RUSTON, La. – Louisiana Tech hits the road to San Antonio to open conference play with UTSA in a three-game series.
SERIES INFORMATION
Dates & Times: March 18 at 6 p.m. | March 19 at 2 p.m. | March 20 at 1 p.m.
Location: Roadrunner Field (San Antonio, Texas)
TV: CUSA.TV
Radio:
Dave Nitz on KNBB 97.7 FM
Audio: LA Tech Athletics App
Live Stats: LATechSports.com
ABOUT LOUISIANA TECH (12-5, 0-0 C-USA)
The Bulldogs are coming off a weekend sweep of Houston Baptist and midweek win at UL-Monroe. After scuffling in its first road trip dropping games to Nicholls and Southeastern, LA Tech has strung together five straight wins going into conference play.
LA Tech shortstop
Taylor Young earned Conference USA Hitter of the Week honors after last week's incredible performance at the plate. Young went 11-for-17 with a home run, a triple, three doubles, eight RBI, 10 runs scored and four stolen bases. Young leads the team in batting average and leads the conference in triples (8) and doubles (3).
Walker Burchfield is fresh off a two-home run game at ULM on Tuesday night. The Bulldog designated hitter has three home runs on the year all coming on the road.
Jonathan Fincher looks to stay dominant on the hill. The southpaw brings a 4-0 record into conference play with a 1.96 ERA and an outstanding 31 to two strikeout-to-walk ratio. Fincher leads C-USA in victories and is one short of the nation's leader.
ABOUT UTSA (11-5, 0-0 C-USA)
The Roadrunners are off to solid start to 2022 facing a difficult non-conference schedule. UTSA defeated No. 2 Stanford at home 6-5 in 10 innings back February 28.
Junior outfielder Shane Sirdashney leads the squad with a .413 batting average with a home run, six doubles and 13 RBI.
San Antonio native Ian Bailey has mashed six home runs, leading the team through 16 games.
Right-handed pitcher Luke Malone has been lights out for the Roadrunners thus far. Malone is 2-0 posting a 0.98 ERA over 18.1 innings pitched and a stellar 18 to two strikeout-to-walk ratio.
THE SERIES
LA Tech and UTSA will meet for the 30
th time on Friday night. The Bulldogs lead the all-time series 15-14 with the last game coming in the 2021 Conference USA Tournament. The two clubs faced off five times last season all in Ruston with LA Tech taking four of the contests. LA Tech won the last series played at UTSA in 2018.
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