West Texas A&M (1-5, 1-5) vs. Eastern New Mexico (1-5, 1-5)
Game 1	Friday, February 13 at 3:00 p.m. CT
Game 2 & 3	Saturday, February 14 at 2:00 p.m. CT (DH)
Game 4	Sunday, February 15 at 2:00 p.m. CT
Location	Portales, New Mexico | Greyhound Field
Live Statistics	Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4
Live Video (FloCollege)	FloCollege
Other Links	Game Notes

CANYON, Texas – The Buffaloes of West Texas A&M hit the road for the second straight weekend as they travel to Portales, New Mexico for a four-game Lone Star Conference series with the Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds beginning on Friday afternoon at Greyhound Field.
 
A LOOK AT THE HOUNDS
Eastern New Mexico enters the weekend with an overall record of 1-5 following a three-game sweep at the hands of the St. Edward's Hilltoppers. SEU outscored the Greyhounds 36-15 in the series at Lucian-Hamilton Field in Austin.
 
ENMU is hitting .284 as a team this season with 29 runs on 50 hits highlighted by seven doubles and four homeruns to drive in 25 RBI. The Greyhounds are led offensively by Gabriel Watson as the junior outfielder and pitcher from Hewitt, Texas is hitting .368 with one double and a homer to tie for the team-lead with six RBI to go along with two walks and six strikeouts for an on-baser percentage of .429.
 
The Hounds pitching staff holds an ERA of 9-92 as they have allowed 65 runs (54 earned) on 63 hits with 39 walks and 35 strikeouts in 49.0 innings of work. Junior right-hander Cole Lancaster is projected to be the game one starter as the Forney, Texas product is 1-1 on the year with a 6.52 ERA, allowing seven earned runs on 10 hits with six walks and four strikeouts in his 9.2 frames for an opposing batting average of .263.
 
GREYHOUNDS IN 2025
The Greyhounds finished the 2025 campaign with an overall record of 27-23 including a 25-23 mark in Lone Star Conference action to finish just outside of the field for the LSC Championships.
 
ENMU HEAD COACH RILEY PRICE
Riley Price is now in his seventh season at the helm of the Eastern New Mexico baseball program, holding an overall record of 100-165 during his time in Portales. Price took over the Hounds following one season as the top assistant at Minot State. Before his time in North Dakota, Price spent time as an assistant at Angelo State, Baker University and Washburn.
 
WT HEAD COACH CORY HALL
Cory Hall takes is in his second season at the helm of the West Texas A&M Baseball program after being promoted to head coach in the Summer of 2024. The first season under Hall's leadership saw the Buffaloes finish 31-21 with a 29-19 mark in Lone Star Conference play, advancing to the LSC Championships for the 14th time in program history.
 
Hall spent 14 seasons as the top assistant and pitching coach for the Buffaloes. Hall has had 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 elevated to Associate Head Coach in the Summer of 2025 as the Toronto native returns for his 10th season in Canyon. WT ranked 13th nationally in batting average along with 6th in triples, 11th in slugging percentage, 15th in on-base percentage, 21st in scoring, 27th in doubles, 41st in homeruns, and 47th in hits.
 
Ryan Cantrell joined the West Texas A&M Baseball coaching staff in August following five seasons as the pitching coach and lead recruiter at Cerro Coso Community College in California. Nollan Koon is in his second season in the dugout for the Buffaloes as a graduate assistant coach.
 
LONE STAR CONFERENCE PRESEASON POLL
West Texas A&M Baseball has been selected fifth in the 2026 Lone Star Conference Baseball Preseason Coaches' Poll announced on January 22nd.
 
Defending South Central Regional Champion UT Tyler picked up 20 of the possible 42 first place votes to sit atop of the poll with 603 points followed by Angelo State (20 first place, 599), Lubbock Christian (510), St. Edward's (501), West Texas A&M (474), St. Mary's (404), Texas A&M-Kingsville (1 first place, 389), Eastern New Mexico (326), UT Permian Basin (249), Texas A&M International (1 first place, 246), UT Dallas (243), Oklahoma Christian (181), Cameron (164) and Sul Ross State (67).
 
UT Tyler senior shortstop Drew Schmidt was named the league's Preseason Pitcher of the Year while Caden Copeland of UTT was tabbed the LSC Preseason Pitcher of the Year. Tristin Thomas and Cade Griffin of West Texas A&M were selected to the Preseason Players to Watch List. The preseason poll and preseason players of the year are voted on by LSC head coaches, sports information directors and media members.
 
NCBWA DIVISION II TOP-25 POLL
Defending National Champion Tampa picked up 19 of the possible 20 first place votes to sit atop of the first weekly National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association (NCBWA) Division II Top 25 poll announced on Wednesday afternoon. Central Missouri sits second with 468 points followed by North Greenville (one first place, 457), UT Tyler (445), Lenoir-Rhyne (384), Pittsburg State (368), East Stroudsburg (350), Cal State Monterey Bay (347), Northwood (339) and West Florida (330) to round out the top ten.
 
The South Central Region was represented by UT Tyler (4th), Colorado Mesa (12th), St. Edward's (18th), MSU Denver (23rd) and Angelo State (RV).
 
THIS IS LSC BASEBALL
he LSC baseball season begins as early as Jan. 30 (Friday). Due to being NCAA Division II provisional members, UTD and SRSU are not eligible for the LSC baseball tournament but are able to win the LSC regular season title and postseason awards.
 
The LSC baseball tournament's opening round is scheduled for May 1-3 (Friday-Sunday) at the site of the league's No. 2, 3 and 4 seed. The championship round is set for May 8-10 (Friday-Sunday) at the league's No. 1 seed. The NCAA Division II South Central Regional is scheduled for May 14-17 with the Super Regional following on May 21-23. The NCAA Division II Baseball Championship is set for May 29-June 6 at USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, N.C.
 
WATCH LIVE
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LSC NEWS & NOTES
The 2026 Lone Star Conference baseball season is two weekends in and just one team remains unbeaten: St. Mary's (6-0). The Rattlers opened at Sul Ross State and then hosted Oklahoma Christian this past weekend. St. Edward's, new league member UT Dallas and No. 4 UT Tyler are all 5-1. Texas A&M-Kingsville (4-2) has also won its first two series. UT Tyler won a nationally-ranked series on the road, 2-1, over No. 11 Angelo State. From this weekend forward, all conference series will be four games.