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Arizona run-ruled Texas Tech and Nijaree Canady in Lubbock. But the Red Raiders bounced back. How did it all shake out in the Big 12 softball power rankings?
Texas Tech softball coach Gerry Glasco thought his team’s run-rule loss to Arizona was good for it. Not that he wants the Red Raiders to make a habit of such things. “Wasn’t fun for us and wasn’t anything I ever want to do again,” he told reporters in Lubbock after the conclusion of the team’s three-game series.
“But it was so good for us because we just weren’t ready. We just weren’t ready to compete. ” The Red Raiders bounced back after the home loss that came with NiJaree Canady in the circle.
They scored a pair of run-rule victories against the Wildcats, and because of that, Texas Tech holds the top spot in our first regular-season Big 12 softball power rankings . But for a time in that second Texas Tech-Arizona game, it looked like the Red Raiders hadn’t learned anything from their 9-0 loss in the opener. They fell behind 5-1 the Wildcats after only an inning and a half, giving up a pair of multi-run homers.
In the bottom of the second inning, though, Texas Tech responded with five runs and never trailed again. “I thought that was a big moment for our ballclub,” Glasco said Saturday after the 14-6 and 8-0 run-rule wins. “Kind of a season-defining moment.