Softball 
Softball signs three new players(0)
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 [...]
From one Hays to another
BY GEORGE WATSON l AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
Texas Tech lasted less than a year without a Hays as a head coach.
Shanon Hays, who built the Lubbock Christian softball program from the ground into a national champion in just two years, was named Monday as the new Red Raiders softball coach, just 11 months after his father, Larry, retired [...]
Texas slams Mizzou to win fourth Big 12 championship
AP
OKLAHOMA CITY – Sporting a banged-up hand and a new nickname, Cameron “four-finger” Rupp still was able to provide the pop that pushed Texas to its fourth Big 12 baseball title.
Playing with his right ring finger bandaged up, Rupp hit a grand slam during an 11-run outburst in the fourth inning as the top-seeded Longhorns [...]
Tech loses opener at Big 12 tourney
OKLAHOMA CITY – Texas Tech’s softball season came to an end Friday with a 7-0 loss to Oklahoma State in the first round of the Big 12 Conference tournament at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium.
OSU’s Anna Whiddon and Sarah Odom combined for a seven-hit shutout, and the Cowgirls (34-19) scored all seven of their runs [...]
Barnhill blanks Tech in Big 12 softball game
Brittany Barnhill pitched a three-hit shutout on Wednesday, leading Texas to a 2-0 victory over Texas Tech in a Big 12 Conference softball game at Rocky Johnson Field.
The Longhorns (32-14, 8-4 in Big 12) broke a scoreless tie in the top of the fourth inning, when Barnhill and Nadia Taylor hit back-to-back doubles off Tech [...]
Jacobs leads Tech softball past KU
BY MATT JOHNSON
AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
Home field has not been very advantageous to the Texas Tech softball team this season. Tech started 0-5 at Rocky Johnson Field this season, and lost the opener of this series to Kansas on Saturday.
Nearly six years to the day since Tech beat Kansas in Lubbock, the Red Raiders did it again on [...]
Tech forced to delay softball home opener
Tech forced to delay softball home opener
The Texas Tech softball team’s home opener, originally scheduled for today against New Mexico, will be postponed to later in the season.
Ongoing renovations at Rocky Johnson Field are the reason for the postponement, Tech athletic director Gerald Myers said.
“Basically, the dugouts weren’t ready,” Myers said Monday. “We could [...]