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RUSTON, La. – A strong pitching performance from right-hander Ryan Jennings and clutch hitting from seniors Hunter Wells and Parker Bates helped Louisiana Techs baseball team split Saturdays doubleheader at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park. No. 13 LA Tech (25-8, 11-3 C-USA) knocked off Southern Miss 5-3 in the second game on Saturday, scoring two runs in the bottom of the fifth to break a 3-3 tie. The Bulldogs have now won 17 of their past 20 games and will have another opportunity on...

RUSTON – After leading Louisiana Tech to 20 victories and a Conference USA West Division title, Bulldog Basketball head coach Eric Konkol was voted as the C-USA Gene Bartow Coach of the Year. LA Tech was picked to finish seventh in the C-USA preseason poll after losing four starters off the 2019-20 team that produced a 22-win season and a second-place finish in the league. Konkol guided the 2020-21 Bulldogs, meshing a group of seven seniors and three stud underclassmen, to register a 20-6 ...

Cowboys win streak comes to end in 11-0 loss at La. Tech McNeese Baseball (Source: KPLC) By McNeese Sports Information | March 5, 2021 at 10:11 PM CST - Updated March 5 at 10:14 PM RUSTON – Louisiana Tech scored all of its runs after the fourth inning while two pitchers combined to shutout McNeese in an 11-0 win and snapping the Cowboys’ five-game winning streak. The Bulldogs (5-3) opened up its new baseball stadium on Friday night in a pregame ribbon cutting ceremony that featured Go...

RUSTON – The standard of excellence continues at Louisiana Tech as the Bulldogs claimed win No. 20 on the season with a 99-66 victory over Our Lady of the Lake on Wednesday night inside the Thomas Assembly Center on Karl Malone Court. There was doubt at the beginning of the 2020-21 season that LA Tech (20-6) would even play 20 games. They ended up playing 26 and reached 20 victories for the eighth time in the last nine seasons. “You want to play well while having a lot of guys get pla...

RUSTON – The Louisiana Tech men’s basketball team will close out the regular season on Wednesday night when they host Our Lady of the Lake at 7 p.m. inside the Thomas Assembly Center on Karl Malone Court. The matchup will be streamed live on CUSA.tv (subscription required). Fans can also listen to Dave Nitz and Jack Thigpen call the action on the LA Tech Sports Network. LA Tech (19-6) put together its most complete series this past weekend in the 101-57 and 79-58 victories over Rice. ...

The Louisiana Tech mens basketball team will have one more tune-up before postseason play begins, as the Bulldogs will host Our Lady of the Lake on Wednesday, March 3.

RUSTON, La. – It was exactly 675 days since the last time Louisiana Techs baseball team hosted a game at the corner of Alabama Avenue and Tech Drive, and the Diamond Dogs didnt disappoint, reeling off five straight runs to close the ballgame in a 9-2 victory over Southern at the new J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park. Senior Parker Bates tallied the first home run in the new ballpark with a two-run blast to right field in the eighth inning, putting an exclamation point on Techs opening ...

One of LA Tech basketballs best runs of the 2021 season was put on ice by Mother Nature last week.

LAFAYETTE, La. – After combining to tally 31 hits between its first two games, Louisiana Techs bats went cold in a 2-0 defeat at UL-Lafayette on Tuesday night. Tuesdays matchup at Russo Park sped by with a running time of just two hours and 36 minutes as both of tonights starters delivered excellent outings. Tech starter Jarret Whorff pitched 5.1 innings of four-hit, one-run baseball with four strikeouts to get off to a strong start in 2021. Whorffs run in the first inning was unearned fol...

Due to ongoing travel restrictions brought on by this weeks weather conditions, both basketball series for Louisiana Tech versus Middle Tennessee have been postponed.