Louisiana Tech defeated San Jose State 4-1 to sweep the series.
The sweep was the first in conference action since winning a four-game series against Sacramento State from May 7-9, 2010.
Bulldogs are now 23-23 on the year and 6-9 in Western Athletic Conference play.
Tech has won five straight games, tied for the longest this season.
The Bulldogs have won five consecutive conference home games for the first time since April 25-May 9, 2010 and five straight conference games for the first time since April 26-May 9, 2009.
First series this season in which the Bulldogs starting pitchers have all gone seven innings.
Junior Trevor Petersen threw a season-high seven innings. His longest since April 29, 2011 against Nevada.
Petersen won his third straight appearance and second straight start.
He has allowed two earned runs in his last 16.2 innings.
Ryan Gebhardt successfully stole home to give Tech a 3-1 lead in the third inning.
The stolen base was the third such SB this season as Austin Hedges and Beau Bayliss have done the same earlier this season.
Senior Alex Williams hit his 11th home run of the year and 33rd of his career.
With his home run in the first, Williams has now reached base safely in 16 straight games and recorded a base hit in 10 consecutive games.
Williams is now third all-time in RBI in program history with 168.
He is now fifth in runs scored in school history with 136.
Williams has started 113 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Williams played in his 212th career game to place him alone in fourth in school history.
Junior Jaime Gilley picked up his second save of the season and his career.
Gilley’s five strikeouts were the most in relief this season since striking out seven against Dallas Baptist on March 24 and overall since striking out six at Oral Roberts in a start on April 4.
Junior Tyler Qualls tied a career-high with three hits, matching his total against Vanderbilt on February 29.
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