Lone Star Conference teams resume the conference schedule this week after a break for the Easter holiday.
      LSC teams are playing a single round-robin schedule with a doubleheader (two games) against each league opponent starting on March 5.  The LSC Champion will be the team(s) with the best winning percentage in regular-season conference games.
      The LSC Softball Championship will be played May 13-14-15, at the No. 1 seed.  The top 10 teams will play a single-elimination tournament to determine the LSC Tournament Champion, who will receive the league’s automatic qualification into the NCAA postseason.
      LSC schedule and results available here: http://www.lonestarconference.org/calendar.aspx?path=softball&&
 
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
HITTER
Claire Chernosky, Texas A&M-Kingsville, JR, Civil Engineering, Third Base, Sugar Land, Texas, Kempner
Chernosky continued her recent hot streak by going 4-for-8 in TAMUK's doubleheader against Texas A&M International on Thursday. She drove in three runs in game one, with the last two coming on a go-ahead two-run homer in the top of the eighth. Chernosky homered again in game two and drove in four more runs to give her seven RBIs for the week. In her last 19 at-bats, the junior from Sugar Land, Texas owns 12 hits, including three long balls.
 
PITCHER
Erika Cortez, Texas A&M International, SO, Criminal Justice, P, Rio Hondo, Texas, UTSA
Cortez was once again dominant in the circle for the Dustdevils, helping lead them to a 5-4 extra innings victory against Texas A&M-Kingsville in the opening game of a non-conference doubleheader. Cortez shut down the LSC's number one offense, allowing just two runs (one earned), five hits with five strikeouts and no walks.  She pitched seven of the eight innings in the no decision. Cortez has now gone six consecutive decisions without a loss.
 
WEEKLY AWARDS
Hitter
F-9       Brooke Makemson, Lubbock Christian
F-23     Shanna McBroom, West Texas A&M
M-2      Ruby Salzman, West Texas A&M
M-9      Uxua Modrego, Texas A&M-Commerce
M-16    Madison Fernandez, Angelo State
M-23    Haley Castle, Cameron
M-30    Shanna McBroom, West Texas A&M (2)
A-6       Claire Chernosky, Texas A&M-Kingsville
 
Pitcher
F-9       Alyssa LeBlanc, Texas A&M-Commerce
F-23     Taylor Franco, Lubbock Christian
M-2      Erika Cortez, Texas A&M International
M-9      Alyssa LeBlanc, Texas A&M-Commerce (2)
M-16    Kali Crandall, Oklahoma Christian
M-23    Erika Cortez, Texas A&M International (2)
M-30    Kali Crandall, Oklahoma Christian (2)
A-6       Erika Cortez, Texas A&M International (3)
 
SELECTED NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
      Jordan Neely, St. Edward's, helped the Hilltoppers to a non-conference split against St. Mary's on Friday. She had two doubles in three hits in six at bats. 
      McKenna Leammon, St. Edward's, earned a non-conference win against St. Mary's, scattering seven hits while allowing just one run in 6.2 innings of work.