Tarleton and West Texas A&M top the Lone Star Conference standings at 6-0 and 4-0, respectively, in league games.

      LSC teams are playing a single round-robin conference schedule with a doubleheader (two games) against each league opponent.  The LSC Champion will be the team(s) with the best winning percentage in regular-season conference games.

      LSC softball teams are 227-172 overall this season.  In the NCAA Division II South Central Region, the group is currently 34-14 combined versus Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference teams.

      LSC schedule and results available here: http://www.lonestarconference.org/calendar.aspx?path=softball&&
 
LSC SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
The single-elimination LSC Championship featuring the top 10 teams will be played April 30-May 2, 2020, at the No. 1 seed.  The winner of the postseason championship will be recognized as LSC Tournament Champion and receive the league’s automatic qualification into NCAA postseason.
 
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
HITTER
Avery Boley, Texas A&M University-Commerce, SO, Biological Science, C/1B, Fort Worth, Texas, Nolan Catholic HS
Boley's bat caught fire for the Lions last week, as she had three home runs and nine RBI's while hitting .500 and slugging 1.125 for the Lions in their 5-1 weekend. Against No. 15 Rogers State, Boley went 4-for-7 with a pair of home runs and five RBIs. Boley then went 3-for-6 against Cameron, hitting a grand slam and a double in the series to lead the Lions to a sweep. She finished the week going 1-for-3 against No. 18 Oklahoma Christian, reaching base four times in the doubleheader.
 
PITCHER
Jordan Withrow, Tarleton State University, SR, Kinesiology, RHP, Trenton, Texas, Trenton HS
Withrow handed No. 2 UT Tyler their first loss in record-setting fashion. The senior right-hander twirled her third career no-hitter to defeat the Patriots 3-0 in game one of Friday’s doubleheader. Withrow was in complete control over the first six innings with only a walk and hit by pitch against her nearly flawless ledger. Withrow took her gem into the seventh and started things off with a walk but quickly bounced back with a fly ball to center and a strikeout. Then an error extended the inning by one more batter but Withrow answered with a swinging punchout on a full-count pitch to seal the deal. The senior right-hander went all seven innings to record her 20th career complete-game shutout and 11th win of the season. She struck out nine and walked two. It was her third career no-hitter, which ties the Tarleton program record with Heather Russell. She followed up by coming on in game two to get the final eight outs of the game to earn her second pitching victory of the day and complete a 2-0 weekend against UTT. Over her 9.2 innings of work, Withrow allowed just one base hit and two walks while striking out 14 in one of the most dominant pitching performances in recent memory. 
 
WEEKLY AWARDS 
Hitter
F-3       Jaiden Johnson, Oklahoma Christian
F-11     Haleigh Swinney, UT Tyler
F-18     Jayme Johns, St. Mary's
F-25     Brie Dunckel, Oklahoma Christian
M-3      Jaiden Johnson, Oklahoma Christian (2)
M-10    Avery Boley, Texas A&M-Commerce
 
Pitcher
F-3       Breanna Smith, Texas A&M-Kingsville
F-11     Meagan Hill, Angelo State
F-18     Turner Whorton, Cameron
F-25     Taylor Franco, Lubbock Christian
M-3      Lindsey Stoeckel, Oklahoma Christian
M-10    Jordan Withrow, Tarleton State
 
SELECTED NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
      Georgia Capell, Tarleton State University, was a run-scoring machine as the junior All-American led No. 21 Tarleton past No. 2 UT Tyler in a doubleheader sweep Friday night. Tarleton handed the Patriots their first two losses of the season in Friday’s home opener. After a 1-for-3 showing with a run scored in the first game, Capell had her first four-hit game of the season in the nightcap – going 4-for-4 at the dish with four runs scored and one driven in – to lead the Texans past the Patriots 10-6. With game two knotted at 6-6 in the sixth inning, Capell sparked the Tarleton rally with a double down the right field line to set up the Texans with two runners in scoring position and no outs. The Texans went on to plate four in that inning to complete the win. For the weekend, Capell hit .714 with five runs scored – of the 13 total team runs – and a 1.000 slugging percentage.
      Jaiden Johnson, Oklahoma Christian University, had another outstanding week, hitting .600 with a 1.300 slugging percentage as OC split road doubleheaders at Texas Woman’s and No. 14 Texas A&M-Commerce. Four of her six hits went for extra bases. She had two hits, including a double, and scored both OC runs in a 2-0 win at Texas Woman’s. She homered (to give OC the early lead) and doubled in a 3-1 loss at TAMUC, then hit an RBI triple and later scored in the first inning to give OC another early lead in a game the Eagles won 4-3. She leads the LSC in slugging percentage (.872), RBIs (28) and runs scored (37) and is third in batting average (.449)
      Jennifer McElroy, Eastern New Mexico University, first tied up the contest 5-5 against UT Permian Basin in game one last Friday after hitting a home run straight down the middle. Coming into the seventh, McElroy hit her second of the game sending the Greyhounds into a 9-7 victory over the Falcons. In the Eastern New Mexico’s second game of a Saturday double-header against Western New Mexico, McElroy found left field for her third home run of the weekend getting the game started as the Hounds went up 3-0 in the first.  McElroy finished the weekend with a batting average of .571 and connected on eight hits.  
      Lauren Lindgren, Midwestern State University, went 2-for-4 with a double and a three-run home run to lift Midwestern State to a 7-5 win over No. 2 UT Tyler in game two of a doubleheader on Sunday. Lindgren's sixth inning blast down the left field line capped off a four RBI afternoon for the Denton, Texas native. In game one, the senior went 2-for-3 with a run scored. Overall, the outfielder finished 4-for-7 (.571) with three runs scored against the 2nd ranked Patriots. 
      Marley Basurto, West Texas A&M University, came off the bench to make a big impact for the Lady Buffs at the plate as the freshman roped a single up the middle to add an insurance run in the Lady Buffs 6-4 victory over Western New Mexico.  She went 5-for-9 (.556) with a double and triple and was responsible for three runs while driving in two.  The outfielder held a .889 slugging percentage and a .533 on-base percentage. 
      Courtney Barnhill, Angelo State University, continues to make Angelo State history, adding to her home run record, which she tied against the Cameron Aggies and broke against the record against the St. Mary's Rattlers, hitting her 47th home run. Barnhill had a batting average of .545 over the weekend with a 1.182 slugging percentage in five games. Barnhill had 11 at-bats with six runs, six hits, one double, two home runs, and six RBI. Barnhill was successful in stealing four bases in four attempts.
      Skylar Herrera, Lubbock Christian University, had a balanced week of production while helping to a 4-0 week, with home conference sweeps of St. Edward's and St. Mary's. She had hits in all four games, leading to a trio of multi-RBI performances. The freshman also had multi-run games in three of the contests. Three of her seven hits were for extra bases, including one home run on the week. She was 2-for-3 when batting with the bases empty and 5-for-10 with bases occupied. In addition, she was 4-for-5 with runners in scoring position, 2-for-2 scoring the runner home with a runner at third base with less than two outs and 2-for-2 in two-out at-bats, which led to two two-out RBI. She did not strand any runners on base during any of her at-bats. 
      Brenna Busby, Cameron University, was a key part of the Aggies 2-2 record this week as the senior shortstop hit .462 against No. 14 A&M-Commerce and Texas Woman's. The Cameron home run leader added two more to her career total of now 50 homers with a two-run shot against the Lions and then a grand slam at TWU two days later. Busby tallied at least two hits and two RBI in three of the four games last weekend and was even 4-4 on the base paths, giving her 19 on the year. 
      Makenzie Mays, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, hit a red-hot .429 and drove in a team-best six runs while helping the Javelinas to three wins last week. In TAMUK's first game against Wisconsin-Parkside on Friday, Mays collected a pair of hits and drove in three runs in an 8-2 win. The next day in another game against UWP, Mays picked up two more hits, including a two-run single in the first inning that helped ignite the Javelina offense, which overwhelmed the Rangers, 14-6. The sophomore from Conroe added two more hits on Sunday, one of which was an RBI single which knocked in what turned out to the winning run in 4-1 TAMUK victory.
      Mak Dominguez, The University of Texas at Tyler, in three straight games batting leadoff, batted 5-for-11 with two doubles, a home run, three runs scored, and nine RBIs… Dominguez has driven in at least two runs in all three of those games batting leadoff... Hit 2 doubles and drove in 2 runs in her first game batting leadoff this year in a 10-6 defeat to Tarleton.
      
      Victoria Vasquez, Angelo State University, was an ace for the Rambelles inside the circle as Angelo State swept the St. Mary's Rattlers 4-0 and 6-3 on Friday and 10-7 on Saturday,  while sweeping the St. Edward's Hilltoppers on Sunday, 8-0 and 7-3. She didn't allow a single earned run while she was in the circle, allowing only eight hits in 10.2 innings that she pitched. With the score tied at 7-7 in the game on Saturday, Vasquez would come in clutch for ASU, grabbing a save for herself as the Rambelles would take the game in eight innings, 10-7. Vasquez is now 2-0 on the season with a 0.00 ERA.
      Maxine Valdez, Lubbock Christian University, the freshman pitcher was key in the circle, appearing in three of LCU's 4-0 week of games (sweeping St. Edward's and St. Mary's). She averaged 2.25 strikeouts per inning pitched, racking up 16 in 7.1 innings of work. Valdez was part of a two decisions in three of her appearances, collecting a win in relief against St. Edward's (3.0 innings of relief in which she allowed one hit and struck out six batters) and a save in the opening game against St. Mary's as the tying run was on base. She also had nine strikeouts against St. Mary's in a contest she pitched 4.0 innings of relief. Opponents hit .154 against her on the week.
      Emilee Wilson, West Texas A&M University, accounted for two of the Lady Buffs four wins this past weekend, throwing two complete games with a .69 ERA in 13.0 innings.  The Esko, Minnesota native allowed just one earned run in a 6-4 victory over Western New Mexico with a career- and team-high nine strikeouts.    She didn't allow an earned run and gave up only five hits on Sunday afternoon in the Lady Buffs 9-1 run-rule victory over UT Permian Basin.  Wilson is now 4-3 on the season with a 3.73 ERA. 
      Breley Webb, Cameron University, despite not earning a decision, was stellar in the circle for the Black and Gold as they split a pair of doubleheaders against No. 14 A&M-Commerce and Texas Woman's. The left-handed hurler gave up just one earned run on three hits in 3.0 innings of work against the powerful Lion lineup. She then followed that up with a solid 4.2 innings against TWU where she allowed just three hits against and had a zero in the earned runs column. Webb totaled 10 K's for the four-game stretch and limited the opposition to just a .194 batting average against her. 
      Emily Otto, Texas A&M University-Commerce, led the Lions to wins in each of their doubleheaders last week, picking up wins over No. 15 Rogers State, Cameron and No. 18 Oklahoma Christian. Over the week, Otto held hitters to just a .167 average with 26 strikeouts. The junior started the week setting a career high and setting the program record with 12 strikeouts in 6.0 innings against No. 15 Rogers State. She then pitched six innings with six strikeouts against Cameron without allowing an earned run in the team's 2-1 victory. She then pitched 6.0 innings and had eight strikeouts against No. 18 Oklahoma Christian in the team's 3-1 win.
      Kali Crandall, Oklahoma Christian University, threw a three-hit shutout with seven strikeouts in a 2-0 win at Texas Woman’s on Friday, picking up her 10th consecutive win to open the season. She then fanned 14 batters at No. 14 Texas A&M-Commerce on Sunday but took a hard-luck loss as OC lost 3-1 in the opener. But in the second game at TAMUC, she recorded three more strikeouts and pitched 2 2/3 innings of hitless relief as the Eagles won 4-3 to gain a split. Opposing batters hit only .151 against Crandall, who leads the LSC in ERA (1.55) and is second in strikeouts (94).
      Breanna Smith, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, won both of her starts and pitched to a 1.54 ERA during a week in which she held the opposition to a .146 average. Smith started the week with 4 2/3 innings of two-run ball to collect a victory over Wisconsin-Parkside on Friday, then she followed that up with a pair of scoreless relief appearances on Saturday. Smith closed out her week with one of her best starts of the year, a seven-inning two-hitter against UWP in which she allowed only one run and went the distance while helping the Javelinas collect a 4-1 win.
      Payton Foster, The University of Texas at Tyler, appeared in all 4 of UT Tyler's games last week, starting a pair of them and tossing one complete-game in the Patriots' 9-2 win over Midwestern State...  After Midwestern State cut the Patriots' lead to 3-2 in the top of the fourth, Foster retired eight consecutive hitters and finished the game by retiring 11 of the final 13 Mustangs.
      Sierra Rodriguez, Eastern New Mexico University, recorded five strikeouts against UT Permian Basin this past weekend after pitching five innings. Rodriguez returned to the circle the following day where she recorded her second win of the season after pitching six innings against Western New Mexico last weekend. Rodriguez took the circle against the Mustangs and only allowed three hits and one run.