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Two weeks of Lone Star Conference Baseball are in the books and five teams have winning records: Angelo State (6-2), St. Mary’s (6-2), UT Tyler (6-2), Eastern New Mexico (5-3) and St. Edward’s (5-3).
 
ASU and UT Tyler, who are both nationally-ranked and opened the season with four-game sweeps, split their series in Tyler, Texas. UT Tyler took the first two games, then ASU claimed the final two.
 
Nationally-ranked Lubbock Christian responded from an 0-4 start to the season with a sweep of its own, going on the road to take all four games from Sul Ross State.
 
The other series win from the weekend was Texas A&M-Kingsville, which took three games at Cameron. West Texas A&M won a pair of non-conference tilts.
 
On the young season, ASU leads the way in hitting (.387), pitching (3.41 ERA) and fielding (.972). LCU has hit a league-high 20 home runs, led by Brevin McCool’s conference-high seven. UT Tyler’s Drew Schmidt is hitting an LSC-best .615 (16-for-26). StMU’s Hagen Rose, ENMU’s Nick Mooney and Cole Lancaster, SEU’s Kobe Jaramillo and UT Tyler’s Kyle Froehlich are all 2-0 on the mound. SEU’s Parker Tennill has three saves to also lead the league.
 
CU senior third baseman Lance Barnett became the LSC’s first national weekly award winner of the season, earning the title of National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association National Hitter of the Week on Feb. 6. Barnett started his season with a bang, hitting .563 with three home runs, a triple, three doubles and 10 RBI. He also scored eight runs, walked four times and was hit by a pitch in a four-game series.
 
ASU was the top pick in the LSC preseason poll. ASU graduate student and outfielder Jacob Guerrero and UT Tyler senior right-hander Rawley Hector were named LSC Preseason Player and Pitcher of the Year, respectively.
 
The LSC Baseball Championship will feature a two-week tournament comprised of the top seven teams. The opening round is best-of-three series and will be held May 2-4 at the sites of the No. 2 (vs. No. 7), 3 (vs. 6) and 4 (vs. 5) seeds. The league’s top seed from the regular season will receive an opening-round bye and host the double-elimination championship round on May 8-10. The LSC Tournament Champion will receive the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Championship.
 
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NCBWA Division II Top 25 Poll / Preseason (Jan. 27): #2 ASU; #15 LCU; #23 West Texas A&M. Next ranking TBA.
 
D2Baseball Top 25 Poll / Week 2 (Feb. 10): #2 ASU; #13 UT Tyler. Receiving Votes: LCU; WT. Next ranking Feb. 17.
 
NCBWA South Central Region Poll / Preseason (Jan. 27): #1 ASU (7 of 8 first-place votes); #3 LCU; #4 WT; #6 UTPB; #7 UT TYLER; #8 SEU. Receiving Votes: Texas A&M International; Texas A&M-Kingsville; ENMU. Next ranking TBA.
 
 
LONE STAR CONFERENCE BASEBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Games Feb. 7-9
 
HITTER
Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian, INF, Sr., Biology, Hobbs, N.M.
Lubbock Christian senor infielder Brevin McCool went 10-for-16 with five home runs, three doubles and 10 RBI to lead the Chaps to a four-game road sweep of Sul Ross State. McCool scored 13 runs, walked four times – twice intentionally in the same game – was hit by a pitch and did not strike out. He had a pair of two-homer games and one with a long ball and two doubles. In the opener, McCool was a triple short of the cycle and drove in six runs.
 
PITCHER
Tristan Copeland, Oklahoma Christian, RHP, Sr., Bible, Albuquerque, N.M.
Oklahoma Christian senior right-hander Tristan Copeland had 18 strikeouts and allowed just one hit over 9 1/3 shutout innings that spanned two relief appearances against St. Mary’s. Copeland walked just one batter and did not hit anyone. The two runners he allowed to reach base did not get past first. After two perfect innings in the series opener, Copeland returned for the series finale. He entered with two outs in the first inning and went 7 1/3 innings with 13 strikeouts. Copeland allowed just a two-out single in the fourth inning of the 3-1 game.
 
 
Weekly Awards

LSC Hitter of the Week
Feb. 3      Lance Barnett, Cameron
Feb. 10    Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian
 
LSC Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 3      Kobe Jaramillo, St. Edward’s
Feb. 10    Tristan Copeland, Oklahoma Christian
 
NCBWA South Central Region Hitter of the Week
Feb. 4      Lance Barnett, Cameron
 
NCBWA South Central Region Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 4      Kobe Jaramillo, St. Edward’s
 
NCBWA National Hitter of the Week
Feb. 6      Lance Barnett, Cameron