#5 West Texas A&M (36-6, 26-4) vs. UT Dallas (12-24, 10-18)
vs. UTD	Friday, April 17 at 5:00 p.m. DH
Location	Canyon, Texas - Schaeffer Park
Live Statistics	Game 1 | Game 2
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CANYON, Texas – The #5 Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M return to the friendly confines of Schaeffer Park on Friday night as they continue Lone Star Conference action with a doubleheader against the UT Dallas Comets starting at 5:00 p.m. in Canyon.
 
THIS IS LADY BUFF SOFTBALL
West Texas A&M Softball is in their 21st season of NCAA competition as the Lady Buffs are a staggering 817-331 (.712) since reviving the program prior to the 2006 campaign. WT has won three South Central Regional Championships (2014, 2016, 2021) along with a pair of NCAA Division II National Championships (2014, 2021).
 
2025 REWIND
The Lady Buffs capped off 2025 with a 56-8 overall record and 40-4 Lone Star Conference record. WT opened the campaign ranked 13th before quickly entering the top 10 of the NFCA poll. The Lady Buffs spent 10 weeks in the top five including three weeks at No. 1. WT earned a share of the Lone Star Conference regular season title for the second consecutive season.
 
WT HEAD COACH MICHAEL MOOK
In just six seasons, Michael Mook has led West Texas A&M to a 278-67 (.806) mark while claiming the 2021 NCAA Division II National Championship. Mook is a two-time Lone Star Conference Coach of the Year (2024, 2025) who has led the Lady Buffs to four NCAA Postseason appearances (2021, 2023, 2024, 2025). Mook recently agreed to a three-year contract extension to keep him the WT dugout until atleast the Summer of 2028. A new era of Lady Buff softball began on June 20, 2019, as Mook was hired as the third head coach in program history. Mook went 154-61 during his four-year tenure at Valley City State University including an impressive 54-5 in 2019 leading the Vikings to their third-ever appearance at the NAIA World Series.
 
SCOUTING THE COMETS
UT Dallas enters the weekend with an overall record of 12-24 including a 10-18 mark in Lone Star Conference action as they sit 12th in the league standings with three weekends left in the regular season. The Comets are coming off a doubleheader split with Midwestern State last Saturday in Richardson.
 
Avery Martin leads the way offensively as the senior catcher from Billings, Montana is hitting .320 on the season with six doubles, two triples and three homeruns to drive in 19 RBI for a slugging percentage of .510 to go along with four walks and four strikeouts for an on-base clip of .361. UTD is hitting .276 as a team with 49 doubles, three triples and 22 homers for 137 RBI while also going 27-of-43 on stolen bases.
 
Mere Cavazos has served as the game one starter for the Comets, going 3-9 with a 4.22 ERA as the freshman from Corpus Christi, Texas has allowed 52 runs (42 earned) on 85 hits with 26 walks and 28 strikeouts in her 69.2 innings of work for an opposing batting average of .306. The Comets have a 5.64 staff ERA, allowing 237 runs (186 earned) on 292 hits with 167 walks and 148 strikeouts in 231.0 frames with opposing batters hitting .309.
 
UTD HEAD COACH CASEY DICKSON
Casey Dickson was named the head softball coach for UT Dallas in October 2024. In her first season, the Comets went 17-18 while transitioning to NCAA Division II. The team broke the school records for most batters hit by a pitch and walks in a season. 
 
Dickson joined the Comets after a five-year stint as the pitching coach for Towson University in Maryland. She helped the Tigers reach the Coastal Athletic Association Tournament finals in 2023.
 
Dickson was a four-year softball letterwinner at the University of Oklahoma as a first baseman. She set single-season school records for home runs (17) and runs batted in (61) during her senior season. She was the first Oklahoma player to receive All-Midwest Region honors three times (1995-97), the three-time all-conference selection led the Sooners to four straight NCAA Tournaments.
 
THE SERIES
Friday night marks just the 3rd and 4th all-time meetings on the diamond between the Lady Buffs and Comets. WT picked up an LSC sweep in Richardson back on March 1st by scores of 6-4 and 12-4. UT Dallas is in their first year of transition to NCAA Division II. UTD won one American Southwest Conference Championship in 2017, advancing to the NCAA Division III Tournament at 36-10 overall.
 
LSC SOFTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Cadence Colborn was tabbed the LSC Hitter of the Week as the sophomore hit .455 with two home runs, two doubles and eight RBI over four road games, including a doubleheader sweep over No. 14 Oklahoma Christian. Colborn scored three runs, walked twice and was hit by a pitch. She also played errorless defense. Against OC, Colborn hit a home run in each game – one was a grand slam – and drove in five runs. She had a pair of doubles to lead the No. 5-ranked Lady Buffs to a win over Cameron. Colborn is hitting .406 with 11 homers this season.
 
Freshman lefty Brooke Janning was 2-0 with a save and also hit .333 over four road games for the No. 5-ranked Lady Buffs. Janning allowed just two earned runs and struck out seven batters against only two walks over 16 innings over work. Janning had a complete-game and then the save against No. 14 Oklahoma Christian. She also had a complete game against Cameron. Janning is 16-2 with two saves and a 2.13 ERA in the circle this season and had three hits in the doubleheader against OC to raise her batting average to .385. Her win total is tied for the LSC lead. She has won the league's top weekly pitching award twice this season and top freshman three times.