Louisiana Tech scored eight runs in the first inning Friday night and went on to defeat Old Dominion 11-4 in the first game of a Conference USA weekend series at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park .
ODU (24-14, 7-9) got solo homers from Turner Bishop (Kellam High) in the second inning and Connor Myers and Seth Woodard in the fourth.
Myers and Zach Rutherford (Western Branch) were the only Monarchs with two hits. Myers had two RBIs , bringing his season total to 27.
The teams play again Saturday afternoon.
