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COLLEGE SPORTS ROUNDUP: Texas Tech-West Virginia kickoff set for early afternoon

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Texas Tech Red Raiders head coach Joey McGuire greets fans before the game against the Texas Longhorns at Jones AT&T Stadium and Cody Campbell Field.
Texas Tech Red Raiders head coach Joey McGuire greets fans before the game against the Texas Longhorns at Jones AT&T Stadium and Cody Campbell Field.

Texas Tech is looking to snap a two-game losing streak — all in Big 12 Conference play — and there’s not better place than at home.

The Red Raiders, who are undefeated in three games in Lubbock, will attempt to increase that total when they host West Virginia at 2 p.m. Oct. 22 to cap off homecoming festivities at Jones AT&T Stadium. The time was announced by the Big 12 Conference on Monday with national broadcast details to be finalized after Oct. 15 – either shown on FS1 or FS2.

Following a bye week, Texas Tech is scheduled to play in front of its home crowd for the first time in 28 days.

And what a home game it was, which saw Trey Wolff punch in a 20-yard field goal — his third kick of the game — to help the Red Raiders defeat then No. 22-ranked Texas 37-34 in overtime.

Since then, Texas Tech has dropped back-to-back road contests against nationally-ranked opponents in No. 25 Kansas State (37-28) and No. 7 Oklahoma State (41-31).

When they face off against West Virginia, the Red Raiders will look to increase a three-game winning streak over the Mountaineers. Texas Tech downed West Virginia, 23-20, in Morgantown in 2021.

LCU men’s cross country

Wayland Baptist’s Dennis Kiptoo has been named Sooner Athletic Conference Men’s Runner of the Week.

Kiptoo, a senior from Eldoret, Kenya, paced the Pioneers at the Mustang Derby hosted Saturday by Midwestern State University at River Creek Golf Course in Wichita Falls. In the field of 92 runners, Kiptoo – in his second outing of the season – finished in sixth place with an 8-kilometer time of 26 minutes, 10.5 seconds.

With 101 points, Wayland placed third in the field of 13 teams.

Kiptoo is a three-time NAIA All-American, placing 18th at the past two NAIA National Championships after finishing ninth as a freshman.

Kiptoo and the Pioneers are scheduled to run in Dallas this coming Saturday at the Old Glory Gallup, hosted by Dallas Baptist. After that it’s the NAIA Mid-States Classic in Winfield, Kan., Oct. 22 before the Sooner Athletic Conference Championships Nov. 5 in Bethany, Okla.

This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: COLLEGE SPORTS ROUNDUP: Texas Tech-West Virginia kickoff set