Staff Reports
LA Tech Baseball
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs baseball erupted for 15 runs over the final four innings and completed a three-game sweep of Delaware Blue Hens with a 17-4 run-rule victory in eight innings Sunday at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park.
Louisiana Tech (13-8, 3-0 Conference USA) opened league play with a perfect record, marking just the second time under coach Lane Burroughs that the Bulldogs have started conference play with a sweep and the third occurrence for the program since 2003.
The Bulldogs outscored Delaware (8-12, 0-3 CUSA) 31-7 in the three-game series and used six-run innings in both the fifth and eighth to seal Sunday’s win via the run rule.
Tech won Friday 5-0 and then took a 9-3 decision on Saturday.
On Sunday, Louisiana Tech struck first in the opening inning when Trey Hawsey singled up the middle to score Cade Patterson, who reached on a walk and advanced to third during a hit-and-run play. Sebastian Mexico followed with a double into the left-center gap, and Colton Coates later drove in a run when he reached on a Delaware error to give the Bulldogs an early 2-0 lead.
Delaware answered in the fifth, scoring three runs to briefly take a 3-2 lead after a two-run double tied the game and an RBI single to center field put the Blue Hens ahead.
Louisiana Tech responded immediately in the bottom half of the inning, batting around and scoring six runs to reclaim control. Mexico tied the game with an RBI single before Wesley Scott delivered the biggest blow of the inning, launching a three-run homer over the left-field wall to give the Bulldogs the lead for good.
Patterson later capped the rally with a two-run double to left field, extending the advantage to 8-3.
Hawsey added a solo home run in the sixth to push the lead to six runs. Delaware plated a run in the seventh, but Louisiana Tech answered with two more runs in the bottom half of the inning, including an RBI groundout by Hawsey that made it 11-4.
The Bulldogs ended the game in the eighth. After loading the bases, Colby Lunsford delivered a walk-off grand slam to left field, triggering the run rule and finishing the sweep.
Mexico led the offensive surge with three hits, including two doubles, while six of the seven Bulldogs who recorded hits had multiple hits. All nine Louisiana Tech batters reached base at least once.
Louisiana Tech also produced its second consecutive game with 14 hits, the first time the Bulldogs have recorded at least 14 hits in back-to-back games since the 2025 series against Dallas Baptist Patriots baseball.
After the game, Burroughs praised his team’s offensive performance and discipline at the plate.
“We won the freebie war again, so back-to-back days I felt like we’ve done a great job of having quality at-bats,” Burroughs said. “I feel like it was clicking on all cylinders this weekend, and very proud to get the sweep.”
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LA Tech Softball
Allie Floyd tossed a one-hit shutout and the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs scored nine runs in the third inning to defeat the Delaware Blue Hens 11-0 in five innings Sunday, completing a three-game sweep in Conference USA play.
Tech won Friday 5-0 and then outscored the Blue Hens 8-7 on Saturday.
“It was a really important weekend for us to even up in conference play,” head coach Josh Taylor said. “I think we pitched really well all weekend, played really good defense and got a lot of timely hits.”
Louisiana Tech (17-10, 3-3 CUSA) outhit Delaware 8-1 at Dr. Billy Bundrick Field, with Bradi Gallaway and Reagan Marchant each hitting three-run home runs during the decisive third inning.
Floyd (7-6) struck out six and walked four in her second complete-game shutout of the weekend. The right-hander allowed only one hit — a third-inning single — after a hard-hit ball deflected off a diving attempt by Aleah Brooks.
Louisiana Tech took a 2-0 lead in the second inning when Brooks led off with a double and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Jina Baffuto. Alannah Rogers followed with another sacrifice fly to bring home Rosalie Dufresne.
The Bulldogs broke the game open in the third. After Marchant singled and Reese Torres walked, Gallaway launched a three-run homer to make it 5-0. Louisiana Tech continued to capitalize on Delaware pitching changes, with Elena Heng delivering an RBI single and Allie Furr adding a two-run single later in the inning.
Marchant capped the nine-run frame with a three-run home run, extending the Bulldogs’ lead to 11-0.
Marchant finished with two hits and three RBIs, while Gallaway also drove in three runs. Brooks, Heng, Furr, Rogers and Torres each added a hit for Louisiana Tech.
Floyd retired the side in the fourth and worked around a walk in the fifth to seal the run-rule victory.
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Grambling State Baseball
The Grambling State Tigers rallied from an early five-run deficit and held off the Alabama State Hornets 14-13 on Sunday to clinch the series at Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex.
GSU won 9-5 on Friday before falling 5-4 on Saturday.
Grambling State (5-13) collected 16 hits and erased multiple deficits, highlighted by a dominant performance from Julio Vasquez, who went 5 for 6 with two home runs, a double and seven RBIs.
Alabama State (9-9) jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning, capitalizing on walks and wild pitches. Jackson Williams delivered a two-run single during the rally as the Hornets took early control.
The Tigers responded in the third inning when Hasani Johnson and Trey Bridges reached base before Vasquez launched a three-run home run to center field, trimming the deficit to 5-4.
Alabama State answered in the bottom of the inning when Miguel Oropeza hit a three-run homer to left-center field to extend the lead to 8-4.
Grambling State chipped away in the fifth. Johnson singled and Bridges walked before Cameron Hill drove in a run with a single. Vasquez followed with an RBI hit that also allowed Hill to score on a defensive error, cutting the deficit to 10-7.
The Tigers tied the game in the seventh inning. Aidan Lopez doubled to start the rally, and Vasquez added an RBI double. Shannon Martin followed with an RBI single before Johnson delivered a two-run double to center field to even the score at 11-11.
Alabama State briefly regained the lead in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI single by Adrien Mendoza.
Grambling State responded in the eighth inning when Vasquez hit a solo home run to tie the game. Charles Ashe III later gave the Tigers the lead with a two-run homer, putting Grambling State ahead 14-12.
Alabama State scored once in the ninth and loaded the bases, but the Tigers ended the game when Alex Espaillat lined into a double play.
Johnson added three hits and two RBIs for Grambling State, while Ashe and Martavius Thomas each finished with two hits.
Payton Allen (1-0) earned the win with three innings of relief, allowing two runs — one earned — and striking out two.
Oropeza led Alabama State with three hits and six RBIs, including a three-run home run.
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Grambling State Softball
Grambling State dropped both games of a Southwestern Athletic Conference doubleheader Saturday against Southern at Lady Jaguar Field, falling 7–1 in the opener before suffering a 6–5 walk-off loss in the nightcap.
In the first game, Grambling State took an early lead in the third inning when Ahsunte’ Specks belted a solo home run to left field.
Southern answered with four runs in the bottom half of the inning to take control and added three more in the fifth to seal the victory.
Specks finished 1 for 3 with the Tigers’ lone run. Cadashia Collins, Ziya Donaldson and Z’Natria Evans each recorded a hit. Hailei Harrell took the loss in the circle.
In the second game, Grambling State built a 3–0 advantage in the fourth inning behind RBI efforts from Collins and Donaldson, along with another run that scored on an error.
Southern cut the deficit to 3–2 in the fifth, but Collins delivered an RBI single in the seventh to extend the Tigers’ lead to 4–2.
The Jaguars responded with two runs in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game and force extra innings.
Specks gave Grambling State a brief 5–4 lead in the ninth inning with her second home run of the day. Southern answered in the bottom of the frame with a two-run single to secure the 6–5 win.
Specks paced the Tigers offensively in the second game, going 4 for 5 with three runs scored. Collins added two hits and two RBIs, while Jaidan Richard pitched a complete game in the circle.
