Members of the NCAA Div.II’s Heartland Conference • 1983, 2009 NAIA National Champions Lubbock Christian Sports Information • Chris Due 806-720-7283 • 806-720-7290 • www.lcuchaps.com NCAA DIVISION II SOUTH CENTRAL REGION TOURNAMENT - TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE - BASEBALL GAME NOTES MAY 18-21 >> FOSTER FIELD (SAN ANGELO, TEXAS) Thursday, May 18 - No. 1 Angelo State vs. No. 6 Arkansas Fort Smith 12 p.m. May 18, 2017 - LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN - CHAPPARALS POSSIBLE STARTERS No. 2 Colorado Mesa vs. No. 5 St. Edward’s 3:30 p.m. OVERALL RECORD: 37-14 RHP - RICKY CONTRERAS No. 3 West Texas A&M vs. No. 4 Lubbock Christian 7 p.m. Friday, May 19 CONF.: 19-5 HEARTLAND ERA LCU CHAPARRALS 9-2 2.83 Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2 12 p.m. NON-CONFERENCE: 18-9 RHP - DANIEL CROOKS Winner of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 3 3:30 p.m. Location .............................................. Lubbock, Texas HOME: 18-4 9-1 2.84 ERA Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3 7 p.m. Founded ..................................................... 1957 AWAY: 14-8 RHP - RUSSELL REBER Saturday, May 20 Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6 12 p.m. Enrollment ................................................ 2,000 NEUTRAL: 5-2 ERA 9-1 3.72 Loser of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 4 3:30 p.m. Affiliation ........................................ NCAA Div. II - ANGELO STATE - RAMS POSSIBLE STARTERS Loser of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8 7 p.m. Sunday, May 21 Conference .......................................... Heartland YAN MITH OVERALL RECORD: 41-13 - RHP - R S Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 9 1 p.m. Nickname ������������������������������ Chaparrals “Chaps” CONF.: 17-6 LONE STAR 11-0 3.95 ERA If Necessary 4 p.m. Athletic Director ���������������������������������� Paul Hise NON-CONFERENCE: 24-7 - RHP - MATT SHANNON Sports Information ����������������������������� Chris Due HOME: 29-7 8-4 2.85 ERA - FOSTER FIELD - Head Coach ���������������������������� Nathan Blackwood AWAY: 12-5 - RHP - SHANE BROWNING NEUTRAL: 0-1 Career Record (year) 588-230 / 14th 1-2 2.83 ERA 325 370 395 FOSTER - ARKANSAS FORT SMITH - LIONS POSSIBLE STARTERS FIELD 2017 CHAPS SCHEDULE OVERALL RECORD: 33-20 - RHP - HAYDEN HARVEY N ^ CONF.:18-6 HEARTLAND 9-4 2.89 ERA Date Opponent .................................... Result NON-CONFERENCE: 15-14 - RHP - TYLER NELSON 370 Feb. 2 vs. East Central (Okla.) ! .............. W 6-5 (12 inn) HOME: 20-7 6-7 3.61 ERA Feb. 3 vs. Missouri Western State ! ........ W 5-2 AWAY: 11-8 - LHP -EVAN DODD Feb. 4 vs. Newman ! .............................. W 7-5 NEUTRAL: 2-5 5-3 4.01 ERA Feb. 5 vs. Southern Arkansas ! .............. W 7-6 325 Feb. 9 Adams State ...................... W 2-1 - COLORADO MESA - MAVERICKS POSSIBLE STARTERS 45 Feb. 10 Adams State ...................... W 13-5 OVERALL RECORD: 44-10 - LHP - CHRIS RAMIREZ Feb. 10 Adams State ...................... L 4-8 CONF.:32-4 ROCKY MTN. 8-1 4.01 ERA - BROADCAST INFORMATION - Feb. 11 Adams State ...................... W 14-4 NON-CONFERENCE: 12-6 - RHP - KYLE LEAHY Feb. 17 at No.8 Angelo State ............. L 6-7 HOME: 27-5 11-0 1.21 ERA VIDEO: http://www.angelosports.com/watch/ Feb. 18 at No.8 Angelo State ............. L 6-14 AWAY: 17-5 - RHP - JR MCDERMOTT ONLINE AUDIO: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/lcu Feb. 19 at No.8 Angelo State ............. L 3-4 : KJTV am950/100.7fm (SELECT GAMES) NEUTRAL: 0-0 8-1 3.28 ERA RADIO Feb. 21 at No.24 West Texas A&M ...... W 3-2 LIVE STATS: HTTP://BIT.LY/2RFHYNP (LISTED ON LINK) Feb. 24 Colorado State - Pueblo .... L 3-4 - ST. EDWARD’S - HILLTOPPERS POSSIBLE STARTERS TWITTER: @LCUCHAPS Feb. 25 Colorado State - Pueblo .... L 5-12 OVERALL RECORD: 33-18 - RHP - BRANDON BOONE Feb. 25 Colorado State - Pueblo .... W 7-3 CONF.:14-10 HEARTLAND 6-2 2.63 ERA - WUNDERGROUND.COM FORECAST - Feb. 26 Colorado State - Pueblo .... W 11-1 (7 inn) NON-CONFERENCE: 19-8 - RHP - BALLARD INFANTE THUR. FRI. SAT. SUN. Mar. 3 at St. Mary’s ........................ W 3-2 (10 inn) HOME: 17-10 7-3 2.88 ERA Mar. 3 at St. Mary’s ......................... W 2-0 (8 inn) AWAY: 12-8 - LHP - STUART SPRINGER Mar. 4 at St. Mary’s ......................... PPD/Weather EUTRAL N : 4-0 9-2 3.43 ERA CHANCE/TSTORMS TSTORMS CHANCE/TSTORMS CHANCE/TSTORMS Mar. 5 at St. Mary’s ......................... W 11-4 93 | 68 W14S 87 | 65 W10SE 81 | 59 W5E 82 | 60 W8E Mar. 9 at Oklahoma Christian *......... W 11-5 - WEST TEXAS A&M - BUFFALOES POSSIBLE STARTERS Mar. 9 at Oklahoma Christian *......... L 4-5 OVERALL RECORD: 35-16 - RHP - MARSHALL KASOWSKI - TEAM HISTORY - Mar. 10 at Oklahoma Christian *......... W 6-2 CONF.:13-9 LONE STAR 9-4 2.19 ERA ALL-TIME NCAA POSTSEASON Mar. 17 at Tarleton State .................. W 5-3 NON-CONFERENCE: 22-7 - RHP - JOSHUA PAYNE RECORD: 2-2 Mar. 17 at Tarleton State .................. L 3-5 (11 inn) HOME: 18-8 10-3 2.59 ERA APPEARANCES: Second (2016,2017) Mar. 18 at Tarleton State .................. W 6-4 AWAY: 15-8 - RHP - NOAH DRAPER NCAA REGIONAL RECORD/TITLES: 2-2 / 0 Mar. 21 Univ. Of The Southwest ..... W 22-0 NEUTRAL: 2-0 2-1 3.69 ERA NCAA NATIONAL TITLES: 0 Mar. 24 St. Mary’s * ....................... W 11-1 (7 inn) Mar. 24 St. Mary’s * ........................ W 8-5 Mar. 25 St. Mary’s * ....................... W 12-7 REGIONAL TIME Mar. 31 at Texas A&M International * .. W 14-0 Lubbock Christian University is one of six teams participating in the double-elimination South Central Region Tourna- Mar. 31 at Texas A&M International * .. W 6-4 ment of the NCAA Division II baseball postseason. Angelo State University is serving as the host school, with Foster Apr. 1 at Texas A&M International * .. L 3-6 Field in San Angelo, Texas making its NCAA postseason hosting debut. The Chaparrals received the No.4-Seed and Apr. 4 No. 8 West Texas A&M ...... W 2-1 will open the tournament facing No.3-Seed West Texas A&M Thursday at 7 p.m. The winning team will advance to a Apr. 6 No.24 St Edwards * .......... W 11-7 7 p.m. Friday contest against the winner of the matchup featuring St. Edward’s vs. Colorado Mesa. The losing team Apr. 6 No.24 St Edwards * .......... W 11-6 will move to a 3:30 p.m. game Friday against the winner of the matchup pitting Angelo State vs. Arkansas Fort Smith. Apr. 7 No.24 St Edwards * .......... L 23-9 (8 inn) Apr. 13 at Oklahoma Panhandle St. * .. W 1-0 LCU is 2-0 against West Texas A&M (35-16) this season. West Texas A&M received an automatic qualifier by winning Apr. 13 at Oklahoma Panhandle St. * .. W 16-2 the Lone Star Conference Tournament. WT ended the regular season 1-5 in their last six games, but then went 3-0 in Apr. 14 at Oklahoma Panhandle St. * .. W 9-0 the tournament with wins over Texas A&M Kingsville and Angelo State. The Buffs comes in with an offense that rank Apr. 21 Newman * ........................ W 6-0 fourth nationally in doubles per game (2.4) and a pitching staff that leads the nation in strikeouts per nine innings (11.1). Strikeout numbers are supported by Marshall Kasowski’s nation leading 153 strikeouts (16 per nine innings). Apr. 21 Newman * ........................ W 2-0 Apr. 22 Newman * ........................ W 4-2 Angelo State received the No.1 seed and will host the event. Colorado Mesa (No.2-Seed), St. Edward’s (No.5-Seed) Apr. 27 at Arkansas Fort Smith * ......... L 0-5 and Arkansas Fort Smith (No.6-Seed) complete the field of teams. There are three Heartland Conference teams, mark- Apr. 27 at Arkansas Fort Smith * ......... W 5-2 Apr. 28 at Arkansas Fort Smith * ......... L 3-4 POSSIBLE STARTING PITCHERS - OVERALL STATS May 5 Rogers State *.................. W 5-3 Player ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA May 6 Rogers State *.................. W 13-2 13 Ricky Contreras 2.83 9 2 15 15 6 2 1 0 95.1 91 41 30 26 85 11 1 5 356 .256 3 10 0 5 4 21 Daniel Crooks 2.84 9 1 15 14 0 0 2 0 85.2 62 30 27 33 94 7 3 3 304 .204 3 9 0 5 8 May 6 Rogers State *.................. W 12-7 33 Russell Reber 3.72 9 1 15 15 3 1 1 0 96.2 98 47 40 19 47 18 1 5 368 .266 4 21 0 2 8 May 11 vs. St. Edward’s (H) ................ L 12-8 12 Brent Bezio 2.31 4 4 16 2 0 0 1 0 39.0 34 13 10 15 32 6 1 0 145 .234 3 4 2 0 3 May 12 vs. St. Mary’s (H) ................... W 2-0 8 Christian Marquez 6.15 3 2 13 5 0 0 2 6 33.2 49 30 23 12 33 5 1 4 145 .338 7 3 0 1 2 May 13 vs. Arkansas Fort Smith .......... L 3-4 (14 inn) May 18 vs. West Texas A&M ............... 7:00 p.m. POSSIBLE STARTING PITCHERS - CONFERENCE STATS * - Heartland Conference Game Player ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 21 Daniel Crooks 2.28 5 0 7 7 0 0 1 0 43.1 32 13 11 13 47 1 3 2 156 .205 1 1 0 2 5 H - Heartland Conference Tournament 13 Ricky Contreras 2.34 7 1 8 8 5 2 1 0 50.0 48 21 13 15 49 6 0 2 186 .258 1 4 0 3 2 ! - AirHogs DII Classic (Grand Prairie, Texas) 33 Russell Reber 4.18 4 1 8 8 1 0 1 0 47.1 54 27 22 6 26 10 0 2 189 .286 2 9 0 0 5 R - NCAA South Central Region Tournament (San Angelo, Texas) 12 Brent Bezio 3.38 2 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 10.2 13 4 4 6 8 3 0 0 43 .302 0 2 0 0 0 8 Christian Marquez 6.94 0 0 6 1 0 0 1 4 11.2 15 9 9 4 17 3 0 3 49 .306 1 2 0 0 1 LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY BASEBALL GAME NOTES www.lcuchaps.com @lcuchaps 2017 NCAA DIVISION II SOUTH CENTRAL REGION TOURNAMENT CHAPS HISTORY ing the most in conference history.