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Techsters’ bats go cold in Baton Rouge

BATON ROUGE — Tears. Hugs. More Tears. And even some halfhearted laughs. Emotions flowed at Tiger Park late Saturday night when the last out was recorded in Louisiana Tech’s 3-1

Simsboro’s Nelson signs with UA Cossatot

SIMSBORO — Gianni Nelson spent the last four season running and gunning for the Simsboro High School boys basketball team. Now he plans on spending the next two seasons doing

Diamond ’Dogs fall in regular-season finale

MIAMI — The Louisiana Tech baseball team made up a two-run deficit in the top of the ninth via a game-tying two-RBI single from Hunter Wells, but Florida International countered

Techsters shut out by Texas Tech

Kimmie Atienza and the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters were shut out 3-0 in their first game at the LSU Softball Regional Friday afternoon. They will return to the field Saturday, May 18 against the loser of Friday’s later game between LSU and Monmouth. That will be an elimination game with only the winner staying alive in the Regional.

McMillan’s homer lifts G-Men over Prairie View

NEW ORLEANS — Jalin McMillan came off the bench to provide an offensive spark, including a go-ahead solo home run in the eighth inning, as the Grambling State University baseball team fought off elimination with a 9-8 victory over Prairie View A&M in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament on Friday morning at Wesley Barrow Stadium.

Hurt or healthy, Tech’s Berkley Calapp answers the call of duty

BATON ROUGE — Since her junior year at Louisiana Tech, Berkley Calapp, the Lady Techsters’ unlikelylikely starter at first base for Friday’s game against Texas Tech in the Baton Rouge Regional at Tiger Park, has lived through having her hand, thumb, head, wrist, and feelings hurt.

She played through some lower back stress at one point in high school but didn’t miss a game. Injury-free at Tech in 30 appearances as a freshman and 41 starts at third base as a sophomore.

From the desk of LA Tech AD Tommy McClelland

We talk about the Louisiana Tech Family constantly. Whether in interactions with potential recruits and their families or talking to colleagues at other institutions, the Tech Family is on top of the list of things we boast about in our everyday conversations with other people.

Diamond ’Dogs shut out FIU

MIAMI — In his final regular season start as a Bulldog, Louisiana Tech senior captain Matt Miller was nothing short of brilliant, shutting out Florida International 3-0 in a five-hit, 8.2 inning, pitching performance at FIU Baseball Stadium on Thursday evening.

The Bulldogs (33-21, 16-12 C-USA) received one of the best career starts from their senior right-hander, who at one point, retired 12 consecutive batters. Miller (6-1) struck out six and walked two, while Tech played solid defense behind him, turning a pair of crucial double plays on the evening.

Bearcats show early growing pains

Score wasn’t actually kept at Ruston High School’s spring football scrimmage game Wednesday night at L.J. “Hoss” Garrett Stadium. That was probably a good thing for the Bearcats. Ruston came

Dunkin’ Dogs add Wolfe to staff

Louisiana Tech head coach Eric Konkol announced on Thursday the hiring of Josh Wolfe as the new director of operations for the Bulldog basketball team. Wolfe comes from Western Illinois