Texas Tech University Athletics
Thursday, February 12
Clearwater, Fla.
12:00 p.m.
Texas Tech Athletics
vs
Florida St.
No. 1 Red Raiders set for Clearwater Invitational
February 10, 2026 | Softball
Tech to play six games in the Shriners Children's Clearwater Invitational starting Thursday
LUBBOCK, Texas – No. 1 Texas Tech will make its way to Clearwater, Florida for the second-straight year as they compete in the Shriners Children's Clearwater Invitational put on by ESPN.
The Red Raiders (6-0) will play six games while in Florida, including top 25 matchups against No. 6/7 Florida State on Thursday at noon, No. 23/RV FAU on Friday at 3 p.m. and No. 8/11 Nebraska at 5 p.m. on Sunday. The game against the Seminoles (5-0) will be televised on ESPN2 while the game against the Huskers is on ESPN with all other games being on ESPN+.
Along with the three-ranked matchups, Tech will also play Northwestern Thursday at 5 p.m. followed by NC State and James Madison back-to-back on Saturday starting at noon.
Quick Hits:
Mia Williams is one of, if not the, hottest hitters on the planet right now. The junior second baseman is batting .688 with 11 hits, 12 runs, 9 XBH's, 13 RBI and 26 total bases. She leads the team in all those stats and is also 3-for-4 on stolen bases and a perfect 21-for-21 from the field. Was named Big 12 POTW and SA Star of the Week.
Texas Tech has scored at least two runs in each of its first six games. The Red Raiders are now up to 64 runs on the season; a total they didn't eclipse last season until 12 games into the year. Tech has gotten 64 runs off 65 hits including 14 2B's, 4 3B's and 12 HRs.
Kaitlyn "KT" Terry has been a force both at the plate and in the circle. She is hitting .636 on the season with 5 RBI on 7 hits. Terry also leads the team in ERA (0.84) and strikeouts (16) thanks to 3.0 shutout innings against Providence where she struck out 9 of the 11 batters she faced.
NiJaree Canady and Samantha Lincoln both had solid outings in their season debuts. Canady picked up a big complete-game win against the No. 11 Aggies, shutting them out for the final 6.0 innings. Lincoln has 11 Ks on the year through 10.0 innings and allowed just 2 earned runs.
The team's 64 runs on opening weekend shattered the previous record of 43 set in 2019. It is also more than the last two opening weekends run totals combined. It was also the most HRs on opening weekend for the Red Raiders (12) in program history.
The Red Raiders (6-0) will play six games while in Florida, including top 25 matchups against No. 6/7 Florida State on Thursday at noon, No. 23/RV FAU on Friday at 3 p.m. and No. 8/11 Nebraska at 5 p.m. on Sunday. The game against the Seminoles (5-0) will be televised on ESPN2 while the game against the Huskers is on ESPN with all other games being on ESPN+.
Along with the three-ranked matchups, Tech will also play Northwestern Thursday at 5 p.m. followed by NC State and James Madison back-to-back on Saturday starting at noon.
Quick Hits:
Mia Williams is one of, if not the, hottest hitters on the planet right now. The junior second baseman is batting .688 with 11 hits, 12 runs, 9 XBH's, 13 RBI and 26 total bases. She leads the team in all those stats and is also 3-for-4 on stolen bases and a perfect 21-for-21 from the field. Was named Big 12 POTW and SA Star of the Week.
Texas Tech has scored at least two runs in each of its first six games. The Red Raiders are now up to 64 runs on the season; a total they didn't eclipse last season until 12 games into the year. Tech has gotten 64 runs off 65 hits including 14 2B's, 4 3B's and 12 HRs.
Kaitlyn "KT" Terry has been a force both at the plate and in the circle. She is hitting .636 on the season with 5 RBI on 7 hits. Terry also leads the team in ERA (0.84) and strikeouts (16) thanks to 3.0 shutout innings against Providence where she struck out 9 of the 11 batters she faced.
NiJaree Canady and Samantha Lincoln both had solid outings in their season debuts. Canady picked up a big complete-game win against the No. 11 Aggies, shutting them out for the final 6.0 innings. Lincoln has 11 Ks on the year through 10.0 innings and allowed just 2 earned runs.
The team's 64 runs on opening weekend shattered the previous record of 43 set in 2019. It is also more than the last two opening weekends run totals combined. It was also the most HRs on opening weekend for the Red Raiders (12) in program history.
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