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Men’s Track & Field Ranked No. 1 in NCAA Division II VOLUME XVIII, NO. 35 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 APRIL 4, 2018 Baseball Hosting Angelo State in Four-Game Series The Texas A&M-Kingsville Levi Zents, senior third record on the mound and his .431 batting average with a double baseball team will host Angelo baseman from Fort Worth (Keller earned run average is 2.12. and triple. State, favored to take the Lone Star Central), leads the Javelina hitting Seth Hubert, senior Michael Urquidi, junor Conference championship this with a .373 batting average. He righthander form Riviera, has a 9-0 outfielder from El Paso (Americas), season, in a four-game series has four doubles and two triples. record and a 3.38 ERA. is hitting .377 with seven doubles, Automatically Qualifies Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Austin Ingraham, senior The Javelina pitchers have a a triple and three homers. Charles Greaves, junior from Nolan Ryan Field. outfielder from Keller (Fossil cumulative ERA of 3.55. Nicholas Novak, sophomore Bridgetown, Barbados, automati- The teams play a 6 p.m. single Ridge), has a .295 batting average Angelo is 25-9 overall and 6-2 infielder from Stillwater, Minn., has cally qualified for the NCAA game Friday, a 1 p.m. doubleheader with seven doubles and four in the conference. a .370 batting average and he has Division II Championships with Saturday and a 1 p.m. single game homers. Parker Bramlett, sophomore five doubles, a triple and four his triple jump at the Texas Sunday. The Javelinas are hitting .263 infielder from Tyler (Lee), has a (Continued on Page 4) Relays last weekend in Austin. He jumped 51-7 and finished The Javelinas are 21-7 for the as a team. second in the prestigous meet. season and 1-3 in the LSC Kyle Craft, senior righthander (Photo by Ryan Smith). standings. from Victoria (East), has a 4-0 St. Mary’s Softball Team on Campus Friday The Texas A&M-Kingsville The Javelinas will host St. with St. Edward’s, the first pitch softball team takes a break from Mary’s in a Friday doubleheader at set for noon. Lone Star Conference play when Hubert Field. The first game is set TAMUK has a 19-19 overall it battles future conference for 5 p.m. record and is 9-12 in the members St. Mary’s and St. The Javelinas will go to conference. Edward’s. Austin Monday for two games Loren Kelly, freshman outfielder from Rockport Beach Volleyball Goes To (Rockport-Fulton), leads the Javelina hitting with a .331 Florida For DII Nationals average. She has three doubles and a home run. The Texas A&M-Kingsville beach volleyball team will compete for Anastasia Leibas, freshman the first NCAA Division II national championship Saturday and Sunday infielder from Del Valle, is hitting in Tavares, Fla. .321 with eight doubles and four The meet will be on the Hickory Point Beach. homers. Seven schools will go for the first title, four of these from Florida. Roxy Chapa, junior catcher Joining the Javelinas will be Eckerd (Fla.), Florida Southern, form McAllen (Sharyland), has a Lincoln-Memorial (Tenn.), Spring Hill (Ala.), Saint Leo (Fla.) and Tampa .317 batting average with five (Fla.). doubles, a triple and eight home The Javelinas have played three of the teams in the tournament. runs. Record Throw They have downed Tampa, 4-1, and Florida Southern, 5-0, earlier in The Javelinas are hitting .257 Richard Cervantes, junior from Mission (Sharyland), broke the school Florida and dropped a 4-1 decision to Eckerd. as a team. record and automaticlly qualified for the NCAA Division II Champion- ships with a throw of 192-8 in the discus at the Texas Relays last The tournament is sponsored by the American Volleyball Coaches Sarah Gilbert, senior Association. weekend in Austin. Cervantes’ throw has him as one of the best in righthander from Chipley, Fla., has NCAA Division II. He also automatically qualified, and broke the Teams from all classifications are included in one division in the (Continued on Page 5) (Continued on Page 7) school record, in the shot put in Austin. (Photo by Ryan Smith). Golf Team Heads to Arkansas For Meet Javelina Hash The Texas A&M-Kingsville Monday and Tuesday when it The tournament will be on the participates in the Hardscrabble Hardscrabble Golf Club course. By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs women’s golf team will enter its final regular-season tournament Invitational in Fort Smith, Ark. The University of Arkansas- Fort Smith is the host. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE men’s track and field team for Baseball No. 20 in CBN Poll After the Arkansas tournament, the Javelinas will be its No. 1 ranking in the NCAA Division II national poll last week. The Texas A&M-Kingsville Illinois-Springfield in the Lone Star Conference Even though it’s early in the season, it’s good to be considered baseball team was ranked No. 20 in 29. Lubbock Christian Championships April 23-24 in the top team in your sport. the NCAA Division II national poll 30. Lock Haven (Pa.) Abilene. For years, the Javelina football team would open the season released by Collegiate Baseball (Bold-faced and italicized teams ranked No. 1 and some of the coaches would complain that it made Newspaper last week. are in the Lone Star Conference) you a target for all of the other teams. Other Lone Star Conference Coach Pete Murray would always tell them, “It doesn’t matter teams were West Texas A&M No. 9 when it happens, it’s nice to be ranked No. 1. There are a lot of and Angelo State No. 16. programs that will never know what it is like to be No. 1.” The Javelinas and ASU meet in a four-game series this weekend at THE UNSCIENTIFIC METHOD of the rankings came out last Nolan Ryan Field. NCAA Division II Baseball Poll week when the men’s track and field team was No. 1 in the nation Compiled by Collegiate and was ranked No. 2 in the South Central Region. Baseball Newspaper And both polls are compiled by the U.S. Track & Field Coaches Rank Team Association. 1. Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 2. North Greenville (S.C.) THE JAVELINA MEN should have strengthened their track and 3. Florida Southern field standing with their showing at the Texas Relays in Austin, one 4. Tampa (Fla.) of the top collegiate meets in the nation. 5. Colorado-Mesa Athletes from all over the nation and world gather for this 6. Delta (Miss.) State annual event. 7. Belmont Abbey (N.C.) Richard Cervantes got off a school record 192-8 throw in the 8. New Haven (Conn.) discus, shattering the old school record. 9. West Texas A&M He finished fourth in Section A of the meet. It includes the top 10. Central Missouri entries. 11. Columbus (Ga.) State The only athletes in front of him were two throwers from the 12. Georgia College 13. Indianapolis (Ind.) Chula Vista Elite track club of California and a Nebraska athlete. 14. Mercyhurst (Pa.) Cervantes was less than a football out of third. 15. South Carolina-Aiken He beat out athletes from schools like host Texas, Texas A&M, 16. Angelo State TCU and Texas Tech. 17. Arkansas-Monticello Cervantes had a throw of 61-9.50 in the shot put and finished 18. Saint Leo (Fla.) Walkoff Hits third. 19. Wingate (N.C.) Victoria Schoonard-Saborio,left, junior infielder from Elk Grove, He beat out athletes from TCU, Utah State, Oklahoma and 20. Texas A&M-Kingsville Calif., and Anastasia Leibas, freshman infielder from Del Valle, had Texas Tech. 21. Flagler (Fla.) hits that produced walkoff victories for the Javelina softball team in a Friday night doubleheader at Hubert Field. Both gave the Javelinas 3-2 22. West Chester (Pa.) His mark broke the record 60-0 set by national champion victories over Lone Star Conference opponent Cameron. Scoonard- Roberto Garza in 2000. 23. Cal State-Monterey Bay Saborio’s big hit came in the bottom of the seventh in the opener and The sprint medley relay team of Deon Hope, Todd Nicholas, 24. Southern Arkansas Leibas got her winning hit in the bottom of the 12th inning in the Javier Lopez and Robert Downs broke a 25-year-old record with a 25. Missouri Southern second game. time of 3:19.96. 26. Nova Southeastern (Fla.) The unit won its heat of the race and the only schools beating 27. West Florida the Javelinas were Tech, A&M, Clemson, TCU and LSU. 2018 Texas A&M-Kingsville Men’s and Women’s Charles Greaves competed in the jumps for the first time and he Outdoor Track and Field Schedule was second in the triple jump with a 51-7 distance. The only April 5-6 – Angelo State Multi Event Meet in San Angelo. athlete in front of him was from LSU. April 7 – Angelo State Relays in San Angelo. April 13-14 – Incarnate Word Invitational in San Antonio. THE STRENGTH OF the Lone Star Conference in track and April 14 – Hurricane Collegiate Invitational in Miami, Fla. field showed in last week’s regional and national polls. April 21 – LSU Alumni Gold Meet in Baton Rouge, La. Nationally, the league had three of the top five men’s teams. May 3-5 – Lone Star Conference Championships in San Angelo. Angelo State was No. 3 and West Texas A&M No. 5. May 13 – Last Chance Meet in Canyon. Texas A&M-Commerce was No.