Cactus Cup This Weekend in Javelina Stadium Baseball Hosts West Texas to Open LSC Play
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Cactus Cup This Weekend in Javelina Stadium Texas A&M-Kingsville meet in Javelina Stadium. St. Thomas Aquinas (N.Y.) division this week. thrower Richard Cervantes will try At least five teams will be and Southwestern Assemblies of Cervantes, senior from to improve his two Cactus Cup competing for the team titles. God. McAllen (Sharyland), owns the records this weekend when he and The Javelinas will host Ryan Dall, Javelina head shot put and discus meet records. the Javelinas host the annual Angelo State, Our Lady of the coach and meet director, said there He threw the shot 56-1.25 and men’s and women’s track and field Lake, Southern Nazarene (Okla.), could be late entries in the team (Continued on Page 7) VOLUME XIX, NO. 32 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 MARCH 21, 2019 Baseball Hosts West Texas to Open LSC Play The Texas A&M-Kingsville single game Friday, will play a The Javelinas entered a ranked as high as No. 3 nationally. baseball team opens its Lone Star doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. Tuesday game against St. Seth Spinn, junior outfielder Record Holder Conference schedule Friday, Saturday and will close out the Edward’s in Austin with a 15-8 from Holland, is leading the Richard Cervantes, senior from series with a single game Sunday record after winning four of five Javelina offense with a .411 McAllen (Sharyland), is the Saturday and Sunday when the games last week. defending champion and record Javelinas host West Texas A&M at 1 p.m. batting average. He has six holder in the shot put and discus for a battle between the top two West Texas was tagged as the The Buffaloes are 21-3 and doubles and three triples. at the Cactus Cup outdoor meet teams in the league’s preseason favorite in the LSC preseason poll have won eight in a row. They are (Continued on Page 12) which is scheduled this weekend poll. and the Javelinas were picked in Javelina Stadium. The teams meet in a 6 p.m. second. Perfect Softball Hosting Eastern New Mexico Week Julia Rauer, The Texas A&M-Kingsville hitting .372 to lead the Javelinas in hitting 349 with six doubles and junior from softball team will continue its that statistical category. Reyes seven homers. Leiselheim, battle for first place in the Lone has two doubles and Leibas has Makenzie Mays, freshman Germany, Star Conference when it hosts eight doubles, a triple and three infielder from Conroe (Oak Ridge), had a Eastern New Mexico in a three- home runs. has a .328 batting average with perfect game league series Friday and Roxy Chapa, senior catcher three doubles, four triples and a week with Saturday at Hubert Field. from McAllen (Sharyland), is (Continued on Page 4) the women’s Game time for a single contest tennis team, Friday will be 6 p.m. and the teams Tennis Opens Home Stand winning will play a doubleheader Saturday, each of her the first game starting at 1 p.m. The Texas A&M-Kingsville women’s tennis team opens a five-game four singles matches. The Javelinas are 23-4 for the home stand this week, and it includes four matches against Lone Star The year and 9-3 in the LSC standings. Conference opponents. The stand begins Saturday when Trinity visits for a non-conference Javelinas They are in second place behind went 3-1 in match. Start time will be 11 a.m. 13-2 West Texas A&M. the matches The Javelinas are coming off The LSC opener will be at 2 p.m. Sunday when Western New and open a a 10-day rest, having played their Mexico visits the Javelina Courts. five-match last game March 11. Home conference matches will follow March 29 with Tarleton State, home stand Eight of the Javelina batters April 6 against Angelo State and April 7 with Texas-Permian Basin. this are hitting .313 or better. The Javelinas are 6-4 for the year and won two matches last weekend. Amber Reyes, freshman weekend in Florida, beating the University of Charleston (W. Va.) and (Photo by outfielder from Edinburg, and Palm Beach Atlantic (Fla.). Hugh Lieck) Anastasia Leibas, sophomore Julia Rauer, junior from Leiselheim, Germany, has the best singles infielder from Del Valle, each are record for the Javelinas at 9-1. (Continued on Page 5) Women’s Golf Javelina Hash Idle Until April By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs The Texas A&M-Kingsville women’s golf team will be idle LOOKING FOR SOMETHING to do this weekend? until April 8-9 when it enters the There’s plenty of activity scheduled for the Javelina athletic Hardscrabble Invitational in Fort facilities on campus. Smith, Ark. The annual Cactus Cup men’s and women’s track and field Arkansas-Fort Smith, which meet will be Friday and Saturday in Javelina Stadium. becomes a member of the Lone The men’s baseball team opens its Lone Star Conference Star Conference next year, is host schedule with a four-game series with West Texas A&M Friday, for the tournament. Saturday and Sunday at Nolan Ryan Field. This will be a battle The meet will be the last for between the two top-ranked teams in the LSC preseason poll. the Javelinas before they enter the The softball team will be at home with a three-game LSC series Lone Star Conference with Eastern New Mexico. The Friday and Saturday games are at Championships April 22-23 in Hubert Field. Abilene. th And the Javelina tennis team will host two opponents. Trinity The Javelinas finished 12 in will be in town Saturday for a non-conference match and the the Texas-Rio Grande Valley Invitational last week in McAllen. Javelinas open league play Sunday with Western New Mexico on Sam Houston State won the the Javelina Courts. event with an 891 score. Here is the weekend schedule: Madison Lake, sophomore Friday from Victoria (East), was low for 1 p.m. – Cactus Cup men’s and women’s track and field meet the Javelinas with a 237 score. in Javelina Stadium. She was 27th out of the 79 players 6 p.m. – Javelina baseball team vs. West Texas A&M at Nolan entered. Ryan Field. Kristina Gutierrez, 6 p.m. – Javelina softball team vs. Eastern New Mexico at sophomore from Laredo (St. Hubert Field. Augustine), had a 240; Abigail Saturday Willcoxon, sophomore from 10 a.m. – Cactus Cup men’s and women’s track and field meet Conroe, had a 244; Rachelle in Javelina Stadium. Nielsen, senior form Summerland, 11 a.m. – Javelina women’s tennis vs. Trinity on the Javelina British Columbia, had a 258 and Courts. Sarah Turnbo, freshman from Wink, had a 272. 1 p.m. – Javelina softball team vs. Eastern New Mexico in doubleheader at Hubert Field. 1 p.m. – Javelina baseball team vs. West Texas A&M in doubleheader at Ryan Field. Sunday Windup 1 p.m. – Javelina baseball team vs. West Texas A&M at Ryan Josh Valdez, senior from Kyle (Lehman), winds up for a pitch in the Field. series with Angelo State at Nolan Ryan Field. 2 p.m. – Javelina women’s tennis vs. Western New Mexico on the Javelina Courts. Support your Javelina teams! The Javelina Highlights is WHILE THE JAVELINA men’s and women’s outdoor track and field teams will be opening their seasons this weekend at the published weekly by the Cactus Cup meet in Javelina Stadium, four of the Lone Star Kingsville Publishing Co. Conference teams have already competed outdoors. Angelo State, Cameron, Lubbock Christian and West Texas Send address changes, news, A&M opened last week. pictures or correspondence to ASU will be in the Cactus Cup competition this weekend. Fred Nuesch, MSC 114A, JUST AS WITH indoor track and field, the Dallas Baptist and Lubbock Christian outdoor teams will be competing in the Lone 700 University Blvd., Kingsville, TX 78363 Star Conference this spring. or [email protected] The entire athletic programs at the two schools will join the LSC July 1. (Continued on Page 3) JavelinaJavelina HashHash Upcoming Javelina Events March 21 – Football: Spring workouts in Kingsville, Javelina Stadium, By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs . 7 a.m. March 22 – Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track & Field: Cactus Cup in (Continued from Page 2) Kingsville. Lubbock Christian has been competing in the LSC in track and Baseball: *West Texas A&M in Kingsville, 6 p.m. cross country for several seasons. Softball: *Eastern New Mexico in Kingsville, 6 p.m. Beach Volleyball: Louisiana-Monroe Bayou Bash in THE JAVELINAS RANKED fifth among the Lone Star Monroe, La. Conference schools in the Learfield IMG College Directors’ Cup vs. Nicholls (La.) State, 1 p.m. vs. Louisiana-Monroe, 4 p.m. standings released last week. March 23 – Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track & Field: Cactus Cup in The standings are released at the conclusion of sports Kingsville. throughout the school year. Baseball: *West Texas A&M in Kingsville (DH), 1 p.m. West Texas A&M was the top-ranked LSC team in the Women’s Tennis: Trinity in Kingsville, 11 a.m. standings, and the Buffs were fourth nationally. Softball: *Eastern New Mexico in Kingsville (DH), 1 p.m. Texas A&M-Commerce was second, Angelo State and Tarleton Beach Volleyball: Louisiana-Monroe Bayou Bash in State tied for third, the Javelinas were fifth, Midwestern State was Monroe, La. sixth and Eastern New Mexico was seventh. vs. Louisiana-Monroe, 10 a.m. Cameron, Texas Woman’s, Texas-Permian Basin and Western vs.