Last home games, Senior Day on deck as Tarleton Baseball takes on SFA this weekend

THE MATCHUP
The Teams: Tarleton Texans (14-33, 7-17 WAC) vs Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks (14-31, 7-17 WAC)
Dates & Times:
6 p.m. CT on Friday, May 13
2 p.m. CT on Saturday, May 14 **Senior Day**
1 p.m. CT on Sunday, May 15
Location: Tarleton Baseball Complex in Stephenville, Texas.
TEXAN BASEBALL GAME DAY
The last time to catch the Tarleton Texan baseball team this season will come this weekend as the Texans host the SFA Lumberjacks at the Tarleton Baseball Complex.
The Texans will honor their seniors 30 minutes prior to game two on Saturday. There are 10 seniors on the squad, with six additional underclassmen that are earning degrees. The players will walk in commencement on Friday or Saturday morning, depending on their major.
On the diamond, the Texans are looking to build off a game three win over ACU where they combined a solid starting pitching performance and four home runs to shake a 10-game losing streak.
SFA will be playing at the Tarleton Baseball Complex for the first time ever.
GAME COVERAGE & TICKETS
WATCH: WAC Digital Network
LIVE STATS: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3
LISTEN: LINK or KTRL 90.5 FM
TICKETS: LINK
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS:
FRI: TAR RHP (Jr., 2-6, 6.96 ERA) vs. SFA RHP Joe Todd (Sr., 1-7, 7.62 ERA)
SAT: TAR RHP (Gr., 1-4, 6.49 ERA) vs. SFA Joe Richter (Fr., 1-4, 5.49 ERA)
SUN: TAR RHP (Fr., 0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. SFA TBA

GAME NOTES
• Tarleton hosts their last three home games of the season this weekend at the Tarleton Baseball Complex as SFA comes to town. Tarleton will honor the seniors as Saturday's game is Senior Day. The Texans have 10 seniors on the team (see below).
• Tarleton comes into the game having snapped a 10-game losing streak by defeating ACU 9-6 on Sunday.
• SFA comes into the game losers of seven consecutive WAC contests. In their last game out, they defeated Grambling State 14-11 in Grambling, Louisiana.
• The teams have the same 7-17 record in WAC play but SFA holds the tiebreaker as they swept the Texans in Nacogdoches earlier in the season. That series was the first time the two schools had ever met on the baseball diamond and thus the Lumberjacks lead the all-time series 3-0.
QUICK HITS
• Seniors , , , , , , , , andwill all be honored on Saturday 30 minutes prior to the 2 p.m. first pitch.
• is currently on a 12-game reached base streak. The senior posted his fourth multi-HR game of the season in Sunday's 9-6 win over ACU. His 14 home runs rank fourth in the WAC.
• has been as hot as anyone in the WAC during conference play. In conference games alone, the Puerto Rico native ranks third in on-base percentage (.506) and batting average (.443). He has a hit in 17 of 21 conference games played, reaching base in 19. Thomas-Rivera also has five games of three or more hits on the season.
• has made the most out of his opportunities late in the season. The redshirt freshman made his first appearance of the season vs. Baylor on May 3, pitching 0.2 innings allowing no runs. That appearance led to his first career start on Sunday vs. ACU. Cordaway threw 4.0 shutout innings and has pitched his way into the weekend rotation as he will throw on Sunday vs. SFA.
• Tarleton ranks third in the WAC behind Abilene Christian (72) and California Baptist (65) with 61 home runs on the season.

NOTABLES
THE CLOSER:
Tarleton has turned to the arm of junior RHP to close games out this season. He earned his fourth save of the season on March 25 vs. ACU. Hickey's four saves are tied for seventh best in the WAC. He has 38 K's vs. just six walks.
Hickey made an appearance that was different than any he had seen all year vs Sam Houston on April 23. He threw 5.1 innings of relief, allowing one run on three hits, striking out five. The closer showed that he could throw in any situation to help the Texans.
Hickey made his first career start on May 1 vs. UTRGV and proceeded to strike out a career-high seven batters while pitching 4.2 innings.
WALK IT OFF:
leads the Texans with three walk-off swings this season, two home runs and a double. The first came in a run-rule victory over UTRGV on March 20 when he hit a two-run shot over the left field wall to help Tarleton take down UTRGV 13-3.
The second came on April 15 vs. St. Thomas in the 10th inning. He led the bottom half off with a solo blast on a 1-0 count to left field to help ensure Tarleton left happy.
The third was vs. Wiley as he enacted the 10-run rule on a two-run double.
BEGINNING OF THE GAME WOES:
Tarleton has been outscored 146-90 in the first three innings of games this season. They are 3-17 when trailing after the first inning and 3-24 when trailing after the third.
On the flip side, the Texans are 4-5 in games where they lead after the first and 10-4 in games where they lead after the third inning.
TRIPLE DIGIT HITS:
Senior reached 100 hits in his Tarleton career on April 3 vs. SFA. The hit came in the sixth inning on a single up the middle.
Senior needs just one more hit to reach 100 in his Tarleton career.
WAC UPDATES

NEW LOOK WAC:
After finishing seventh out of 10 teams in its inaugural season in the WAC, Tarleton will now compete in the Southwest division as the conference split into two divisions after the addition of four fellow Texas universities. Abilene Christian, Lamar, Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin begin their first year of competition in the WAC in 2022, joining Tarleton and UTRGV.

WAC PRESEASON POLL:
Tarleton was chosen to finish sixth out of six schools in the WAC preseason poll for the Southwest division. The poll was released on Feb. 9. The Texans received seven total votes.
NEW WAC ADDITIONS:
Starting on July 1, 2022, the Western Athletic Conference will add two more Texas universities to the fold. University of the Incarnate Word and UT-Arlington will join the conference to run the total of Texas universities to eight. UIW is coming from the Southland Conference and UTA from the Sun Belt Conference. With Sam Houston set for a July 1, 2023, departure to Conference USA, the conference will sit at seven in the Southwest Division for the 2023-2024 season.
CONFERENCE DOUBLEHEADERS NO MORE:
COVID-19 played a part in the 2021 season, forcing some conferences including the WAC to schedule four game conference series with doubleheaders on Saturday. 2022 should bring some normalcy back to the college baseball landscape as the WAC and most other Dl conferences are back on the traditional three game Fri./Sat./Sun. series.
EXTRAS
TRANSFER PORTAL:
Of the Texans 18 newcomers for the 2022 season, five of them come from other DI schools (Boyd, Campa, Crews, Daniell & E. Turnage) and five come from junior college (Dobrinski, Hickey, Kurahashi-Choy Foo, Ross and Williams). The class garnered recognition from Baseball America on their "Notable Under-The-Radar 2021 College Baseball Recruiting Classes" write-up.
HOT ON THE RECRUITING TRAIL:
Speaking of newcomers, the Tarleton coaching staff hit the recruiting trail hard this past season in pursuit of signing an instant impact 2021 class. There were seven freshman that signed with the Texans as well as 10 transfers. The class garnered recognition from Baseball America on their "Notable Under-The-Radar 2021 College Baseball Recruiting Classes" write-up.
YOUNG BUT STILL THE BOSS:
Tarleton head coach Aaron Meade is the fifth-youngest NCAA DI baseball coach in the country at 33 years and 292 days of age as of February 18, 2022. Meade pitched in the minor leagues for four years and was an assistant coach at the NCAA D1 and D2 level for a combined six years before becoming the head man at Tarleton.
CUTTING OUR TEETH:
Tarleton is in its second season at the Dl level, and they are diving in headfirst. Tarleton takes on five different Power 5 opponents in the 2022 season. Early in the season Tarleton has a stretch of five straight games against Power 5 opponents as they host Washington State (March 2), have a series at Missouri in Columbia (March 4-6), and head back to Bryan-College Station to play Texas A&M for a second consecutive season (March 8). They play at Baylor (May 3) and at TCU (May 17) later in the season.
RETURNING FIREPOWER:
Three Texans on this season's roster garnered honorable mention All-WAC in 2021. Bryan Aguilar, Kemuel Thomas-Rivera and London Green figure to lead the Texan offense this season as they accounted for nearly 30% of Tarleton's hits last season.
FACILITIES UPGRADES:
Tarleton installed Hellas Matrix Turf on its baseball and softball field and all bullpen areas before the 2022 season. Surrounding the new turf is brand-new, 10-feet high Champion Wall in the outfield and six-feet high, vinyl-coated chain-link fencing down the foul lines. The baseball field extends up to 16-feet high in centerfield for the batter's eye. The project also included a new Ephesus LED Lighting system at both fields. The upgraded lighting system enhances both venues and meets the requirements for hosting NCAA regional broadcasts.
UP NEXT FOR TARLETON
The Texans will hit the road for their fifth and final Power Five matchup of the season as they take on TCU at Lupton Stadium on Tuesday at 6 p.m. CT. The game will be streamed on Big 12 Now/ESPN+ and can be heard on KTRL 90.5 FM/TarletonSports.com/Watch.

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