West Texas A&M (7-3, 5-3) vs. Cameron (3-9, 3-9)
Game 1	Saturday, February 22nd at 2:00 p.m.
Game 2 & 3	Sunday, February 23rd at 2:00 p.m.
Game 4	Monday, February 23rd at 1:00 p.m.
Location	Lawton, Oklahoma | McCord Field
Live Statistics	Sidearm
Live Video (FloCollege)	Game 1 | Game 2 & 3 | Game 4
Other Links	Game Notes

CANYON, Texas – The Buffs hit the road for Lone Star Conference action this weekend as they travel to Lawton, Oklahoma for a four-game series against the Cameron Aggies at McCord Field beginning on Saturday afternoon.
 
A LOOK AT THE AGGIES
Cameron enters the weekend with an overall record of 3-9 with an identical mark in Lone Star Conference action as they have dropped their last six contests. The Aggies split opening weekend at Texas A&M International before dropping three-of-four to Texas A&M-Kingsville followed by a sweep at the hands of St. Edward's in Austin.
 
The Aggies are hitting .271 as a team this season with 84 runs scored on 101 hits with 16 doubles, six triples and 11 homeruns to drive in 72 RBI. Zane Roos leads the way for CU as the freshman from St. Louis is hitting .406 with three doubles, two triples and two homeruns to drive in 10 RBI for a slugging percentage of .813.
 
Cameron's pitching staff holds an ERA of 8.33 as they have allowed 104 runs (83 earned) on 117 hits with 57 walks and 63 strikeouts in their 89.2 innings of work for an opposing batting average of .325. Victor Munoz is 1-1 on the year as the senior righty from El Paso has a 3.52 ERA, allowing nine runs (six earned) on 12 hits with four walks and 13 strikeouts in his 15.1 frames.
 
AGGIES IN 2024
The Aggies finished the 2024 campaign with an overall record of 17-33 with a 16-32 mark in Lone Star Conference action to finish 12th in the league standings, missing out on the LSC Championships. CU finished 33rd in the nation in homeruns (68) and 56th in doubles (103) to sit 54th in slugging percentage (.484).
 
CU HEAD COACH KYLE WILLIAMS
Kyle Williams is now in his sixth season at the helm of the Cameron baseball program after taking over the Aggies in the summer of 2019 following one season as the program's top assistant. Williams holds an overall record of 61-150 during his time in Lawton. Williams came to Lawton following six years as an assistant and recruiting coordinator at Crowder College.
 
SERIES HISTORY
The Buffaloes lead the all-time series against the Aggies, 64-37 in a series that dates back to the 1996 season. The Buffs are 21-19 all-time in Lawton as they have won their last six games at McCord FIeld.
 
WT HEAD COACH CORY HALL
West Texas A&M didn't have to look far to find the new head coach for Buffalo Baseball as longtime Associate Head Coach Cory Hall was promoted to the skipper of the Buffs announced on June 28th. Hall has spent 14 seasons as the top assistant and pitching coach for the Buffs, having four different pitchers (Austin Moore, Josh Payne, Marshall Kasowski, Joe Corbett) 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.
 
WT COACHING STAFF
Shawn Neale was named WT's Recruiting Coordinator in 2022 as the Toronto native returns for his ninth season in Canyon, the Buffs ranked 13th nationally in batting average (.334) last season while sitting 16th in hits (623) and 24th in on-base percentage (.432). 
 
WT alumni Cooper Harris returns to Canyon as the new pitching coach for the Buffs following two seasons at LSC foe Cameron. Nollan Koon enters his first season in the dugout for the Buffaloes as a graduate assistant coach in December of 2024. Koon returns to the Texas Panhandle following time as a hitting coach at Northeastern State.
 
LONE STAR CONFERENCE PRESEASON POLL
Defending Regional Champion Angelo State picked up 29 of the 37 possible first place votes for a total of 483 points to sit atop of the poll followed by Lubbock Christian (five first place, 457), West Texas A&M (two first place, 411), UT Tyler (one first place, 386), St. Edward's (311), Texas A&M-Kingsville (268), UT Permian Basin (266), Texas A&M International (two first place, 234), St. Mary's (205), Eastern New Mexico (200), Cameron (143), Oklahoma Christian (119) and Sul Ross State (66).
 
Angelo State's Jacob Guerrero was tabbed the league's Preseason Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. The outfielder and graduate student from Colleyville, Texas batted .368 with 11 home runs, four triples, 25 doubles and 76 RBIs. He was the conference's stolen bases leader (30) and scored 79 runs. 
 
Rawley Hector of UT Tyler earned Preseason Pitcher of the Year honors as the senior right-hander from Van Alstyne, Texas went 7-3 with a league-best 2.95 ERA. Hector, the reigning LSC Pitcher of the Year, recorded a pair of complete-game shutouts and struck out 56 batters over 73 1/3 innings. Opponents hit just .241 off him.
 
NCBWA DIVISION II PRESEASON TOP-25 POLL
The West Texas A&M Buffaloes will begin the 2025 campaign ranked 23rd in the National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association (NCBWA) Division II Top-25 Poll.
 
Defending National Champion Tampa picked up all 20 first place votes to sit atop of the poll with 500 points followed by Angelo State (473), Catawba (444), Central Missouri (442), Point Loma (421), Indianapolis (378), IUP (361), North Greenville (344), Southern New Hampshire (318) and Colorado Mesa (317) to round out the top ten.
 
The South Central Region was represented by Angelo State (2nd), Colorado Mesa (10th), Lubbock Christian (15th) and West Texas A&M (23rd).
 
NCBWA SOUTH CENTRAL REGION HITTER OF THE WEEK
Senior catcher Kyle Micklus hit .533 (8-for-15) with four home runs, a double and 12 RBI to lead the Buffs to a four-game sweep of Eastern New Mexico. Micklus also walked once, scored five times and stole two bases. He had a two-homer game in the series opener. Micklus had at least two hits and four RBI in three of the games.
 
THIS IS LSC BASEBALL
The LSC baseball season begins as early as Jan. 31. Throughout the year, all 13 LSC teams will play a single round-robin schedule with a four-game weekend series against each league opponent. 
 
The LSC Baseball Championship will feature a two-week tournament comprised of the top seven teams. The opening round is best-of-three series and will be held May 2-4 at the sites of the No. 2 (vs. No. 7), 3 (vs. 6) and 4 (vs. 5) seeds. The league's top seed from the regular season will receive an opening-round bye and host the double-elimination championship round on May 8-10.
 
AROUND THE LSC
The Lone Star Conference baseball season is already three weeks in. Angelo State and UT Tyler – both nationally-ranked – are each 10-2 and atop the conference standings. They split their four-game series in Week 2.
 
Six different teams enter Week 4 on winning streaks: Texas A&M-Kingsville (seven), ASU (six), West Texas A&M (six), St. Edward's (five), UT Tyler (four) and St. Mary's (four). Lubbock Christian has won seven of its last eight.