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Texas Tech softball defeated Tarleton State, 12-0 on Tuesday behind home runs from Jackie Lis, Mia Williams, and Jasmyn Burns and shutout performances from Nijaree Canady who went 5 giving up 1 hit and Samantha Lincoln went 2 and also giving up just a hit. Texas Tech softball hosts Iowa State this weekend.
Texas Tech baseball defeated New Mexico, 12-2 on Tuesday with 5 innings of 4-hit ball and no runs from Adam Hayes and 3 inings of no-hit relief from 3 different pitchers, Logan Addison, Jonny Lowe, and Jacob Rodgers. Kyeler Thompson and Tracer Lopez each had 3 hits while Connor Shouse, Logan Hughes, Linkin Garcia and Caden Ferraro all had 2 RBI. Texas Tech baseball will be in Ft. Worth to take on TCU this weekend
On the Hardwood
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s Stephen Garcia goes through what head coach Krista Gerlich will look for in the transfer portal:
The person running the show will likely be from the portal as well. Tech signed two ESPN four-star point guards in Ambrosia Cole and Gianna “GiGi” Jordan, but Gerlich said Sunday an injury will affect when Jordan gets back on the court.
“With a couple of injuries to our freshmen, we’ll have to get a point guard as well,” Gerlich said, “just to help out a little bit. GiGi is going to be delayed in her return.”
The Lady Raiders will get an inside boost with 7-foot-1 center Stephanie Okechukwu, who joined the program midseason but didn’t play. Okechukwu is expected to have four years of eligibility beginning in the winter. Tech also has 6-5 freshman Jayda Kearney in the class, but the team will look to add an experienced post.
“We need some experience in the paint,” Gerlich said. “Obviously we’ll have Stephanie coming back and we have a great kid in Jayda Kearney for some height. We still need a little bit more experience in that area as well.”
On the Gridiron
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s Don Williams on head coach Joey McGuire after yesterday’s practice and he said that Adam Trick and Trey White stood out, along with Micah Hudson, along with other notes from practice after getting back from spring break.
ESPN’s Bill Connelly writes about turnovers and luck in 2026. Not really anything Texas Tech related, but a fun college football read.
ESPN asked their writers which teams, coaches, and players had the most to prove in 2026. There’s a ton of Texas Tech mentions other than the quote below. Eli Lederman thinks Texas Tech is the team that has the most to prove:
Eli Lederman: Texas Tech hit big on its financial investment in the transfer portal last fall to the tune of the program’s first outright conference title since 1955 and its first trip to the CFP. The question now: Can the Red Raiders do it again in 2026 and, in turn, show they’re truly here to stay as perennial contenders? Joey McGuire & Co. will return 14 starters in the fall and have filled key holes with ESPN’s No. 2 transfer class, headlined by quarterback Brendan Sorsby and the additions of defensive linemen Mateen Ibirogba, Trey White and Adam Trick to replace the dominant trio of David Bailey, Lee Hunter and Romello Height. But the sport’s recent history has shown the potential pitfalls of a year-to-year reliance on portal talent and Texas Tech’s to-this-point stellar talent evaluation will be tested again in 2026. An upstart renegade this time last year, the pressure now falls on the Red Raiders to prove they’re something more than a one-hit wonder.