Date	Time	Opponent	Location	Venue	Live Links
Friday, March 22	6:30 p.m.	UT Tyler	Canyon, Texas	Wilder Park	Stats | LSC Digital Network | Game Notes
Saturday, March 23	4:00 p.m.	UT Tyler (DH)	Canyon, Texas	Wilder Park	Stats | Stats | LSC Digital Network | Game Notes
Sunday, March 24	1:00 p.m.	UT Tyler	Canyon, Texas	Wilder Park	Stats | LSC Digital Network | Game Notes

CANYON, Texas – The #4 Buffs return to Wilder Park this weekend as they welcome the Patriots of UT Tyler to the panhandle for a four-game Lone Star Conference series starting on Friday night with first pitch set for 6:30 p.m. Saturday's doubleheader is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. followed by Sunday's finale with first pitch set for 1:00 p.m. in Canyon.
 
A LOOK AT THE PATRIOTS
UT Tyler enters the weekend with an overall record of 17-11 with an identical mark in Lone Star Conference action. The Patriots are coming off of an LSC series win over St. Edward's as they dropped the series opener (4-3) before responding with three straight wins (12-11, 19-6, 8-4) on Sunday and Monday. UTT is 8-4 on the road this season with defeats coming at St. Mary's (twice), Angelo State and Texas A&M-Kingsville.
 
Lane Hutchinson leads the way offensively for the Patriots as the junior infielder from Baton Rouge is hitting .369 this season with 12 doubles and four homeruns to drive in 24 RBI for a slugging percentage of .602 to go along with 13 walks and 16 strikeouts for an on-base clip of .468. Potential game one starter Rawley Hector is 3-2 on the season with a 3.25 ERA as the junior righty from Van Alstyne, Texas has allowed 18 runs (13 earned) on 41 hits with 17 walks and 32 strikeouts in his 36.0 innings of work for an opposing batting average of .289.
 
UTT HEAD COACH BRENT PORCHE
Brent Porche is now in his eighth season as the skipper of the UT Tyler baseball program, holding an overall record of 234-112 during his time in East Texas. Porche led the Patriots to 2018 NCAA Division III National Championship in just his second season, being named the DIII National Coach of the Year. The Baton Rouge, Louisiana native is in his 11th season as a collegiate head coach, serving four seasons as the skipper at LSU Shreveport.
 
SERIES HISTORY
Friday night marks the 13th all-time meeting on the diamond between West Texas A&M and UT Tyler as the Patriots lead the series, 8-4 dating back to the first matchup in 2020. UTT picked up a series sweep last year at Irwin Field. The Patriots are 2-2 all-time in Canyon with their only other trip to Wilder Park coming in 2022.
 
WT HEAD COACH MATT VANDERBURG
Matt Vanderburg has built West Texas A&M Baseball into a regional and national contender as the Norman, Oklahoma native is now in his 16th season at the helm of the Buffs. He holds an overall record of 497-275 (.644) during his time in Canyon while registering a career record of 596-347 (.632) in his 19 seasons in collegiate baseball.
 
THE COACHING STAFF
Cory Hall is now in his 14th year at West Texas A&M as the Buffs' Pitching Coach, serving the last eight as the program's Associate Head Coach. Hall has had four different pitchers drafted in the Major League Baseball Draft during his time in Canyon with multiple other professional players learning under one of the top pitching minds in collegiate baseball. Assistant Coach Shawn Neale was named WT's Recruiting Coordinator in 2022 as the Toronto native returns for his eighth season in Canyon. The Buffs welcome Bret SImmermacher as a Volunteer Assistant for the 2024 campaign.
 
NCBWA PRESEASON ALL-REGION
Senior right-hander Nick Marshall has been named a Preseason Honorable Mention All-Region selection by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). The Wisconsin product went 8-1 in 2023 with a 4.50 ERA as he allowed 45 runs (38 earned) on 85 hits with 33 walks and 76 strikeouts during his team-leading 76.0 innings of work for an opposing batting average of .282. He was named a First Team All-LSC honoree for his efforts on the diamond while also picking up D2CCA Second Team All-Region accolades.
 
LONE STAR CONFERENCE PRESEASON POLL
Defending National Champion Angelo State claimed 38 of the possible 39 first place votes for a total of 503 points to sit atop of the poll followed by UT Tyler (one first place, 450), St. Edward's (396), Lubbock Christian (388), West Texas A&M (379), Texas A&M-Kingsville (313), St. Mary's (257), UT Permian Basin (217), Eastern New Mexico (188), Texas A&M International (162), Oklahoma Christian (127), Cameron (97) and UAFS (72).
 
ASU outfielder Jacob Guerrero was named the league's Preseason Player of the Year while teammate Braxton Pearson was tabbed the Preseason Pitcher of the Year. Throughout the year, all 13 LSC teams will play a single round-robin schedule beginning on Opening Weekend with a four-game weekend series against each league opponent. The LSC Championship will feature a two-week tournament comprised of the top eight teams. The opening round (three-game series) will be May 3-5 at the sites of the top four seeds. The winners will advance to a double-elimination tournament played May 9-11 at the site of the top remaining seed. The LSC Tournament Champion will receive the conference's automatic qualifier to the NCAA postseason.
 
LSC DIGITAL NETWORK
The LSC Digital Network is in its fifth season showcasing the academic and athletic events of the league and its 18 member institutions. Volleyball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's basketball, baseball and softball broadcasts will be available via conference-wide pay-per-view passes.
   
The LSC Digital Network will offer season passes for football, volleyball, soccer, basketball, baseball and softball, giving fans access to all regular-season contests for that sport. In addition, viewers will continue to have the option to purchase a $10 day pass that provides access to all broadcasts aired that day and access to all archived content for 24 hours.