2024 LOUISIANA TECH SOFTBALL GAME NOTES Softball Contact: Hunter Corneliusen | hunter@latech.edu | (913) 689-8407
GAMes
LA Tech vs. FIU| May 3-5 |Dr. Billy Bundrick Field | Ruston, La.
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Louisiana Tech 2024 Record: 30-18 CUSA: 12-9 |H: 15-4 |A: 9-12| N: 6-1
FIU 2024 Record: 19-28 Cusa: 6-15 |H: 15-15 |A: 2-11| N: 2-2
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PANTHERS AT A GLANCE...
BULLDOGS AT A GLANCE...
HEAD COACH : Mike Larabee | Record: 465-482 (18) | fiu: 62-86 (3)
HEAD COACH : Josh Taylor | Record: 334-230 (12) | LA TECH Record: 101-62 (3)
DATE F10 F10 F11 F12 F14 F16 F16 F17 F17 F20 F23 F24 F24 F25 F28 M1 M2 M2 M3 M3 M5 M8 M9 M10 M12 M15 M16 M17 M20 M22 M23 M24 M26 M28 M29 M30 A5 A6 A7 A10 A10 A12 A13 A14 A16 A16 A19 A21 A21 A23 A26 A27 A28 A30 M3 M4 M5 M8-10
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229
346
494
34-45
2.86
.259
.288
204
355
483
66-78
4.51
.308
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2024 SCHEDULE
OPPONENT
LOCATION
Result/Time
Saint Louis Ruston, La. Canceled Saint Louis Ruston, La. Canceled Saint Louis Ruston, La. Canceled Texas A&M Corpus Christi Ruston, La. W, 4-1 Southeastern Ruston, La. W, 4-1 vs. Lindenwood^ Monroe, La. W, 8-0 (5) at ULM^ Monroe, La. W, 5-2 vs. Lindenwood ^ Monroe, La. W, 28-2 (5) at ULM^ Monroe, La. W, 10-4 at UL-Lafayette Lafayette, La. L, 9-3 Missouri State Ruston, La. W, 2-0 Missouri State Ruston, La. L, 7-5 Missouri State Ruston, La. W, 3-2 (11) Missouri State Ruston, La. W, 7-3 at Central Arkansas Conway, Ark. Postponed vs. Illinois% Baton Rouge, La. L, 2-1 vs. Illinois% Baton Rouge, La. W, 4-2 vs. RV San Diego State% Baton Rouge, La. W, 3-1 vs. McNeese% Baton Rouge, La. W, 8-0 (6) at No. 4 LSU% Baton Rouge, La. L, 2-0 at McNeese Lake Charles, La. W, 3-1 Sam Houston* Ruston, La. W, 7-5 Sam Houston* Ruston, La. W, 5-1 Sam Houston* Ruston, La. W, 2-1 Northwestern State Ruston, La. W, 2-1 at Middle Tennessee* Murfreesboro, Tenn. W 5-1 at Middle Tennessee* Murfreesboro, Tenn. W, 5-3 at Middle Tennessee* Murfreesboro, Tenn. L, 5-1 RV UL-Lafayette Ruston, La. W, 5-3 WKU* Ruston, La. W, 5-3 WKU* Ruston, La. L, 6-5 WKU* Ruston, La. W, 10-4 Grambling State Ruston, La. W, 8-0 (5) at Liberty* Lynchburg, Va. L, 2-0 at Liberty* Lynchburg, Va. L, 3-0 at Liberty* Lynchburg, Va. L, 2-0 at Auburn# Auburn, Ala. L, 9-1 (5) vs. Georgia Tech# Auburn, Ala. W, 13-10 vs. Auburn# Auburn, Ala. L, 5-0 Ole Miss Ruston, La. Postponed Ole Miss Ruston, La. Postponed at Jacksonville State* Jacksonville, Ala. L, 8-7 at Jacksonville State* Jacksonville, Ala. W, 4-2 at Jacksonville State* Jacksonville, Ala. W, 8-3 at Ole Miss Oxford, Miss. L, 7-3 at Ole Miss Oxford, Miss. L, 6-5 (13) UTEP* Ruston, La. L, 1-0 UTEP* Ruston, La. L, 4-0 UTEP* Ruston, La. W, 4-2 at Northwestern State Natchitoches, La. L, 8-6 at New Mexico State* Las Cruces, N.M. W, 11-7 at New Mexico State* Las Cruces, N.M. W, 5-4 at New Mexico State* Las Cruces, N.M. L, 6-0 McNeese Ruston, La. W, 4-0 FIU* Ruston, La. 6 p.m. FIU* Ruston, La. 2 p.m. FIU* Ruston, La. Noon CUSA Championships” Las Cruces, N.M. TBA
^ Best on the Bayou | % Purple and Gold Challenge | #Auburn Tournament | * CUSA Game | “ CUSA Championships
LEADING OFF
Louisiana Tech is 30-18 this season and coming off an exciting 4-0 win over McNeese on April 30 in Ruston. The win marked the Bulldogs third this season over the Cowgirls. Redshirt junior Brook Melnychuk tossed her first-career seven-inning complete-game shutout. She stuck out three while allowing just three hits and no walks in the victory. Sophomore Paris Endris broke the game open in the bottom of the fifth inning by hitting her first career-home run, courtesy of a three-run shot to left-center field. >> With the win over McNeese, Louisiana Tech has reached 30 or more wins in all three seasons of head coach Josh Taylor’s tenure. It also marked the 26th season in which LA Tech has tallied 30 or more wins. >> Center fielder Alexis Gilio leads LA Tech with a .365 batting average (Min. 100 at-bats) and 54 hits, 18 RBI, 29 Runs scored, 19 walks and a team-leading 14 stolen bases. She has recorded 17 multi-hit games this season. Defensively, Gilio has committed two errors in 85 chances. Gilio has robbed two home runs this season (at Jax State and at Ole Miss). >> Nicole Hammoude leads LA Tech with 30 RBI and is tied with Kylie Neel for the team-lead in home runs this season with five. >> Catcher Brooke Diaz is on a five-game hitting streak. Diaz batted .500 last week with six hits, four RBI, two doubles and two walks while helping Louisiana Tech earn a series victory at New Mexico State. She recorded a hit in each of the Bulldogs’ four games while increasing her reached-base streak to five games. >> Opponents are hitting .259 against the Bulldogs’ pitching staff in 2024. LA Tech holds a team ERA of 2.86 and a 1.29 WHIP in 325.1 innings pitched this season. In the last two seasons the Bulldog pitchers have held opponents to two runs or less in 51 of their 103 games played. >> Allie Floyd leads LA Tech in innings pitched (126.0) and strikeouts (72) this season while owning a 2.78 ERA. She has a 13-6 record and five saves this season. Floyd has held opponents to a .244 batting average in 2024. >> Brook Melnychuk is 11-7 this season with a 2.80 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, and 56 strikeouts. Opposing hitters are batting .240 against her. >> LA Tech is led by head coach Josh Taylor who is 101-62 in three seasons at Tech and 334-230 in his career, with prior stops at Nevada (2017-2021) and Feather River College (2009-2012). Taylor was the second fastest LA Tech head coach to reach the 100-win mark trailing only NFCA Hall of Famer Bill Galloway who accomplished the feat in 132 games. >> The Bulldogs and Panthers will be meeting for the 20th, 21st and 22nd times this weekend. FIU leads the all-time series 11-8. The Bulldogs earned a series victory over the Panthers last season by taking two of three in Miami. >>
LEADERS ALEXIS GILIO | 24
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AVG. | H | SB
K | INN. | W | S
.365 | 54 | 14 CLAIRE RALEY | 7 R
ALLIE FLOYD | 00
72 | 126.0 | 13 | 5 NICOLE HAMMOUDE | 44 HR | RBI
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