Two Lone Star Conference baseball teams earned series sweeps over the weekend as No. 5 West Texas A&M continued its undefeated start and St. Edward’s picked up its first 4-0 weekend of the season. Twelfth-ranked Angelo State, Lubbock Christian, Texas A&M-Kingsville and UAFS all earned series victories. ASU, LCU and SEU currently sit at 9-3 in the conference in a tie for second, while the Buffs continue their run atop the standings at 8-0.
 
    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 3-1 combined versus Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference competition.

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

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
HITTER
Austin Beck, Angelo State, FR, Exercise Science, SS, Allen, Texas, Allen HS
Beck led the Rams at the plate in their series win over Oklahoma Christian in San Angelo, hitting .667 on the weekend. In 12 at-bats, he collected eight hits and a pair of walks without striking out and reached base at a .688 clip. The freshman also brought in eight runs while scoring five times from the bottom half of the order. Beck hit his second home run of the season and slugged 1.000 during ASU’s four games last week. The freshman is now hitting .500 on the season and ranks third in the Lone Star Conference in batting average.

PITCHER
Logan Garza, Texas A&M-Kingsville, SR, Kinesiology, LHP, Round Rock, Texas, Stony Point HS
Garza was lights out on the mound against UT Tyler, tossing six innings of no-hit baseball, while striking out seven, en route to a 2-0 victory over the Patriots. The senior combined with reliever Colton Taylor throw the third no-hitter in Javelina history and the first by the Blue and Gold since the 1994 season. Garza leads TAMUK this season with a .45 WHIP and has a .079 opponent batting average.

WEEKLY AWARDS
Hitter
F-8      Matt Kissamis, Texas A&M International
F-15    Eduardo Acosta, Lubbock Christian
F-22    Logan Garza, Texas A&M-Kingsville
 
Pitcher
F-8      Isaiah Alvarenga, Oklahoma Christian
F-15    Dylan Bells, St. Mary's
F-22    Austin Beck, Angelo State
 
SELECTED NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
Giancarlo Servin, Texas A&M-Kingsville, powered the Javelina offense to four wins this week, hitting .421 across five games and 19 at-bats. Additionally, the Edinburg North product smashed two homers and a triple en route to nine RBIs and eight runs. He opened the week on Wednesday going 2-5 with a home run in a 24-10 non-conference win over Texas A&M International, which finished one run short of the program record. In conference play, the Javelinas bested UT Tyler thrice in a four-game series with Servin responsible for five RBIs, and four in the series finale. In game four, Servin smashed a home run over the left-field wall in the top of the first before slapping a three-bagger into left field in the second cementing an incredible week at the plate.
 
    Eduardo Acosta, Lubbock Christian, was the Chaps' leading hitter as they won a high-scoring series at home against St. Mary's. He hit .462 for the weekend and drew five walks for a .632 on-base percentage, with both marks leading the team. Two of his hits left the ballpark, as he slugged .923 and collected 12 total bases. Acosta scored six times and drove in another six runs himself. He was 3-4 (.750) with runners in scoring position and had four two-out RBI. He also appeared all over the diamond defensively, spending time in both left and right field, as well as third base and shortstop.
 
    Turner Olson, St. Edward’s, led the SEU offense to a four-game sweep of UT Permian Basin in Austin. Olson hit .384 (5-for-13) during the weekend with four runs scored and seven RBI, six of which came on a grand slam in the series finale on Sunday. The outfielder also earned a walk and swiped three bases against the Falcons.
 
    Rudy Solis, St. Mary’s, led the bats for the Rattlers with a .538 batting average for the week. He was on base 12 times in the four games with seven hits, one walk and he was hit by a pitch four times. The third baseman laid down a successful bunt and swiped a bag. His .667 on-base percentage and .692 slugging percentage were tops on the team as he extended his hitting streak to five straight games.
 
    Chance Westervelt, Oklahoma Christian, hit .583 (7-for-12), posted a slugging percentage of .667, and recorded OC's only stolen base in four games during a tough weekend for the Eagles against No. 12 Angelo State. Westervelt brought in a pair of RBI during the series.
 
    Colton Brown, Lubbock Christian, won a pair of games from the bullpen for the Chaps during a 3-1 homestand. He allowed just one earned run on four hits and one walk across two outings while striking out six St. Mary's batters. His biggest moment came in the top of the ninth in Sunday's series finale. Brown entered the game with a runner on first, no outs, and the game tied at 11. A weak infield single allowed the first batter to reach, but Brown escaped the jam with a pair of strikeouts and a groundout to keep the game tied.
 
    Luke Short, St. Edward’s, threw a complete game for the Hilltoppers in a 6-2 win over UT Permian Basin. The sophomore rung up 10 strikeouts in his seven innings of work, allowing just two hits and two earned runs while holding UTPB batters to an .091 batting average.
 
    Mason Minister, St. Mary’s, struck out a season-high seven batters and only allowed one earned run in pitching five innings in the team's win at Lubbock Christian. The Chaps hit only .250 against him and he surrendered only one walk.