STEPHENVILLE - After returning to the Lone Star State, Tarleton will turn around a week removed from a trip to Florida with its second tournament of the month at St. Mary's in San Antonio.

"We certainly learned a great deal about our team last weekend," said head coach Julie Mata. "We learned the necessity of finishing and being disciplined with the details. You can't play the kind of teams we played and not do the little things right every time.

"This is a resilient team and I'm confident that we'll take our lessons and move forward," she continued. "St. Mary's and Lubbock Christian are two well-coached and talented softball teams. We will need to play at a high level and very consistently to beat them. I'm proud of our team and I believe we'll continue to move forward."

The TexAnns will take part in the St. Mary's Round Robin where, in back-to-back days, Tarleton will play Lubbock Christian and St. Mary's.

AT A GLANCE

Record: Tarleton TexAnns 7-6 (0-0 LSC) • Lubbock Christian 11-3 (0-0 Sooner Athletic) • St. Mary's 13-4 (0-0 Heartland)

Live Stats: The live stats link can be found on the Softball Schedule at TarletonSports.com or at RattlerAthletics.com

PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS

Saturday, Game 1: Randi Fentress, TSU (5-3, 1.90 ERA) vs Katera Eltsosie, LCU (5-2, 1.93 ERA)

Saturday, Game 2: Brenna Hennan, TSU (2-3, 3.46 ERA) vs. Emily Brittain, STM (4-1, 3.21 ERA)

Sunday, Game 1: Randi Fentress, TSU (5-3, 1.90 ERA) vs Katera Eltsosie, LCU (5-2, 1.93 ERA)

Sunday, Game 2: Brenna Hennan, TSU (2-3, 3.46 ERA) vs Emily Brittain, STM (4-1, 3.21 ERA)

Last Time Out

Tarleton pushed its winning streak to seven games by winning the opening game of the St. Leo Invitational Tournament - 12-2 over Missouri Science & Technology - before dropping the final three games of the tournament.

Top notch pitching

In the Lone Star Conference, Tarleton boasts one of the top two pitching staffs after 13 games this season. The three-pitcher staff at Tarleton has pitched 83 innings allowing just 28 earned runs (2.36 ERA) and the LSC leading 65 strikeouts. Randi Fentress leads the team in ERA (1.90) in 48.0 innings and in the top three in the Lone Star Conference in strikeouts with 34.

LSC's top hitters

Arianna Rodriguez is fourth in the conference in batting (.475) and second in runs scored (16) and also fourth in total bases (31). Melody Mayse is tied for the LSC lead in triples (3) with Rachel Brownlow tied in second place with a pair of 3-baggers. Mayse is also tied for third place in stolen bases (7-7).

Milestone Watch

Over the first month of the season, Arianna Rodriguez has added to her career milestone marks. In addition to being the school's career home run leader, Rodriguez has also surpassed the all-time marks in RBIs and runs scored.

She is currently closing in on becoming the school's all-time career leader in hits - just 11 shy of passing Jennifer Maupin's mark - as well as doubles. She is nine 2-base hits away from passing Alicia Petersma as the school's all-time doubles hitter.

Series History

Tarleton will play a pair of games against St. Mary's and NAIA power Lubbock Christian at the St. Mary's Round Robin Tournament. In two career meetings against Lubbock Christian - a doubleheader in 2011 - Tarleton lost both meetings for an 0-2 record in the all-time series. In the series against St. Mary's, Tarleton owns the all-time series 28-23 dating back to the first meeting in 1998.

Up Next for Tarleton

The TexAnns will head to Joplin, Missouri for the final pre-conference tournament of the season for four games against MIAA squads, beginning with Fort Hays State Mar. 1 at 1 p.m.