LSC Baseball Weekly Release (03/27/17)

1. LSC BASEBALL
Angelo State and Texas A&M-Kingsville opened Lone Star Conference competition with series sweeps to lead
the league. ASU defeated Cameron, TAMUK topped Tarleton, and West Texas A&M won three of four games
versus Eastern New Mexico in the first week of LSC action.
League play continues with ENMU at CU, ASU at TSU and UT Permian Basin at WT this week.
LSC teams are playing a 10-week schedule with a four-game series against every other team during weeks
8-14 determining the LSC Champion. Conference series scheduled weeks 5-7 will not count toward the league
standings. Each four-game series shall consist of a 9-inning game Friday, a 7x7 doubleheader Saturday and
9-inning contest Sunday.
LSC baseball teams are 122-64 overall this season. In the NCAA South Central Region, the teams are currently
26-9 combined versus Heartland Conference teams and 7-4 against the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
HITTER
Matt Waller, Angelo State University, SR, Catcher, Arlington, Texas, Arlington Martin HS
Waller led the Rams in nearly every hitting category this weekend during a four-game sweep of Cameron that
saw ASU average more than 10 runs per game. Waller had 11 hits in 16 at-bats including six hits for extra bases
to hit .688, bringing his season batting average up to .444 and recording a slugging percentage of 1.250 against
the Aggies. The senior had four doubles to bring his team-leading total up to 12 and got a triple and a home
run as well. Waller played a part in 13 runs the Rams scored on the weekend, driving in eight and scoring five
times himself.
PITCHER
Marshall Kasowski, West Texas A&M University, JR, RHP, Conroe, Texas, Oak Ridge HS
Kasowski tied the school-record for strikeouts in a game with 17 in a 2-1 win at Eastern New Mexico on
Friday. Kasowski dominated the Greyhounds as ENMU hit just .083 against him. Kasowski had a no-hitter into
the seventh and allowed two hits for the game. He allowed one earned run in the contest. Kasowski has a
conference-best 84 strikeouts on the year. The win gave Kasowski his fifth of the season and helped the Buffs
to a 3-1 series win. Kasowski has the top strikeout total in the LSC this season (17) and owns three of the top
five in the league and is tied for the most in NCAA Division II.
OTHER TOP PERFORMERS
Levi Zents, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, has now reached base safely in eight consecutive games after
going 10-of-15 with six RBI in the four-game sweep of LSC foe Tarleton State... in the conference opening series,
Zents was dominant at the plate, boasting a .667 batting average, including a 5-for-5 performance in Sunday’s
12-10 victory... in the win, Zents drove in three and added two runs and his batting average on the year jumped
up to .418... defensively, he has been lights out at the hot corner, collecting nine assists and zero errors in the
series vs. the Texans.
Aaron Vallance, West Texas A&M University, hit .667 in a 3-1 series win at Eastern New Mexico this weekend
to lead the team. Vallance scored one run, while driving in five on six hits, while slugging .667 and reaching
base at a .769 clip as both were team-highs. Vallance had seven putouts and seven assists in 16 chances in the
field in four starts. Vallance has hit safely in each of the last six games.
Francisco Rodriguez, Tarleton State University, was a bright spot in the Texan lineup at Kingsville last
weekend. The junior center fielder hit .438 with four runs scored and four extra-base hits, including a home
run.
Nathan Jackson, Tarleton State University, had a career outing in Friday’s series opener. The senior left-
hander dialed up three scoreless innings of relief and struck out six.
Isaiah Lybarger, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, the right-hander followed Preston Plovanich’s complete
game with a gem of his own, limiting the Texans to one hit in 7.0 innings... Lybarger struck out nine in the 3-0
victory and needed just 109 pitches for the shutout... the 7.0 innings were a season-high for the Corpus Christi
native and the nine strikeouts tied his season-high.
Jake Mathys, Angelo State University, in his first start ever for the Rams, pitched a gem. The Minnesota
native went the distance in the night game of Saturday’s doubleheader with Cameron, pitching seven shutout
innings in a 12-0 ASU win. Mathys scattered four hits throughout his longest collegiate appearance ever and
allowed just five baserunners all night while striking out six batters and holding the Aggies to a .167 batting
average. The performance earned Mathys his fourth win of the season, which is tied for second most on the
team.
NOTES (Submitted by LSC SID’s)
Angelo State
The Rams opened LSC play with a four-game sweep of Cameron that saw them score 10 runs or more in every
game. Five different ASU players hit better than .400 for the series.
Cameron
0-4 last week.
STANDINGS
School LSC Pct. Overall Strk
Angelo State 4-0 1.000 22-4 W4
Texas A&M-Kingsville 4-0 1.000 16-7 W5
West Texas A&M 3-1 0.750 21-5 W2
Eastern New Mexico 1-3 0.250 22-8 L2
Cameron 0-4 0.000 18-11 L5
Tarleton State 0-4 0.000 16-12 L5
UT Permian Basin 0-0 0.000 7-17 L1
SCHEDULE
Thursday, March 30, 2017
St. Mary’s at Texas A&M-Kingsville, 6 p.m.
Friday, March 31, 2017
*Eastern New Mexico at Cameron, 3 p.m.
*Angelo State at Tarleton State, 3 p.m.
*UT Permian Basin at West Texas A&M, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 01, 2017
*Eastern New Mexico at Cameron, 1 p.m.
*Angelo State at Tarleton State, 1 p.m.
Texas A&M-Kingsville at St. Mary’s, 1 p.m.
*Eastern New Mexico at Cameron, 3 p.m.
*Angelo State at Tarleton State, 3 p.m.
*UT Permian Basin at West Texas A&M, 4 p.m.
Texas A&M-Kingsville at St. Mary’s, 4 p.m.
*UT Permian Basin at West Texas A&M, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 02, 2017
*UT Permian Basin at West Texas A&M, 1 p.m.
*Eastern New Mexico at Cameron, 1 p.m.
*Angelo State at Tarleton State, 1 p.m.
All times are CST; *denotes LSC game
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Complete results at lonestarconference.org.
WEEKLY AWARDS
Date Hitter
F-7 Adam Adkins, West Texas A&M
F-14 Cody Bower, Cameron
F-21 Elias Aguirre, Angelo State
F-28 Hunter Perkins, Texas A&M-Kingsville
M-7 Micah Kaaukai, Cameron
M-13 Adam Adkins, West Texas A&M (2)
M-20 Cody Bower, Cameron (2)
M-27 Matt Waller, Angelo State
Date Pitcher
F-7 Keenan Dodd, Eastern New Mexico
F-14 Marshall Kasowski, West Texas A&M
F-21 Seth Hubert, Texas A&M-Kingsville
F-28 Marshall Kasowski, West Texas A&M (2)
M-7 Matt Shannon, Angelo State
M-13 Joshua Payne, West Texas A&M
M-20 Matt Shannon, Angelo State
M-27 Marshall Kasowski, West Texas A&M (3)
BASEBALL
LONE STAR CONFERENCE WEEKLY RELEASE | MARCH 27, 2017
Contact: Melanie Robotham | Assistant Commissioner | O: 972-234-0033 x. 103
melanie@lonestarconference.org | www.lonestarconference.org | Twitter: @LoneStarConf #LSCbase

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Eastern New Mexico
1-3 last week.
Tarleton State
Tarleton suffered a four-game sweep at the hands of Texas A&M-Kingsville last weekend. The Texans will return
home to host Angelo State this weekend.
Texas A&M-Kingsville
The Javelinas swept their LSC opening series over Tarleton State... in the 4-0 week, the Kingsville pitching staff
tossed two complete games and in Sunday’s 12-10 victory, the team scored six runs in the seventh inning to
come from behind and sweep the Texans.
UT Permian Basin
1-3 last week.
West Texas A&M
The No. 3-ranked West Texas A&M baseball team won three of four games at Eastern New Mexico this weekend
to open Lone Star Conference play...The Buffs now stand at 21-5 overall and 3-1 in Lone Star Conference play...
WT junior Marshall Kasowski tied the school-record for strikeouts in a game with 17 in the 2-1 series-opening
win Friday...Former Buff Brooks Trujillo tallied 17 strikeouts at Northwestern Oklahoma State last year (Feb.
13, 2016)...Kasowski leads the LSC in strikeouts with 84 and has three of the top five strikeout games in the
LSC this season with the Buffs as a team having all of the top five strikeout games by an individual in the LSC...
WT struggled offensively from the plate, hitting .242, but the strong pitching and some timely hitting helped
the Buffs to the series win...WT scored 12 runs for the series and allowed 13, as ENMU hit .243 for the series...
WT junior Nick Canas has hit safely in 22-straight games to lead the team...Senior Aaron Vallance hit .667 for
the series with one run scored on 6 of 9 from the plate and a team-high five RBI...Both teams combined for 45
strikeouts in the game, while WT walked 10 and ENMU walked 20.
LSC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
MAY 11-12-13 | NO. 1 SEED