Courtesy of LA Tech Athletic Communications
Louisiana Tech softball returns to Ruston and Dr. Billy Bundrick Field for its third CUSA series of the season as the Bulldogs welcome Middle Tennessee for a three-game series starting tonight at 6 p.m.
Saturday’s contest will start at 2 p.m. and Sunday’s is scheduled for 1 p.m. (weather-pending). All three games will be streamed on ESPN+.
This will be the 26th all-time meeting between LA Tech and MTSU. The Bulldogs lead the series 13-12 after taking two of three from the Blue Raiders last season. The two programs first met in 1995 with LA Tech earning a 4-0 victory over MTSU in the Frost Cutlery Tournament in Chattanooga, Tenn.
MTSU won four straight over LA Tech in 2001, but the two schools would not meet again until the 2014 season as members of CUSA. LA Tech and MTSU have matched up against each other 20 times as CUSA members, with LA Tech holding a 12-8 advantage.
The Bulldogs moved to 16-11 (4-2 CUSA) after earning a three-game road sweep over UTEP last weekend. The Bulldogs took down the Miners 4-3 on Saturday afternoon, followed by winning both ends of Sunday’s double header (7-6 (9 inn), 5-2 (6 inn)).
Tech brings a 5-game winning streak into the weekend.
The Blue Raiders come into the weekend at 13-16 (3-3 CUSA). MTSU took on in-state foe UT Martin and defeated the Skyhawks 8-0 on Wednesday afternoon. MTSU won its CUSA series 2-1 over Sam Houston last weekend, while dropping its first CUSA series of the season 1-2 against FIU.
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The Diamond ‘Dogs (12-9, 0-0) are geared up to face the Sam Houston Bearkats (6-15, 0-0) for the Conference USA opening series at Don Sanders Stadium in Huntsville.
This weekend marks the second time the two programs face off as conference opponents and the first ever three-game series played on Sam Houston’s home field.
Today’s first pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. while Saturday will start at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 12 p.m. Both Friday and Saturday’s game will be on ESPN+ while all three can be heard on 97.7 FM.
The Bulldogs and the Bearkats meet for just the second time as Conference USA opponents and the first time ever in Huntsville for a three-game series between the two programs. Tech leads the series 9-6. The Bulldogs enter the weekend coming off a midweek victory at home over the ULM Warhawks after winning their first road weekend series against Wichita State in Kansas.
The last time the Bulldogs faced Sam Houston in Huntsville was in 2020 for a midweek, where Tech used a huge six-run 10th inning to take the contest. The Bulldogs have played Sam Houston just four times in Huntsville since 2007, which was the last time the Bearkats defeated Tech at Don Sanders Stadium (9-6 on March 10, 2007).
