LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech Athletics is asking the Red Raider Nation to pack Rocky Johnson Field Saturday afternoon to welcome back the National Runner-Up softball program after its historic run at the Women’s College World Series.
Gates will open at 1 p.m. Saturday with the Red Raiders expected to arrive by 2 p.m. at Rocky Johnson Field.
Admission is free with parking permitted in the lots immediately surrounding Rocky Johnson Field.
The Red Raiders captured the nation’s attention this season during their historic run to the Women’s World Series, going from a bubble team a year ago to the peak of college softball in less than a calendar year.
With only three returning players from a year ago, Texas Tech developed over the course of head coach Gerry Glasco’s first season, eventually w