Red Raiders Travel to Kansas for Weekend Tilt

Saturday, April 17

Lawrence, KS

12:00 PM

Texas Tech Athletics

Kansas

Red Raiders Travel to Kansas for Weekend Tilt

April 15, 2021 | Softball

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Texas Tech searches for its first conference win and series win in Lawrence.

By: Katie Moseley

LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech (16-19, 0-9 Big 12) hits the road for another Big 12 series when the Red Raiders travel to Lawrence to face Kansas (20-15, 1-5 Big 12) April 16-18.

The series starts Friday at 6:00 p.m. at Arrocha Ballpark in Lawrence, Kansas. Game two is slated for Saturday at 2:00 p.m. followed by the series finale Sunday at noon.

As the Red Raiders search for their first conference wins of the season the Jayhawks are also vying for their first Big 12 series win of 2021. Tech is coming off a sweep at the hands of No. 12 Oklahoma State while Kansas is winners of three of the last four, including an upset of No. 18 Missouri on Tuesday evening in Columbia.

RED RAIDER QUICK HITS

Sixth-year senior Karli Hamilton is making the most of her final season in Lubbock. She leads the team in home runs (5), RBI (25), triples (2), total bases (54) and walks (13). Hamilton is third on the team in hits (30), batting average (.328) and second in doubles (5). Hamilton recently moved into a tie for third place in program history after belting her 29^th career home run against Texas on April 2. Hamilton comes into the series riding a seven-game reached base streak, the current longest on the team.
Tech has seen the long ball up and down its roster this season with 12 different players contributing to the home run tally. Five Red Raiders tallied their first career home runs this season including junior Yvonne Whaley who sent a pitch over the wall for a leadoff home run against Baylor. Alanna Barraza, Kennedy Crites, Ellie Bailey and Arriana Villa each tallied their first career home runs as well. Barraza hit the first two home runs of the season for the Red Raiders and Villa hit three in one day. Hamilton leads the team with five home runs followed by three from Villa, two apiece from Barraza, Crites, Zoe Jones, Peyton Blythe and Kelcy Leach and one each from Whaley, Bailey, Heaven Burton, Maddie Westmoreland and Breanna Russell.
Several Red Raiders have broken into the top 10 in program history in multiple statistical categories this season. Karli Hamilton notably ranks in the top 10 in 11 categories including first in triples (15), fourth in hits (210) and RBI (145) and fifth in home runs (29). Heaven Burton has her name etched in five categories including second in triples (9) and third in stolen bases (56). Erin Edmoundson ranks in just about every pitching category, she just recently moved into second place in career strikeouts (478) and ranks third in wins (54). Despite spending two seasons at DePaul, Missy Zoch finds her name in the Tech record books in four categories including seventh in strikeouts (301) and eighth in wins (29).
Kansas leads the series 37-28, however, Tech has won seven of the last 10 meetings. The last time the two teams played in Lawrence in 2018 the Red Raiders came away with a series sweep. Tech also won three of the four meetings in 2019, including a matchup in the Big 12 tournament.