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Be wary of all things today. It’s April Fool’s Day and although I am sure you are already on high alert anyway, just a reminder to be especially so today.

On the Diamond

Texas Tech softball defeated Abilene Christian, 9-1 with Kaitlin Terry in the circle and going 4 innings while Hailey Toney homered and Jackie Lis had 3 RBI. Softball will host BYU starting on Thursday (this series will be Thursday through Saturday) at Tracy Sellers Field. Additionally, Lis was named Big 12 Player of the Week after hitting .818 against Iowa State this weekend.

Texas Tech baseball also defeated Abilene Christian yesterday, 15-4, with a solid start from freshman Adam Hayes who went 5.2 innings giving up just 1 earned run and Caden Ferraro hit a 2-run homer while going 4-5 with 3 RBI. Jesse Rusnek was named the BA 12 Two-Way Player of the Week, “A native of Brock, Rusinek went 7-16 (.438) at the plate with a home run, five RBIs and three runs scored before adding two shutout innings with four strikeouts to his weekly ledger.” Baseball will host the Houston Cougars Thursday through Saturday.

On the Hardwood

JT Toppin was named a Wooden Award All-American and continues to add to his post-season accolades.

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s Nathan Giese has 13 players Texas Tech should target in the transfer portal. Trying to guess the players out of the hundreds (or maybe thousands) that will likely eventually be in the portal seems like a difficult task. Regardless, Giese has a list of 13 that you can check out.

On the Gridiron

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s Don Williams on the back-up quarterback battle for Texas Tech:

During a practice last week, McGuire said Francis took all the second-team snaps and Jones was scheduled to get some with the second team on Saturday, March 28, which was the fifth spring session. The Red Raiders were back on the field Tuesday, March 31, for their sixth workout.

Of the competition between Francis and Jones, McGuire said, “It’s almost a placeholder until Will gets back healthy.