Courtesy of LA Tech Athletic Communications
LA Tech Baseball
The Louisiana Tech baseball teams plays five home games in the next six days, starting with a two-game midweek series versus Air Force today (6 p.m.) and Wednesday (3 p.m.) at JC Love Field at Pat Patterson Park.
The games can be heard on 97.7 FM and the LA Tech Athletics app and seen with a paid subscription to CUSATV.
LA Tech (8-7) looks to get back into the win column after dropping all three games at No. 8 Arkansas. The Bulldogs and Air Force met last June in the Austin Regional of the NCAA Tournament where the Falcons ended Tech’s season with a 9-7 victory.
It’s the final non-conference tune-up before Conference USA action starts this weekend when the Bulldogs host Charlotte in a 3-game series Friday through Sunday.
Sunday’s game time has been moved up to 11 a.m. due to travel plans for Charlotte.
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LA Tech Softball
The Louisiana Tech Softball team closes out its 10-game homestand by welcoming Northwestern State to Dr. Billy Bundrick Field tonight non-conference showdown at 6 p.m.
Fans can access the game through a paid subscription to CUSATV.
Louisiana Tech is 15-8 on the season and coming off a 1-2 showing in its conference-opening series against North Texas. Tech fell 3-1 in 11 innings on Friday before winning 7-2 on Saturday and dropping the series finale 3-2 on Sunday.
The Lady Demons are 12-9 this season and went 1-2 in their conference-opening weekend series with Lamar (March 10-12).
Louisiana Tech and Northwestern State have met 110 times, with the Lady Techsters leading the all-time series, 59-51.
LA Tech WBB in WNIT
Louisiana Tech will travel to face the Arkansas Razorbacks in Fayetteville Thursday at 7 p.m. inside Bud Walton Arena in the opening round of the 2023 Women’s National Invitational Tournament. The game can be seen on SEC Network+. Live radio and live stats can be found on the LA Tech Athletics app.
Tech earned an at-large bid to the WNIT after winning seven of their final eight regular-season matchups. Tech finished the regular season with a 19-11 record, which included a 12-8 mark in Conference USA play to finish in a tie for fourth with UTEP. However, Tech fell to UTEP in the Conference USA Quarterfinals as the No. 5 seed.
Arkansas completed their season with a 21-12 record, including a 7-9 mark in SEC play, which earned the Razorbacks the No. 8 seed in the SEC tournament. Arkansas picked up an opening-round win over Missouri (85-74) before falling to the national No. 1 and eventual conference champions, South Carolina (93-66).
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LA Tech Bowling
The Louisiana Tech women’s bowling team qualified for the Intercollegiate Team Championship Sunday afternoon.
LA Tech competed in the USBC sectional qualifiers in Addison, Ill. this weekend and earned a spot in the ITC Championships that will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada in April. The teams advancing to the ITC were determined through four sectionals held Saturday and Sunday. The top four teams in each division, based on total pinfall for 64 Baker games, earned the chance to compete for the Kerm Helmer Cup awarded to the team champion at the ITC.
After 32 Baker games, Tech totaled 6,230 pins to put them in second on day one of team play. With 12,489 total pins, the Lady Techsters finished third giving them a ride to Las Vegas.
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LA Tech Tennis
The Louisiana Tech tennis team collects its 10th win of the season, including its fourth straight victory on the road, by defeating Tarleton State in a final score of 4-1 on a windy Saturday at the Potishman-Lard Tennis Courts.
LA Tech (10-4) has been away from home for a month and were coming off a long trip to Florida that included three matches. After a brief time back in Ruston, the Lady Techsters were back on the road to take on a Tarleton State (7-4) team who came in undefeated on its home courts.
That undefeated mark ended as LA Tech claimed the doubles point and then picked up three points in singles on courts one, two, and four.
