Louisiana Tech to take on Northern Colorado

RUSTON, La. — Louisiana Tech will start their 2024 season with a four-game series against Northern Colorado beginning today with a 4 p.m. start.

ABOUT LOUISIANA TECH (0-0)

Louisiana Tech is coming off a 28-31 season last year, which they did have a postseason run for the first time since 2019. Senior Logan McLeod is coming into leading the team with a .309 batting average from the 2023 season.

Utility player Ethan Bates was named Conference USA Preseason All-Conference. Bates, coming off an All-American season at the helm with 10 saves as a relief pitcher and 17 home runs as a DH, will look to continue his success.

Bates, who batted as the designated hitter in 2023, currently holds a 23-game on-base reach streak, which started a on April 18, 2023.

He stands with the longest current on-base streak on the roster.

Seniors Logan McLeod and Dalton Davis are both tied for 10th.

Senior Dalton Davis led the team last year in at-bats with a total of 245 and ranks third all-time.

Davis currently has a 10-game hitting streak, which dates back on May 9, 2023. The Frisco, Texas, product, led the team last year in multiple hit games with 19 games.

ABOUT NORTHERN COLORADO (0-0)

Northern Colorado is coming off an 11-34 finish to their 2023 season.

The Bears were just 8-16 in conference play last year. Northern Colorado was 4-6 at home and 5-27 on the road.

The Bears' largest victory came against Omaha (13-3) and St. Thomas (10-0), while their worst loss came against the Washington Huskies, who beat the Bears 32-7.

Northern Colorado's batting average as a team was .268, while the team ERA was 9.73.

THE SERIES

The Bulldogs and the Bears have competed against each other before.

Louisiana Tech in the last decade is 6-4 on opening day, and the Bulldogs' most recent opening day win came in 2022 at home against Wichita State. never