Starting pitchers for Louisiana Tech Bulldogs announced for tonight through Sunday in final regular-season baseball series at Reno, Nevada

May 20, 2010


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RENO, Nev.--Louisiana Tech will play their final WAC regular season series of 2010 this weekend as they travel to Reno, Nev. to take on the Nevada Wolf Pack at Peccole Park.
Friday's game with Nevada (31-19-1, 11-8-1) will mark the 43rd meeting between Louisiana Tech (26-25, 10-10) and the Wolf Pack and will be followed with the rest of the four game series in Reno. Although the Wolf Pack hold a 33-9 all-time record vs. Tech, the Bulldogs managed to win in the last match-up between the two in the last game of the series last season in Ruston by a score of 17-14 on April 5, 2009.
The Bulldogs are coming off of a 13-5 win over Central Arkansas on senior night earlier in the week. In the game Tech set three new single season team school records in hits (645), runs (451) and RBI (411) making it four total on the year as the team has already shattered to doubles record with 132. The previous record was 119.
Tech needs one win this weekend or a single Sacramento State loss at Fresno State in order to clinch a spot in the WAC Tournament next week.
The Bulldogs will send freshman Trevor Petersen to the mound to start game one Friday before Mike Jefferson takes over to start game two. The sophomore lefty is currently Tech's most experienced active pitcher with just 113.2 career innings pitched. Junior right -hander Casey Jones will start the final game Sunday with Saturday's starter undecided.
Tech's offensive juggernaut is paced by second baseman Joey Ford with a .396 average while Devon Dageford is tops on the team with 15 homeruns and Mark Threlkeld leads all Bulldogs with 60 RBI on the year. Dageford has been swinging a hot bat as of late as he is currently riding a 16 game hitting streak and only needs one double to set the school's all-time single season mark of 21.
Nevada took three out of four games from Sacramento State last weekend before winning Tuesday over UC Davis.
The Wolf Pack's pitching staff holds a 5.23 ERA as a whole on the season and will start freshman right-hander Tom Jameson in game one Friday and junior righty Jeremy Cole in game two on the mound with Saturday and Sunday's starters still undetermined.
Offensively Nevada is batting .313 as a team with 60 homeruns and 394 runs scored in 51 games this year.
Individually the Wolf Pack is led by Nivk Melino who boasts a .404 average this year while Brian Barnett leads the team with 14 homeruns and 59 RBI. Shaun Kort is not far behind Melino and Barnett as the senior holds a .368 average with 8 homeruns, 52 RBI and a WAC leading 23 doubles.
Tech fans can follow the action on the radio with the first game of the Friday double-header being on KPCH 99.3 followed by game two on ESPN 97.7. Saturday and Sunday's games will both also be on ESPN 97.7. Gametracker will also be available on www.latechsports.com. 

Casey Jones pitches complete game for Wade Simoneaux's 200th victory as head coach of Louisiana Tech Bulldogs

Tech Completes Sweep of Sacramento State with 7-2 Win
LA Tech head coach Wade Simoneaux records 200th career win with a 7-2 victory over the Hornets

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Sophomore third baseman Mark Threlkeld batted an incredible .765 in the series with an .810 on base percentage

May 9, 2010

Box Score


RUSTON-- Louisiana Tech pitcher Casey Jones recorded a career day as he pitched the full nine innings to lead the Bulldogs to a 7-2 win over Sacramento State Sunday afternoon at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park.
The win marked Tech head coach Wade Simoneaux's 200th career victory at Louisiana Tech.
"I'm happy about the win today and happy for our guys," Tech head coach Wade Simoneaux. "I'm proud of the way they fought today and really the way they fought all series."
Jones came into this weekend having only pitched 10.1 innings on the season in nine appearances, all out of the bullpen for Tech. However, the right-hander came out firing on all cylinders Sunday as he pitched his first career complete game while recording a career high eight strikeouts doubling his season strikeout total on the year.
"When you pitch like that you're going to have a real good shot at winning," Simoneaux said. "Casey (Jones) wanted the ball today, he had his mind right and he did an outstanding job for us today out on the mound."
The coaching staff made the decision to go with Jones on Sunday because of the success he has had in the past vs. the Hornets. The junior threw a career high 7.1 innings last season at Sacramento in a 10-5 Tech win.
With the pitchers battling it out through the first couple of innings Tech finally got on the board with three runs in the bottom of the third. Left fielderKyle Roliard led off the inning with a single and was followed by a Mark Threlkeld walk before he advanced to third by tagging up on an Alex Williams fly ball to right. Devon Dageford then drove in Roliard for the first run of the game with a single that the shortstop fielded, but was unable to get Dageford at first.

Second baseman Joey Ford knocked in another run with a base hit up the middle and later scored on a Justin Gordeybase knock into right field to give Tech a 3-0 lead after the third inning.Sacramento State cut the lead to 3-2 with two runs in the fourth inning, but those two would be the only runs of the game for the Hornets.
The Bulldogs added one run in the fifth and two more in the seventh as Williams scored on a Clint Ewing sacrifice fly and Ford touched home after a Clint Stubbs double to push Tech's lead to 6-2.
Louisiana Tech added one more insurance run in the eighth to take a 7-2 lead into the final inning. Designated hitterWill Alvis started the eighth off with a double off the wall in centerfield. With the double the Bulldogs set a new school record for doubles in a season with 120. Alvis advanced to third after Ashton Hughes laid down a sacrifice bunt and then scored on a Roliard sacrifice fly to left.
Dageford led all Bulldogs at the plate with three hits in the game while six different Tech batters recorded an RBI with Ford leading the pack with two in the contest.
"This team is very capable of doing some great things," Simoneaux said. "I think a lot of people gave up on us after our pitching injuries started piling up, but I knew these guys wouldn't give up. There is no giving up with this team. Our batters have really stepped up for us this year and have been relentless all season in the batter's box."
Louisiana Tech will now prepare for a mid-week game vs. No. 10 Arkansas on Tuesday May 11 in Little Rock before traveling to Austin, Texas to take on No. 1 Texas in a double-header on Sunday May 16.

Casey Vernon Jones pitches 9-inning complete game in first start of the year to lead Louisiana Tech Bulldogs to 7-2 victory over Sacramento State

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Recap

Sacramento State vs Louisiana Tech (May 09, 2010)
Box score
Play-by-Play

Box Score

2010 Louisiana Tech Baseball
Sacramento State at Louisiana Tech
May 09, 2010 at Ruston, La. (J.C. Love Field)

Sacramento State 2 (16-29-1,5-11)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob
Powers, Josh 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 2
Miller, Blake 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
Chilton, Jake lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0
Paine, Trevor dh 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
Young, Kirby ss 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 2
Lamb, Justin c 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 0
Mezzaneras, J. cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 1
Ayers, Andrew 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0
McCarthy, Dan rf 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0
Elrod, Tommy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
York, Trevor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guglielmo, Mike p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Galvan, Andrew p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Todd, Logan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 34 2 8 2 3 8 24 11 9

Louisiana Tech 7 (25-22,10-10)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob
Roliard, Kyle lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0
Threlkeld, Mark 3b 3 2 2 0 2 0 1 4 0
Williams, Alex 1b 4 1 1 0 0 2 10 0 0
Mire, Jonathan ph/1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Dageford, Devon rf 4 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0
Ford, Joey 2b 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 2
Ewing, Clint c 3 0 1 1 0 0 8 0 0
Gordey, Justin cf 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Stubbs, Clint ph/cf 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2
Alvis, Will dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terrasas, Taylor ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
Hughes, Ashton ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Jones, Casey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 14 7 2 7 27 9 8
Score by Innings R H E
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Sacramento State.... 000 200 000 - 2 8 1
Louisiana Tech...... 003 010 21X - 7 14 1
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E - Elrod, T.; Hughes. DP - Tech 2. LOB - SAC 9; Tech 8. 2B - Miller, B.; Chilton, J.; Ford; Stubbs; Alvis. HBP - Ayers, A.. SH - Hughes. SF - Roliard; Ewing.
Sacramento State ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Elrod, Tommy L,0-3 3.0 7 3 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 15 16 1 4 61
York, Trevor 1.1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 7 1 2 23
Guglielmo, Mike 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 8
Galvan, Andrew 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 9 3 1 32
Todd, Logan 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 1 14

Louisiana Tech ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Jones, Casey W,1-0 9.0 8 2 2 3 8 0 0 1 0 34 38 8 9 126
Win - Jones, C. (1-0). Loss - Elrod, T. (0-3). Save - None. HBP - by Jones, C. (Ayers, A.). BK - Elrod, T.. Inherited runners/scored: Guglielmo, M 2/0. Pitches/strikes: Elrod, T. 61/44; York, T. 23/15; Guglielmo, M 8/6; Galvan, A. 32/20; Todd, L. 14/10; Jones, C. 126/85.
Umpires - HP: Ted Kovach 1B: Tom Chandler 3B: Dan Payne
Start: 1:00 pm Time: 2:34 Attendance: 403
Weather: Cloudy, 55 Deg.


Play-by-Play

2010 Louisiana Tech Baseball
Sacramento State at Louisiana Tech
May 09, 2010 at Ruston, La. (J.C. Love Field)

Sacramento State starters: 5/1b Powers, J.; 7/2b Miller, B.; 2/lf Chilton, J.; 28/dh Paine, T.; 30/ss Young, K.; 8/c Lamb, J.; 24/cf Mezzaneras; 18/3b Ayers, A.; 21/rf McCarthy, D.; 13/p Elrod, T.;

Louisiana Tech starters: 21/lf Roliard; 26/3b Threlkeld; 44/1b Williams; 36/rf Dageford; 3/2b Ford; 34/c Ewing; 8/cf Gordey; 33/dh Alvis; 7/ss Terrasas; 29/p Jones, C.;
Sacramento State 1st - Powers, J. struck out looking (2-2 BKKBK). Miller, B. grounded out to 3b (0-1 K). Chilton, J. doubled to right center (0-1 K). Paine, T. grounded out to 3b (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Louisiana Tech 1st - Roliard singled to left field (1-2 KBKF). Roliard advanced to second on a throwing error by p, failed pickoff attempt. Threlkeld singled to right field (1-2 KFBFF); Roliard advanced to third. Williams struck out swinging (0-2 SKS). Dageford struck out swinging (3-2 BBBSFS). Ford grounded out to 2b (0-1 F). 0 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Sacramento State 2nd - Young, K. struck out swinging (2-2 KKFFBBS). Lamb, J. struck out looking (0-2 KSK). Mezzaneras struck out swinging (2-2 SBKBS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Louisiana Tech 2nd - Ewing singled up the middle (1-0 B). Ewing advanced to second on a balk. Gordey struck out swinging (2-2 KBFFBS). Alvis grounded out to ss (0-1 K); Ewing advanced to third. Terrasas grounded out to p (1-2 KBS). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Sacramento State 3rd - Ayers, A. struck out looking (2-2 SBBFK). McCarthy, D. walked (3-2 BKFBBB). Powers, J. lined into double play 3b to 1b (0-1 K); McCarthy, D. out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Louisiana Tech 3rd - Roliard singled to right field (0-2 KSFF). Threlkeld walked (3-1 BBBKB); Roliard advanced to second. Williams flied out to rf (2-1 BBF); Roliard advanced to third. Dageford singled to shortstop, RBI (1-0 B); Threlkeld advanced to second; Roliard scored. Ford singled up the middle, RBI (0-2 FF); Dageford advanced to second; Threlkeld scored. Ewing reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); Ford advanced to second; Dageford advanced to third, out at home ss unassisted. Gordey singled down the rf line, RBI (1-2 KBF); Ewing advanced to third; Ford scored. Ewing out at third c to 3b, picked off. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Sacramento State 4th - Miller, B. doubled to right center (0-1 K). Chilton, J. singled to left field (0-2 KF); Miller, B. advanced to third. Paine, T. grounded out to ss, RBI (3-2 KBFBB); Chilton, J. advanced to second; Miller, B. scored. Young, K. singled to center field, advanced to second on the throw, RBI (1-0 B); Chilton, J. scored. Lamb, J. popped up to ss (2-1 BBS). Mezzaneras grounded out to ss (0-1 F). 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Louisiana Tech 4th - York, T. to p for Elrod, T.. Alvis grounded out to 3b (0-0). Terrasas grounded out to 3b (0-1 K). Roliard fouled out to lf (0-2 KSF). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Sacramento State 5th - Ayers, A. popped up to 2b (0-2 KFF). McCarthy, D. walked (3-2 SBFBBB). Powers, J. grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b (2-2 BKKB); McCarthy, D. out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Louisiana Tech 5th - Threlkeld walked (3-2 FKBBBB). Williams struck out swinging (2-2 BBFKS). Dageford singled to left field (2-0 BB); Threlkeld advanced to second. Ford doubled down the rf line, RBI (0-1 F); Dageford advanced to third; Threlkeld scored. Guglielmo, M to p for York, T.. Ewing grounded out to p (0-1 K). Stubbs pinch hit for Gordey. Stubbs struck out swinging (2-2 BBFKFS). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Sacramento State 6th - Stubbs to cf. Hughes to ss for Terrasas. Miller, B. flied out to cf (0-0). Chilton, J. flied out to rf (0-0). Paine, T. singled to second base (2-1 BKB). Young, K. grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Louisiana Tech 6th - Galvan, A. to p for Guglielmo, M. Alvis flied out to cf (0-0). Hughes struck out looking (1-2 KBSK). Roliard grounded out to ss (1-0 B). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Sacramento State 7th - Lamb, J. fouled out to 1b (2-0 BB). Mezzaneras struck out looking (2-2 FBSBK). Ayers, A. hit by pitch (1-1 F). McCarthy, D. walked (3-2 BBSBKB); Ayers, A. advanced to second. Powers, J. reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); McCarthy, D. advanced to second; Ayers, A. out at third 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Louisiana Tech 7th - Threlkeld flied out to cf (1-1 BF). Williams singled to left field (2-2 BKFFBF). Dageford singled to left field (2-1 FBB); Williams advanced to second. Ford reached on a fielder's choice (2-2 BFFB); Dageford advanced to second; Williams advanced to third. Ewing flied out to lf, SF, RBI (3-2 BSBBK); Williams scored. Stubbs doubled down the lf line, RBI; Ford advanced to third, out at home lf to 3b to c; Dageford scored. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Sacramento State 8th - Miller, B. grounded out to ss (0-1 K). Chilton, J. flied out to lf (0-0). Paine, T. singled up the middle (0-1 K). Young, K. struck out swinging (1-2 SBFS). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Louisiana Tech 8th - Todd, L. to p for Galvan, A.. Alvis doubled to center field (0-2 KF). Hughes grounded out to p, SAC, bunt (0-1 F); Alvis advanced to third. Roliard flied out to cf, SF, RBI (0-0); Alvis scored. Threlkeld singled to left field (1-0 B). Mire pinch hit for Williams. Mire struck out looking (3-2 SKBBBK). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Sacramento State 9th - Mire to 1b. Lamb, J. grounded out to ss (0-1 K). Mezzaneras singled to right field (1-2 KKBF). Ayers, A. singled to center field (1-2 KFB); Mezzaneras advanced to second. McCarthy, D. struck out swinging (2-2 KKBBS). Powers, J. reached on a fielding error by ss (0-1 K); Ayers, A. advanced to second; Mezzaneras advanced to third. Miller, B. flied out to lf (1-1 BF). 0 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.

Louisiana Tech site of Western Athletic Conference championship track and field meet with athletes ranked high on world lists competing

 
LA Tech to Host Some of World's Top Athletes in WAC Track and Field ChampionshipsSeveral nationally ranked athletes to compete at Jim Mize Track Facility on May 12-15

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Louisiana Tech's Antoinette Cobb is in the world rankings in three different events.

May 8, 2010

2010 WAC Track and Field Championships Schedule in PDF Format 

RUSTON, La. - Louisiana Tech's Jim Mize Track Facility will showcase some of the world's top athletes when Tech hosts the 2010 Western Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships on May 12-15.
The WAC Championship meet will host five athletes and two relays that are currently ranked in the world rankings maintained by the IAAF, the international governing body for track and field.
The highest ranked athlete to compete at LA Tech's Jim Mize Track Facility at the WAC Championships will be Hawaii's Amber Kaufman. Kaufman is ranked sixth in the world in the high jump with a mark of 6' 3.25". Kaufman is set to compete in the women's high jump at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 15.
Louisiana Tech's Antoinette Cobb is in the international rankings in three separate events. In her signature event, the 100m hurdles, the Weyanoke, La. native is ranked 35th in the nation with a school record time of 13.22. She will be challenged by Idaho's Christie Gordon, who is ranked 60th in the world in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.34. Fans attending the WAC Championships can see Cobb and Gordon vie for WAC supremacy in the hurdles with the prelims set to run at 4:05 p.m. on Friday, May 14.
Cobb is also ranked 35th in the world rankings in the 4x100m relay along with teammates Rakeisha Green, Chasidee Lewis-Baker and Quanisha Sales. The quartet ran a mark of 44.83 earlier this year and will compete in the 4x100m relay at 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 15.
Two members of that 4x100m relay team - Cobb and Sales - are ranked in the 200m dash. Cobb is ranked 54th in the world with a wind-aided mark of 23.26 while Sales is ranked 31st in the world with a wind-aided time of 23.12. Sales, who was named the WAC Indoor Track Athlete of the Year in February, won the WAC title in the 200m during the indoor meet and the freshman from Nashville, Tenn. will challenge Cobb and the rest of the league for the 200m title beginning with the prelims on Friday, May 14 at 7:10 p.m.
Boise State's Maria-Elena Kafourou is ranked 38th in the world in the long jump and will be challenged by Tech's Quatisha Williams and Chelsea Hayes when the women's long jump competition gets underway on Friday, May 14 at 5:30 p.m.
Tech's 4x400m relay team - comprised of Kamelia Stroy, Monique Wright, Lashannda Worthy and Shante Benion - is currently ranked 31st in the world and will run at 7:25 p.m. on Saturday, May 15 in the meet's final meet.
Louisiana Tech is hosting the WAC Track and Field Championships for the first time in program history with the Lady Techsters challenging for their sixth consecutive outdoor title and a WAC Championship for the 11th time in 12 years including indoor and outdoor seasons.
The WAC Championships start with the heptathlon and decathlon competitions starting at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 12 and continuing at 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 13. Individual field events start on Friday, May 14 at 12:30 with running events beginning on Friday at 3 p.m.
Tickets for the WAC Track and Field Championships can be purchased at the Louisiana Tech Ticket Office, by calling (318) 257-3631 or by e-mailing techtickets@latech.edu with all-session passes available for $25. Friday and Saturday only passes are on sale for $15 while single day passes for adults are only $5. Kids 12 and under and college students receive free admission with a student ID. Parking is free and will be available on the north end of the Jim Mize Track and Field Complex and in the parking lots around Joe Aillet Stadium.
For complete coverage of Louisiana Tech Track and Field, please visit the official home of Louisiana Tech Athletics at LATechSports.com. 

Aubrey James Shepherd on October 31, 2004, his 64th birthday and playing softball