Kingsville - The Texas A&M - Kingsville softball team will face off with the Pioneers from Texas Woman's for its final home doubleheader of the of the season, which will double as Senior Day, when the squad will honor its four graduating seniors.

Friday, April 18th:
Doubleheader VS Texas Woman's
1 p.m. & 3 p.m.

Projected Starters:
TAMUK Game One: Arianna Alaniz (Fr. RHP) - (11-11), 3.04 ERA, 129.0 IP, 1.14 WHIP, 108 H, 56 ER, .219 oAVG, 176 Ks
TWU Game One: TBA
TAMUK Game Two: Esther Martinez (Fr. LHP) - (3-11), 4.53 ERA, 102.0 IP, 1.87 WHIP, 132 H, 66 ER, .311 oAVG, 42 Ks
TWU Game Two: TBA

First baseman Kaylynne Ruiz, second baseman Sophie Campbell, and outfielders AJ Jasso and Lindsey Evans will all be playing in their final home games for TAMUK, hoping to secure a season-series win over the Pioneers, who split with the Javelinas when the two teams faced off just over a month ago. After winning game one of that March 14th matchup, 2-0, the Javelinas fell in a hard-fought, 4-3, finish.

They'll now try to get their offense revved up against a Pioneers squad that has allowed opponents to top five runs in just one of its last eight games. On the flip side of the ball, the Javelinas will have the perfect opportunity to get their pitching staff back into the swing of things against a TWU squad that hasn't scored more than five runs in a game since March 19th.

With the race for the final LSC Tournament spots coming down to the wire, TAMUK is in must-win mode, three games back from the No.8 spot with six games remaining on its schedule. TWU, meanwhile, is just one game above Kingsville, stacking even more significance on to the Senior Day matchup.

TAMUK Notes:
As a team, the Javelinas are seventh in the Lone Star in on-base percentage with .373 and first in walks with 166
Graduate student outfielder Lindsey Evans enters the weekend hitting .408, the tenth-best mark in the LSC
The Hogs' team pitching staff boast the sixth-best earned run average in the conference with a 3.47 ERA
Graduate student outfielder AJ Jasso leads the team in RBIs with 31 (32nd in the LSC), just behind her are Evans with 29 and sophomore Dakota Martinez with 27 - the team has six different players with at least 17
Freshman right hander Arianna Alaniz's 174 strikeouts are the second-most in the LSC and the eighth-most in the NCAA this year - she ranks fifth 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 eight