No.19 LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (36-17, 6-Seed) vs. No.23 WEST TEXAS A&M (36-19, 4-Seed)
Friday, May 20 – 4:30 p.m. (Central)
Sam Suplizio Field (Grand Junction, Colo.)
Radio: Online Only
All-Time Series: LCU Leads 38-18
 
 
SOUTH CENTRAL REGION TOURNAMENT SEEDS
1-Colorado Mesa
2-St. Edward's
3-Angelo State
4-West Texas A&M
5-Texas A&M-Kingsville
6-Lubbock Christian
 
RANKINGS
LCU: No.19 (NCBWA), No. 22 (Perfect Game)
WT: No.23 (Collegiate Baseball Newspaper)
 
JUNCTION BOYS
Lubbock Christian University shocked many in Grand Junction Colo. knocking off NCAA Div. II South Central Regional host and top-seeded No.2 Colorado Mesa 8-6 Thursday in the tournament's opening game. The game was LCU's first NCAA postseason game in program history. They take a 1-0 tournament record into Friday's game, facing West Texas A&M, who is 0-1 after a 4-1 loss to Angelo State. The game is an elimination game for West Texas A&M.
           
IF LCU WINS
If LCU wins, West Texas A&M will be eliminated and LCU would advance to Saturday's 1 p.m. (Central) game to face the winner of the game between St. Edward's and Angelo State.
 
IF LCU LOSES
If the Chaps fall, it would mark their first loss of the double elimination tournament (LCU is not eliminated with a loss). It would also mean the tournament would change to use an alternate bracket released by the tournament committee.
 
STREAKS
The Chaps head into Friday with Brandon Rix and Brendan McCarthy each co-leading leading the team with a six-game hit streak... Jaime Bustamante enters reaching safely in 18 consecutive games and 14 straight non-conference games.
 
SERIES NOTABLES WITH WT
- The two teams split the regular season home-and-home series, with LCU winning 13-3 (Feb. 9) in Lubbock and WT winning 7-6 (Apr. 12) in a 15-inning contest in Canyon, Texas.
- LCU is hitting .341 in the series, with Tony Reyes hitting .500 (5-for-10).
- WT's Christian Loya is 3-for-5 this season against LCU.
- In their 15-inning outing, the two teams combined for 38 players that participated in the game, there were 444 pitches thrown combined for both squads and the game lasted four hours and 27 minutes.
- WT has stranded 27 runners on base in the series, compared to 18 by LCU.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES
LCU has a 38-18 series advantage all-time against WT, which dates back to 1971. The Chaps have won 10 of the last 14 meetings. LCU is 14-7 all-time away from Hays Field against WT.