RUSTON, La. – Louisiana Tech will play eight fall exhibition games as first year head coach Josh Taylor and Co. open the fall season Oct. 1 at ULM (6 p.m.).
 
In all the Lady Techsters will play three home games and five road games this fall, including a four-game weekend trip to Fayetteville on Oct. 9 and 10 where they will play the host Razorbacks twice. Tech will also face Tulsa and Butler Community College during that weekend.

The Lady Techsters will complete the fall schedule with three straight home dates. Tech hosts Louisiana College on Oct. 16 (1 p.m.), ULM on Oct. 19 (6 p.m.) and Bossier Parish Community College on Oct. 26 (6 p.m.).

Tech returns 16 letterwinners, including seven every day starters, from last year's team while welcoming five newcomers to the roster.

Taylor begins his first season in Ruston after being hired away from the University of Nevada in June.