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The final week of the Lone Star Conference baseball regular season is here, and there is just a one-game difference in the race for the regular season title.
 
Angelo State (39-7 overall, 37-7 LSC) is just ahead of UT Tyler (37-9, 36-8 LSC) after both teams recorded a sweep last weekend. ASU has prevailed in nine straight games and UT Tyler has won 10 in a row. ASU travels to Cameron this week, while UT Tyler hosts St. Mary’s. ASU and UT Tyler split their series back in February.
 
The league’s top seed will receive a first-round bye in the LSC Baseball Championship and will host the double-elimination championship round on May 8-10. The opening round will be best-of-three series on May 2-4 at the sites of the No. 2 (vs. No. 7), 3 (vs. 6) and 4 (vs. 5) seeds. The LSC tournament champion will receive the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Championship.
 
St. Edward’s (31-17 LSC) is currently in third place, followed by Lubbock Christian (28-16), St. Mary’s (26-18), West Texas A&M (26-18), Texas A&M-Kingsville (25-19) and Eastern New Mexico (24-20). To see the league’s tiebreaker policy, click here.
 
This week’s game will return to a Friday-Sunday (April 25-27) format.
 
ASU is leading the conference in hitting (.382) and fielding (.976), and UT Tyler is tops in pitching (3.88 ERA). LCU has hit a league-high 78 home run, led by Brevin McCool’s 28. In addition to homers, McCool is leading the LSC in RBI (77), slugging percentage (1.034) and OPS (1.572). UT Tyler’s Drew Schmidt owns the league’s top batting average at .455 and is tied for the most triples (five) with ENMU’s Kyle Kiernan and TAMUK’s Maurice Martinez. UT Permian Basin’s Kaleb Scull has 22 doubles and SEU’s Travis Chestnut has 39 stolen bases.
 
UT Tyler’s Kyle Froehlich (7-0), LCU’s Ryan Markwardt (7-1) and ASU’s Dax Dathe (7-3) are tied for the league lead in wins on the mound. SEU’s Kobe Jaramillo has the best ERA (2.87) and most strikeouts (78). SEU’s Parker Tennill has 10 saves to lead the conference.
 
Four players from the LSC have won national player of the week honors by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association – three hitters and one pitcher. WT senior first baseman Dylan Fesperman (March 5), McCool (Feb. 13) and Cameron senior third baseman Lance Barnett (Feb. 6) have won the hitting award, while Markwardt (Feb. 20) was honored for pitching.
 
McCool became the LSC’s all-time home run leader his 48th blast on March 23 against Texas A&M-Kingsville at Hays Field in Lubbock, Texas. He broke the mark of 47 set by WT’s Ben Hangartner from 1999-2002.
 
Two LSC single-game records have been broken this season as Fesperman had 13 RBI on Feb. 28 and McCool hit four home runs on March 10. SEU junior outfielder Connor Cox tied an LSC record with four doubles in a game on March 30. To see the LSC record book, click here.
 
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.
 
To watch LSC baseball games for the remainer of the regular season and the LSC tournament, tune in to FloCollege (monthly and yearly subscriptions are available).
 
 
NCBWA Division II Top 25 Poll / April 16: #2 ASU; #7 UT Tyler. Receiving Votes: SEU. Next ranking: April 23.
 
ABCA Coaches Poll / April 15: #1 ASU; #5 UT Tyler; #24 SEU. Next ranking: April 22.
 
D2Baseball Top 25 Poll / April 21: #1 ASU; #6 UT Tyler. Next ranking: April 28.
 
NCBWA South Central Region Poll / Week 10 (April 14): #1 ASU (7 of 8 first-place votes); #2 UT Tyler (12 first-place vote); #4 SEU; #6 ENMU; #7 WT; #8 LCU; #9 StMU. Receiving Votes: TAMUK. Next ranking April 21.
 
 
LONE STAR CONFERENCE BASEBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Games April 16-19
 
HITTER
Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian, INF, Sr., Biology, Hobbs, N.M.
Lubbock Christian senor infielder Brevin McCool hit .667 (8-for-12) with five home runs, a double and 15 RBI without any strikeouts to lead the Chaps to a conference series sweep of Cameron. McCool, who wins the league’s top weekly award for the fourth time this season, scored 10 runs, walked five times – three intentionally – and was hit by a pitch. His slugging percentage was 2.000. McCool also played errorless defense at third base. In the series-opening win, McCool’s first three at-bats (in just three innings) were: grand slam, three-run home run and two-run homer. He finished with nine RBI. In Game 3, McCool homered twice to increase his NCAA-leading HR total to 28 – one shy of tying the league’s single-season record.
 
PITCHER
George Hettrick, St. Edward’s, RHP, Sr., Finance, Dallas, Texas
St. Edward’s senior right-hander George Hettrick tossed a complete-game shutout with seven strikeouts and no walks on the road against Texas A&M-Kingsville. Hettrick scattered four hits – all singles – and faced just three batters over the minimum. His performance led the Hilltoppers to their only win in the conference series and halted the Javelina’s five-game winning streak.
 
 
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
March 3   Dylan Fesperman, West Texas A&M
March 11 Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian (2)
March 18 Dylan Fesperman, West Texas A&M (2)
March 24 Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian (3)
April 1      Connor Cox, St. Edward’s
April 8      Carson Johnson, UT Permian Basin
April 14    Ethan Flodstrom, Angelo State
April 21    Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian (4)
 
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
March 3   Ulises Quiroga, Texas A&M-Kingsville
March 11 Julius Carpio, West Texas A&M
March 18 Ryan Markwardt, Lubbock Christian (2)
March 24 Kaleb Gauna, St. Mary’s
April 1      Timmy LaChappa, UT Permian Basin
April 8      Tyler Schumann, Texas A&M-Kingsville
April 14    Adrian Rubio, Eastern New Mexico
April 21    George Hettrick, St. Edward’s
 
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
March 4   Dylan Fesperman, West Texas A&M
March 11 Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian (2)
March 26 Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian (3)
April 2      Connor Cox, St. Edward’s
 
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
Feb. 25    Rawley Hector, UT Tyler
March 4   Ulises Quiroga, Texas A&M-Kingsville
March 11 Julius Carpio, West Texas A&M
March 19 Ryan Markwardt, Lubbock Christian (2)
March 26 Kaleb Gauna, St. Mary’s
April 2      Timmy LaChappa, UT Permian Basin
April 9      Tyler Schumann, Texas A&M-Kingsville
April 16    Adrian Rubio, Eastern New Mexico
 
NCBWA National Hitter of the Week
Feb. 6      Lance Barnett, Cameron
Feb. 13    Brevin McCool, Lubbock Christian
March 6   Dylan Fesperman, West Texas A&M
 
NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 20    Ryan Markwardt, Lubbock Christian