LOUISIANA TECH BASEBALL Eight NCAA Regional Appearances (1971, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1987, 2016)
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LOUISIANA TECH BASEBALL Eight NCAA Regional Appearances (1971, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1987, 2016) 2021 SCHEDULE / RESULTS Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (1-1) at UL-Lafayette (2-1) OVERALL: 1-1 | C-USA: 0-0 | H: 0-0 | A: 0-1 | N: 1-0 Feb. 23 • 6 p.m. • Lafayette, La. • M.L. ‘Tigue’ Moore Field at Russo Park FEBRUARY (1-1) LOUISIANA TECH UL-Lafayette 21 vs. Air Force% W, 18-1 2021 Record 1-1 2021 Record 2-1 22 at LSU L, 7-16 Last 5/10 Games 1-1/1-1 Last 5/10 2-1/2-1 23 at UL-Lafayette 6 p.m. 26 SOUTHERN 6 p.m. All-Time vs. UL-Lafayette 56-66 All-Time vs. LA Tech 66-56 27 SOUTHERN 2 p.m. 28 SOUTHERN 1 p.m. Head Coach: Lane Burroughs (5th) Head Coach Matt Deggs MARCH (0-0) Record at LA Tech 121-71 Record at UL-Lafayette 10-10 2 UL-LAFAYETTE 6 p.m. How to Follow the Diamond Dogs 5 MCNEESE STATE 6 p.m. 6 MCNEESE STATE 2 p.m. TV/Stream Radio Play-by-Play Live Stats 7 MCNEESE STATE 1 p.m. ESPN+ KNBB 99.3 FM Dave Nitz latechsports.com 9 at ULM 6 p.m. 12 ARKANSAS 6 p.m. First Pitch 13 ARKANSAS 2 p.m. • Louisiana Tech and UL-Lafayette will face of for the 123rd time since 1970 in Tuesday night’s matchup at M.L. 14 ARKANSAS 1 p.m. 16 OLE MISS 6 p.m. “Tigue” Moore Field at Russo Park. The Bulldogs enter Tuesday’s game with two matchups under their belt, splitting a 17 OLE MISS 2 p.m. pair of games at Alex Box Stadium. Tech scored its second most runs in a season opener in program history in an 18-1 19 at Tulane 6 p.m. victory over Air Force on Sunday, smacking four hour runs and allowing just three hits in the lopsided afair. The ‘Dogs 20 at Tulane 2 p.m. dropped Monday night’s matchup at No. 11 LSU 16-7 despite leading 6-2 entering the bottom of the sixth. Tech’s 1-3 21 at Tulane 1 p.m. hole hitters each crushed a solo shot as six Bulldogs tallied multi-hit games in the loss. 23 ULM 6 p.m. 26 at Southern Miss* 6 p.m • Tech has won eight of its past 10 and four of its past fve contests against UL-Lafayette, playing 10 times since 2016. 27 at Southern Miss*^ 2 p.m. The Diamond Dogs swept the No. 24 Ragin’ Cajuns in a two-game set early in the shortened 2020 campaign, limiting 27 at Southern Miss*^ DH2 the Cajuns to just one run between the two Bulldog victories. Tech’s pitching staf absolutely shut down the Ragin’ 28 at Southern Miss* 1 p.m. Cajuns’ ofense in both games, allowing just one hit apiece in each ballgame. Jarret Whorf, LA Tech’s starter for APRIL (0-0) 1 UAB* 6 p.m. Tuesday’s game, spun a gem in his Bulldog debut in 2020 against ULL, throwing 6.1 innings of shutout baseball while 2 UAB*^ 2 p.m. allowing just one hit and punching out seven batters. Casey Ouellette closed out the fnal two-plus innings to secure 2 UAB*^ DH2 a 10-0 win. 3 UAB* 1 p.m. • In Tech’s dominant 18-1 win over Air Force, senior second baseman Taylor Young accomplished something at the 9 at Rice* 6 p.m. plate that a Bulldog batter hasn’t accomplished in over 10 years — hitting home runs in back-to-back innings. Young 10 at Rice*^ DH1 10 at Rice*^ DH2 lifted a two-run shot in the fourth inning before belting a towering solo shot in the ffth frame, becoming the frst 11 at Rice* 1 p.m. Diamond Dog since Will Alvis on April 24, 2010, to hit homers in back-to-back innings. He fnished the day 3-for-5 16 SOUTHERN MISS* 6 p.m. with two homers, four RBI, four runs scored and two walks. 17 SOUTHERN MISS*^ 2 p.m. • Young’s Sunday performance also made him a headliner on D1Baseball’s “Feb. 22 Top Performers” article. The senior 17 SOUTHERN MISS*^ DH2 18 SOUTHERN MISS* 1 p.m. then homered in his second at-bat on Monday, making it three home runs in seven at-bats for the second baseman. 23 MARSHALL* 6 p.m. • LA Tech pitchers struck out 16 batters and allowed just two walks in Tech’s 18-1 win on Sunday. It was the frst time 24 MARSHALL*^ 2 p.m. since a game against Northwestern State on Feb. 28, 2018, that the Diamond Dogs struck out 15+ batters. 24 MARSHALL*^ DH2 • Through two games, Tech’s frst four batters in their lineup (Young, Hunter Wells, Parker Bates and Steele Netterville) 25 MARSHALL* 1 p.m. have combined to tally 17 hits, 15 runs scored and 14 RBI. LA Tech’s lineup was exactly the same each game. 30 at Middle Tennessee* 6 p.m. MAY (0-0) • Five Bulldog pitchers made their debuts in Tech’s opening weekend — starter Ryan Jennings and relievers Cade 1 at Middle Tennessee*^ 1 p.m. Hodges, Landon Tomkins, Tanner Knight and Cade Gibson. 1 at Middle Tennessee*^ DH2 • UL-Lafayette is 2-1 on the season thus far with a series victory over Tulane. The three games all went to extra innings 2 at Middle Tennessee* 1 p.m. and were decided by a total of just four runs. ULL won the fnal two games of the series with nine runs scored in each 7 at FIU* 6 p.m. 8 at FIU*^ 1 p.m. contest. Ruston native and LSU transfer CJ Willis has tallied a team-high fve runs scored while tallying fve hits, two 8 at FIU*^ DH2 for extra bases, in two games played this year. His father, Chris, and mother, Mandy, were both student-athletes at LA 9 at FIU* 1 p.m. Tech. Chris played on the football team, while Mandy ran track and feld at Louisiana Tech. 11 at LSU 6:30 p.m. 14 UTSA* 6 p.m 15 UTSA*^ 2 p.m Pitching Matchup 15 UTSA*^ DH2 Louisiana Tech Team Pitching UL-Lafayette 16 UTSA* 1 p.m. Jarret Whorf 2021 Spencer Arrighetti RHP • 6-3 • 195 • Sr./1L Tech ERA: 6.88 RHP • 6-2 • 186 • So./TR 20 OLD DOMINION 6 p.m. Winnsboro, Texas ULL ERA: 4.55 Katy, Texas 21 OLD DOMINION 6 p.m. W-L: 3-0 Tech Whip: 1.47 W-L: 2-2 26-30 C-USA Tournament (Ruston, La.) ERA: 3.47 ULL WHIP: 1.58 ERA: 4.26 IP: 23.1 Tech Ks: 21 IP: 19.0 % Games played at LSU in Alex Box Stadium K/BB: 13/6 ULL Ks: 34 Stats from Navarro JC* ^ C-USA USA Seven-Inning Doubleheaders * Conference USA games All Times CT Series History Overall: UL-Lafayette leads 66-56 Last Five Meetings (4-1) Date Result Location Last 10 Meetings: Tech 8-2 4/24/18 ULL 9, LA Tech 4 Ruston 2/20/19 LA Tech 3, ULL 2 (10 Inn.) Ruston 4/9/19 LA Tech 11, ULL 3 Lafayette Meeting No. 123 on Tuesday NIght 2/15/20 LA Tech 2, ULL 1 Lafayette 2/16/20 LA Tech 10, ULL 0 Lafayette 1 LATECHSPORTS.COM 2021 LA TECH BASEBALL | GAMES 1-2 Quick Facts C-USA Preseason Poll D1Baseball Top 25 GENERAL Location: Ruston, La. Founded: 1894 Posted Feb. 23, 2021 Enrollment: 11,197 (As of Fall 2020) Colors: Blue & Red EAST 1 - Ole Miss Nickname: Bulldogs Afliation: NCAA Division I 1. Florida Atlantic (10) 2 - Arkansas Conference: Conference USA 2. Old Dominion (1) Years in Conference: Eighth Season 3 - Vanderbilt President: Dr. Les Guice 3. FIU (1) Athletic Director: Dr. Eric A. Wood 4 - Louisville SWA: Mary Kay Hungate 4. WKU FAR: Dr. Donna Thomas 5 - Mississippi State Sport Administrator Gerald Jordan 5. Charlotte Ticket Ofce: (318) 257-3631 6. Marshall 6 - Miami STADIUM INFORMATION WEST 7 - Florida Home Facility: J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park 1. Southern Miss (10) Home Record: 843-460-1 (.644) 8 - UCLA Largest Crowd: 3,311 (3/15/17 vs. UL-Lafayette) 2. Louisiana Tech (2) Surface: Fieldturf 9 - UC Santa Barbara Dimensions: 315-387-325 3. Rice COACHING STAFF 4. Middle Tennessee 10 - Texas Tech Head Coach: Lane Burroughs Alma Mater: Mississippi College, 1995 (BA) - 1996 (MS) 5. UTSA 11 - LSU Record at LA Tech: 120-70 (Fifth Year) 6. UAB Career Record: 233-183 (8 Years) 12 - Virginia Associate Head Coach (Pitching): Mike Silva (frst place votes in parentheses) 13 - NC State Alma Mater: Bellevue/East Central Univ. (Okla.) Years at LA Tech: Third Year 2021 C-USA Preseason Team 14 - TCU Asst. Coach/Recruiting Coord: Mitch Gaspard Alma Mater: UL-Lafayette (1989) SP Gabe Shepard, So., Southern Miss 15 - Georgia Tech Years at LA Tech: Second Year Assistant Coach: Matt Miller SP Hunter Gregory, Jr., Old Dominion 16 - Wake Forest Alma Mater: Louisiana Tech (2019) SP Walker Powell, Sr., Southern Miss Years at LA Tech: Second Year 17- South Carolina RP Hunter Stanley, Sr., Southern Miss ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 18 - Tennessee Assoc. AD/Communications: Malcolm Butler C J Paul Fullerton, Sr., UAB Baseball Contact: Tyler Hotz IF Derek Cartaya, R-Sr., FIU 19 - Texas Goodwin’s Ofce: (318) 257-5305 Goodwin’s Cell: (318) 265-1948 IF Brett Coker, So., Middle Tennessee 20 - Oklahoma State Goodwin’s Email: [email protected] Media Relations Ofce: (318) 257-3144 IF Braden Comeaux, Sr., Rice 21 - Auburn Media Relations Fax: (318) 257-3757 IF Hunter Wells, Sr., Louisiana Tech Ofcial Athletic Website: LATechSports.com 22 - East Carolina Ofce Address: Louisiana Tech Athletics IF Taylor Young, Sr., Louisiana Tech 23 - West Virginia Media Relations OF Parker Bates, Sr., Louisiana Tech P.O.