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The Lone Star Conference baseball season is already three weeks in.
 
Angelo State and UT Tyler – both nationally-ranked – are each 10-2 and atop the conference standings. They split their four-game series in Week 2.
 
Six different teams enter Week 4 on winning streaks: Texas A&M-Kingsville (seven), ASU (six), West Texas A&M (six), St. Edward’s (five), UT Tyler (four) and St. Mary’s (four). Lubbock Christian has won seven of its last eight.
 
ASU is leading the conference in hitting (.408), pitching (3.07 ERA) and fielding (.978). LCU has hit a league-high 22 home runs, led by senior infielder Brevin McCool’s conference-high nine. McCool is also leading the LSC in batting average (.520), RBI (24), runs scored (24), slugging percentage (1.260) and OPS (1.853). SEU’s Kobe Jaramillo and UT Tyler’s Kyle Willis are both 3-0 on the mound, while SEU’s Parker Tennill has four saves to lead the league. Oklahoma Christian’s Tristan Copeland has struck out a league-high 27 batters.
 
For the second consecutive week to start the season, a player from the LSC won the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association National Hitter of the Week. McCool earned the honor after going 10-for-16 with five home runs, three doubles and 10 RBI to lead the Chaps to a 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 follows Cameron senior third baseman Lance Barnett, who was honored by the NCBWA on Feb. 6.
 
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 3 (Feb. 17): #2 ASU; #9 UT Tyler. Receiving Votes: LCU; SEU; WT. Next ranking Feb. 24.
 
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. 11-16
 
HITTER
Kyle Micklus, West Texas A&M, C, Sr., General Studies, Waller, Texas
West Texas A&M senior catcher Kyle Micklus hit .533 (8-for-15) with four home runs, a double and 12 RBI to lead the Buffs to a four-game sweep of Eastern New Mexico. Micklus also walked once, scored five times and stole two bases. He had a two-homer game in the series opener. Micklus had at least two hits and four RBI in three of the games. Behind the plate, he registered a perfect fielding percentage with 25 putouts and two assists.
 
PITCHER
Ryan Markwardt, Lubbock Christian, LHP, Sr., Management Information Systems, Itasca, Texas
Lubbock Christian senior left-hander Ryan Markwardt tossed a complete-game, one-hit shutout with nine strikeouts and no walks against Oklahoma Christian. In the first inning, Markwardt surrendered a leadoff single and hit one batter, who was caught stealing for the second out. He went on to retire the final 19 batters he faced. Markwardt needed just 92 pitches over the seven frames.
 
 
Weekly Awards

LSC Hitter of the Week
Feb. 3      Lance Barnett, Cameron
Feb. 10    Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian
Feb. 17    Kyle Micklus, West Texas A&M
 
LSC Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 3      Kobe Jaramillo, St. Edward’s
Feb. 10    Tristan Copeland, Oklahoma Christian
Feb. 17    Ryan Markwardt, Lubbock Christian
 
NCBWA South Central Region Hitter of the Week
Feb. 4      Lance Barnett, Cameron
Feb. 11    Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian
 
NCBWA South Central Region Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 4      Kobe Jaramillo, St. Edward’s
Feb. 11    Tristan Copeland, Oklahoma Christian
 
NCBWA National Hitter of the Week
Feb. 6      Lance Barnett, Cameron
Feb. 13    Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian