UNM Travels to Texas Tech for Final Non-Conference Tournament

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—The Lobos close their non-conference tournament schedule at the Texas Tech Invitational starting on Friday, with two opponents that UNM has already faced this season in Texas Tech and Buffalo, while facing Manhattan for the first time in program history. UNM defeated Buffalo 11-2 in five innings and lost 12-7 to Texas Tech earlier this season.

Only the Texas Tech games will be streamed on ESPN+, but live stats will be available for all games.

SCHEDULE
FRIDAY
Buffalo @ 10 a.m. CT
Manhattan @ 12:30 p.m. CT

SATURDAY
Buffalo @ 10 a.m. CT
Texas Tech @ 5:30 p.m. CT

SUNDAY
Texas Tech @ 12 p.m. CT

BY THE NUMBERS

• UNM is 5-1 when scoring first and 7-1 when scoring in the 1st inning
• Lobos are 8-0 when leading after the 4th, 5-0 when leading after the 5th and 6-0 when leading after the 6th.
• UNM has scored 27 runs in the 3rd inning, outscoring opponents by eight for the greatest run differential.
• In UNM’s 9 wins, 3 have been of the run-rule variety, the Lobos have scored 10 or more runs in 3 and scored 8 or more runs in 6.
• UNM has had two shutouts (Oregon State and Creighton) and had 5 games allowing 3 or fewer hits.
• 42 of UNM’s 89 RBI have come with two outs. Maddie Boldt leads with 8 RBI and Peyton Robinson and Chloe Yeatts each have 6 two-out RBI.
• Rachael Hathoot leads the MW in triples with three and has a seven-game streak of reaching base.
• Amber Linton is 23rd in the NCAA in strikeouts with 75, seventh in innings pitched (72.1).

24/24

• The Lobos are a perfect 24-24 in stolen bases this season with 11 players having at least one stolen base.
• Peyton Robinson leads with nine stolen bases, followed by five from Rachael Hathoot and two from Keyannah Chavez. Eight players (Chloe Yeatts, Loran Walker, Emma Bramson, Ashley Archuleta, Olivia Birkinshaw, Janae Cameron, Evany Gonzalez and Grace Rana) have one.
• UNM had four stolen bases in each of the games against Cal State Bakersfield and 14 games with a stolen base.

KEEP THEM GUESSING

• UNM has used 21 different lineups this season, using only the same batting order in the first two games.
• The Lobos have had five different players hit second, five different players hit third, four different players in the cleanup spot, five different players bat fifth, eight different players hit sixth, six different players hit seventh, eight different players hit eighth and five different players hit ninth.
• Peyton Robinson has hit leadoff in 21 games, with Keyannah Chavez second in 10 games, Rachael Hathoot third in 11 games (including the last seven and 10 of the last 11) and Chloe Yeatts has been the cleanup hitter in 10 games, although Lauren Garcia has hit in that spot in four of the last five games. Ashley Archuleta has hit ninth in the last six games, 11 times on the season.
• When it comes to the lineup per position, the Lobos have had just three players start all 22 games at the same position: Rachael Hathoot (shortstop), Keyannah Chavez (left) and Peyton Robinson (center).
• Five different players have started at catcher, five different players have started at first and four different players have been the DP. Emma Bramson has started 16 games at third and five at second and Loran Walker has started six games at third, three at catcher and one game at first.

UP NEXT
The Lobos begin conference play on the road at Utah State March 17-19. The non-conference game at Weber State was cancelled due to snow.