GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (Softball) – Texas A&M University-Kingsville will begin its season at the North Texas Softball Bash at Jennifer McFalls Park hosted by the City of Grand Prairie Department of Parks, Art and Recreation. Twelve teams will be participating but the Javs will matchup against Regis University (4-2) and Colorado Christian University (4-3) on the 10th, Northwestern Oklahoma State University (1-5) on the 11th and conclude the tournament on the 12th against Lubbock Christian University (6-0) and #5 Southern Arkansas University (4-0).

With the games being played at a community field, continue to check javelinaathletics.com as well as @JavelinaSports and @TAMUKSB on twitter for updates regarding the availability of live stats. 

TAMUK will have one preseason tournament before starting Lone Star Conference competition at Angelo State University February 17-18. The Javelinas season opener against Regis slated for an 11 a.m. start. The Rangers began their season at the Lady Chap Invitational where they swept both NorthWestern Oklahoma State (12-1, 7-6) and UT Permian Basin (7-1, 10-1) but fell to Lubbock Christian twice 10-1 and 7-5. Logan Losh is 3-1 in the circle this season with a 3.66 ERA in 19.2 innings pitched and Emily John has a batting average of .348 but ties for a team best two home runs and seven RBI's in 23 at bats.

Day one of the NTSB will end against Colorado Christian at 3 p.m. The Cougars—who also participated in the Lady Chap Invitational—defeated UT Permian Basin 8-7 and 6-0, but split two games against Northwestern Oklahoma State by winning the first game 9-2 and dropping the second 13-5. They have went on to lose two of their last three games in Lubbock, Texas by splitting with Eastern New Mexico (L-0-8, W-11-2) and falling 2-0 to host LCU. 

The Hogs will have one game on the 11th against the Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers at 1:30 p.m. After winning their season opener 13-5 against Colorado Christian, the Rangers have struggled as they have been outscored 57-15 in the last five games, contributing to their five-game losing streak. Karly Murray is 1-2 as the pitcher in the young season and has a 5.94 ERA. Brittany Corrales leads the team with a .429 batting average with over 10 at bats. She also has an on-base percentage of .429. 

The final day of the tournament looks to be the most challenging for the Blue and Gold as they face a pair of currently unbeaten clubs. The game against Lubbock Christian will start promptly at 10 a.m. The Lady Chaps have won all six of their games which were played on their home field. LCU topped both Ranger teams from Regis and Northwestern Oklahoma State twice and shutout both UT Permian Basin and Colorado Christian 8-0 and 2-0, respectively. Addison Ard is a top hitter for Lubbock Christian as she leads the team with two fingers and nine RBI's. She also has a .500 batting average in 14 at bats. LCU has a strong bullpen as Monique Garcia, Katlyn Holmes and Katera Eltsosie all are 2-0 in the circle with ERA's of 1.42, 1.46 and 2.45 in that order.

The Javs will conclude the tournament with a battle against the #5 team in Division II in Southern Arkansas. The Muleriders hosted the SAU Softball Tournament and went 4-0 after edging Washburn 3-2 and dealing Northwestern State a 10-2 loss in five innings. The final two games of the tournament was against Lone Star Conference foes Tarleton State and A&M-Commerce where they handled the TexAnns 9-1 in five innings and outlasted the Lions 15-14. Jill Roye leads the bats with a .563 batting average nine hits and nine RBI's. Kaylee Garver is 1-0 as the pitcher with a 1.75 ERA in eight innings pitched. Victoria Taylor has registered two wins in 13.2 innings pitched and leads the team with 17 strikeouts.   

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