Softball Hosts Texas A&M-Commerce for LSC Games The Texas A&M-Kingsville The teams meet in a single St. Mary’s will become a from Pflugerville (Hendrickson), softball team will host league- game at 6 p.m. Friday and in a member of the LSC next season. has a .414 batting average with leading and nationally ranked doubleheader at 1 p.m. Saturday. The Javelinas are 16-2 for the two doubles and a triple. Texas A&M-Commerce in a three- The Javelinas remain at home year and 4-2 in the LSC standings. Amber Reyes, outfielder from game Lone Star Conference series Tuesday for a non-conference Three freshmen top the Edinburg, is hitting .393 with two Friday and Saturday at Hubert doubleheader with St. Mary’s, Javelina hitting chart. doubles. Field. starting at 5 p.m. Jory Cervantes, outfielder (Continued on Page 13) VOLUME XIX, NO. 29 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 FEB. 27, 2019 Beach Volleyball Team Opens Thursday, Hosts Tournament Friday, Saturday on Javelina Courts The defending national The Javelinas will open with champion Texas A&M-Kingsville Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at 9 Gets Shutout Victory beach volleyball team will open its a.m. Thursday and will take on Preston Plovanich, senior from spring season Thursday with two San Jose (Calif.) State at 11 a.m., Santa Fe, got a shutout victory matches in Corpus Christi, and will both on the TAMUCC courts. over Missouri-St. Louis Friday night at Nolan Ryan Field. He host a six-team tournament Friday The Javelinas will play five pitched eight innings, allowed and Saturday on the Javelina matches Friday and Saturday in four hits and had 10 strikeouts. Courts. (Continued on Page 7) Singles Baseball Home Tuesday With St. Edward’s Streak Valerie Ruiz, The Texas A&M-Kingsville Seth Spinn, junior outfielder player from League City (Clear junior from baseball team will try to extend its from Holland, is hitting .378 with Springs), is hitting .368 with two San Antonio six-game winning streak Tuesday two doubles. doubles and a home run. (Reagan), ran when it hosts St. Edward’s at The Javelinas are hitting .285 Robbia Lammons, senior her singles Nolan Ryan Field. as a team. infielder from Spring, is hitting .357 winning Game time for the single Zach Boyett, junior with a double, a triple and a homer. streak to 18 in contest will be 6 p.m. righthander from Robinson, has a The Toppers are hitting .255 a row with a It will be the first action for 2-0 record on the mound and he as a team. victory in the Javelinas’ the Javelinas since they swept has a 1.06 earned run average. Brandon Pettinati, freshman match with Preston Plovanich, senior righthander from Tomball (Klein), four games from Missouri-St. Texas A&M- Louis last weekend in Kingsville. lefty from Santa Fe, has a 2-2 has a 1-0 record and a 0.00 ERA. Corpus The Javelinas outscored the record and a 1.13 ERA. Koehler Vandamert, freshman Christi last Tritons, 37-2, in the four games. The Javelina pitching corps righthander from Austin (McCallum), weekend on Manny Loredo, senior has a cumulative 4.08 ERA. has a 1-1 record and a 0.56 ERA. the Javelina outfielder from McAllen St. Edward’s, which becomes The St. Edward’s pitching Courrts. (Memorial), is leading the a member of the Lone Star corps has a cumulative 3.43 ERA. Javelinas at the plate with a .395 Conference next season, has two The Hilltoppers will be the batting average. He has two doubleheaders with Texas A&M fifth consecutive home opponent doubles and two home runs. International Friday and Saturday for the Javelinas in their nine- Giancarlo Servin, sophomore before coming to Kingsville. game stand. infielder from Edinburg (North), The Hilltoppers enter the Angelo State will be in has a .383 average with two games with a 7-6 record. Kingsville March 8-10 for a four- doubles and a homer. Jacob Vasquez, junior utility game, non-conference series. Javelina Hash By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs NO, YOU DIDN’T read the first NCAA Division II softball poll released last week incorrectly. The Javelinas, who had a 14-1 record at the time, didn’t receive a vote. Texas A&M-Commerce, which was 13-1, was No. 5 and Tarleton State with a 12-1 record was No. 8. Angelo State was No. 1 and dropped three games to unranked West Texas A&M last weekend in San Angelo and the Javelinas took two of three from Tarleton in Stephenville. THE JAVELINA BEACH volleyball team will host a tournament this weekend on the Javelina courts and it will be like a United Nations gathering. There will be players from nine different countries on the teams: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Germany, New Zealand, Serbia, United Kingdom and the U.S. And there will be players from 15 states and Puerto Rico: Alaska, Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia and Washington. Four of the six schools have programs in NCAA Division I: Houston Baptist, Louisiana-Monroe, New Mexico and San Jose State. The Javelinas are NCAA Division II and Missouri Baptist is Final Home Games NAIA. Four Javelina men’s basketball players made their final home appearances Saturday in the Steinke Center. Senior members of the team are, left to right, Alex Mills, guard from Laurens, S.C.; Robert Stevenson; AT THE END of this week, the Steinke Center will have been forward from Houston (Eisenhower); Elton Dyer, forward from Houston (South Houston), and Jacolby Harris, guard from Delray, Fla. the site for 11 high school playoff games over a two-week period. These bring lots of fans not only to campus but also to the city. AFTER THE RECENT Lone Star Conference indoor track and Javelina Stadium field championships in Lubbock, the Texas A&M-Kingsville men now lead the league in number of meet records. With two meet records this season, the Javelinas now own seven of the indoor records. Home of the Texas A&M-Commerce and West Texas A&M have four records each, Eastern New Mexico has three and Abilene Christian NCAA Division II has one. Valentin Charles, freshman from Rennes, France, and Ayman Zahafi, freshman from Casablanca, Morocco, each got meet Men’s and Women’s records in their first conference participation. Charles broke the heptathlon record with a 5493 score and Track and Field Zahafi got the 800-meter record with a time of 1:49.96. The other Javelinas with records are: Championships …Richard Cervantes, shot put, 60-2. …Charles Greaves, long jump, 25-2.75. …Tim Price, 200-meter dash, 21.00. May 2019 and May 2020... …Jeron Robinson, high jump, 7-6. …Jordan Yamoah, pole vault, 17-2.75. Rachael Somoye, senior from Houston (Alief Taylor), is the only Javelina with a record in the women’s division. She broke her Only 90 Days Until 2019 Meet! (Continued on Page 3) Upcoming Javelina Events Javelina Hash Feb. 28 – Beach Volleyball: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in Corpus By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs Christi, 9 a.m. Beach Volleyball: San Jose (Calif.) State in Corpus Christi, 11 a.m. (Continued from Page 2) Women’s & Men’s Basketball: *Cameron in Lawton, Okla., 5:30 & 7:30 p.m. own record in the weight throw at this winter’s meet, throwing 63-0. March 1 – Beach Volleyball: Kingsville Tournament in Kingsville. LSC Indoor Track & Field Meet Records vs. Missouri Baptist, 10 a.m. Men’s Division vs. Houston Baptist, noon. 55-meter dash: 6.32, Johnathan Farquarshon, Abilene Christian, vs. San Jose (Calif.) State, 5 p.m. 2013. Softball: *Texas A&M-Commerce in Kingsville, 6 p.m. 60-meter dash: 6.67, Marcus Parker, Eastern New Mexico, 2018. High School Basketball: Region IV-4A boys semifinals in 200-meter dash: 21.00, Tim Price, Texas A&M-Kingsville, 2014. Kingsville (Steinke Center), 6 & 8 p.m. 400-meter dash: 47.09, Jude Christine, Texas A&M- March 2 – Beach Volleyball: Kingsville Tournament in Kingsville. Commerce, 2018. vs. New Mexico, 9 a.m. 800-meter run: 1:49.96, Ayman Zahafi, Texas A&M- vs. Louisiana-Monroe, 1 p.m. Kingsville, 2019. Softball: *Texas A&M-Commerce in Kingsville (DH), 1 p.m. Mile run: 4:06.02, Ricky Harvie, West Texas A&M, 2018. High School Basketball: Region IV-4A boys championship 3000-meter run: 8:14.09, Isaiah Samoei, Eastern New Mexico, in Kingsville, 3 p.m. 2014. Women’s & Men’s Basketball: *Midwestern State in Wichita 5000-meter run: 14:47.21, Isaiah Samoei, Eastern New Falls, 2 & 4 p.m. Mexico, 2013. March 5 – Softball: St. Mary’s in Kingsville (DH), 5 p.m. 55-meter hurdles: 7.29, Lorenzo Johnson, West Texas A&M, 2015. Baseball: St. Edward’s in Kingsville, 6 p.m. 60-meter hurdles: 7.97, Lorenzo Johnson, West Texas A&M, 2019. March 7 – Women’s & Men’s Basketball: Lone Star Conference 1600-meter relay: 3:11.32, Texas A&M-Commerce, 2018. Championships in Frisco. Distance medley relay: 10:12.29, West Texas A&M, 2018. March 8 – Baseball: Angelo State in Kingsville, 6 p.m. High jump: 7-6, Jeron Robinson, Texas A&M-Kingsville, 2016. Softball: *Cameron in Lawton, Okla., 6 p.m. Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track & Field: NCAA Division II Pole vault: 17-2.75, Jordan Yamoah, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Championships in Pittsburg, Kan.