Texas Tech University Athletics
Postgame Notes
April 01, 2012 | Softball
April 1, 2012
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• With the win, Texas Tech improved to 22-13 all-time against the Cyclones as the Red Raiders have now won 10 of the past 12 meetings.
• Today's game marked the closest margin of victory between the two teams since Iowa State's last win in the series which came in a 2-4 win on March 28, 2010 in Lubbock.
• The extra-inning game was the first between the two teams since the Red Raiders took a 4-3 victory in 10 innings on April 27, 2008 in Lubbock.
• The Red Raiders improved to 12-5 all-time when playing Iowa State in Lubbock.
• Head coach Shanon Hays is now 6-1 all-time against Iowa State and 3-1 when playing the Cyclones in Lubbock.
TEXAS TECH TEAM NOTES
• The Red Raiders closed a very successful Big 12 home opening weekend as Tech is now 12-24 all-time in conference home openers.
• Prior to this weekend, Tech had swept only one opponent in a Big 12 home opening series which was an April 10, 1999 doubleheader sweep of Iowa State. This is the first year where all league series are three games.
• The Red Raiders went to extra innings for the third time this season as the Red Raiders are now 3-0 in such games.
• Tech had not won an extra-inning Big 12 game since defeating No. 12 Oklahoma, 7-6, in nine innings on April 15, 2010 in Norman. That game was the second of a doubleheader.
• Tech had not previously won an extra-inning Big 12 game played in Lubbock since defeating Iowa State, 4-3, in 10 innings on April 27, 2008.
• The win improved Tech to 6-1 all-time when playing on April Fools' Day (April 1).
• The walk-off victory was Tech's first of the season and the first since Emily Bledsoe hit a two-run shot to send the Red Raiders to a 10-9 victory over Appalachian State on Feb. 13 last year.
• The Red Raiders did not commit an error in the field for the third-straight game, Tech's longest streak since going three-consecutive games to start the Seton Hall Classic.
• All of Tech's nine hits in the game came from a total of four players. Tech had at least four players post multiple-hit games in every game of the series this weekend.
• Tech had not blown a seventh-inning lead since giving up a run to Stephen F. Austin that forced extra innings on Feb. 25 this year. The Red Raiders ended up winning that contest, 2-1, in eight innings.
Adriana Perez
• Perez recorded her first career walk-off hit in a Texas Tech jersey and the first game-ending home run for a Tech player to win a game since Emily Bledsoe did so against Appalachian State on Feb. 13 last year.
• Perez extended her hitting streak to 14-straight games with the 2-for-4 performance. It is the longest hitting streak for any Tech player this season.
• She finished with two or more hits for the fifth-straight game as it was her team-leading 15th multiple-hit game of the year and 11th multiple-RBI game.
• Perez wrapped this week hitting .714 (10-for-14) with four home runs, 12 RBI, four runs scored, 23 total bases, and a 1.653 slugging percentage.
Emily Bledsoe
• Bledsoe continued her strong hitting in the series as she went 3-for-4 at the plate with two RBI and a pair of runs scored.
• She homered twice in a game for only the second time in her career. She last did so against Southern Utah on Feb. 12, 2010 during the Arizona State Kajikawa Classic in Arizona.
• She wrapped the three-game series hitting .556 (8-for-11) with three home runs and seven RBI. She also drew three walks total and scored six runs, tying Mikey Kenney for the team high.
• It was Bledsoe's sixth multiple-hit game of the year and her sixth multiple-RBI performance as well. She has had three or more hits in a game three times this year.
Mikey Kenney
• Mikey Kenney added to her career home run with her 11th dinger of the season and her 30th of her career.
• It was Kenney's first home run since hitting a three-run shot against Seton Hall on March 16.
• She finished 2-for-4 at the plate for her 10th multiple-hit game of the year.
Logan Hall
• Hall went 2-for-3 at the plate for her eighth multiple-hit game on the season.
• She powered a double to the gap in right center in the second inning, marking her Big 12-leading 10th double of the season.
Cara Custer
• Custer picked up her 17th victory of the season, the most wins by a Tech pitcher since Ashly Jacobs went 17-15 in 2007.
• Her 17 victories are tied with Jacobs for the fourth-most in a single-season in school history.
• The record for number of victories by a Tech freshman in school history is 23 that was set by Amanda Renfro in 1998.
• Custer went 8.0 innings, matching her longest outing of the season. She also went a full 8.0 innings against North Texas on Feb. 24 during the Texas Shootout.
