Tech left fielder Nolen Hester on Monday was named the Big 12 newcomer of the week. He indicated freshman righthander Zane Petty (3-0, 5.28), coming off five scoreless innings in a start Saturday against Kansas, likely will move up in the rotation behind No. Tadlock said on Saturday Parish is not likely to pitch in the conference tournament. 2 starter Trendan Parish left a start against Kansas with apparent pain his right shoulder. Tech, with a team earned-run average of 5.00, suffered a blow in the last regular-season series when No. The first-round games in the other bracket are Texas-Kansas and TCU-Kansas State. 43, can continue to improve that number, given that Oklahoma State and West Virginia rank No. Thursday, and the winners play at 7:30 p.m. The Tech-WVU and OSU-OU losers play an elimination game at 12:30 p.m. In Tech's bracket, the other first-round game pits No. The tournament format again consists two separate four-team brackets with the bracket winners playing for the championship at 5 p.m. "There's no easy ones, so let's go play." "The Big 12's tough," Tech coach Tim Tadlock said. They are seeded in that order, based on tiebreakers, for the conference tournament. In the last week of the season, though, Texas swept WVU and Oklahoma took one of three games from Oklahoma State, making conference tri-champions of Texas (38-18, 15-9), Oklahoma State (37-16, 15-9) and West Virginia (39-16, 15-9). West Virginia led the Big 12 through much of the conference schedule. "But yeah, that would be nice to beat West Virginia." "I felt like we had an opportunity to win that last game, and it slipped from us," said Vooletich, the Tech right fielder. The Mountaineers won two of three, scoring the last two runs in the rubber match for a 5-3 triumph. Tech's next-to-last series of the regular season was at West Virginia, and was one of three conference series the Red Raiders lost. and with the game times separated by 3 1/2 hours - must be completed first. The first pitch could come later because Wednesday's first three games - beginning at 9 a.m. 3 seed West Virginia (39-16) are scheduled to play at 7:30 p.m. It turns out the Red Raiders will open against the Mountaineers in the last of four first-round games Wednesday at Globe Life Field. Sitting in a group of Tech players who were asked what they felt they needed to accomplish this week in Arlington, Vooletich grinned and offered, "Beating West Virginia's at the top of my agenda, personally. Even before he knew whom Texas Tech would play in the first round of the Big 12 baseball tournament, Zac Vooletich knew the team he wanted to beat.
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