Kentucky Closes Regular Season at No. 17 Texas Tech in Lubbock

LEXINGTON, Ky. – After a massive series win at No. 3 Alabama to round out Southeastern Conference play, the No. 17 Kentucky softball team will put a bow on regular season play over the weekend, as it travels south to Lubbock, Texas for a two-game series with the No. 17/20 Texas Tech Red Raiders.
 
Game one will be on Saturday afternoon at 5 p.m. ET with the finale coming on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET. Both games will be streamed live on Texas Tech TV ($) with live stats available on texastech.com.
 
The last meeting between the Red Raiders and Wildcats came in 2016 at the Campbell/Cartier Classic in San Diego. Kentucky pitcher Kelsey Nunley was one out away from a perfect game before a seeing-eye single found LF and broke it up, as Kentucky went on to win 10-0 in five innings.
 
The Wildcats currently sit at 32-19 overall and finished SEC play 14-10 overall. At the moment – Kentucky is in position for a bye in the 2019 SEC Tournament in the No. 4 seeded slot. UK is two games up on fifth-place Tennessee – with the Lady Vols facing Texas A&M in Knoxville this weekend. The top four teams receive a first-round bye next week in College Station.
 
Texas Tech is 36-13 on the season and finished Big XII play with an 8-10 record. 10 of TTU’s 13 losses on the season came in Big XII action. The Red Raiders have quality wins over Texas, Oregon, Arizona State and Auburn.
 
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