Men's Basketball Advances to NCAA Playoffs
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Javelina Football Begins Spring Workouts Monday More than 70 prospects, The first workout is at 7 a.m. Neal LaHue, a former Javelina Chris Jones is the co- including 36 lettermen, are Former Javelina player and player and coach, is the new defensive coordinator and expected to report Monday when coach Mike Salinas has taken over offensive coordinator and Haskel defensive line coach; Parker the Texas A&M-Kingsville as head coach of the Javelina Buff returns as the defensive Cundiff is the tight ends coach; football team begins its spring program and most of the coaching coordinator and linebackers Jonathan Petty is the new special workouts in Javelina Stadium. staff includes newcomers. coach. (Continued on Page 8) VOLUME XX, NO. 30 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 MARCH 11, 2020 Men’s Basketball Advances To NCAA Playoffs The Texas A&M-Kingsville The Javelinas were one of men’s basketball team received an five LSC schools invited to the invitation to the NCAA Division II eight-team regional event. South Central Region playoffs West Texas A&M is the No. 1 Sunday night and will be in action seed and will host the meet. St. for the first time Saturday. Edward’s is the second seed, The Javelinas will take on Angelo State is the No. 4 seed, the Lone Star Conference rival Angelo Javelinas are seeded No. 5 and State at 8:30 p.m. in Canyon. (Continued on Page 12) Softball To Host Angelo State, Lubbock Christian In Lone Star Series The Texas A&M-Kingsville beginning at 5 p.m. softball team will host Angelo They will play ASU in a 1 p.m. Dayante McClellan, 6-6 junior State and Lubbock Christian in single game Saturday, and it won’t forward from Austin (Del Valle), five games this weekend at Hubert count in the LSC standings. gets a layup in the Javelina men’s basketball game with St. Edward’s Field. Lubbock Christian will be in in the Lone Star Conference The Javelinas meet Angelo town Sunday for a noon LSC tournament Saturday in Frisco. State in a Friday Lone Star twinbill. (Photo by Trevor Fleeman) Conference doubleheader The Javelinas are 17-9 for the year and 2-2 in the LSC standings. Madisen Onofrei leads the team at the plate with a .380 batting average. She has four doubles, a triple and six home runs. Loren Kelly has a .353 average with a triple and Jory Cervantes is hitting .329. The Javelinas are hitting .287 as a team. Saidi Castillo has an 8-4 record in the circle and her earned Chauncey Thomas, 6-0 senior guard from Plano, drives past a St. run average is 1.66. Edward’s defender in Saturday night’s Lone Star Conference tourna- (Continued on Page 16) ment semifinals in Frisco. (Photo by Trevor Fleeman) Javelina Hash By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs THE JAVELINA WOMEN’S tennis team has truly been playing among the wolves the past two matches. They met the Colorado State-Pueblo Thunderwolves last week in Pueblo, winning 7-0, and played the Northwood (Mich.) Timberwolves Sunday in Florida. The team swept its two matches in Florida, beating Quincy (Ill.) and Northwood by 7-0 scores. VALERIE RUIZ, SENIOR member of the Javelina women’s tennis team, got her 100th victory in the victory over Quincy Tuesday in Orlando, Fla. She becomes the first Javelina to reach the plateau. Ruiz received the Lone Star Conference sportsmanship award last year. THE LONE STAR Conference’s strength in men’s and women’s basketball became evident when the NCAA Division II regional teams were selected. The league got five teams out of eight in each of the divisions. And the LSC had the No. 1 seed in each division. West Texas A&M was No. 1 in the men’s selections and Lubbock Christian, defending national champion, is No. 1 in women’s play. By being the No. 1 seeds, the regional tournaments will be in Canyon and Lubbock. THE NCAA ESTABLISHED a COVID-19 advisory panel of leading medical, public health and epidemiology experts from their respective fields and NCAA member schools last week to guide its response to the outbreak of coronavirus. NCAA chief medical officer Dr. Brian Hainline leads the group. It has: Rashon Thomas, 6-6 senior guard from Houston (Klein Forest), drives past a Dallas Baptist defender at the …Stephen Chu, MD, team physician at the University of Lone Star Conference tournament last weekend in Frisco. The Javelinas defeated the Patriots in the Colorado and member of the NCAA Committee on Competitive quarterfinal round of the tournament. Thomas had 14 points and four rebounds in the victory. He also had a Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports. pair of assists and a steal. (Photo by Ryan Smith) …Carlos del Rio, MD, chair, Hubert Department of Global Health at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health. 2020 Javelina Softball Schedule …Colleen Kraft, MD, associate chief medical officer at March 13 - *Angelo State in Kingsville (DH), 5 p.m. Emory’s hospital. March 14 – Angelo State in Kingsville, 1 p.m. th …Vivek Murthy, MD, 19 Surgeon General of the United States March 15 - *Lubbock Christian in Kingsville (DH), noon. and member of the NCAA Board of Governors. March 20 - *Texas Woman’s in Denton (DH), 4 p.m. …Mike Rodriguez, senior director of the U.S. Tennis March 22 - *Texas A&M-Commerce in Commerce (DH), 1 p.m. Association and U.S. Open Security. March 26 - *Midwestern State in Kingsville (DH), 5 p.m. …William Schaffner, MD, professor of preventive medicine, Since 1925... March 28 - *Tarleton State in Kingsville (DH), 1 p.m. Division of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical April 2 - *West Texas A&M in Canyon (DH), TBA Center. Nothing Is Better April 4 - *Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M. (DH), noon. College athletic liaisons on the advisory panel are: Than April 9 - *Western New Mexico in Kingsville (DH), 5 p.m. …Nicholas Clark, former Coastal Carolina athlete and Board of April 11 - *Texas-Permian Basin in Kingsville (DH), noon Governors Student-Athlete Engagement Committee chair. Being a April 14 - *Texas A&M International in Laredo (DH), 2 p.m. …Caroline Lee, Southeastern Louisiana athlete, NCAA Division April 18 - *Texas-Tyler in Tyler (DH), 1 p.m. Javelina! April 23 - *Oklahoma Christian in Kingsville (DH), 5 p.m. I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee member and Division I April 25 - *Cameron in Kingsville (DH), noon. SAAC representative to the NCAA Committee on Competitive We Are Family! (Continued n Page 3) *Lone Star Conference games. Upcoming Javelina Events Javelina Hash March 13 – Softball: *Angelo State in Kingsville (DH), 5 p.m. By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs Baseball: *Texas-Permian Basin in Odessa, 3 p.m. Indoor Track & Field: NCAA Division II Championships in Birmingham, Ala. (Continued from Page 2) Beach Volleyball: Grand Canyon Tournament in Phoenix, Ariz Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sport. vs. Ottawa (Ariz.), noon. …Mary Northcutt, Carson-Newman (Tenn.) athlete, NCAA Women’s Tennis: Spring Fling in San Antonio. Division II Student-Advisory Committee member and Division II March 14 – Softball: Angelo State in Kingsville, 1 p.m. SAAC representative to the NCAA Committee on Competitive Men’s Basketball: NCAA Division II South Central Region Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sport. playoffs in Canyon. …Isaiah Swann, University of Texas-Dallas athlete, NCAA vs. Angelo State, 8:30 p.m Division III Student-Athlete Advisory Committee member and Baseball: *Texas-Permian Basin in Odessa (DH), 2 p.m. Division III SAAC representative to the NCAA Committee on Beach Volleyball: Grand Canyon Tournament in Phoenix, Ariz Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sport. vs. Loyola Marymount (Calif.), 9 a.m. “The NCAA is committed to conducting its championships and vs. Grand Canyon, 1 p.m. Indoor Track & Field: NCAA Division II Championships in events in a safe and responsible manner,” Donald Remy, NCAA Birmingham, Ala. chief operating officer, said. “Today we are planning to conduct March 15 – Softball: *Lubbock Christian in Kingsville (DH), noon. our championships as planned, however, we are evaluating the Men’s Basketball: NCAA Division II South Central Region COVID-19 situation daily and will make decisions accordingly. playoffs in Canyon, semifinal games. “We are actively monitoring COVID-19 in the United States and Baseball: *Texas-Permian Basin in Odessa, 1 p.m. will make recommendations on competition based on the evolving March 16 – Football: Start of spring training in Javelina Stadium, medical protocols established by the CDC, NIH and state and local 6:30 a.m. authorities. We are in daily contact with the CDC and are advising March 17 – Men’s Basketball: NCAA Division II South Central Region leadership on the Association’s response to this outbreak… playoffs in Canyon, championship. “The NCAA will make decisions that are first and foremost March 18 – Beach Volleyball: Houston Baptist in Kingsville, 5 p.m. reflective of medical best practices and keeps the health and safety Football: Spring workout in Javelina Stadium, 6:30 a.m. of student-athletes, administrators and fans as the number one March 19 - *Western New Mexico in Kingsville, 10 a.m. priority.” March 20 – Outdoor Track & Field: Cactus Cup in Kingsville. Baseball: *Angelo State in Kingsville, 6 p.m. xx LONE STAR CONFERENCE notes: Football: Spring training in Javelina Stadium, 6:30 a.m. Softball: *Texas Woman’s in Denton (DH), 4 p.m. …Tom Dibbern, head men’s track and field coach at Angelo March 21 – Outdoor Track & Field: Cactus Cup in Kingsville. State, was named the NCAA Division II South Central Region Baseball: *Angelo State in Kingsville (DH), 2 p.m.