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After four weeks of Lone Star Conference baseball, Angelo State and UT Tyler are atop the league standings at 14-2. Both squads are nationally ranked. ASU has won 10 games in a row, while UT Tyler has won eight straight. ASU is unbeaten at home, while UT Tyler has not lost on the road. They split their four-game series in Week 2.
 
St. Edward’s is close behind ASU and UT Tyler at 13-3. The Hilltoppers have won eight games in a row.
 
ASU is leading the conference in hitting (.392), pitching (2.90 ERA) and fielding (.978). LCU has hit a league-high 24 home runs, led by senior infielder Brevin McCool’s conference-high 11. McCool is also leading the LSC in batting average (.500), RBI (30), runs scored (28), slugging percentage (1.250) and OPS (1.853). SEU’s Kobe Jaramillo and UT Tyler’s Kyle Froehlich are both 4-0 on the mound, while SEU’s Parker Tennill has five saves to lead the league. Oklahoma Christian’s Tristan Copeland has struck out a league-high 35 batters.
 
For the third consecutive week to start the season, a player from the LSC won national player of the week honors by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. LCU senior left-hander Ryan Markwardt was named NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 20 for his one-hit shutout with nine strikeouts and no walks against Oklahoma Christian. In the first inning, he surrendered a leadoff single and hit one batter, who was caught stealing for the second out. Markwardt went on to retire the final 19 batters he faced. He follows teammate Brevin McCool (Feb. 13) and Cameron’s Lance Barnett (Feb. 6), who earned national hitter of the week honors.
 
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 / Week 2 (Feb. 18): #2 ASU (10 of 20 first-place votes); #12 UT Tyler. Receiving Votes: SEU. Next ranking Feb. 25.
 
D2Baseball Top 25 Poll / Week 4 (Feb. 24): #2 ASU; #5 UT Tyler; #24 SEU. Receiving Votes: WT. Next ranking Feb. 24.
 
NCBWA South Central Region Poll / Week 2 (Feb. 18): #1 ASU (7 of 8 first-place votes); #2 UT Tyler (1 first-place vote); #4 SEU; #5 LCU; #6 WT; #7 StMU; #8 TAMUK. Receiving Votes: ENMU. Next ranking Feb. 25.
 
 
LONE STAR CONFERENCE BASEBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Games Feb. 18-24
 
HITTER
Weston Valasek, Angelo State, OF, Sr., Mechanical Engineering, Katy, Texas
Angelo State senior outfielder Weston Valasek hit. 500 with five extra-base hits and had a .714 on-base percentage to fuel a road sweep of Oklahoma Christian. Valasek, who extended his hitting streak to 15 games, had one home run and four doubles. He had a 4-for-4 performance with a homer and two doubles in the series opening 10-8 victory. In the series, he scored seven times, drove in four runs and was hit by three pitches. He also stole a base and played errorless defense. Valasek’s play has helped the Rams win 10 games in a row.
 
PITCHER
Rawley Hector, UT Tyler, RHP, Sr., Marketing, Van Alstyne, Texas
UT Tyler senior right-hander Rawley Hector halted Texas A&M-Kingsville’s seven-game winning streak by going seven shutout innings with nine strikeouts and no walks. Hector scattered three hits in the series opener. The LSC Preseason Pitcher of the Year struck out the side in the fourth inning and fanned three of the last four batters he faced. Hector improved to 2-0 with a 1.11 ERA over 24 1/3 innings of work.
 
 
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
Feb. 25    Weston Valasek, Angelo State
 
LSC Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 3      Kobe Jaramillo, St. Edward’s
Feb. 10    Tristan Copeland, Oklahoma Christian
Feb. 17    Ryan Markwardt, Lubbock Christian
Feb. 25    Rawley Hector, UT Tyler
 
NCBWA South Central Region Hitter of the Week
Feb. 4      Lance Barnett, Cameron
Feb. 11    Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian
Feb. 18    Kyle Micklus, West Texas A&M
 
NCBWA South Central Region Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 4      Kobe Jaramillo, St. Edward’s
Feb. 11    Tristan Copeland, Oklahoma Christian
Feb. 18    Ryan Markwardt, Lubbock Christian
 
NCBWA National Hitter of the Week
Feb. 6      Lance Barnett, Cameron
Feb. 13    Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian
 
NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 20    Ryan Markwardt, Lubbock Christian