LSC Roundup 4-16

Buffs chase history  - Lance Lahnert, Amarillo Globe News
West Texas A&M Buffs split pair with Texas A&M-Kingsville in LSC baseball   - Lance Lahnert, Amarillo Globe News
#22 Buffs remain tied atop LSC standings following 9-6 win over Javelinas - WTAM Baseball 
Buffs Even Season Series - TAMK Baseball
#22 Buffs and #25 Javelinas split Saturday's LSC action - WTAM Baseball
Baseball Moves Into Tie for First - TAMK Baseball
No. 8 Rams Take Series Finale 13-7 at Tarleton State - ASU Baseball
Tarleton drops finale to ASU, splits final home LSC series - TSU Baseball
Tarleton State Takes Saturday's Doubleheader From Rams - ASU Baseball

Texans sweep doubleheader from No. 8 Rams Saturday - TSU Baseball

Wildcats battle back in fourth game to earn series split at Cameron - ACU Baseball
Baseball: Cameron Splits with Wildcats, Rhodes Collects Win - CU Baseball
CARDINALS SWEEP GREYHOUNDS - UIW Baseball

UIW MAKES QUICK WORK OF ENMU - UIW Baseball

Huwer Extends Hit Streak on Senior Day, Hounds Fall to Cardinals - ENMU Baseball

Nault Bats Two-for-Three in First-Ever Home Meeting With Cardinals - ENMU Baseball

ACU softball coach unhappy after split with Zias - Joey Richards, Abilene Reporter News
WT's Brown sets NCAA record in sweep  - Lance Lahnert, Amarillo Globe News

Brown Makes History as #25 Lady Buffs Sweep Texas A&M-International - WTAM Softball

TexAnns battle, fall just short on Senior Day - TSU Softball

Softball: Aggies Fall To Buffs In Slugfest - CU Softball

CARDINALS DROP PAIR OF GAMES TO PIONEERS - UIW Softball

Softball sweeps Incarnate Word on Senior Day - TWU Softball

Nick Jones Moves Up To Third On All-Time DII Performance - ACU Track
Javelinas Dominate Trinity Alumni Classic - TAMK M Track

Track Competes at Trinity Alumni Classic - TAMK W Track

Sindet wins 3000m Steeplechase and 7 school records are broken at Texas Tech Open - WTAM Track
Rams & Rambelles Get Big Marks at Tech - ASU Track
Three TexAnns claim first-place wins, Eubanks qualifies in discus - TSU Track

Daugherty Provisionally Qualifies for Texas Tech Open - ENMU Track

Wildcats Close Regular Season In Malibu With Wins Over UCSD - ACU Tennis

Wildcats Suffer 7-0 Loss At No. 8 Pepperdine - ACU Tennis

Golf: Postseason honors announced
Abilene Christian’s Alex Carpenter and Tarleton State’s Jacqueline Lau were recognized as Lone Star Conference Players of the Year Sunday night as the league’s annual postseason golf awards were announced at the championships banquet, held in conjunction with the LSC Championships in Trophy Club, Texas.  League officials announced the all-conference teams and individual awards at the banquet. This marks the eighth year for golf’s postseason awards to be voted on by league coaches. Before, all-conference honors had been determined only by results at the LSC tournament.
   
Carpenter, who earned player of the year acclaim for the third straight year, won three events and had eight top-10 finishes this season. The junior is the No. 10 ranked player in NCAA Division II with an average score of 71.81.  Lau finished in the top-10 of every tournament with a 75.71 scoring average. The junior is ranked No. 11 in Division II.  ACU’s Corbin Renner earned Freshman of Year honors and the Wildcats Mike Campbell was named Coach of the Year for the third consecutive year on the men’s side.
   
For the women, Midwestern State’s Brenna Moore picked up Freshman of the Year honors, while the Mustangs Jeff Ray was named Coach of the Year.  Carpenter was a nearly unanimous choice on the men’s first team All-LSC along with ACU teammates Trey Sullivan and Renner, West Texas A&M’s Ben Hargis and MSU’s Derek Oland.  Joining Lau on the women’s first team All-LSC was TexAnn teammate Sharon Lau, MSU’s Moore, Incarnate Word’s Flower Castillo and WTAMU’s Alisa White.
   
A total of 10 more players were named to the second team for both men and women, while another three men’s players and three women’s players were recognized as honorable mention All-LSC selections.

2012 Men’s Golf All-Conference

FIRST TEAM
Player	Team	Year	Hometown
Alex Carpenter	Abilene Christian University	JR	Little Rock, Ark.
Ben Hargis	West Texas A&M University	SR	Amarillo, Texas
Trey Sullivan	Abilene Christian University	SO	Fort Worth, Texas
Derek Oland	Midwestern State University	FR	McKinney Texas
Corbin Renner	Abilene Christian University	FR	Little Rock, Ark.
SECOND TEAM
Player	Team	Year	Hometown
Trey Lawson	Cameron University	JR	Holiday, Texas
Brady Porter	Cameron University	JR	Wichita Falls, Texas
Jared Cornish	University of the Incarnate Word	JR	San Antonio, Texas
Kregg Wood	Cameron University	JR	Childress, Texas
Jeremy LeGuen	Midwestern State University	SO	Highland Village
HONORABLE MENTION
Player	Team	Year	Hometown
Marcus Sanna	Texas A&M University - Commerce	FR	Sherman, Texas
Sam Smith	Midwestern State University	JR	Archer City, Texas
Luke Carpenter	Abilene Christian University	FR	Little Rock, Ark.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Player of the Year: Alex Carpenter, Abilene Christian
Freshman of the Year: Corbin Renner, Abilene Christian
Coach of the Year: Mike Campbell, Abilene Christian

2012 Women’s Golf All-Conference

FIRST TEAM
Player	Team	Year	Hometown
Jacqueline Lau	Tarleton State University	JR	Malaysia
Brenna Moore	Midwestern State University	FR	Burkburnett, Texas
Sharon Lau	Tarleton State University	SO	Malaysia
Flower Castillo	University of the Incarnate Word	SO	San Antonio, Texas
Alisa White	West Texas A&M University	SO	Hereford, Texas
SECOND TEAM
Player	Team	Year	Hometown
Hammerli Sriyai	West Texas A&M University	SR	Bangkok, Thailand
Katy Ward	Tarleton State University	SR	Aledo, Texas
Chantry McMahan	Texas A&M University - Commerce	SO	Kaufman, Texas
Kendra Whittley	Midwestern State University	JR	Wall, Texas
Taylor Klutts	Midwestern State University	JR	Lake Kiowa, Texas
HONORABLE MENTION
Player	Team	Year	Hometown
Eva Rogers	West Texas A&M University	SR	Rockledge, Fla.
Jaqueline Strickland	Cameron University	FR	Weatherford, Texas
Jessica Pickwick	Tarleton State University	SO	Melbourne, Australia
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Player of the Year: Jacqueline Lau, Tarleton State
Freshman of the Year: Brenna Moore, Midwestern State
Coach of the Year: Jeff Ray, Midwestern State Golf academic awards announced Abilene Christian’s Adam Carpenter and Tarleton State’s Sharon Lau were named the Men’s and Women’s Academic Player of the Year to headline the Lone Star Conference golf academic awards announced by league officials Sunday night at the championship awards banquet.     Lau, a sophomore engineering major from Malaysia, was joined by West Texas A&M’s Alisa White, Texas A&M-Commerce’s Sara Diaz, Angelo State’s Krista Czarnecki and Midwestern State’s Kendra Whittley.     Czarnecki was a repeat selection on the All-Academic Team.     Lau is part of a TexAnn team which boasts nine top-five finishes this season including four first-place efforts.  She won the Doc Housewright Invitational and Southwest Classic individual titles.     Carpenter, a finance and management major from Little Rock, Ark., was the only men’s player eligible for academic honors. The junior was named to the all-academic team in 2011 as well.     To be eligible for LSC academic honors, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.30 grade point average and be at least a sophomore, both academically and athletically. The Academic Player of Year award and All-Academic Team are selected from the list of academically qualified players, with the league’s sports information directors voting on the basis of both academic and athletic achievement. 2012 Golf All-Academic Team                         Player Team Year Major Hometown Sharon Lau  Tarleton State  So.  Engineering  Malaysia  Alisa White  West Texas A&M  So.  Journalism  Hereford, Texas  Sara Diaz  Texas A&M-Commerce  So.  Marketing  San Antonio, Texas  Krista Czarnecki  Angelo State  Jr.  Int. Prof. Accountancy El Paso, Texas  Kendra Whittley  Midwestern State  Jr.  Marketing  Wall, Texas  LSC Women’s Golf Academic Player of the Year: Sharon Lau, Tarleton State LSC Men’s Golf Academic Player of the Year: Adam Carpenter, Abilene Christian