THE GAMES
The Texan Baseball team will cross the Red River for a four-game series in Lawton against the Cameron Aggies at McCord Field. The format will be 1-2-1, which includes a Saturday doubleheader of back-to-back seven inning affairs. The series will begin Friday at 3 p.m. with Saturday and Sunday's games starting at 1 p.m.

TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets are available at the gate. There are no advanced ticket sales available.
 
GAME COVERAGE
There will be live stats and video available for the games, courtesy of the home team. Links to live stats can be found at the links on the Game Day preview story and Game Day graphics on Tarleton's Facebook and Twitter pages, as well as on the baseball schedule page at TarletonSports.com.
 
IN THE NCBWA RANKINGS
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association puts out a weekly regional and national ranking. In the latest weekly regional rankings, which are voted on by NCBWA members and have no bearing on the NCAA regional rankings that affect postseason play, Tarleton checked in as the No. 10-ranked team in the South Central region.
 
CONFERENCE PLAY RIGHT OFF THE BAT
For the first time in program history, Tarleton will be playing a closed conference schedule. With the addition of seven new baseball teams to the Lone Star Conference – bringing the total to 14 – every series of the season will count towards the Lone Star Conference standings.
 
THE NEW-LOOK LONE STAR
The Lone Star Conference has doubled its amount of baseball teams following its expansion to becoming the largest NCAA Division II conference in the country. The LSC, which has 19 total members, now boasts 14 members that sponsor NCAA Division II baseball. New member Dallas Baptist sponsors NCAA Division I baseball and will not compete in the Lone Star. The LSC Champion will be the team(s) with the best winning percentage in regular-season conference games. The LSC Championship will be a two-week tournament featuring eight teams with the opening round on campus on May 1-2. The winners of each opening round series will advance to The Depot in Cleburne, Texas for a double-elimination tournament that will be played May 7-9. The winner of the postseason tournament will be recognized as the LSC Tournament Champion and receive the conference's automatic qualifier to the NCAA postseason.
 
ABOUT THE TEXANS
Tarleton is coming off a series split against Oklahoma Christian to improve to 10-8 on the season. Dean Frew had a breakout weekend against the Eagles as the senior from Sydney, Australia hit .500 with two home runs and seven RBI. On the season, Tarleton remains in sixth place in the Lone Star Conference standings. The Texans are third in the league in team batting average (.314), led by Blake Burns' .469 clip. Luke Baley continues to lead the team from the bump with a 1.93 ERA and a 4-1 record in 18.2 innings of work.
 
ABOUT CAMERON
Cameron University is a public university in Lawton, Oklahoma. The Aggies are one of seven teams in the Lone Star Conference who remain from last year's seven-team league. Under first-year head coach Kyle Williams, Cameron is 4-14 on the season and were swept last weekend by UT Tyler in Tyler. Cameron is last in the league in offense with a .206 team average and 13^th in the league in team ERA (8.93).
 
ONE FOR THE TROPHY CASE
Tarleton head coach Aaron Meade earned his first career victory as the lead man in the dugout on Friday, February 7 in a 10-0 shutout of UT Permian Basin in Stephenville. Justin Waltmon threw a complete game shutout in the win.
 
BURNS AMONG THE NATION'S BEST
Blake Burns has been making the most of his senior season at the plate. The lefty swinger from Keller is top 10 in the nation in several offensive categories including ranked sixth in runs, hits and home runs. He is also ranked eighth in the nation in RBI. His 1.67 hits per game leads the Lone Star Conference. He enters the weekend against Cameron with a slash line of .469/.561/.891.
 
THE GROVE STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE MONTH
Blake Burns was named The Grove Male Student-Athlete of the Month for February Thursday morning. Burns has been one of the best hitters in all of NCAA Division II baseball over the first month of the season. The Texans went 8-5 during the month of the February with Burns hitting .511. The senior from Keller has gone 24-for-47 over the last 13 games with six home runs and 21 RBI, including a nine RBI performance against UT Permian Basin that garnered him an LSC Player of the Week honor. His nine RBI against UTPB on February 8 ties him for the second-most RBI in a single game in program history.

INSIDE THE SERIES
Tarleton and Cameron have a 92-game history that dates back to Tarleton's NCAA Division II beginning in 1995. The Texans have dominated the series 59-33, including a 31-15 record against the Aggies in Lawton. Barring a three-game hiccup in 2019, Tarleton dominated the series from 2017-2018 by winning 14 of 16 games over that span. The Texans have won the last six games in Lawton since 2017.
 
UP NEXT FOR TARLETON
Tarleton will return home next weekend for a four-game series against Lubbock Christian at the Cecil Ballow Baseball Complex in Stephenville. The series will start Friday at 3 p.m.