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Texas Tech Red Raiders – Official Athletics Website
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma – The Texas Tech softball team (42-12, 20-4) will take on Baylor (27-26, 11-13) in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Quarterfinal tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. at Devon Park in Oklahoma City. Tech is the No. 1 seed in the tournament after winning its first-ever Big 12 regular season title and Baylor […]
Tech is the No. 1 seed in the tournament after winning its first-ever Big 12 regular season title and Baylor comes in as the No. 8 seed and already with a win under its belt after defeating No. 9 seeded Kansas 7-3 on Wednesday.
The Red Raiders won all eight conference series including four sweeps this season and had a program record 10 players selected to All-Big 12 Teams earlier today including NiJaree Canady who was named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Year. Gerry Glasco, in his first season at Tech, was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year after leading the Red Raiders to a program-record 20 wins in Big 12 play and improved his streak of conference series wins to 60.
The winner of this game will advance to the semifinals and face the winner of No. 4 Oklahoma State and No. 5 Arizona State on Friday at 3 p.m. with the championship game being played on Saturday at 11 a.m. on ESPN.
Previously in Tech softball:
- The Red Raiders earned their first ever Big 12 regular season title this year after going 20-4 in league play. Tech set a new record in conference wins (20) and shutout wins (20) while eclipsing 40 wins for the fourth time in school history.
- NiJaree Canady is still at the top of her game. She boasts a 0.89 ERA and is 23-5 on the season including a 16-2 record in Big 12 play. Canady was named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Year, unanimously, and was also a First Team All-Big 12 selection in her first year in the league.
- Senior outfielder Demi Elder has been a huge lift for the Red Raiders offense since returning to the starting lineup. Since Elder’s return the team is 19-3 and she has reached base safely in 21 of those 22 games.
- Tech’s defense has settled in nicely since Big 12 play and lead the conference with a .982 fielding percentage in conference play. Tech also leads the Big 12 in batting average (.322) and ERA (1.68) in Big 12 play.
- NiJaree Canady, Mihyia Davis, Alana Johnson and Bailey Lindemuth were all selected to the All-Big 12 First Team while Alexa Langeliers, Lauren Allred and Demi Elder were named to the All-Big 12 Second Team. Davis and Victoria Valdez were named to the All-Big 12 Defense Team and Lindemuth and Hailey Toney were named to the All-Big 12 Freshmen Team.