Texas Tech University Athletics
Softball Treks North To Iowa
March 26, 2009 | Softball
March 26, 2009
AUSTIN - Texas Tech softball travels to Ames, Iowa, to face the Cyclones of Iowa State in a weekend series. The Red Raiders head up north after dropping a game to the University of Texas, 7-0, on Thursday night. The Cyclone's enter the weekend series with an overall record of 17-16 and 0-2 in the Big 12 Conference, after dropping four out of their last five games.
Texas Tech (10-27/0-5) has lost its first five Big 12 Conference games, and is 1-4 in its last five contests. Last year against Iowa State, Tech swept the Cyclones in Lubbock (6-1, 4-3) to take an overall series lead, 15-11.
Iowa State is led by Courtney Wray who is batting .329 with 27 hits and 17 RBIs, followed closely by Carliegh Berry hitting .319 with 36 hits and 10 RBIs. Rachel Zabriskie leads Iowa State in the circle, with an ERA of 1.90 and a record of 10-11.
Iowa State will be providing live statistics and gameviewer via their website www.cyclones.com
Note: The high on Saturday is projected to be in the 30's, with that said, Brandon and Jody are truly sorry if the internet lines become frozen and inoperable. Also, they may be huddled in copious amounts of blankets and unable to stroke the keys on the computer to make gametracker work.
