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No. 11 UT Tyler is alone in first place in the Lone Star Conference baseball standings at 29-9 after taking a road series against new league member UT Dallas, 3-1. The Patriots have not lost a series this season and have won 11 of their last 12 games. UTD (27-11), which entered the series on a nine-game winning streak, dropped to third place.
 
No. 18 St. Mary’s is in second place at 28-10 after taking three games on the road from Eastern New Mexico.
 
UTD leads the league in hitting (.334) and fielding percentage (.974), while UT Tyler is tops in pitching (4.22 ERA).
 
UTD senior outfielder/designate hitter Trent McCown has the league’s home run (13), RBI (51), slugging percentage (767) and OPS (1.261) lead. He has homered in five of his last six games. Angelo State senior right-hander Garrett Baumann (8-4, 4.39 ERA) leads the conference in wins, and has won his last three starts.
 
ASU’s Austin Beck was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) National Hitter of the Week on Feb. 19.
 
UT Tyler was voted as the favorite to win the conference title in the LSC preseason poll. UT Tyler junior shortstop Drew Schmidt and senior left-hander Caden Copeland were named LSC Preseason Player and Pitcher of the Year, respectively, to headline the 28 players on the league’s Preseason Watch List.
 
The LSC Baseball Championship will feature a two-week tournament. The opening round is best-of-three series and will be held May 1-3 (Friday-Sunday) at the sites of the No. 2 (vs. No. 7), 3 (vs. 6) and 4 (vs. 5) seeds. The league’s top seed will receive an opening-round bye and host the four-team, double-elimination championship round on May 7-9 (Thursday-Saturday). 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 14-17 with the Super Regional following on May 21-23. The campus sites are TBD. The national finals are set for May 29-June 6 at USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, N.C.
 
Due to being NCAA Division II provisional members, UTD 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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NCBWA Division II Top 25 Poll / April 6: #9 UTT. Receiving Votes: StMU, UTD. Next ranking: April 13.
 
ABCA Coaches Poll / March 31: #24 UTT, #25 StMU. Receiving Votes: ASU, WT. Next ranking: April 7.
 
D2Baseball Top 25 Poll / March 30: #14 UTT. Receiving Votes: ASU, StMU, UTD. Next ranking: April 6.
 
NCBWA South Central Region Poll / April 1: #2 UTT, #3 StMU, #4 UTD, #6 ASU, #8 WT, #9 SEU, #10 LCU. Receiving Votes TAMUK. Next ranking April 8.
 
 
LONE STAR CONFERENCE BASEBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

(April 2-5 games)
 
HITTER
Connor Clark, UT Tyler, OF, Jr., Management, Sherman, Texas
UT Tyler junior outfielder Connor Clark set the tone in the leadoff spot to fuel the No. 11-ranked Patriots’ first-place series win on the road against UT Dallas. Clark had seven hits, including two home runs. He had at least one hit in all four games, drove in four runs and scored five times. Clark also walked twice, was hit by a pitch, struck out just once and stole a base. He kept up his perfect fielding percentage on the season in center field. In the series-opening victory, Clark led off with a single and ended up going 3-for-5 with a homer as UT Tyler snapped the Comets’ nine-game winning streak. Clark’s play has helped the Patriots win 11 of the last 12 games.
 
PITCHER
Aaron Rubio, Lubbock Christian, RHP, Sr., Business Administration, Las Vegas, Nev.
Lubbock Christian senior right-hander Aaron Rubio tossed a complete-game, four-hit shutout on the road against West Texas A&M. Rubio, who wins the league’s top weekly pitching award for the second time this season, struck out four batters and issued only one walk over the seven innings. He only needed 85 pitches and limited the Buffs, who entered hitting .336, to just one extra-base hit. Only one WT baserunner reached third base. Rubio improved to 6-1 and lowered his ERA to 3.04 on the season. He has allowed two earned runs or less in seven of his last eight starts.
 
 
WEEKLY AWARDS
 
LSC Hitter of the Week
Feb. 3         Garrett Brooks, St. Mary’s
Feb. 9         Ciro Benavides, Texas A&M International
Feb. 17       Austin Beck, Angelo State
Feb. 23       Austin Beck, Angelo State (2)
March 2      Joshua Endo, Texas A&M-Kingsville
March 10    Connor Cox, St. Edward’s
March 16    Nico Fernandez, UT Dallas
March 23    Ashton Beaird, St. Mary’s
March 30    Dillon Lopez, St. Mary’s
April 6         Connor Clark, UT Tyler
 
LSC Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 3         Tyler Schumann, Texas A&M-Kingsville
Feb. 9         Connor Freeman, St. Edward’s
Feb. 17       David Dean, UT Dallas
Feb. 23       Corbin Kwan, Oklahoma Christian
March 2      Garrett Baumann, Angelo State
March 10    Aaron Rubio, Lubbock Christian
March 16    Tag Pacot, UT Dallas
March 23    Gabe Cook, St. Mary’s
March 30    Tyler Schumann, Texas A&M-Kingsville (2)
April 6         Aaron Rubio, Lubbock Christian (2)
 
NCBWA South Central Region Hitter of the Week
Feb. 4         Garrett Brooks, St. Mary’s
Feb. 11       Ciro Benavides, Texas A&M International
Feb. 18       Austin Beck, Angelo State
Feb. 25       Austin Beck, Angelo State (2)
March 3      Joshua Endo, Texas A&M-Kingsville
March 18    Nico Fernandez, UT Dallas
April 1         Dillon Lopez, St. Mary’s
 
NCBWA South Central Region Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 4         Tyler Schumann, Texas A&M-Kingsville
Feb. 18       David Dean, UT Dallas
Feb. 25       Corbin Kwan, Oklahoma Christian
March 3      Garrett Baumann, Angelo State
March 11    Aaron Rubio, Lubbock Christian
March 25    Gabe Cook, St. Mary’s
April 1         Tyler Schumann, Texas A&M-Kingsville (2)
 
NCBWA National Hitter of the Week
Feb. 19       Austin Beck, Angelo State