West Texas A&M remains in first place in the Lone Star Conference softball standings with a 15-1 record. Cameron and Texas Woman's are tied for second at 9-3. The regular season champion will be determined by best winning percentage in conference games, while the postseason tournament champion receives an automatic NCAA bid. West Texas A&M pitcher Tori Bayer and Texas Woman's hitter Tealey Farquhar were named players of the week for their performances. The weekly release provides updates on conference teams and individual player and team stats and accomplishments.
1. Integrity | Tradition | Academic Excellence | LONE STAR CONFERENCE | Community | Respect | Commitment
LSC SOFTBALL
West Texas A&M remains atop the Lone Star Conference standings with a 15-1 league record. Cameron and
Texas Woman’s are tied for second at 9-3 in LSC play.
LSC teams are playing a single round-robin schedule with a four games against each league opponent. The
four-game series shall consist of a doubleheader Friday and a doubleheader Saturday.
The overall LSC Champion will be the team(s) with the best winning percentage in regular-season conference
games, while the winner of the postseason championship will be recognized as LSC Tournament Champion and
receive the league’s automatic qualification into NCAA postseason. The single-elimination championship will
be played April 29-30, at the No. 1 seed.
LSC softball teams are 175-115 overall this season. In the NCAA South Central Region, the group is currently 43-
26 combined versus Heartland Conference teams and 30-11 against the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
HITTER
Tealey Farquhar, Texas Woman’s University, SR, OF, Lampasas, Texas, Lampasas HS
Farquhar helped the Pioneers to a 5-1 record last week including a 3-1 series win at No. 21 Angelo State. She
led the team with a .565 average, 10 runs, 4 walks and 6-for-6 in stolen bases. Farquhar was 8-for-9 (.889)
leading off an inning during the six games and reached base in five of the six games as a leadoff hitter. She has
also reached base in 17 straight games and has a six-game hitting streak. Farquhar is the only player in LSC that
is perfect in stolen bases (24-for-24) with at least six attempts. She is currently ranked second in runs (38) and
fourth in batting average (.443). In the 12 conference games this season, she has a .524 batting average, 19
runs, 14 stolen bases and has reached base in 10 games as a leadoff hitter.
PITCHER
Tori Bayer, West Texas A&M University, SR, Pitcher, Floresville, Texas, Floresville HS
Bayer continued to roll this past week as the senior right hander went 2-0 with a pair of saves as the top ranked
Lady Buffs moved to 33-1 (15-1 LSC) to remain atop of the LSC standings. The Floresville, Texas native picked up
both wins on Sunday afternoon to clinch the series over Texas A&M-Commerce while registering a pair of saves
on the week, Bayer leads the Lone Star Conference in saves this season with six. Bayer registered a 0.60 ERA
with 11 strikeouts in 11.2 innings of work while allowing just one run and an opposing batting average of .250.
OTHER TOP PERFORMERS
Breezy McComas, Cameron University, batted .700 for the Aggies in a four game sweep over Eastern new
Mexico, with nine runs scored, and seven RBI. The Aggie junior had seven hits and drew five walks for an .800
on-base percentage. McComas had a homer in the first three games of the series to bring her season total to
nine. Additionally, she slugged 1.700 in the series, and has an eight game hitting streak to bring her season
batting average to .462 which is second best in the LSC. In the last 18 contests, McComas has safely gotten a
hit in 17, and has a league high .857 slugging percentage.
Delaney Wayland, Tarleton State University, hit .500 in Tarleton’s four-game series at Midwestern State. The
sophomore shortstop went 5-for-10 with a double, a home run, three runs scored, and three RBIs.
Kyra Sirag, Eastern New Mexico University, registered another outstanding week for the Greyhound softball
team and batted .500 against Cameron University. Over the series she led ENMU in average, runs (T-3), hits (5),
homers (T-1), and slugging (.900). Sirag had at least one hit in three of the four games, with a three--for-four
outing in the second game, which saw her miss the cycle by a triple. She currently ranks sixth in career hits at
Eastern, with 197.
Ashley Hardin, West Texas A&M University, had another big week for the Lady Buffs as the sophomore
hit .450 in six games with three doubles and a homerun to drive in nine RBI for the top ranked team in DII
Softball. The Flower Mound, Texas native drove in three RBI with a pair of doubles in the second game of a
doubleheader at St. Edward’s on Tuesday followed by a three RBI performance in the series finale in Commerce
with a double and a homerun.
Emily Wasinger, Cameron University, recorded three wins for the Aggies in their sweep over Eastern New
Mexico. The CU junior tossed two complete game shutouts with one being a four-hitter and the other as a one-
hitter. In 12 innings pitched, she had a 1.75 ERA, with nine hits, and three runs given up. Wasinger came in out
of the bullpen during the nightcap on Saturday and picked up the win. In 20 appearances this season, she has
13 wins which is a LSC high and an overall ERA at 2.35 which is third best.
Haley Freyman, Tarleton State University, was superb from the circle, pitching 19 of Tarleton’s 25.0 total
innings of work in the series. Including a three-hit, complete game shutout in the series opener, Freyman
boasted an ERA of 1.84 in the series. She allowed five runs in 19 innings with 11 strikeouts.
Hailey Dixon, Texas Woman’s University, posted a 4-0 record and helped the Pioneers to 5-1 in the six games
last week. She won all three games at No. 21 Angelo State to help the Pioneers clinch the series. Dixon
appeared in all six games last week and pitched a team-best 17.0 innings while striking out seven batters. On
the season she has a 5-4 record with 22 strike outs.
Erin Knox, Midwestern State University, helped lead the Mustangs to a 3-1 series win over Tarleton State last
weekend at Mustangs Park while going 2-0 on the road against Oklahoma Baptist, earning a three complete
game wins in the circle for the Mustangs. Knox paced MSU to a series win with a season-high six strikeouts in a
3-1 series finale win. The West native also recorded hits in all four games against TSU including breaking open a
STANDINGS
School LSC Pct. Overall Strk
West Texas A&M 15-1 0.938 33-1 W3
Cameron 9-3 0.750 24-9 W6
Texas Woman’s 9-3 0.750 20-10 W3
Texas A&M-Commerce 9-7 0.563 23-9 L3
Angelo State 8-8 0.500 19-12 L3
Midwestern State 7-9 0.438 21-17 W3
Eastern New Mexico 3-13 0.188 10-22 L5
Tarleton State 2-10 0.167 15-16 L3
Texas A&M-Kingsville 2-10 0.167 10-19 L4
SCHEDULE
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Tarleton State at Texas-Permian Basin, 2 p.m.
Eastern New Mexico at Lubbock Christian, 2 p.m.
Oklahoma Christian at Angelo State, 3 p.m.
Tarleton State at Texas-Permian Basin, 4 p.m.
Eastern New Mexico at Lubbock Christian, 4 p.m.
Oklahoma Christian at Angelo State, 5:30 p.m.
Friday, March 25, 2016
*Texas A&M-Kingsville at Eastern New Mexico, 1 p.m.
*Texas A&M-Kingsville at Eastern New Mexico, 3 p.m.
*Texas A&M-Commerce at Texas Woman’s, 5 p.m.
*Cameron at West Texas A&M, 5 p.m.
*Angelo State at Tarleton State, 5 p.m.
*Angelo State at Tarleton State, 7 p.m.
*Cameron at West Texas A&M, 7 p.m.
*Texas A&M-Commerce at Texas Woman’s, 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 26, 2016
*Texas A&M-Kingsville at Eastern New Mexico, 1 p.m.
*Texas A&M-Commerce at Texas Woman’s, 1 p.m.
*Angelo State at Tarleton State, 2 p.m.
*Texas A&M-Kingsville at Eastern New Mexico, 3 p.m.
*Cameron at West Texas A&M, 3 p.m.
*Texas A&M-Commerce at Texas Woman’s, 3 p.m.
*Angelo State at Tarleton State, 4 p.m.
*Cameron at West Texas A&M, 5 p.m.
All times are CST; *denotes LSC game
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Complete results at lonestarconference.org.
WEEKLY AWARDS
Date Hitter
F-9 Katelyn Vinson, Midwestern State
F-16 Brittany Cruz, West Texas A&M
F-23 Chelsea DeLong, Cameron
M-1 Shayne Starkey, West Texas A&M
M-8 Kenedy Urbany, Angelo State
M-14 Luci Ponce, Texas A&M-Commerce
M-21 Tealey Farquhar, Texas Woman’s
Date Pitcher
F-9 Haley Freyman, Tarleton State
F-16 Tori Bice, Texas Woman’s
F-23 Chelsea Skipper, West Texas A&M
M-1 Brandy Marlett, Angelo State
M-8 Tori Bice, Texas Woman’s (2)
M-14 Tori Bayer, West Texas A&M
M-21 Tori Bayer, West Texas A&M (2)
LONE STAR CONFERENCE SOFTBALL
WEEKLY RELEASE | MARCH 21, 2016
Contact: Melanie Robotham | Assistant Commissioner | Office: 972-234-0033 x. 103 |
E-mail: melanie@lonestarconference.org | www.lonestarconference.org | Twitter: @LoneStarConf
2. LONE STAR CONFERENCE SOFTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE Page 2
Integrity | Tradition | Academic Excellence | LONE STAR CONFERENCE | Community | Respect | Commitment
scoreless game in the finale in the bottom of the fifth
with a two-run shot to left field. Knox fanned a pair
of batters in the seventh during a TSU rally to guide
the Mustangs to the win and improve to 8-2 on the
season. Knox also earned a win in the second game of
the TSU series and posted a 2-0 shutout victory over
Oklahoma Baptist with four strikeouts.
NOTES (Submitted by LSC SID’s)
Angelo State
1-3 last week.
Cameron
The Aggies picked up a four game sweep over Eastern
New Mexico to move up to 24-9 overall and will
have a six game winning streak when they travel to
West Texas A&M this upcoming weekend. Breezy
McComas had three homers in the ENMU series to
bring her career total to 31 which is sixth highest in
CU’s record book. Sonora Zukerman homered last
weekend to bring her four year total to 38 which is
third highest in CU’s history and five off from first.
Zukerman is also sitting at 193 career hits and 155
RBI. Emily Wasinger picked up three wins in the circle
last weekend and is 13-2 this season for the Aggies;
the CU junior has won in her last five appearances.
With the four game sweep over the Greyhounds,
head coach Rodney DeLong has won 96 career games
in his third season, which is already third highest in
the softball program’s 38 year history.
Eastern New Mexico
Senior Kyra Sirag continued to wield the big bat for
the Greyhounds last weekend. She hit .500 against
Cameron and currently stands at sixth on the ENMU
career list for hits, with 197. Eastern took its first
lead against last-season’s regional finalists, with a
four-run first inning in the finale. Although Cameron
came right back with a five-run inning, the Hounds
retaliated with three more in the top of the second
to seize a 7-5 lead. The teams both took advantage of
errors, which left the game tied at 8-all entering the
bottom of the third inning. After Cameron surged to
an 11-8 lead, ENMU rallied yet again in the seventh.
Morgan Green and Marleyna Piñon singled to lead off
the inning and bring the game-tying run to the plate.
Cameron relief pitcher Alyssa Osterdock escaped a
bases-loaded jam. Eastern also rallied in the second
game of the series. After four innings, the Aggies had
built a 6-1 lead. The Greyhounds capitalized on a pair
of errors and a Sirag double to pull within 6-3 in the
top of the fifth. One out into the seventh, Sirag and
Susannah Chandler hit back-to-back homers, before
Mariah Rodriguez drove Piñon in to pull Eastern
to within 8-7. Morgan Green’s double was one of
Eastern’s four hits in the series opener, which the
Aggies won, 10-0. Erikka Burke had ENMU’s lone hit
in the third game of the series, which Cameron won,
8-0. The Greyhounds will conclude their road trip
on Tuesday, with a non-conference doubleheader
at Lubbock Christian. Eastern will host a four-game
LSC series against Texas A&M-Kingsville, starting on
Friday at noon.
Midwestern State
Midwestern State earned a 3-1 series win over rival
Tarleton State last weekend at Mustangs Park. The
Mustangs rallied from a 4-0 shutout defeat in the
series opener to outscore the TexAnns 13-7 over the
final three games. Junior pitcher/first baseman Erin
Knox led MSU with a .500 batting average on the
weekend with five hits and a team-high four RBI. Knox
also earned two wins in the circle for the Mustangs,
S O F T B A L L
LSC SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
APRIL 29-30 | NO. 1 SEED
recording a 3.00 ERA in two complete games with a
season-best six strikeouts coming in the series finale.
Freshman pitcher Makenzi Harris earned the other
win for the Mustangs, recording five strikeouts and
allowing just one earned run in a complete game
effort. Senior center fielder Haley Howerton also
shined at the plate for MSU with a .462 average
with a team-high six hits and three stolen bases.
Midwestern State returns to action Wednesday,
March 30 for a non-conference doubleheader against
Oklahoma Christian at 4 p.m. at Mustangs Park.
Tarleton State
Tarleton dropped three of four on the road at
Midwestern State. The TexAnns will travel to Odessa
for a Tuesday doubleheader at UTPB before returning
home to host Angelo State in Stephenville this
weekend.
Texas A&M-Commerce
1-3 last week.
Texas A&M-Kingsville
0-4 last week.
Texas Woman’s
TWU improved to 20-10 on the season and 9-3 in
the Lone Star Conference after posting a 5-1 record
last week. The Pioneers swept the doubleheader
against Midwestern State on Monday, Mar. 14 before
winning three out of four at No. 21 Angelo State
over the weekend. Senior Tealey Farquhar led the
Pioneers on offense with a .565 batting average and
10 runs scored while junior Nicole Nordie drove in
a team-best nine runs. Senior Laura Mabary also
batted .500 during the week with three doubles and
two triples. On the season Farquhar is the only player
in LSC that is perfect in stolen bases (24-for-24) with
at least six attempts. She is currently ranked second
in runs (38) and fourth in batting average (.443). In
the 12 conference games this season, she has a .524
batting average, 19 runs, 14 stolen bases and has
reached base in 10 games as a leadoff hitter. Nordie
is the team leader with 27 RBI and three home runs.
West Texas A&M
The top ranked Lady Buffs continued to sit atop of the
Lone Star Conference standings with a doubleheader
sweep of St. Edward’s and a LSC series win on the
road at Texas A&M-Commerce. WT dropped the
first game of the series to snap the LSC’s longest
win streak in history at 30 games before taking the
next three contests for the series win. WT hit .299
as a team with 13 doubles and three homeruns to
drive in 29 RBI for a slugging clip of .424 with 27
walks in the six games for an on-base percentage
of .406. Allie Smith led the way with a .500 batting
average on the week with a homerun and four RBI
while Ashley Hardin drove in a team leading nine RBI
with three doubles and a homerun. In the circle, Tori
Bayer continued to roll as the senior went 2-0 with a
pair of saves with a 0.60 ERA, striking out 11 batters
in 11.2 innings of work while allowing just one run.
WT head coach Kevin Blaskowski reached the 750
career win plateau as he is now 751-508 (.596) in his
24-year career including a 399-231 (.633) in his 11-
year stint at West Texas A&M after being hired to
restart the program in December of 2004. Blaskowski
becomes the 30th coach in Division II history to reach
the milestone and he is one of 14 active DII coaches
with at least 750 wins. The Lady Buffs return to the
friendly confines of Schaeffer Park next weekend as
they host the Cameron Aggies in a four-game Lone
Star Conference series starting on Friday night at 5
p.m. The Aggies are currently 24-9 with a 9-3 mark in
LSC play following a sweep of Eastern New Mexico in
Lawton.