Courtesy of LA Tech Athletic Communications
Baseball
Left-handed hitting Sebastian Mexico was tabbed with his first weekly honor since arriving to Louisiana Tech, being named Conference USA’s Hitter of the Week after his slugging performance at the plate this week per the league office’s release Monday afternoon.
This marks the second consecutive week a Bulldog has earned a weekly honor after Luke Cooley was named CUSA’s Pitcher of the Week on March 31.
A native of Baldwinville, Mass., the junior belted a home run in three-straight games; a two-run blast to open the scoring for Tech on the road at UL-Lafayette, a massive two-run walk off blast in the series opener against FIU followed with a grand slam in Game 2 of the series to put the Bulldogs’ lead out of reach.
Mexico was the first Bulldog to homer in three-straight games since Dalton Davis achieved the feat during the 2024 season (ULM – 4/30, New Mexico State – 5/3 & 5/4).
The Fordham transfer plated 11 RBI in the last three games of the week, six coming in that second game against the Panthers. He also collected a pair of three-hit games at UL-Lafayette and in the second game against FIU.
His six RBI in a game were the most by a Bulldog since Eli Berch plated seven runs at Wichita State earlier this season on March 14.
Mexico is now tied for the second-most homers on the team and leads the Bulldogs with a .342 batting average, 1.029 OPS, .421 on-base percentage and a shining .608 slugging percentage with just 20 starts this year.
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Softball
Louisiana Tech pitcher Allie Floyd was named the Conference USA Pitcher of the Week, as the league announced the honors on Monday.
Floyd recorded a 1-1 record and a 1.65 record across three appearances last week. She struck out 10 batters and only allowed four runs in 17.0 innings of work.
The right-hander capped her week off with a two-hit complete-game shutout on Sunday against Jax State in the Bulldogs’ 1-0 win. Floyd carried a no-hitter into the top of the sixth inning before allowing an infield single. She fanned six and walked two. It marked her first shutout of the season and her 11th complete game.
The Texas native leads the CUSA in wins (17), strikeouts (140), and innings pitched (142.0), while her 11 complete games are tied for first. Her 17 wins ranks second in the nation while her 140 strikeouts are good for 17th best in the NCAA. Floyd’s six strikeouts against Jax State on Sunday marked the 17th she has fanned 5+ batters in a game this season.
Floyd’s CUSA Pitcher of the Week Award marks the first weekly award for a Bulldog this week, while it marks the second weekly award of her career.
