Texas Tech Softball Team Adding A Twist To The Mix Before Season Opener
By: Matt Dowdy
Updated: February 5, 2013
Texas
Tech softball coach Shanon Hays announced Tuesday that former Red
Raider soccer standout Tiffini Smith has joined the program and will
be in uniform for this weekend's season-opening Sportco Kick-Off
Classic.
Smith,
a native of Fort Worth, Texas, wrapped her four-year career on the
Texas Tech soccer team this fall, helping lead the Red Raiders to their
first-ever NCAA Tournament
appearance.
"We
are really excited to add an athlete like Tiffini Smith to our roster,"
Hays said. "She will provide top-end speed for us on the base paths
that will really keep
our opponents on their toes. We are looking forward to seeing what she
can do."
Smith,
who has two years of softball eligibility remaining, was a mainstay in
Tom Stone's soccer lineup the past four years as she made 82 appearances
in the midfield
including 71 starts.
She
compiled six goals and eight assists to go along with 134 shot attempts
during that time en route to finishing tied for seventh in Tech history
for career assists
and eighth all-time for career shot attempts.
Smith
will likely make her first appearance in a Red Raider uniform this
weekend at the Sportco Kick-Off Classic held in Las Vegas, Nev. Tech
opens the three-day event
with a Friday doubleheader against Central Florida and No. 18 Louisville
at Eller Media Stadium.
