A three-game home baseball series against the top-ranked team in the country highlights another full weekend of action for Louisiana Tech’s spring sports.
BASEBALL: Lane Burroughs and the Bulldogs will host a three-game series against the unanimous No. 1 ranked team in the country this weekend as the Arkansas Razorbacks venture to JC Love Field at Pat Patterson Park.
The two teams will play tonight at 6 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.
Due to capacity restrictions per state guidelines, single game tickets are not available for the weekend series against the Razorbacks. All three games will be televised live on Cox Sports TV and streamed on ESPN+, and fans can also listen to Dave Nitz provide the call on the LA Tech Sports Radio Network.
Arkansas is a perfect 10-0 with wins over No. 3 Texas Tech, No. 9 Texas and No. 10 TCU to open the season.
LA Tech (8-3) last played a No. 1 team in 2010, which is when the ‘Dogs dropped a pair of games at No. 1 Texas. Tech’s most recent victory over a top-five opponent came against the Razorbacks in 2007.
SOFTBALL: The Lady Techsters open play today at the Davis Diamond Classic hosted by Texas A&M with a 12:30 p.m. contest against Montana and a 5:30 p.m. matchup against the host Aggies. Tech will play two more games on Saturday against Montana (12:30 p.m.) and Texas A&M (3 p.m.).
Both of the games against the Aggies will be streamed on the SEC Network+.
Tech is 4-8 on the season after falling 4-0 at Stephen F. Austin on Tuesday.
SOCCER: After an exciting 1-0 win over UTSA in overtime last weekend, the Lady Techsters soccer team will hit the road to face North Texas tonight at 7 p.m. at the Soccer and Track & Field Stadium in Denton.
Tech (8-3, 1-1 C-USA) has seen both of its first two league matches go into overtime, falling 1-0 to UTEP before posting the win over the Roadrunners in the last outing. North Texas (4-0, 1-0) has outscored its opponents this season 11-1.
Fans can follow the action through a paid subscription to CUSA.tv.
VOLLEYBALL: The Lady Techster spikers will also be in Denton this weekend as they face North Texas in a two-game Conference USA series at the Super Pit. Both Sunday and Monday’s matches will start at 1 p.m.
Tech (1-15, 0-8) defeated Grambling State 3-0 last Thursday before dropping a pair of matches against UTSA last weekend. Fans can follow the action through a paid subscription to CUSA.tv.
GOLF: The Bulldog linksters will open up play in the Linger Longer Invitational today competing in the 16-team field at the Great Waters Course at Reynolds Lake Oconee (Par 72 – 7,436 yards) in Eatonton, Ga. The 54-hole event will run through Sunday.
The Linger Longer Invitational field includes Augusta, Charlotte, Chattanooga, Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia State, No. 40 Georgia Tech, High Point, Kennesaw State, Memphis, Mercer, Middle Tennessee, North Alabama, Troy, Toledo and No. 45 Virginia.
Fans can follow the action through Golfstat.com.
TENNIS: LA Tech will travel north this weekend to play a pair of matches and will face Missouri State Saturday at 10 a.m. and Arkansas State Sunday at 10 a.m. in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
The Lady Techsters are 6-5 on the season after posting a 5-2 win over Murray State in their last outing.
Tech baseball 2-21 photo – photo by Jonathan Mailhes
