West Texas A&M (21-9, 21-9) vs. #14 St. Mary's (22-8, 22-8 LSC)
Game 1	Friday, March 27 at 6:00 p.m.
Game 2 & 3	Saturday, March 28 at 2:00 p.m. (DH)
Game 4	Sunday, March 29 at 12:00 p.m.
Location	San Antonio, Texas | Dickson Stadium
Live Statistics	Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4
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CANYON, Texas – The Buffaloes of West Texas A&M hit the road as they travel to San Antonio, Texas for a four-game series with the league leading #14 St. Mary's Rattlers beginning on Friday night at 6:00 p.m. at Dickson Stadium.
 
A LOOK AT THE RATTLERS
St. Mary's enters the weekend with an overall record of 22-8 as they sit in a three-way tie atop of the Lone Star Conference standings with five weekends remaining. The Rattlers took three of four games from St. Edward's last weekend in Austin.
 
The Rattlers are hitting .281 on the season with 258 runs scored on 265 hits with 48 doubles, five triples and 29 homeruns to drive in 224 RBI for a slugging percentage of .435. Garrett Brooks leads the way offensively for the Rattlers as the senior outfielder from Spring Branch is hitting .313 on the year with five doubles, one triple and seven homers to drive in 35 RBI for a slugging percentage of .557 to go along with 22 walks and 24 strikeouts for an on-base clip of .421.
 
St. Mary's enters the weekend with a team ERA of 5.30, allowing 180 runs (143 earned) on 269 hits with 113 walks and 234 strikeouts during their 243.0 innings for an opposing batting average of .282. Junior lefty Eric Tenery, the projected game four starter, is 5-0 on the season with a 5.77 ERA as he has allowed 25 earned runs on 46 hits with 13 walks and 38 strikeouts in his 39.0 innings allowing an opposing batting average of .301.
 
StMU HEAD COACH FRANK KELLNER
Frank Kellner was named the eighth skipper in the history of the St. Mary's baseball program on July 17, 2023 following 20 seasons as the top assistant at Temple College. While at TC, Kellner was a part of 657 victories with two NTJCAC Championships as 36 players were selected in the MLB Draft. Kellner played professional baseball with the Houston Astros and Milwaukee Brewers organizations, reaching Triple-A in five of his eight seasons in the minors. 
 
SERIES HISTORY
The Buffaloes lead the all-time series against the Rattlers, 17-13 with the first meeting between the two teams coming on February 2, 2002. The Buffs are 13-6 all-time in San Antonio with their last trip to the Alamo City coming in 2024.
 
WT HEAD COACH CORY HALL
Cory Hall 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
Pittsburg State claimed 16 of the possible 20 first place votes remain atop of the National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association (NCBWA) Division II Top-25 announced on Wednesday afternoon. Tampa picked up three first place votes for 480 points to sit second followed by Colorado Mesa (one first place, 461), Catawba (438), Point Loma (420), Central Missouri (385), Wayne State (371), North Greenville (352), Cal State Monterey Bay (324) and Trevecca (307) to round out the top ten.
 
The South Central Region was represented by Colorado Mesa (3rd), St. Mary's (14th), UT Tyler (18th), West Texas A&M (RV) and UT Dallas (RV).
 
THIS IS LSC BASEBALL
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
here is a three-way tie for first place in the 2026 Lone Star Conference baseball standings at 22-8: No. 18 St. Mary's, new league member UT Dallas and No. 20 UT Tyler. Last weekend, StMU took a road series from St. Edwards, UT Tyler swept Cameron on the road and UTD swept UT Permian Basin.
 
West Texas A&M (21-9) is alone in fourth place and is coming off taking three games against Oklahoma Christian. UT Tyler has still not lost a series all season. WT leads the league in hitting (.345), while UT Tyler is tops in pitching (4.22 ERA). UTD owns the top fielding percentage (.975).