Softball 
Bledsoe sets single game RBI record in Sunday sweep(3)
After losing to Wichita State 5-2 on Saturday, the Red Raiders came from behind to beat Boise State, and shut out the Shockers in game two at Rocky Johnson Field Sunday to finish the second Red Raider Tournament 5-1.
Tech third baseman Emily Bledsoe went 3-for-4 and drove in eight runs to lead the Red Raiders [...]
The win streak no one knows about: Tech softball sets program record
The Texas Tech softball team won its 14th consecutive game Friday, setting a new program record, in a 9-0 win at Rocky Johnson Field.
In a game that saw no extra base hits, the Red Raiders (16-1) played a little small ball to get those nine runs. Ashly Jacobs started in the circle, and only [...]
Tech Softball off to best start in program history
The Texas Tech softball team is off to their best start in school history after beating the University of Missouri at Kansas City 5-4 in overtime, and defeating Maine 5-0 Saturday at Rocky Johnson Field on day two of the Raider Classic.
Tech (8-1) got an early lead on UMKC (2-5), but senior pitcher Ashly Jacobs [...]
Red Raiders win two on day one of Raider Classic
Texas Tech benefited from strong pitching by Hillary Phillips and Karli Merlich and timely hitting from Emily Bledsoe and Mikey Kenney to win both games Friday against Maine and the University of Missouri at Kansas City to kickoff the Raider Classic at Rocky Johnson Field.
Bledsoe provided the winning hit in a 4-3 decision against Maine [...]
Tech sports roundup: Tech’s Roddick garners berth to NCAA indoors
COLLEGE STATION — Texas Tech senior Darrell Roddick earned an automatic berth in the NCAA indoor championships, winning the triple jump at the Texas A&M Challenge with a personal record of 53 feet, 53/4 inches Saturday.
Roddick joins teammates Bryce Lamb (men’s triple jump) and Shade Weygandt (women’s pole vault) as automatic qualifiers to the NCAA [...]
Hays goes from title defender to playoff hopeful
This time last season, Shanon Hays was getting ready to defend a national championship.
This year, not so much.
Hays left Lubbock Christian after amassing a 114-16 record in two seasons along with a 2008 NAIA national title. He now takes over a Texas Tech softball program that went 15-42 last season under interim head coach Amy [...]
Softball signs three new players
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 [...]