BEMIDJI STATE (2-12) AT NO.10 LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (15-5)
Monday, March 14 – 5:00 PM
Hays Field (Lubbock, Texas)
Radio: KJTV am950/100.7fm
All-Time Series: LCU leads 4-0
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PROJECTED STARTING PITCHERS
LCU – Albert Aveytia (1-3, 6.98 ERA)
BSU – Ryan Fransen (0-2, 10.38 ERA)
 
RANKINGS
LCU: No. 13 (Collegiate Baseball Newspaper), No.10 (NCBWA), No.24 (D2Baseball News).
BSU: Unranked
 
BIG AL
Albert Aveytia (1-3) will get the start on the hill for LCU, making his seventh appearance and fifth start of the season. Aveytia's longest outing this season has been five innings, which he has done twice. He went four innings in his last appearance, which was in an 8-5 loss at Wayland Baptist. He has been without a win in his last five appearances.
 
FOR THE BEAVERS
The Beavers are going with Ryan Fransen (0-2) for his third start of the season. His last appearance was Mar. 5 at Williams Jewell, where he allowed three runs off seven hits in 5.2 innings.
 
FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT BEMIDJI STATE
- The Beavers are 2-10 on the season and seeking to end a three-game losing streak.
- BSU is a member of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. They were preseason picked 10th in the conference.
- The Beavers are playing their first 26 games of the season on the road.
- BSU is hitting .276 as a team with four home runs in 12 games on the season.
- Their pitching staff has an 8.31 ERA on the season.
 
HISTORY WITH BEMIDJI STATE
LCU leads the all-time series 4-0, with the four prior meetings coming Mar. 21 and 22 during the 1972 season in Lubbock.