Texas Tech to induct 6 into Hall of Fame
The Double T Varsity Club will induct six former Red Raiders athletes into the Texas Tech Hall of Fame on Friday night at the Overton Hotel & Conference Center.
Set to be honored are track and field thrower D'Andra Carter (2006-09), golfer Brooke Lowrance (1995-99), basketball guard Ronald Ross (2002-05) and baseball middle infielder Jason Totman (1994-95), all of whom will be present.
Former Tech football players Graham Harrell (2005-08) and Michael Crabtree (2007-08) also will be enshrined. Harrell, now offensive coordinator at Southern California, will be represented by family members, and his and Crabtree's place in the program will include an appearance via a prerecorded Zoom video interview.
Another athlete voted into the class, volleyball player Chris Martin (1988-91), can not attend because of a family matter and will be inducted in person in a later year, said Rodney Allison, the Double T Varsity Club executive director.
The inductees were selected last year for induction in 2020, but that event did not come about because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nearly all tickets for the induction banquet are sold, Allison said. The meal will be served at 5:45 p.m. with the program scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m.
Tech volleyball
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — Kenna Sauer registered 16 kills and Texas Tech beat West Virginia 25-22, 18-25, 25-20, 26-24 Thursday night in the first match of a two-match Big 12 series.
Reagan Cooper and Karrington Jones added nine kills apiece for Tech (16-10, 6-7), which won its third match in a row. Caitlin Dugan had six kills. Brooke Kanas was in on seven blocks, and Cooper and Jones had a hand in five apiece.
The Red Raiders got 39 assists from Alex Kirby and 15 digs from K.J. Adams.
Adrian Ell had 16 kills for West Virginia (17-8, 6-7), which lost for the first time in five matches. Briana Lynch and Kristin Lux were next with 11 and 10 kills, respectively.
The two teams play again at 5 p.m. CST Friday.
LCU volleyball
SAN ANGELO — Hannah Froeschl recorded 10 kills and No. 3 seed Lubbock Christian University swept No. 6 seed Dallas Baptist 30-28, 25-10, 25-19 in a Lone Star Conference tournament quarterfinal Thursday at the Junell Center.
Sage Chain and Aaliyah Gray were good for nine and eight kills, respectively, for LCU (20-7), which will play a semifinal at 5 p.m. Friday against No. 10 seed St. Edward's (15-11). SEU upset No. 2 seed UT Tyler (19-3) in Thursday's second quarterfinal.
Halee Van Poppel, a daughter of former Major League Baseball pitcher Todd Van Poppel, logged 14 kills for Dallas Baptist (14-8).
Jalee Sims had 33 assists and 14 digs for LCU and Kendall Mahaney led in digs with 15.
Five Lady Chaps were honored Wednesday with all-conference honors. Froeschl and Sims made first-team all-LSC, Chain made the second team and Gray and Mahaney were named to the LSC all-freshman team.
SPC men's basketball
LEVELLAND — South Plains College will open its home schedule with the SPC Classic on Friday and Saturday at Texan Dome.
South Plains (1-3) will host Monroe College (3-1) at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Dallas College-North Lake (5-0at 1 p.m. Saturday.
The Texans have dropped three in a row since winning their Nov. 7 opener against Northern Oklahoma-Enid. Four SPC players are averaging better than nine points per game: D.J. Avery (10.7 ppg), Eric Coleman (9.8), Marcus Burnett (9.3) and Malik Zachery (9.3).
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: College sports roundup: Texas Tech to induct 6 into Hall of Fame
