Courtesy of LA Tech Athletic Communications
Baseball
Louisiana Tech baseball looks to build on its four-game win streak this weekend hosting Kent State in a three-game series tonight, Saturday and Sunday at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park.
Head coach Lane Burroughs and Co. will throw first pitch at 6 p.m. today followed by a 2 p.m. start time Saturday and a 1 p.m on Sunday. All three games can be heard on 97.7 FM.
Tech (4-0) allowed only 10 runs against Northern Colorado as the Bulldog’s bullpen totaled 41 strikeouts in the sweep.
Kent State (1-2) comes to Ruston after a 1-2 start against UNC Wilmington last weekend. The Golden Flashes went 42-16 in 2023 and 24-3 at home.
The Golden Flashes have a batting average of .212, with 21 hits and 16 walks after opening weekend. On the mound, Kent. State has a team ERA of 6.12, while they struck out 29 batters while allowing 23 hits.
The Bulldogs and the Golden Flashes have never competed against each other before.
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Softball
The Louisiana Tech Softball team looks to get back in the win column this weekend when it hosts Missouri State for a four-game weekend series beginning tonight at 6 p.m. at Dr. Billy Bundrick Field.
The two teams will also play a doubleheader Saturday at 1 p.m. and a single game Sunday at 11 a.m. All four games can be heard on the LA Tech Athletics app.
Louisiana Tech is 6-1 this season and coming off a 9-3 loss at UL-Lafayette in a game that featured a season-high four errors from the Bulldogs.
Through seven games this season, the Bulldogs have outscored opponents 62-19, totaling 66 hits, 17 doubles, and six home runs. Louisiana Tech has homered in five consecutive games, their longest streak since March 19-April 1, 2022, when they homered in seven straight games.
Louisiana Tech has excelled in the circle in 2024. The Bulldogs have recorded a 2.07 team earned run average and .95 WHIP as opponents are hitting .204 against the Bulldogs’ pitching staff this season.
Missouri State (2-6) opened the 2024 campaign at the NFCA Leadoff Classic in Clearwater, Fla., where they posted a 1-4 mark with an extra-innings win over Army (9-6, 8 inn.) and losses to Clemson (12-0, 5 inn.) WKU (1-0), NC State (4-3) and Oregon (8-0). Last weekend the Bears went 1-2 in a three-game series at Southern Miss with a 3-2 win in game one before dropping the final two contests 9-2 and 4-3.
This weekend will be the 14th meeting between the two programs. LA Tech leads the all-time series 8-5. The Bulldogs won the last matchup 8-4 on Feb. 10, 2019 in Gulf Shores, Ala. Mary Terral hit a three-run home run in the win.
