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CANYON, Texas – The #6 Lady Buffs return to Lone Star Conference action this weekend as they travel to Stephenville, Texas as they take on the TexAnns of Tarleton State in a three-game LSC series beginning on Friday night with first pitch set for 7 p.m. at the TSU Softball Complex.
 
TARLETON STATE
The TexAnns enter the weekend with an overall record of 12-9 with a 3-3 mark in Lone Star Conference play following a midweek split with #3 St. Mary's in Stephenville on Tuesday.
 
After six seasons as the top assistant for the TexAnn Softball program, Mark Cumpian was named the third head softball coach in school history last Spring. Over his final two seasons as an assistant coach for Tarleton, Cumpian was the primary hitting instructor for the TexAnns and led Tarleton to back-to-back seasons of hitting over .300 as a team.
 
The TexAnns are led offensively by Maddie Quintanar who is hitting .452 this season with two doubles and three RBI followed by Nyka Wood with eight doubles and three homeruns to drive in 27 RBI. In the circle, TSU is led by Haley Freyman who is 6-4 on the season with a 2.27 ERA with eight complete games and two shutouts to go along with 34 strikeouts in her 74.0 innings of work so far this season.
 
TSU is hitting .338 as a team to go along with 37 doubles, one triple, five homeruns and 109 RBI for a team slugging percentage of .427 with 35 combined errors for a fielding clip of .944. In the circle, TSU has a 2.53 combined ERA with 14 complete games and 94 strikeouts in 138.1 innings with an opposing batting average of .243.
 
THE SERIES vs. TSU
The Lady Buffs lead the all-time series against the Pioneers, 20-16 with WT taking the last four meetings between the two teams. The Lady Buffs are 4-9 all-time in Stephenville as they will make their first trip to DFW since 2012.
 
NFCA DIVISION II TOP-25 POLL (MAR. 1)
National Runner-Up Humboldt State picked up all 16 first place votes for a unamimous total of 400 points to sit atop of the poll followed by Southern Arkansas (376), St. Mary's (370), North Georgia (345), Valdosta State (341), WT (329), Grand Valley State (291), Saint Leo (288), Chico State (266) and Lenoir-Rhyne (258) to round out the top ten.
 
The South Central Region was represented by St. Mary's (3rd), WT (6th), Colorado Mesa (14th), Angelo State (17th) and Lubbock Christian (22nd) and Cameron (RV).
 
WT SOFTBALL IN THE NFCA TOP-25 POLL
The Lady Buffs have been ranked inside of the NFCA DIvision II Top-25 Poll for 45 straight weeks. The Lady Buffs have been ranked in the Top-5 in 39 polls since the start of the 2014 season while sitting atop of the poll an incredible 29 times.
 
LSC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
HITTER
Ashley Hardin, West Texas A&M
The Flower Mound Marcus product hit .636 with three doubles and two homeruns to drive in 10 RBI for an incredible slugging percentage of 1.455 to go along with eight runs scored in her 11 at-bats with 16 total bases in the three wins. Hardin had a monster game in Saturday afternoon's first contest of a doubleheader as the junior center fielder hit a three-run bomb in the first inning and a three-run shot in the fourth inning to drive in 6 RBI and score four runs in a 16-1 decision.
 
PITCHER
Kilee Halbert, West Texas A&M
Halbert continued her hot start to the 2017 campaign with two more wins and a 0.70 ERA with 11 strikeouts in 10 innings as WT swept past Texas Woman's to open up LSC action.  The Dalhart native allowed just eight hits and two runs (one earned) in her 10.0 innings of work with four walks and 11 strikeouts with an opposing batting average of just .200 to a TWU team that was hitting over .300 entering the series.
 
HOME SWEET HOME
The Lady Buffs have turned Schaeffer Park in Canyon into one of the top home environments in all of NCAA Division II Softball. WT is 184-28 (.868) at Schaeffer Park since the facility opened prior to the 2011 season including 74-13 (.851) during regular season Lone Star Conference games in Canyon. 2016 marked the fifth time in the last six years ('11, '13, '14, '15, '16) that the Lady Buffs hosted NCAA Postseason action.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
The Tarleton State Athletic Communications Department will provide live stats for all games during the weekend. Fans can also follow the WT Athletics (@WTAthletics) Twitter account for live updates during all games. For links and more information, visit the Lady Buff Softball schedule page at GoBuffsGo.com.
 
NFCA DII NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
West Texas A&M junior center fielder Ashley Hardin was honored for her efforts on the diamond on Wednesday morning as the captain was named the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II National Player of the Week announced by the association's offices in Louisville, Kentucky.
 
Hardin becomes the seventh player in Lady Buff history to be named the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II National Player of the Week. The Flower Mound native joins Shayne Starkey (3/2/16), Jessica Sipe (2/26/14), Renee Erwin (3/13/13), Allie Cranfill (4/18/12), Kim LeComte (3/9/11, 5/4/10) and Kaitlyn Witte (4/15/09) as recipients of the weekly honor.
 
2016 IN-REVIEW
The Lady Buffs continued their dominance in 2016 as Kevin Blaskowski led the program to their third straight and fourth overall Lone Star Conference Championship as they finished the season 59-5 with a 30-2 mark in LSC play. WT made national news during the 2016 season as they went on the longest win streak in South Central Region history, winning their first 30 games. WT claimed their second South Central Regional Championship in 2016, coming from the loser's bracket to top Colorado Mesa twice on Championship Sunday followed by a Super Regional sweep of St. Mary's to advance to the program's second College World Series as WT finished the season ranked fifth in the nation.
 
THE LONE STAR CONFERENCE
Entering the week, LSC softball teams were 108-92 overall. In the South Central Region, the group is currently 19-22 combined versus Heartland Conference teams and 15-9 against the RMAC.