St.MARY'S (31-20, 16-11) vs No.13 LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (35-16, 20-7)
Friday, May 13 – Noon
Red Murff Field (Belton, Texas)
Radio: KJTV am950/100.7fm
All-Time Series: All-Time Series: StMU leads 11-9
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HEARTLAND CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT SEEDS
1-St. Edward's
2-Lubbock Christian
3-Oklahoma Christian
4-St. Mary's
 
RANKINGS
LCU: No. 13 (Collegiate Baseball Newspaper), No.19 (NCBWA), No. 19 (Perfect Game)
StMU: Unranked
 
FRIDAY THE 13th
No.13 Lubbock Christian University looks to rebound from a 4-1 loss to Oklahoma Christian University Thursday, which has them in the elimination bracket of the Heartland Conference Tournament and facing St. Mary's University, who fell into the negative side of the bracket with a 9-8 loss Thursday to St. Edward's University. The Chaps first pitch against StMU is set for noon at Red Murff Field on the campus of Mary Hardin-Baylor (Tournament host is StMU).
 
IF LCU WINS
If the Chaps defeat St. Mary's University, then St. Mary's is eliminated from the tournament and LCU would advance to a 7 p.m. elimination game later Friday against the losing team of a 3:30 p.m. winner's bracket game between Oklahoma Christian and St. Edward's. The winner of the 7 p.m. game will return Saturday at 2 p.m. to face the only undefeated team remaining in the tournament and having to defeat that team twice to starve off elimination.
 
IF LCU FALLS
If the Chaps lose their noon tilt with the Rattlers, they will be eliminated from the Heartland Conference Tournament.
 
IN THE REGION
A look at how regionally ranked teams in the South Central Region fared Thursday and what they face Saturday. The top six teams in the region advance to the South Central Region Tournament, which is part of the NCAA Championships.
 
1. Colorado Mesa (defeated Adams State 11-1 and faces CSU-Pueblo Friday)
2. Tex. A&M-Kingsville (fell to West Texas A&M 5-2 and faces Angelo State Friday)
3. St. Edward's (defeated St. Mary's 9-8 and faces Oklahoma Christian Friday)
4. Lubbock Christian (fell to Oklahoma Christian 4-1 and faces St. Mary's Friday)
5. Angelo St. (fell to Cameron 5-2 and faces Texas A&M-Kingsville Friday)
6. West Tex. A&M (defeated Tex. A&M-Kingsville 5-2 and faces Cameron Friday)
7. Colorado Mines (fell to CSU-Pueblo 11-6 and faces Adams State Friday)
8. Cameron (defeated Angelo State 5-2 and faces West Texas A&M Friday)
   
SERIES NOTABLES WITH StMU
- LCU hosted StMU on Mar. 18 & 19 and won two of three games.
- StMU is the only team to shutout LCU this season, winning 1-0 on Mar.18 off an 8.1-inning pitching gem from Ty Miles, who allowed six hits and struck out nine batters.
- Tony Reyes and Hunter McFall each had five hits in the series, with Reyes leading the team batting .556 (5-fo-9) in the series.
- The Chaps had nine two-out RBIs in the three-game series.
- LCU's JP Rousseau completed the series with four RBI in two games played.    
- To close the series, LCU matched a program single game record with five double plays turned, as they were able to win the rubber 10-5 on Mar. 19.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES
LCU and St. Mary's have met 20 prior times dating back to 1978 and the all-time series is led by StMU 11-9. The Chaps won two of three games in 2014 and thus far in 2016, but were swept by the Rattlers last season in San Antonio. Prior to 2014, the two teams had not met since Feb. 5, 2000. LCU is 3-7 all-time against StMU away from Hays Field.