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Softball Home Slate Begins Friday
March 02, 2017 | Softball
Texas Tech hosts the Texas Tech Invitational March 3-5.
LUBBOCK, Texas – After three weeks on the road, Texas Tech softball will play its first home games of the season this weekend as it hosts the Texas Tech Invitational at Rocky Johnson Field March 3-5 with a field that includes Wichita State, UTEP and North Texas.
The Red Raiders' begin play Friday with an opening day doubleheader featuring a matchup against UTEP at 4 p.m. and Wichita State at 6:30 p.m.
Tech continues play Saturday, taking on UTEP at 3:30 p.m. before a 6 p.m. tilt against North Texas. The action concludes Sunday with the Red Raiders taking on North Texas at 1 p.m.
A live stream of each Texas Tech game will be available through TexasTech.tv, while KTXT 88.1 will carry live audio of three games over the weekend. Live stats for each contest throughout the event will be available at TexasTech.Statbroadcast.com.
A full schedule of the Texas Tech Invitational, along with relevant links, is available here.
PROMOTIONS
Friday: Opening Day T-Shirts, Friday Bingo
Saturday: Texas Country Day
Sunday: Character Day (Mouse Ears Giveaway, Post-Game Clinic)
TICKETS
Adults - $5, Youth - $3
Individual tickets can be purchased in advance at the Athletic Ticket Office or one hour prior to every home Tech game at Rocky Johnson Field. For more ticket info, visit here.
CLEAR BAG POLICY
Texas Tech Athletics reminds fans that the Clear Bag Policy is in effect for the 2017 Red Raider Softball season. For info on the policy, visit here.
QUICK HITS
- Texas Tech hosts the Texas Tech Invitational March 3-5, featuring UTEP, Wichita State and North Texas for nine total games at Rocky Johnson Field.
- The Red Raiders open play Friday with games against UTEP and Wichita State, before taking on UTEP and North Texas Saturday and North Texas again Sunday.
- Friday's doubleheader marks Texas Tech's first home games of the 2017 season.
- Opening Day will also bring the debut of the new video board at Rocky Johnson Field, constructed in February.
- Tech went 4-2 at the 2016 Texas Tech Invitational, which featured Ohio, UTSA, Stephen F. Austin and McNeese State.
- Tech has won five of its last seven home openers dating back to 2010.
- The Red Raiders are coming off a 2-3 showing at the Easton Bama Bash in Tuscaloosa, Ala., last weekend.
- Tech already has a win over a top-25 season foe this season, defeating No. 21 Fresno State 9-6 at the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge.
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