Three Lone Star Conference baseball teams earned series sweeps over the weekend as No. 5 Angelo State, No. 15 West Texas A&M and Lubbock Christian all went 4-0 against league competition. St. Mary’s went 2-0 taking down a pair of ranked opponents at the Houston Winter Invitational at Minute Maid Park. UT Tyler and Texas A&M-Kingsville also picked up series wins, while St. Edward’s and Cameron split a four-game set. WT sits atop the league standings at 4-0 after week two, followed by ASU and LCU at 6-2.
 
    LSC baseball teams are playing a single round-robin conference schedule with a four-game series against each league opponent (48 total LSC games).
 
    In the NCAA Division II South Central Region, LSC teams are 2-0 combined versus Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference competition.

    LSC schedule and results available here: https://lonestarconference.org/calendar.aspx?path=baseball

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
HITTER
Eduardo Acosta, Lubbock Christian, JR, Management, IF, San German, Puerto Rico, Montverde Academy
Acosta was LCU's leading hitter for the weekend with a .438 batting average, leading the Chaps to a series sweep over Oklahoma Christian on the road. He had seven total hits, including two multi-hit games, and scored four runs and a pair of RBI against the LSC’s top pitching staff. Acosta rounded out the weekend with an opposite field home run to add a pair of insurance runs in his final at bat of the series.

PITCHER
Dylan Bells, St. Mary's, SR, Finance & Risk Management, RHP, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Bells pitched six shutout innings against No. 19 Arkansas Tech in his second start of the season, helping lift the Rattlers to their second-straight win over a nationally ranked team. He tied his career high with eight strikeouts and didn't walk a single batter. Bells hit the strike zone on 50 of his 74 pitches as he kept the Wonder Boys hitters off balance all evening at Minute Maid Park. All five of the hits he surrendered were singles, and he allowed just one leadoff hitter to reach base - in the first inning - before striking out the next two batters.

WEEKLY AWARDS
Hitter
F-8      Matt Kissamis, Texas A&M International
F-15    Eduardo Acosta, Lubbock Christian
 
Pitcher
F-8      Isaiah Alvarenga, Oklahoma Christian
F-15    Dylan Bells, St. Mary's
 
SELECTED NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
    Shelby Becker, Texas A&M-Kingsville, helped the Javelinas to three wins over the weekend, powering an offense that scored 51 runs against UTPB. Becker went 10-15 with three doubles, three RBIs, and three walks, all while maintaining a .667 batting average and recording nine runs. The sophomore went 3-4 in a 22-13 game one victory batting two runs in on a two-bagger in the fifth. Game two saw Becker go 1-2 with a walk before an explosive game three performance in which he went 3-5, with two walks, a double, and a run batted in that assisted in a 20-4 win over the Falcons. In the series finale, The Giddings, Texas native logged another double, going 2-5 in a 5-3 extra-innings comeback win.
 
    Ryan Johnson, West Texas A&M, powered the West Texas A&M offense to a Lone Star Conference sweep of Eastern New Mexico this past weekend in Portales. The junior from Albuquerque hit .462 with two doubles, a triple and a homer to drive in 11 RBI with 13 total bases for a slugging percentage of 1.000 to go along with five walks and two hit-by-pitch for an on-base clip of .591. Defensively, Johnson registered two putouts and an assist in the outfield.
 
    Jordan Gochenour, UT Tyler, had a monster weekend against Texas A&M International. After an 0-for-4 start to the series on Friday night, Gochenour responded by going 6-for-9 over the next three games with three doubles, two walks, four RBI's, a home run, and five runs scored. In the first game of the doubleheader, he went a perfect 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI while scoring two runs. The final game of the series is where Gochenour showed off. Gochenour went 2-for-3 in the contest, with both hits coming in a nine-run sixth inning for the Patriots. He led the inning off with a solo home run and later drove in a pair of runs with a deep double down the left-field line. Gochenour finished the run-rule contest with three runs scored and two walks in the contest as well.
 
    Ryan McGowen, St. Mary's, was the catalyst in the Rattlers' win over No. 3 Central Missouri, doubling in the first inning to score two runs and scoring in the frame to give StMU a 6-0 lead in the first inning, which they went on to win 9-5. McGowen was 2-for-3 in the game with two doubles, two RBI and one run scored. He also drew two walks. For the week, he was 3-for-7 with a .714 slugging percentage and stole a base in the team's win over No. 19 Arkansas Tech.
 
    Jayce Clem, Cameron, was a key part of the Aggies split against St. Edward’s this past weekend. The red-shirt sophomore was an on-base machine, recording eight hits and a pair of walks in 15 at-bats. Clem opened the series with two hits and a pair of runs scored and then followed that up with a 3-4 performance with three runs scored in the 9-1 win. He then added a 2-4 day with a run scored and an RBI in the series finale win.
 
    Reese Johnson, Angelo State, led the Rams at the plate with eight RBIs on the weekend as ASU swept all four games against UAFS. He finished with a .400 batting average while adding a double and a home run.
 
    Shandon Herrera, Lubbock Christian, was dominant in game two of Lubbock Christian's series against Oklahoma Christian, allowing just one run and tossing the fourth complete game of the season by an LSC pitcher. He scattered six hits across the career-high 7.0 innings pitched while walking just two batters and striking out seven. Herrera held the Eagles to a .222 batting average in his second win of the season.
 
    Dylan Blomquist, UT Tyler, pitched a gem on Friday night for UT Tyler. After surrendering the only Texas A&M International run of the game on two hits in the first inning, Blomquist allowed just five runners to reach base over the next four and two-thirds innings. Only once was there more than one runner on the basepaths for the Dustdevils when Blomquist was on the mound. He had a pair of three up, three down innings and effectively shut down an offense averaging 9.5 runs per game coming into the contest.
 
    Kalen Haynes, Cameron, has been dominant in his first two starts on the mound for the Aggies. After giving up just one run in a win over Texas A&M-Kingsville last week, the big lefty did it against St. Edward's, holding them to just one run and three hits in five innings. Haynes also had six strikeouts to record his second win in as many starts. He also drove in three runs while starting at first base in the series opener.