Kingsville - With 12 games remaining on their schedule, the Texas A&M - Kingsville softball team heads to Oklahoma for round two against Cameron and No.19 Oklahoma Christian.

While the Javelinas sit in the 10th spot in the Lone Star Conference (the tournament takes the top eight teams), they remain just two games out of the seventh seed, with each game's importance increasing as the season's end inches closer. 

Friday, April 11th: 
Doubleheader @ Cameron
4 p.m. & 6 p.m.

Projected Starters:
TAMUK Game One: Arianna Alaniz (Fr. RHP) - (10-10), 2.58 ERA, 114.0 IP, 1.08 WHIP, 89 H, 42 ER, .206 oAVG, 164 Ks
TAMIU Game One: Tinley Schmidgall (Sr. RHP) - (6-8), 5.16 ERA, 95.0 IP, 1.79 WHIP, 120 H, 70 ER, .308 oAVG, 43 Ks
TAMUK Game Two: Esther Martinez (Fr. LHP) - (3-8), 4.38 ERA, 86.1 IP, 1.80 WHIP, 108 H, 54 ER, .304 oAVG, 38 Ks
TAMIU Game Two: Stormee Reed (Jr.) - (11-9), 3.68 ERA, 125.2 IP, 1.65 WHIP, 132 H, 66 ER, .273 oAVG, 123 Ks

Sunday, April 13th:
Doubleheader @ No.19 Oklahoma Christian
12 p.m. & 2 p.m.

Projected Starters:
TAMUK Game One: Arianna Alaniz (Fr. RHP) - (10-10), 2.58 ERA, 114.0 IP, 1.08 WHIP, 89 H, 42 ER, .206 oAVG, 164 Ks
TAMIU Game One: TBA
TAMUK Game Two: Esther Martinez (Fr. LHP) - (3-8), 4.38 ERA, 86.1 IP, 1.80 WHIP, 108 H, 54 ER, .304 oAVG, 38 Ks
TAMIU Game Two: TBA

The Aggies have been surging as of late, entering Friday's matchup fresh off of a pair of ranked wins over Oklahoma Christian. After a slow start to the conference season, they have won four of their last six games and bring momentum into the back half of the divisional schedule. 

Kingsville's offense has struggled as of late, having put up just two runs total across its last three games. It has the perfect opportunity to get its bats warm again as the team faces off with a Cameron pitching staff that has the 12th-best team ERA in the conference. Cameron also has the 11th-best opponent batting average. 

Cameron's offense will battle with the Javelina defense led by a pair of freshman pitchers, Alaniz and Martinez. The Aggie offense will be a tough one to slow down, as it boasts the sixth-best batting average and seventh-best on-base percentage. They have plated the sixth-most runs in the conference as well.

First pitch for the doubleheader matchup is set for 4 p.m. in Cameron, where it is forecasted to be sunny in the low 80s during gametime.

TAMUK Notes:
As a team, the Javelinas are sixth in the Lone Star in on-base percentage with .381 and first in walks with 159
Graduate student outfielder Lindsey Evans enters the weekend hitting .443, the eighth-best mark in the LSC
The Hogs' team pitching staff boast the fifth-best earned run average in the conference with a 3.43 ERA
Freshman third baseman Alexis Soliz and graduate student outfielder AJ Jasso and are 41st and 46th in the conference in batting average - hitting .343 and .328 respectively. 
Evans leads the team in RBIs with 28 (30th in the LSC), just behind her are Jasso and sophomore Dakota Martinez, who are tied with 27 (the 33rd-most in the LSC) - the team has six different players with at least 17
Freshman right hander Arianna Alaniz's 164 strikeouts are the LSC lead and tied for the seventh-most in the NCAA this year - she ranks sixth in the nation in strikeouts per seven innings with 10.0
Alaniz has already won multiple LSC Pitcher of the Week awards in her young career, having thrown a five-inning no-hitter against No.22 Lubbock Christian - she has already posted four games this season with double digit strikeouts, and has thrown three complete-game shutouts
Kingsville has four players, Laney Doelitsch, Martinez, Evans, and AJ Jasso with at least four homers on the season - Evans leads the team with seven (tied for 15th in the Lone Star)