Archive for March, 2008
For the second day in a row, Tech tops No. 2 Mizzou in last at bat
For five years, there had been very little Dan Law magic to go around.
Maybe, after Sunday, the magic is back.
Doug Thennis hit a one-out, game-ending grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning to cap a six-run outburst, and the Red Raiders won in their last at bat for the second consecutive day with [...]
Okolie, Knight stand out at regional championships
EL PASO — Ozie Okolie broker her own school record in the hammer throw and Patience Knight threw a school record, NCAA regional record and personal best in the shot put to lead 20 Texas Tech track and field athletes who qualified this weekend for the NCAA Regional Championships at the Springtime Invitational.
Okolie won [...]
Red Raiders rally past Mizzou in 9th
Taylor Ashby learned to hit going up against left-handers like his father and former Texas Tech baseball coach Gary Ashby, and current Lubbock Christian High coach Tim Leslie, father of Red Raider infielder Logan Leslie.
So the sophomore from Monterey, who had struggled in seven previous at-bats in a Big 12 Conference series against No. 2 [...]
Lady Raiders receive perimeter help with Martin
After giving birth to a son following the 2005-06 season, Tilmila Martin’s college basketball career was put on hold – if not in jeopardy.
The 5-foot-6 point guard missed the entire 2006-07 season and transferred from Kilgore College to Blinn College, but she resurrected her career with the Buccaneers. Martin averaged 15.7 points and 4.1 [...]
Future looking better for Lady Raiders
Less than 30 minutes after the Texas Tech women’s basketball team concluded its season, head coach Kristy Curry had already come up with a motto for 2008-09.
“If there’s a shirt that’s printed in the offseason, it’s going to say Consistency,’ ” Curry said after Wednesday’s loss to Texas Christian in the third round of [...]
Texas Tech vs. Missouri
About the series: Missouri leads the all-time series with Texas Tech 20-17 thanks to a three-game sweep last year in Columbia, Mo. The last time the teams met in Lubbock, the Red Raiders earned the sweep. But the Tigers have won 11 of the last 16 games between the schools.
About the Tigers: No. 2 Missouri [...]
Tigers raising expectations behind their strong pitching
The Missouri baseball team has won 19 of its first 22 games, leads the Big 12 Conference in earned run average and allowed no earned runs in three league games against Baylor last weekend.
Head coach Tim Jamieson says the Tigers, winners of 12 of their last 13, can do more.
That’s how much the expectations and [...]
Missouri brings dominating pitching staff to Dan Law Field
Texas Tech junior right-hander AJ Ramos said the Red Raider baseball team needs to approach this weekend’s Big 12 Conference series like its facing the No. 1 team in the nation.
Well, close. Missouri’s No. 2The Tigers represent the highest-ranked team to visit Dan Law Field since No. 6 Nebraska in 2003, thanks mainly to a [...]
Lady Frogs shoot down Tech hopes for WNIT crown
Win or lose, Adrianne Ross was going to enjoy herself Wednesday night.
The Texas Christian senior was playing within a two-hour drive of her hometown, so she had her own personal cheering section at United Spirit Arena. She also got her first chance to play against Texas Tech, a team she grew up rooting for and [...]
Roundtable: Knight holds court on ESPN
Bob Knight held a roundtable discussion with some of his friends last week and on Sunday ESPN will air part of the conversation in a special edition of ESPN’s Sunday Conversation.
Knight, along with ESPN colleague and moderator Rece Davis, sat down with Bill Parcells and Tony LaRussa in Jupiter, Fla., home of the St. [...]
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