Texas Tech University Athletics
Postgame Notes
April 11, 2012 | Softball
April 11, 2012
THE TEXAS SERIES• The win helped Texas Tech snap a nine-game losing streak to the Longhorns, who still control the overall series with a 27-6 all-time advantage.
• Tech's last victory over Texas came in a 5-4 victory on March 27, 2008 in Lubbock. Texas was unranked in that contest.
• The Red Raiders improved to just 2-12 all-time when facing the Longhorns in Lubbock.
• The win also the first for Shanon Hays against Texas as the third-year head coach is now 1-6 against the Longhorns.
• The three-run margin of victory marked the largest for Tech against Texas since taking an 8-3 victory in Austin on May 2, 2001.
TEXAS TECH TEAM NOTES
• Texas Tech extended its season-long home winning streak to 13-straight, matching Western Michigan for the fourth-longest active streak in the country.
• The Red Raiders travel this weekend to face a Missouri club that has won 22-straight at home, the third-longest active streak.
• Tech picked up its second victory over a top-five ranked team in the past week dating back to last Friday night's win at then-No. 5 Oklahoma.
• The win improves Tech to 4-6 against ranked opponents this season and 2-2 against those in the top five in the polls.
• Texas was the highest-ranked team to lose to the Red Raiders during the Shanon Hays era. Tech's previously picked up four wins against top-10 teams against Hays, a doubleheader sweep of No. 7 Oklahoma State on April 22, 2010 and then last weekend's 5-4 victory over then-No. 5 Oklahoma.
• The Red Raiders came into the game 3-6 on the year when trailing after three innings and 4-6 when their opponent scored first.
• Tech is 23-0 now on the year when leading after five innings. That same record also applies to when the Red Raiders have led after six innings.
• The Red Raiders are now 5-4 in Big 12 play, matching their conference win total from a year ago when Tech advanced to the NCAA Tucson Regional.
Raven Richardson
• Richardson went 1-for-2 at the plate with four crucial RBI. In addition to her fourth-inning home run, she also drew a bases-loaded walk in the fifth.
• The four RBI match her career high that has been accomplished three times previously, most recently against Alcorn State on March 12 last year.
• The performance marked her fourth multiple-RBI game of the year. It was also only the sixth time this year a Tech player had recorded four or more RBI in a game.
• Richardson's home run was her sixth on the year and the 53rd for Tech this season, leaving the Red Raiders five shy of last year's school record.
Cara Custer
• After giving up two early runs, Custer shut the door on the Longhorns en route to picking up her Big 12-leading 19th victory of the year.
• Custer tossed her 13th complete game of the year and her third so far in Big 12 play.
• She is now one win shy of reaching the 20 on the year, a feat accomplished previously by only one player in school history, Renfro.
• Renfro owns the school's career wins record and has the top-three spots on the single-season chart as well. Her 23 wins in 1998 are still the most by a Tech freshman in school history.
