RUSTON | Louisiana Tech will travel to face the Arkansas Razorbacks in Fayetteville, Ark., on Thursday, Mar. 16, at 7 p.m. inside Bud Walton Arena in the opening round of the 2023 Women's National Invitational Tournament. The game can be seen on SEC Network+. Live radio and live stats can be found on the LA Tech Athletics app. 
 
"We are thrilled to be playing in the postseason and are excited to be included in an extremely competitive WNIT field," said head coach Brooke Stoehr. "Arkansas is a very good basketball team and will provide a big challenge for us in the first round. I know our team is excited to still be playing in March and have an opportunity to compete for a championship starting Thursday."
 
Tech earned an at-large bid to the WNIT after winning seven of their final eight regular-season matchups. Tech finished the regular season with a 19-11 record, which included a 12-8 mark in Conference USA play to finish in a tie for fourth with UTEP. However, Tech fell to UTEP in the Conference USA Quarterfinals as the No. 5 seed. 
 
Arkansas completed their season with a 21-12 record, including a 7-9 mark in SEC play, which earned the Razorbacks the No. 8 seed in the SEC tournament. Arkansas picked up an opening-round win over Missouri (85-74) before falling to the national No. 1 and eventual conference champions, South Carolina (93-66). 

The WNIT field comprises 64 teams, including fellow Conference USA members WKU, Rice, and UTEP. This will mark LA Tech's fifth program appearance in the WNIT and the second in as many years for the Techsters. 

Ticket information for Thursday's contest will be released in the near future. 
  
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2023 TOURNAMENT INFO
Round 1 - March 15-17
Round 2 - March 18-21
Round 3 - March 22-24
Quarterfinals - March 25-27
Semifinals - March 28-29
Championship - Saturday, April 1 at 5:30 p.m. ET (broadcast by CBS Sports Network)