Outdoor Track & Field To Host Annual Cactus Cup The Texas A&M-Kingsville field events will start at 11 a.m. The TAMUK men’s team is The men outscored Angelo men’s and women’s outdoor track The Javelinas will be ranked No. 4 in the NCAA State, 272-254, last season and the and field team will have its first competing against Lone Star Division II South Central Region Javelinas women had 250 points full-team competition of the spring Conference cohorts Angelo State and Angelo State is No. 3. to ASU’s 196. when it hosts the annual Cactus and Tarleton State. Tarleton State is ranked No. 12. TAMUK has several record- Cup Saturday in Javelina Stadium. The Javelinas are defending The Javelina women are No. 5 setters returning this season. The first of the running champions in the men’s and in the region and Angelo State is Javier Lopez, senior from events will begin at 8 a.m. and the women’s divisions. No. 2. TSU is ranked 16th. (Continued on Page 6) VOLUME XVII, NO. 32 KINGSVILLE, TEXAS 78363 MARCH 15, 2017 Baseball At Home With Cameron For Four The Texas A&M-Kingsville the Lone Star Conference, these opens with a four-game series The Javelinas are 11-4 for the baseball team opens a nine-game games won’t count in the against Tarleton State. year. home stand Friday when it hosts conference standings. The Javelinas will host St. Christian Caudle, junior Cameron in a four-game series at The stand continues March Mary’s in a single game March 30 catcher from Houston (Klein), is Nolan Ryan Field. 24-26 when the LSC schedule to close out the stand. (Continued on Page 15) The Javelinas and Aggies play a 6 p.m. single game Friday, a 1 p.m. doubleheader Saturday and a 1 p.m. single game Sunday. Even though the teams are in The Shot Marcus Frazier, Beach VB Hosts senior guard from Arlington HBU Wednesday (Seguin), gets off the winning The Texas A&M-Kingsville three-point shot beach volleyball team will make its at the buzzer to give the Javelinas Three-Time All-American second home appearance Wednesday when it hosts its first a 74-71 victory Javelina senior Charles Greaves, over Lone Star from Bridgetown, Barbados, was a interstate opponent, Houston Baptist, at the athletic/intramural Conference three-time NCAA Division II All- champion Texas- complex. American after last weekend’s Permian Basin in national championships in Match time will be at 4 p.m. the NCAA Birmingham, Ala. Greaves was The Javelinas are 4-4 after Division II South an All-American in the long and dropping four matches in Arizona Central Region triple jumps and 60-meter dash. last week. They faced four Championships nationally ranked squads in the last weekend in competition. Golden, Colo. Haley Hutchinson, 6-1 sophomore from Georgetown (Continued on Page 16) Smith, Greaves IBC Bank Honorees Javelina Hash Texas A&M-Kingsville and field and field By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs softball player Breanna Smith and Charles Greaves, indoor track Feb. 13-18 Javelina indoor track and field and field Kaina Martinez,indoor track THE LONE STAR Conference is flexing its muscles this year. athlete Charles Greaves were Jan. 16-21 and field. named the IBC Bank athletes of Kaylin Roher, basketball The league has been rated the best in NCAA Division II in two Charles Greaves, indoor track the week for their performances Duan Wright, basketball and field sports and near the top in all. last week. Jan. 23-28 Feb. 20-25 Herosports.com ranks the conference each week and the LSC Smith, freshman from San Kaylin Roher, basketball Randa Hatter, softball has been No. 1 in men’s basketball throughout the season. Antonio (Churchill), pitched Duan Wright, basketball Hunter Perkins, baseball The LSC is also No. 1 in baseball. seven innings in the Javelinas’ 1-0 Jan. 30-Feb. 4 Feb. 27-March 4 The conference is No. 2 in women’s basketball and No. 4 in shutout victory over St. Edward’s. Kaina Martinez, indoor track Haley Hutchinson/Maelee softball. She struck out seven and and field Sowa, beach volleyball Last fall, the league was No. 3 in football and No. 4 in walked one. Derrick Byrd, basketball Zach Wilson, baseball volleyball. Greaves, senior from Feb. 6-11 March 6-11 There are as many as 24 conferences competing in Division II, Bridgetown, Barbados, was a Kaina Martinez, indoor track Breanna Smith, softball the number depending on the sport. three-time All-American at the and field Charles Greaves, indoor track NCAA Division II indoor track Charles Greaves, indoor track and field IN THE JAVELINA baseball team’s 10-0 victory over Our and field championships in Lady of the Lake last week at Ryan Field, the Javelinas had 16 Birmingham, Ala. players play in the game and seven pitchers were used. He scored in the long and triple jumps and the 60-meter dash. The pitchers allowed two singles. IBC Bank Athletes of the Week Nick Masarik, junior righthander from Columbus, started and Oct. 17-22 was the winner. Lexi Wick, volleyball The Javelinas had 16 hits, led by Hunter Perkins, senior utility Alex Kuyinu, football player from Victoria (East) who went four for six, had three runs Oct. 24-29 batted in, scored three times and had a double. Krystal Faison, volleyball Alec Kana, senior outfielder from Bastrop, was three for three Luis Lopez, football with an RBI. Oct. 31-Nov. 5 Madison Brabham, volleyball AT THE SAME time the Javelinas were taking on OLLU, the Luis Lopez, football Javelina softball team went against St. Edward’s in Austin. Nov. 7-12 In the second game of a doubleheader, Victoria Schoonard- Krystal Faison, volleyball Saborio, sophomore infielder from El Grove, Calif., was the Nick Pelrean, football second batter for the Javelinas in the top of the first, and hit a Nov. 14-19 fence topper that gave the team a 1-0 lead. That ended up being the Lexi Wick, volleyball Marcus Frazier, basketball final score. Nov. 21-26 Kaylin Roher, basketball THE JAVELINA BASEBALL team will host its final “doesn’t Caelan Neal, basketball count” series against a Lone Star Conference opponent this Nov. 28-Dec. 3 weekend when Cameron visits Nolan Ryan Field. Kaylee Kana, basketball The first three series against league teams don’t count in the Devonte Williams, football LSC standings. Dec. 5-10 The Javelinas have played Texas-Permian Basin and West Texas Kaylin Roher, basketball A&M in the two previous “doesn’t count” series. Elliott Taylor, basketball The teams will meet later in conference encounters. Dec. 12-17 Beginning March 24-26, the matchups with LSC opponents will Kaylin Roher, basketball begin the quest for the league championship. The Javelinas will Trey Sumpter, basketball host Tarleton State on that weekend. Dec. 19-24 Jamesha Wade, basketball THIS WEEKEND’S CACTUS Cup in Javelina Stadium will Marcus Frazier, basketball. Dec. 26-31 afford the only opportunity to see the outdoor track and field team Shaq Debose, basketball perform on the home turf this spring. Robert Stevenson, basketball It would be a good, competitive meet with three of the Lone Jan. 2-7 Star Conference’s best men’s and women’s teams entered. TaSheena Moore, basketball Clearing a Path Angelo State and Tarleton State will join the Javelinas in the Duan Wright, basketball Hunter Perkins, 6-5, 255-pound senior utility player from Victoria event. Jan. 9-14 (East), clears a path as he rounds third base in the Javelina win over (Continued on Page 3) Kaina Martinez, indoor track Our Lady of the Lake last week. Javelina Hash Upcoming Javelina Events Javelina Hash March 15 – Beach Volleyball: Houston Baptist in Kingsville, 4 p.m. By Fred Nuesch, Coordinator of Athletic External Affairs Women’s Tennis: Palm Beach Atlantic in Palm Beach, Fla., 3 p.m. (Continued from Page 2) March 17 – Baseball: Cameron in Kingsville, 6 p.m. MARCUS FRAZIER’S THREE-POINT goal that won the Softball: *Tarleton State in Stephenville, 6 p.m. men’s basketball game against Texas-Permian Basin at the NCAA Women’s Tennis: Florida Southern in Lakeland, Fla., 3 p.m. Division II South Central Region Championships Saturday in March 18 – Baseball: Cameron in Kingsville (DH), 1 p.m. Outdoor Track & Field: Cactus Cup in Kingsville. Golden, Colo., will go down as one of the best “shots” in Javelina Softball: *Tarleton State in Stephenville (DH), 1 p.m. athletic history. Women’s Golf: Hillcat Classic in Owasso, Okla. It came at the buzzer and gave the Javelinas a win over the March 19 – Baseball: Cameron in Kingsville, 1 p.m. Lone Star Conference champion Texas-Permian Basin Falcons. Women’s Golf: Hillcat Classic in Owasso, Okla. UTPB was seeded No. 2 in the regional meet while the Javelinas March 20 – Women’s Golf: Hillcat Classic in Owasso, Okla. were the No. 7 seed. March 21 – Women’s Tennis: Newman (Kan.) in Kingsville, 2 p.m. Some of the other “shots” through the years that live in Javelina Women’s Golf: Hillcat Classic in Owasso, Okla. lore have included: Softball: St. Mary’s in San Antonio (DH), 4 p.m. …The winning bucket by women’s basketball player Ashley March 22 – Men’s Basketball: NCAA Division II Championships in White in the 2000-01 regional finals against Emporia (Kan.) State Sioux Falls, S.D. that sent the Javelinas to the Elite Eight. The score was tied at 69- March 23 – Men’s Basketball: NCAA Division II Championships in 69 when she scored.