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Lone Star Conference softball league play has arrived with 15 of the 17 teams having played at least one conference doubleheader.
Lubbock Christian (6-6 overall), No. 14 Oklahoma Christian (9-1), Texas A&M-Kingsville (7-5), No. 5 West Texas A&M (12-2) and Western New Mexico (6-6) are all 2-0 in league play. No. 9 Angelo State (11-4) and UT Permian Basin (7-2) have not played an LSC game yet.
This week will feature 32 conference games between Friday (Feb. 20) and Sunday (Feb. 22).
WT leads the league in hitting (.384), pitching (1.59 ERA) and fielding (.991). ASU is top 3 in both hitting (.352) and pitching (2.51 ERA), while OC is top 3 in pitching (1.99 ERA) and fielding (.968).
The WT duo of senior infielder Jordyn De Los Santos and freshman left-handed pitcher/designated hitter Brooke Janning
swept the first National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division II Louisville Slugger Player of the Week and Wilson Pitcher of the Week awards of the season, respectively.
Two-time defending national champion and UT Tyler was the top pick in the
LSC preseason poll. ASU senior outfielder Tatiana Trotter and OC senior right-hander Jill Dickson were named
LSC Preseason Player and Pitcher of the Year, respectively, to headline the 34 players on the league’s
Preseason Watch List.
The nine-team, single-elimination LSC Softball Championship is scheduled for May 6-9 (Wednesday-Saturday) at the site of the league’s No. 1 seed. The LSC Tournament Champion will receive the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Championship.
The South Central Regionals are scheduled for May 14-16 with the Super Regional following on May 21-22. The campus sites are TBD. The national finals are set for May 28-June 3 at Frost Stadium at Warner Park in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Due to being NCAA Division II provisional members, UT Dallas and Sul Ross State are not eligible for the LSC or NCAA tournament but are eligible to win the LSC regular season title and postseason awards.
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NFCA/GoRout Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll / Week 2 [Feb. 17]: #5 WT, #9 ASU, #14 OC.
Next ranking: Feb. 24.
LONE STAR CONFERENCE SOFTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
(Feb. 9-15 games)
HITTER/FRESHMAN
Zoey Sifuentes, Angelo State, 3B, Fr., Kinesiology, Lamesa, Texas
Angelo State freshman third baseman Zoey Sifuentes hit .563 (9-for-16) with two home runs, a double and six RBI over five road games. Sifuentes, who wins the league’s top weekly freshman award for the second consecutive week and the top hitter for the first time, scored four runs and was hit by a pitch. She had four multi-hit games and three with an extra-base hit for the No. 2-ranked Rambelles against Embrey-Riddle, Florida Tech (twice) and Rollins (twice). Sifuentes also stole a bag. She is tied for the league lead with seven doubles and also ranks in the top 5 in batting average (.512), slugging percentage (.951), on-base percentage (.615), OPS (1.566), hits (21) and RBI (18).
PITCHER
Natalee Gray, Lubbock Christian, RHP, So., Biology, Burkburnett, Texas
Lubbock Christian sophomore right-hander Natalee Gray had a perfect game – just the second in program history – and allowed just one run and one hit with 11 strikeouts and no walks over two appearances. Gray’s perfect game came in a 4-0 road game against Vanguard. She fanned three, got 10 fly outs and recorded eight ground outs. Five days later, she struck out eight over six innings in the conference opener at Midwestern State. Gray retired 39 consecutive batters over the two outings.
WEEKLY AWARDS
LSC Hitter of the Week
Feb. 3 Jordyn De Los Santos, West Texas A&M
Feb. 10 Lainee Ballin, Texas A&M-Kingsville
Feb. 17 Zoey Sifuentes, Angelo State
LSC Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 3 Brooke Janning, West Texas A&M
Feb. 10 Jill Dickson, Oklahoma Christian
Feb. 17 Natalee Gray, Lubbock Christian
LSC Freshman of the Week
Feb. 3 Brooke Janning, West Texas A&M
Feb. 10 Zoey Sifuentes, Angelo State
Feb. 17 Zoey Sifuentes, Angelo State (2)
NFCA National Hitter of the Week
Feb. 3 Jordyn De Los Santos, West Texas A&M
NFCA National Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 3 Brooke Janning, West Texas A&M