Softball Opens Home Season with Lone Star Conference Opponent MSU Friday, Saturday the Texas A&M-Kingsville Doubleheader Begins at 1 P.M
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VOLUME XVII, NO. 29 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 FEB. 22, 2017 Softball Opens Home Season With Lone Star Conference Opponent MSU Friday, Saturday The Texas A&M-Kingsville doubleheader begins at 1 p.m. .308 with two doubles and a home those games with an 8-7 season’s softball team will make its home The Javelinas were 3-5 for the run. record. Headed Home debut Friday and Saturday when year going into a doubleheader The Javelinas are hitting .215 The Mustangs are 2-1 in the Dallas Stefano, junior outfielder it hosts Midwestern State in a Tuesday with Texas A&M as a team. LSC standings. and pitcher from Houston (Cy- three-game Lone Star Conference International. They are 0-3 in the Randa Hatter, freshman from Calli Woolsey leads the team press Creek), heads home after series at Hubert Field. LSC early standings. Stratford, Okla., has a 3.41 earned at bat with a .404 average and she getting a home run in Minute Friday’s single game is set for Delilah Gillespie, sophomore run in the circle, best among the has two doubles and four home Maid Park in Houston last 6 p.m. and a Saturday outfielder from San Antonio pitchers. runs. weekend. (Judson), is leading the team at the The Javelina cumulative ERA The Mustangs hit .273 as a plate with a .364 batting average. is 5.25. team. Roxy Chapa, sophomore Midwestern State had a Peyton Helton has a 3-3 Baseball In Laredo This Week catcher and outfielder from doubleheader with Oklahoma record and a 2.33 ERA in the circle. Christian Tuesday and entered (Continued on Page 3) After Big Series in Houston McAllen (Sharyland), is hitting The undefeated Texas A&M-Kingsville baseball team will travel to neighboring Laredo for a three-game series with Texas A&M International this weekend. The teams have a single game at 1 p.m. Saturday and will play a noon doubleheader Sunday. The Javelinas are 6-0 after winning three games in the Houston Winter Invitational last weekend in the Houston Astros’ Minute Maid Park. The Javelinas knocked off nationally ranked California State-Chico and St. Mary’s in two of the games and downed Arkansas-Fort Smith of the Heartland Conference in the other contest. The other three victories came against Wiley College in the season openers in Kingsville. The Dustdevils are 3-4 for the year. The Javelinas have two players hitting .500 or better. Christian Caudle, junior catcher from Houston (Klein), is hitting .538 with a double and Tim Gleinser, sophomore infielder from Victoria (East), has a .500 average with a double. Pablo Hernandez, sophomore outfielder from Houston (Spring Woods), is hitting .455 with four doubles and Josh Croft, senior infielder from Powell River, British Columbia, has a .421 average with four doubles. The other hitter at .400 are Dallas Stefano, junior outfielder and pitcher from Houston (Cypress Creek), and Alex Gonzalez, sophomore infielder from Robstown (Calallen). Stefano has a double, triple and home run. The homer came in Minute Maid Park. Another Celebration (Continued on Page 2) Javelina head football coach Daren Wilkinson, left, joins head basketball coach Johnny Estelle and his son, Jaden, and members of the men’s basketball team in celebrating a victory over nationally ranked West Texas A&M last week in the Steinke Center. Baseball In Series With Dustdevils Javelina Hash (Continued from Page 1) record on the mound and he has a righthander from Brownsville By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs The Javelinas are hitting .312 perfect 0.00 earned run average. (Hanna), has a 1-0 record on the as a team. The Javelina pitching corps mound and his ERA is 0.00. Seth Hubert, junior has a 1.32 ERA. The Dustdevil pitchers have a THE LONE STAR Conference indoor track and field teams righthander from Riviera, has a 2-0 The Dustdevils are led at the cumulative 5.86 ERA. were back in Alamosa, Colo., last weekend for the league plate by Alexander Cabezas, The Javelinas return to Nolan championships. Two LSC Teams in senior outfielder from Austin Ryan Field March 3-5 when they It is the second year the conference has gone to the facility on D2Baseball.News (Westlake) who is hitting .412 with host Texas-Permian Basin in four the Adams State campus for the conference meet. a home run. games. UTPB is a cohort in the The LSC had held its meets in Lubbock at the Texas Tech Baseball Poll Mario Ramirez, sophomore Lone Star Conference but the facility. It was destroyed by a tornado in January 2016, forcing Two Lone Star Conference infielder from Zapata, is hitting games won’t count in the league Tech to cancel all of its 2016 and 2017 home meets. teams were ranked in the NCAA .391 with a single. standings. The clubs will meet in four A new indoor facility on the Tech campus will be open later this Division II baseball poll compiled The TAMIU team has a .286 by D2Baseball.News last week. games later in Odessa and those year and will be hosting meets in 2018. batting average. Angelo State was No. 11 and will be the conference encounters. Hopefully, the LSC will return to Lubbock. Eleazar Rojas, junior West Texas A&M was No. 24. Alamosa isn’t in a convenient location for any of the LSC NCAA Division II Baseball Poll schools, and certainly not those in the eastern area of the league. Compiled by D2Baseball.News It’s too bad the LSC officials didn’t ask to use the Texas A&M Rank Team facility, which is one of the best in college circles. Four of the 1. Millersville (Pa.) seven LSC schools with men’s and women’s indoor track and field 2. Nova Southeastern (Fla.) are members of the Texas A&M University System. 3. Tampa (Fla.) Also, the Ford Center in Frisco is also now hosting indoor 4. Southern New Hampshire meets and it would be much more convenient for most of the LSC 5. South Carolina-Aiken schools. 6. Mercyhurst (Pa.) And then there’s the altitude thing with competing in Alamosa, 7. Franklin Pierce (N.H.) Lion on the which is at 7,543 feet. 8. St. Cloud (Minn.) State Loose 9. Southern Indiana The Santa Gertrudis FURTHER PROOF OF how unscientific polls are, last week’s 10. Minnesota State 11. Angelo State Academy High NCAA Division II indoor track and field men’s poll had the Javelina 12. Colorado-Mesa School mascot men ranked No. 6 nationally. 13. Dixie (Utah) State and cheerlead- ers were at The same organization had a South Central Region poll, and the 14. Lubbock Christian the school’s Javelinas were also No. 6 in the region. 15. California-San Diego Only one of the regional teams ranked above the Javelinas girls playoff 16. North Georgia game in the nationally. Adams (Colo.) State was No. 2 nationally and No. 1 in 17. Mount Olive (N.C.) Steinke the region. 18. Quincy (Ill.) Center last Texas A&M-Commerce was No. 2 in the region and only No. 19. Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) week. 15 nationally. Western State was No. 3 in the region and No. 23 in 20. Florida Southern the nation. Angelo State was No. 4 in the region and No. 13 in the 21. Central Missouri national poll. And West Texas A&M was No. 5 in the region and 22. Emporia (Kan.) State No. 24 nationally. 23. Indianapolis (Ind.) Hardly a synchronized coordination between the national and 24. West Texas A&M regional voters. 25. Delta (Miss.) State (Bold-faced and italicized teams are in the Lone Star FANS WHO HAVEN’T attended the men’s basketball games this season have missed out on an opportunity to see an exciting Conference) brand of the sport. The Javelinas have done an outstanding job before the home crowds, beating nationally ranked Tarleton State, West Texas A&M 2016-17 Javelina Women’s Basketball and Cameron in the Steinke Center. Remaining Schedule They lost a three overtime thriller last weekend to Texas- Feb. 23 - *Western New Mexico in Silver City, N.M., 5:30 p.m. Permian Basin, also a nationally ranked squad. Feb. 25 - *Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M., 3 p.m. March 2-5 – Lone Star Conference Championships in Allen. AND SPEAKING OF exciting men’s basketball, the Lone Star March 10-13 – NCAA Division II South Central Region Conference Championships March 2-6 in Allen should be a dandy. Championships, TBA. The LSC is the best in NCAA Division II this season and it is March 21-24 - NCAA Division II Championships in Columbus, Ohio. (Continued on Page 3) Javelina Hash Upcoming Javelina Events By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs Feb. 23 – Women’s & Men’s Basketball: *Western New Mexico in Silver City, N.M., 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. (Continued from Page 2) Feb. 24 – Softball: *Midwestern State in Kingsville, 6 p.m. balanced. Any one of the eight teams advancing into the playoffs Feb. 25 – Softball: *Midwestern State in Kingsville (DH), 1 p.m. could win the title without surprising. Women’s Tennis: St. Edward’s in Kingsville, 2 p.m. Not only is the race tight, but it includes some of the best teams Baseball: Texas A&M International in Laredo, 1 p.m. Women’s & Men’s Basketball: *Eastern New Mexico in in the country. Portales, N.M., 2 and 4 p.m. Herosports.com has ranked the LSC No.