Texas Tech roundup: Red Raiders named No. 1 seed at NCAA men's golf regional at Oklahoma
The Texas Tech men's golf team is one of six No. 1 regional seeds announced Wednesday by the NCAA and will head up a 14-team field in Norman, Oklahoma.
The six 54-hole regional tournaments are scheduled for May 15-17. Three of the regionals will have 13 teams and 10 individuals not on those teams, and the other three regionals will have 14 teams and five individuals not on those teams.
From each regional, the top five teams and the low-scoring individual not on those teams qualify for the NCAA championship tournament scheduled for May 26-31 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The other regional sites are Auburn, Alabama; Salem, South Carolina; Bath, Michigan; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Morgan Hill, California. The No. 1 seeds at those locales, in order, are Vanderbilt, North Carolina, Illinois, Arizona State and Pepperdine.
In addition to Texas Tech, the other top five seeds playing at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club are host Oklahoma, Alabama, Mississippi and Wake Forest. Rounding out the field are Duke, LSU, North Florida, Colorado, Kansas, North Carolina-Wilmington, Louisiana-Lafayette, Princeton and Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
Texas won the NCAA championship last year, beating Arizona State 3-2 in the match-play final.
Tech baseball
Texas Tech announced that its April 25 game at Abilene Christian University, suspended by weather with ACU leading 6-0 in the fourth inning, will resume where it left off at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Dan Law Field/Rip Griffin Park. It will be followed by the regularly scheduled Tech-ACU game that night.
The regularly scheduled 6:30 p.m. game will start 30 to 45 minutes after the suspended game's conclusion, similar to a doubleheader, but not before 6:30 p.m.
Single-game tickets for that day will be valid for both games, Tech said.
Abilene Christian is 27-16 and 11-10 in the Western Athletic Conference.
Texas Tech hosts Sam Houston State in a non-conference series this weekend with games scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. The Red Raiders are 30-15 overall, 9-9 in the Big 12 and ranked No. 24 by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
Sam Houston State is 28-18 and leads the WAC with an 18-6 conference record.
Tech baseball
Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung from Texas Tech on Wednesday was named the American League rookie of the month. In April, Jung led all American League rookies in hits (27), home runs (six) and total bases (44). He also had 21 runs batted in, most among all rookies.
Jung hit two more home runs Wednesday in the Rangers' 12-7 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. For the season, he's batting .275 with eight homers and 24 RBI.
LCU track and field
Lubbock Christian University thrower Bryce Spencer was named the Lone Star Conference men's field athlete of the week based on his performance at last weekend's Corky/Crofoot Shootout hosted by Texas Tech.
The senior from Sundown won the hammer throw with a mark of 205 feet, 2 inches, fifth best this season in NCAA Division II and the best in the South Central Region. He threw the discus 183-6, a school record and third best in Division II this season.
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