMKC 2Las Vegas, Nev. - Eller Media StadiumFeb. 15, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 R H ETexas Tech 5 5 2 0 2 14 14 3UMKC 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 2W: Carrico (1-0); L: Ramos (0-2); S: NoneAttendance: 95Highlights: The Red Raiders snapped their season high for both runs and hits ... Tech’s five-run first in-ning marked the fourth time in seven games where the Red Raiders had played four or more runners in the opening frame ... Sandy James became the Tech all-time leader in RBI as she had five in the game to give her 117 over her career ... James connected on a second inning grand slam ... Taylor Powell also had a three-run homer in the first inning as well.
GAME EIGHTTexas Tech 14, UMKC 3Las Vegas, Nev. - Eller Media StadiumFeb. 16, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 R H EUMKC 0 1 0 2 0 3 8 1Texas Tech 4 5 2 0 0 11 10 1W: Aucoin (1-0); L: Kelley (1-1); S: NoneAttendance: 85Highlights: The win marked the second-straight run-rule victory for Tech ... The Red Raiders plated four runs in the first inning for the fifth time this sea-son ... Adriana Perez connected on two home runs and had a season-high five RBI ... Sandy James also added three RBI following a three-run double in the second ... Gretchen Aucoin picked up her first colle-giate victory while making her first career start.
GAME NINETexas Tech 14, Penn State 3Las Vegas, Nev. - Eller Media StadiumFeb. 16, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 R H ETexas Tech 3 2 9 0 0 14 12 1Penn State 0 2 1 0 0 3 5 1W: Talley (3-1); L: Von Pusch (0-1); S: NoneAttendance: 151Highlights: Texas Tech plated 14 runs for the second time during the tournament ... the victory marked Tech’s fourth run-rule of the year and third in a row ... the Red Raiders scored at least 10 runs for the third-straight game, marking its longest streak since defeating Dayton twice and Howard once on March 5-6, 2011 ... Adriana Perez connected on two home runs for the second-straight game ... she also fin-ished with a season-high six RBI.
GAME TENTexas Tech 5, New Mexico State 3Las Vegas, Nev. - Eller Media StadiumFeb. 17, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H ETexas Tech 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 5 8 4N.M. State 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 8 2W: Talley (4-1); L: Newman (4-3); S: Custer (1)Attendance: 95Highlights: The game marked the first time Texas Tech had gone into extra innings this year ... Shelby Johnson and Mikey Kenney both went 2-for-4 at the plate with a run scored and a RBI ... the duo has now reached base in all 10 games so far ... Taylor Powell also added a 2-for-4 performance that included a RBI double in the eighth inning.
GAME 11Texas Tech 6, Texas State 1San Marcos, Texas - Bobcat StadiumFeb. 22, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETexas Tech 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 6 9 1Texas State 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 2W: Custer (2-1); L: Wright (2-4); S: NoneAttendance: 674Highlights: The win marked Tech’s fifth-straight, its longest so far this year ... Samantha Camello went 3-for-4 with a RBI ... Adriana Perez blasted her team-leading eighth home run of the year in the seventh inning ... Sdynie Tapia also connected on her first ca-reer home run later in the inning ... Cara Custer went a full seven innings, giving up an unearned run off just four hits.
GAME 12North Texas 5, Texas Tech 3San Marcos, Texas - Bobcat StadiumFeb. 22, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ENorth Texas 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 5 6 2Texas Tech 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6 2W: Bice (2-0); L: Talley (4-2); S: NoneAttendance: 674Highlights: The loss snapped a five-game winning streak for the Red Raiders ... Sandy James went 2-for-2 with a pair of walks and Adriana Perez went 2-for-4 to lead Tech at the plate ... both seniors had a RBI in the game as well ... Sydnie Tapia had Tech’s other RBI as she finished 1-for-3 at the plate ... the fresh-man also made her second-ever start at third base as well.
GAME RECAPS
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GAME 13Texas Tech 2, UT Arlington 0San Marcos, Texas - Bobcat StadiumFeb. 23, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H EUT Arlington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Texas Tech 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 2 5 1W: Custer (3-1); L: Lyles (4-1); S: NoneAttendance: 675Highlights: Cara Custer tossed a one-hit shutout of the Mavericks, marking her best career complete-game, seven-inning start ... she allowed just two runners to reach base all game ... Katelyn Williams gave Tech the lead with a RBI single up the middle in the fourth ... Sydnie Tapia added a similiar RBI single up the middle two innings later as well ... marked the first meeting against former assistant coach Kristie Fox, who is in her first season as the UTA head coach.
GAME 14Sam Houston State 4, Texas Tech 0San Marcos, Texas - Bobcat StadiumFeb. 23, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETexas Tech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Sam Houston 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 2 5 1W: Lancaster (5-3); L: Talley (4-3); S: NoneAttendance: 675Highlights: The Red Raiders were shutout for the first time this season ... Tech finished with a total of six runners left on base ... Katelyn Williams finished 2-for-3 to lead the Red Raiders at the plate ... Brittany Talley earned the loss for the second-straight day af-ter giving up four runs, two of which were earned, in 4.1 innings.
GAME 15Texas Tech 7, Sam Houston State 3San Marcos, Texas - Bobcat StadiumFeb. 24, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETexas Tech 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 8 11 1Sam Houston 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 1W: Custer (4-1); L: Baros (1-5); S: NoneAttendance: 646Highlights: The win secured Texas Tech a third-place finish in the Texas Shootout ... Mikey Kenney finished 3-for-4 with four RBI after connecting on a pair of home runs ... it was the third multiple home run game of Kenney’s career ... Katelyn Williams also added a three-run homer in the third that helped Tech overcome an early 3-0 deficit ... Cara Custer tossed her third-straight complete game as she did not allow a single earned run in 21.2 innings.
GAME 16Jackson State 18, Texas Tech 0Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldMarch 1, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 R H EJackson State 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1Texas Tech 2 16 0 0 X 18 17 0W: Aucoin (2-0); L: Warren (1-5); S: NoneAttendance: 245Highlights: The win marked Tech’s largest of vic-tory since topping Alcorn State, 18-0, on March 13, 2011 ... Tech’s 18 runs were its most since scoring on March 19 last year against Iowa State ... Tech’s 16-run second marked its most in an inning scoring a school record 20 on March 12, 2010 ... Adriana Perez went 3-for-3 with two home runs, giving her 10 now on the season.
GAME RECAPS
GAME 17Texas Tech 3, McNeese State 2Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldMarch 1, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H EMcNeese St. 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 2Texas Tech 0 0 0 0 2 1 X 3 6 2W: Custer (5-1); L: Allred (5-2); S: NoneAttendance: 245Highlights: Shelby Johnson connected on a two-run, out-double to left field that broke up a scoreless game in the fifth ... marked the 17th-straight game Johnson had reached base ... Cara Custer matched her season high with eight strikeouts in 6.2 innings to earn the win ... marked Tech’s first one-run game this season.
GAME 18Jackson State 4, Texas Tech 2Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldMarch 2, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H EJackson St. 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 4 5 0Texas Tech 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0W: Jamerson (4-10); L: Brokeshoulder (0-2); S: NoneAttendance: 420Highlights: The game marked Tech’s first-ever loss to Jackson State ... the Red Raiders were held to just three hits, their second-fewest in a game this season ... Katelyn Williams had Tech’s only RBI with a bases-loaded walk in the first ... Maris Malazzo also scored in the inning off a wild pitch ... Tech used a total of four pitchers with Ashley Brokeshoulder taking the loss.
GAME 19McNeese State 1, Texas Tech 0Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldMarch 2, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H EMcNeese St. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0Texas Tech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4W: Bond (7-2); L: Custer (5-2); S: NoneAttendance: 420Highlights: The loss dropped Tech to 1-1 this year in extra-inning games ... Red Raiders left the bases loaded in the eighth ... marked the first time Tech had lost consecutive non-conference games at home in the same season since dropping a March 22 ,2004, doubleheader with Texas State ... Katelyn Wil-liams went 2-for-4 at the plate to lead the Red Raid-ers ... Brittany Talley and Cara Custer also combined for a two-hitter in the loss as well.
GAME 20Texas Tech 8, Northern Colorado 7Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldMarch 3, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H EN. Colorado 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 7 10 2Texas Tech 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 8 10 1W: Custer (6-2); L: Wilkinson (2-6); S: NoneAttendance: 395Highlights: Lexie Elkins connected on a walk-off two-run double to send Tech to the win ... Elkins finished 3-for-4 with a season-high five RBI ... Adri-ana Perez also went 1-for-3 with two RBI as well ... marked Tech’s first walk-off win since defeating No. 25 Baylor on April 22 last year in Lubbock ... Shelby Johnson reached base for the 20th-straight game this year as she went 2-for-3 at the plate.
GAME 21Texas Tech 8, UMKC 0Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldMarch 8, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 R H EUMKC 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3Texas Tech 1 0 5 2 X 8 7 3W: Talley (5-3); L: Friese (4-4); S: NoneAttendance: 266Highlights: The Red Raiders picked up their fourth run-rule victory over UMKC already this season ... Adriana Perez connected on her 11th home run this season with a three-run shot in Tech’s five-run third inning ... Taylor Powell, Shelby Johnson and Sandy James all finished with two hits in the game ... Powell and Lexie Elkins both recorded RBI as well.
GAME 22IPFW 5, Texas Tech 4Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldMarch 8, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H EIPFW 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 5 10 1Texas Tech 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 7 2W: Kramer (6-3); L: Talley (5-4); S: NoneAttendance: 266Highlights: The game marked the first-ever meet-ing between Tech and IPFW ... was the first loss for Tech ever in the Jeannine McHaney Memorial Clas-sic ... IPFW’s 10 hits matched the season high for a Tech opponent this year ... Katelyn Williams doubled twice en route to finishing 2-for-4 at the plate with three RBI ... Sandy James and Taylor Powell both re-corded multiple-hit games as well.
GAME 23Texas Tech 12, IPFW 4Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldMarch 9, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H EIPFW 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 6 1Texas Tech 2 1 3 1 1 4 12 14 0W: Custer (7-2); L: Flenniken (1-2); S: NoneAttendance: 305Highlights: Tech’s 14 hits against IPFW marked its second-most in a game this season ... was the most runs for the Red Raiders since defeating Jackson State, 18-0, on March 1... was career win No. 250 for head coach Shanon Hays ... Shelby Johnson tied the Tech school record with five hits as she was a perfect 5-for-5 at the plate with a season-high six RBI ... Sa-mantha Camello also went 2-for-4 at the plate with a season-high three RBI.
GAME 24Texas Tech 9, UMKC 1Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldMarch 9, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H EUMKC 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1Texas Tech 1 0 1 0 1 6 9 11 2W: Aucoin (3-0); L: Friese (4-5); S: NoneAttendance: 305Highlights: Gretchen Aucoin tossed her first-career complete game in a one-hit performance ... the freshman also struck out a season-high nine hit-ters as well, the most for a Tech pitcher this season ... Mikey Kenney homered twice with a solo shot in the fifth and then a three-run blast in Tech’s six-run sixth that secured the run-rule ... Sandy James also added a pair of doubles in a 3-for-4 day at the plate with two RBI.
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GAME 25Texas Tech 16, UMKC 8Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldMarch 10, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 R H EUMKC 0 0 0 6 2 8 9 3Texas Tech 2 2 4 0 8 16 14 4W: Custer (8-2); L: Ramos (2-5); S: NoneAttendance: 325Highlights: Tech improved to 5-0 on the year against UMKC, with all five wins coming via run-rule ... the Red Raiders finished two runs shy of their sea-son high ... Tech’s eight-run fifth marked its most in a single inning since scoring 16 in the second against Jackson State on March 1 ... Adriana Perez belted her team-leading 12th home run of the season as she finished 3-for-4 with four RBI ... Nikki Dunlap and Samantha Camello also powered their first career home runs in the rout as well.
GAME 26Texas Tech 11, Troy 3Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldMarch 10, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 R H ETroy 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 1Texas Tech 1 1 9 0 X 11 14 1W: Aucoin (4-0); L: Hamilton (1-3); S: NoneAttendance: 325Highlights: The game was the first-ever meeting between the two schools ... the Red Raiders broke the game open with a nine-run third, marking the second time on the day where Tech scored eight or more runs in an inning ... Mikey Kenney led off the game with a home run, her eighth of the season ... Sandy James also connected on a three-run homer of her own ... Gretchen Aucoin tossed a complete game for the second-straight outing.
GAME 27Texas Tech 15, Troy 0Lubbock, Texas - Rocky Johnson FieldMarch 11, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 R H ETroy 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1Texas Tech 4 3 7 1 X 15 16 0W: Custer (9-2); L: Affeldt (4-2); S: NoneAttendance: 476Highlights: The win marked Tech’s second-largest margin of victory this season ... win helped the Red Raiders close the Jeannine McHaney Memorial Clas-sic with a 6-1 record ... Shelby Johnson went 3-for-3 with three RBI ... Adriana Perez and Katelyn Williams also added three RBI as well ... Mikey Kenney led off the game with a home run for the fourth time already this season.
GAME 28Texas Tech 7, Bryant 1San Diego, Calif. - SDSU Softball FieldMarch 13, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H EBryant 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0Texas Tech 2 0 0 4 1 0 X 7 9 0W: Talley (6-4); L: Hart (2-2); S: NoneAttendance: 103Highlights: Katelyn Williams went 2-for-4 with a career-high four RBI to help Tech to its sixth-straight victory ... was first victory in winning streak to not end via run rule ... Brittany Talley went a full seven innings for the first time this season ... Mikey Kenney, Shelby Johnson and Taylor Powell also had RBI.
GAME RECAPS
GAME 29Texas Tech 9, Fairfield 2San Diego, Calif. - SDSU Softball FieldMarch 13, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETexas Tech 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 9 14 2Fairfield 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2W: Custer (10-2); L: Ball (1-2); S: NoneAttendance: 103Highlights: Fairfield’s two runs in the first marked only the fourth time an opponent had scored in the opening frame on Tech this year ... Mikey Kenney set a new career high with a 4-for-5 game at the plate that included three RBI ... Sydnie Tapia tied the game in the third with her second home run of the season ... Sandy James also connected on her fifth home run of the year with a leadoff shot in the sixth.
GAME 30Texas Tech 8, Fairfield 5Santee, Calif. - Santee Sports ComplexMarch 15, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETexas Tech 0 2 4 1 0 1 0 8 9 2Fairfield 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 5 2W: Talley (7-4); L: Trott (5-1); S: NoneAttendance: 803Highlights: Lexie Elkins and Samantha Camello both drove in a pair of runs in the win ... was the sec-ond victory over Fairfield during the week-long trip to Southern California ... Gretchen Aucoin worked the final 2.1 innings to record her first career save ... the freshman did not allow a single hit and struck out four during that span ... Mikey Kenney and Shelby Johnson both went 2-for-4 atop the lineup ... marked the first game of the San Diego State Classic.
GAME 31Texas Tech 7, Seton Hall 4Santee, Calif. - Santee Sports ComplexMarch 15, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ESeton Hall 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 6 1Texas Tech 0 3 0 1 0 3 X 7 6 3W: Talley (8-4); L: Destaso (7-2); S: NoneAttendance: 803Highlights: Mikey Kenney finished with a career-high five RBI to power the Red Raiders ... Kenney connected on a bases-loaded triple in the third to give Tech the early lead ... Sandy James added to Tech’s lead with a two-run homer in the sixth inning ... Gretchen Aucoin picked up her second save of the day as she tossed 1.2 innings ... Brittany Talley also earned her second win of the day with 0.2 innings of relief.
GAME 32Texas Tech 8, Buffalo 0Santee, Calif. - Santee Sports ComplexMarch 16, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 R H EBuffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0Texas Tech 0 0 3 0 5 8 12 0W: Aucoin (5-0); L: Cowan (0-7); S: NoneAttendance: 1097Highlights: The win extended Tech’s winning streak to 10-straight, its longest so far this season ... was Tech’s only run-rule victory during the San Diego State Classic ... Lexie Elkins and Gretchen Aucoin both recorded two RBI with Aucoin going 2-for-2 at the plate ... Aucoin also picked up the win in her first career shutout in the circle.
GAME 33San Diego State 3, Texas Tech 0Santee, Calif. - Santee Sports ComplexMarch 16, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ETexas Tech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0San Diego St. 0 0 0 0 0 3 X 3 3 0W: Arbino (10-7); L: Custer (10-3); S: NoneAttendance: 1097Highlights: The loss snapped Tech’s season-long 10-game winning streak ... Tech was held to just two hits by San Diego State starter Rebecca Arbino ... Cara Custer gave up just three hits of her own in the losing effort as well ... the Red Raiders left a total of five runners on base, including two in the sixth in-ning ... marked first game where Shelby Johnson has not reached base this season.
GAME 34Texas Tech 6, Marist 0Santee, Calif. - Santee Sports ComplexMarch 17, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H EMarist 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2Texas Tech 0 0 2 4 0 0 X 6 4 0W: Talley (9-4); L: Lewis (2-2); S: NoneAttendance: 662Highlights: Brittany Talley tossed a five-hit shutout to help the Red Raides close the San Diego State Classic ... the southpaw matched her career high with seven strikeouts for her fourth win of the trip ... Katelyn Williams gave Tech the lead in the third with a two-run inside-the-park homer ... Samantha Cam-ello also added two RBI with a fourth-inning single.
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BATTING AVERAGE (MIN. 100 AB) 1. Kim Martinez (1997,1999) _____________.386 2. Sandy Butler (1998-2001) ______________.337 3. Logan Hall (2010-12) __________________.319 4. Emily Bledsoe (2009-12) _______________.317 5. Cydney Allen (2011-12) ________________.316 6. Elyssa Sigala (2003-04) ________________.315 7. Leah Legler (2007-10) _________________.312 Ashley Parker (2004-07)________________.312 Kelly Rhyne (2003-05) _________________.312 10. Kim Tillett (1996-98) __________________.308 Raven Richardson (2010-12) ____________.308 Randi Tongate (2009-11) _______________.308 Current Players: Katelyn Williams (2012-Present) _________.364 Adriana Perez (2012-Present) ___________.349 Mikey Kenney (2010-Present) ___________.332 Sandy James (2011-Present) ____________.329
