A pair of left-handed pitchers and an infielder sign national letters of intent to play softball at Texas Tech, first-year Shanon Hayes announced Friday.

Kelsey Dennis, Taylor Powell and Brittany Talley will enter Tech next fall and will compete for the Red Raiders for the 2011 season.

“We have a great group of young players on our squad this year and this group of signees just adds to that type of talent,” Hays said. “We’ve been really focused and excited about getting ready for the 2010 season which begins for us in February, but jumping ahead a little bit when we get these letters of intent in, is pretty exciting when we think about the blend of talent we’ll have in 2011 as well.”