After capturing the Mountain West's lone berth to the NCAA baseball tournament, the road to the College World Series only gets tougher for the slugging New Mexico Lobos.
The Texas Tech Red Raiders will play host within Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park to UNM, Dallas Baptist and Fairfield for their regional, which begins Friday. At 41-16, the Red Raiders won the Big 12 regular season title but failed to win any games in the conference's postseason tournament. In spite of the disappointing finish, however, Texas Tech earned the NCAA's fifth seed nationally among the field's 64 teams and must be considered the favorite.