Buffs Journey to Portales for a 4-Game LSC Sequence

CANYON, Texas – The Buffaloes of West Texas A&M hit the street for the second straight weekend as they journey to Portales, New Mexico for a four-game Lone Star Conference collection with the Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds starting on Friday afternoon at Greyhound Field.
 
A LOOK AT THE HOUNDS
Eastern New Mexico enters the weekend with an general report of 1-5 following a three-game sweep by the hands of the St. Edward’s Hilltoppers. SEU outscored the Greyhounds 36-15 within the collection at Lucian-Hamilton Field in Austin.
 
ENMU is hitting .284 as a staff this season with 29 runs on 50 hits highlighted by seven doubles and 4 homeruns to drive in 25 RBI. The Greyhounds are led offensively by Gabriel Watson because the junior outfielder and pitcher from Hewitt, Texas is hitting .368 with one double and a homer to tie for the team-lead with six RBI to go together with two walks and 6 strikeouts for an on-baser share of .429.
 
The Hounds pitching employees holds an ERA of 9-92 as they’ve allowed 65 runs (54 earned) on 63 hits with 39 walks and 35 strikeouts in 49.0 innings of labor. Junior right-hander Cole Lancaster is projected to be the sport one starter because the Forney, Texas product is 1-1 on the yr with a 6.52 ERA, permitting seven earned runs on 10 hits with six walks and 4 strikeouts in his 9.2 frames for an opposing batting common of .263.
 
GREYHOUNDS IN 2025
The Greyhounds completed the 2025 marketing campaign with an general report of 27-23 together with a 25-23 mark in Lone Star Conference motion to complete simply outdoors of the sector for the LSC Championships.
 
ENMU HEAD COACH RILEY PRICE
Riley Price is now in his seventh season on the helm of the Eastern New Mexico baseball program, holding an general report of 100-165 throughout his time in Portales. Price took over the Hounds following one season as the highest assistant at Minot State. Before his time in North Dakota, Price frolicked as an assistant at Angelo State, Baker University and Washburn.
 
WT HEAD COACH CORY HALL
Cory Hall takes is in his second season on the helm of the West Texas A&M Baseball program after being promoted to go coach within the Summer of 2024. The first season beneath Hall’s management noticed the Buffaloes end 31-21 with a 29-19 mark in Lone Star Conference play, advancing to the LSC Championships for the 14th time in program historical past.
 
Hall spent 14 seasons as the highest assistant and pitching coach for the Buffaloes. Hall has had 4 totally different pitchers (Austin Moore, Josh Payne, Marshall Kasowski, Joe Corbett) drafted within the Major League Baseball Draft throughout his time in Canyon with a number of different skilled gamers studying beneath one of many prime pitching minds in collegiate baseball.
 
WT COACHING STAFF
Shawn Neale was elevated to Associate Head Coach within the Summer of 2025 because the Toronto native returns for his tenth season in Canyon. WT ranked thirteenth nationally in batting common together with sixth in triples, eleventh in slugging share, fifteenth in on-base share, twenty first in scoring, twenty seventh in doubles, forty first in homeruns, and forty seventh in hits.
 
Ryan Cantrell joined the West Texas A&M Baseball teaching employees in August following 5 seasons because the pitching coach and lead recruiter at Cerro Coso Community College in California. Nollan Koon is in his second season within the dugout for the Buffaloes as a graduate assistant coach.
 
LONE STAR CONFERENCE PRESEASON POLL

West Texas A&M Baseball has been chosen fifth within the 2026 Lone Star Conference Baseball Preseason Coaches’ Poll introduced on January twenty second.
 

Defending South Central Regional Champion UT Tyler picked up 20 of the doable 42 first place votes to sit down atop of the ballot with 603 factors adopted 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 whereas Caden Copeland of UTT was tabbed the LSC Preseason Pitcher of the Year. Tristin Thomas and Cade Griffin of West Texas A&M have been chosen to the Preseason Players to Watch List. The preseason ballot and preseason gamers of the yr are voted on by LSC head coaches, sports activities info administrators and media members.
 
NCBWA DIVISION II TOP-25 POLL
Defending National Champion Tampa picked up 19 of the doable 20 first place votes to sit down atop of the primary weekly National Collegiate Baseball Writer’s Association (NCBWA) Division II Top 25 ballot introduced on Wednesday afternoon. Central Missouri sits second with 468 factors adopted by North Greenville (one first place, 457), UT Tyler (445), Lenoir-Rhyne (384), Pittsburg State (368), East Stroudsburg (350), Cal State Monterey Bay (347), Northwood (339) and West Florida (330) to spherical out the highest ten.
 
The South Central Region was represented by UT Tyler (4th), Colorado Mesa (twelfth), St. Edward’s (18th), MSU Denver (twenty third) and Angelo State (RV).
 
THIS IS LSC BASEBALL
he LSC baseball season begins as early as Jan. 30 (Friday). Due to being NCAA Division II provisional members, UTD and SRSU usually are not eligible for the LSC baseball event however are capable of win the LSC common season title and postseason awards.
 
The LSC baseball event’s opening spherical is scheduled for May 1-3 (Friday-Sunday) on the website of the league’s No. 2, 3 and 4 seed. The championship spherical is ready for May 8-10 (Friday-Sunday) on 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 ready for May 29-June 6 at USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, N.C.
 
WATCH LIVE
Fans can watch LSC baseball video games all season on FloCollege. Monthly and yearly subscriptions can be found. The LSC and FloSports reached a historic settlement in August for the biggest streaming rights deal in NCAA Division II historical past.
 

LSC NEWS & NOTES

The 2026 Lone Star Conference baseball season is 2 weekends in and only one staff stays unbeaten: St. Mary’s (6-0). The Rattlers opened at Sul Ross State after which hosted Oklahoma Christian this previous weekend. St. Edward’s, new league member UT Dallas and No. 4 UT Tyler are all 5-1. Texas A&M-Kingsville (4-2) has additionally received its first two collection. UT Tyler received a nationally-ranked collection on the street, 2-1, over No. 11 Angelo State. From this weekend ahead, all convention collection shall be 4 video games.