It is a story that is recognized world-wide which always ends with the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, but the Texas A&M University-Kingsville Theatre De-partment plans to put a modern upbeat twist on the Gospel of Matthew with “Godspell.”

“Godspell” will have five perfor-mances in the Little Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on March 24, March 31, April 1 and 2:30 p.m. on March 25 and March 28. All admission is $5. For more information call 593-3401.

Taken from the story, “Fest of Fools” by Harvey Cox which became the infa-mous Jesus Christ Superstar in the 70s, “Godspell” is a musical recount of the birth, life and crucifixion of Jesus Christ in a comical upbeat prospect from Judas, set in a modern junkyard. The musical style will be an infusion of vaudeville, blues, folk, rap and rock with a theatrical flair.

“It’s not a preachy kind of show, in fact, it evolves around the innocence of youth,” Corey Ranson, assistant profes-sor at TAMUK and director of “God-spell.”

“There’s lot of schtick in the show and corniness going on, but masked or underscored by the same people that Je-sus comes to help, talk to, play with him, laugh with him, tell stories with him and follow him like his disciples are the same people crucify him. So there is more than a religious message to it.”

A cast of nearly 15 students will per-form in the production, but even the cast will be under a slight twist; there are only two cast members who have set charac-ters, Jesus and Judas. The rest of the cast will play a multitude of characters some with their own names in the play.

“I wasn’t planning on a lead roll,” said Robert Posey, who plays roll of Jesus. “This is my first year here, never been in anything like this here at Kings-ville, and I’m hoping everything goes well.”

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43rd Jazz Festival scheduled March 26-27

Trombone choir invited to national workshop, March 18

The Texas A&M University-Kingsville Trombone Choir, under the direction of Dr. Oscar Diaz Jr., assistant professor of music-trombone, was invited to play at the prestigious Eastern Trom-bone Workshop in Fort Myer, VA March 18.

The Eastern Trombone Workshop (ETW) has become one of the largest annual events for trombone in the world. The work-shop’s mission is to give students, performers and educators an opportunity to meet and share ideas, talents and opinions about the world of trombone. The workshop is held at Brucker Hall-The U.S. Army Band’s performance center-located on historic Fort Myer, Virginia, just across the Potomac River from the nation’s capital.

ETW regularly hosts participants throughout the nation and abroad. It is the only professionally organized and staffed trom-bone workshop or conference in the United States. Soloists, edu-cators and students-as well as university and college trombone ensembles from around the world-attend the workshop annually.

According to Diaz, choirs interested in performing at the ETW submit a recording and past programs of the music that was performed. The Texas A&M-Kingsville Trombone Choir was one of five university trombone choirs from across the country chosen to give concerts at this year’s ETW.

“I thought we had a good shot at being selected because I sent in some good recordings of the trombone choir, but I wasn’t sure because many great trombone choirs send in great recordings every year,” said Diaz. “The hard work of the students really paid off and I couldn’t be more proud of them.”

Past university ensembles that have been invited have been from the Julliard School of Music, the University of Texas at Aus-tin, Louisiana State University, the University of North Texas and many other top trombone schools.

“Although this recognition received is one of my greatest teaching accomplishments, the greater reward is the preparation that all 22 members of the trombone choir have given to perform a concert to the highest quality, especially when the choir consists of all undergraduate music majors,” Diaz said. “Every other uni-versity performing at the ETW has graduate students performing in their respective choirs. That is a major accomplishment for our students and our music department.”

Diaz said that the ETW will provide the students with the great experience of listening to master teachers teach and master performers perform.

“It is a chance for them to bring what they hear and see back to Kingsville, to use their gained knowledge on their own learn-ing and performing,” Diaz said.

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President addresses updates, responses to governance audit

President Steven Tallant addressed 150 faculty and staff on March 11 to discuss the updates made since the Governance Audit conducted in the Spring and Fall of 2008.

Seven weeks into his presidency, Tallant received the report from the Board of Regents.

“No one mentioned that this was going on when I was interviewed in August of that year,” Tallant said.

The audit came with bad marks on all ar-eas, including accountability, leadership, and human/technological resources.

“They looked at the management of the

university and how we handled issues, and basically they said we were doing nothing cor-rect,” Tallant said.

One of the main problems the audit high-lighted was customer service. The university has undergone several workshops to address this issue, including Finance and Adminis-tration departments, who have attended 28 sessions.

As for retaining faculty, Tallant meets with a council once a month to look over a report of vacancies. They look for patterns of employees leaving TAMUK and assess why they left.

“We want to know why people are leav-ing,” Tallant said.

Another communication tool that came

out of the audit was the idea to have student roundtable discussions. Three times a se-mester, students join President Tallant in the Memorial Student Union Building to discuss issues students have encountered.

“Students have come up with really good ideas. For example, we are planning on put-ting sidewalks and lights on Corral [Street]. Students want to be safe, and we want to help,” Tallant said.

Tallant also has weekly messages, which he says were not planned. He made one and after some demand decided to keep them coming.

Staff was allowed to ask questions at the address after Tallant went through the main points of the audit and the actions they were

taking.A few expressed frustration with the

technology used between offices. Tallant re-sponded that $800,000 had been invested in IT improvements this past year and more were on the way.

Also, groups among those employed at TAMUK have been formed to share IT info and to work out kinks in the system.

Tallant made it clear that, although, many changes had been made; more were on the way.

“We’re really working together as a com-munity and people are energized,” Tallant said. “Nothing is holding us back from being the premiere university in South Texas.”

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Student roundtable discussions, weekly messages among changes resulting from audit

• Jesus: Robert Posey, music major• John the Baptist/Judas: Michael Lee Mendez, chemistry major Ensemble: • Miguel Venegas, theatre major • Rick Saenz, theatre arts major • Aaron Adame, theatre arts and communication major• Taylor Maupin, theatre arts and history major • Melody Gaines • Leah Lizzett Luna, communica-tions major • Katelyn Cotton, theatre arts major • Cassandra Clarke, theatre major • Bianca Martinez, education major • Laurie Guajardo, theatre arts major

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Sixth annual Chavez march set for March 31The sixth annual Cesar Chavez March will

be March 31 at noon. The march will begin at the Business

Building on the north end of the campus and finish on the south end of the Memorial Student Union Building.

The march is sponsored by the Pre-law society and Sigma Delta Pi, the Spanish Honor Society.

This year, the march will honor the memory of Marcos Benavides, former

Assistant Director of the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) at Texas A&M University-Kingsville’s Special Programs, who died Jan. 24. CAMP is an educational program that helps students from migrant and seasonal farm worker backgrounds succeed in college.

“Mr. Benavides helped students make the transition from migrants to the world of college and university studies,” Emilio Alaniz, vice-president of the pre- law society, said. “It is proper that we recognize him by dedicating this year’s Cesar Chavez March in his honor.”

The first 100 people present will receive medals and the first 200 will be given a commemorative t-shirt.

Miriam Villanueva, president of Pre Law Society, said the March should be special for students at TAMUK.

“The March symbolizes the struggles he faced and his ability to peacefully demonstrate for changes in the treatment and working conditions of the migrant workers in the fields,” Villanueva said.

Guest speakers include Faustino Erebia Jr., community leader; Mary Gonzalez, TAMUK assistant vice-president of student affairs; Loida Gonzalez Gallegos, former CAMP student will give a presentation on her experience as a migrant student at TAMUK.

Spanish student from Department of Language and Literature instructor Marco Iniguez will form a mono-poem dedicated to Cesar Chavez.

The Mistress of Ceremony will be Dr. Michelle Johnson-Vela, associate professor of Spanish and co- advisor of Sigma Delta Pi.

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The Texas A&M University-Kings-ville Piano and Voice Studios went on tour to local high schools as part of a Quality Enhancement Program March 11 and 12.

Joachim Reinhuber, a professor of music, took the Piano and Voice studios on a tour of South Texas to visit four different local high schools. The tour took place in the Rio Grande Valley and in Laredo.

“The students are all part of either my piano studio or the voice studios of professors Kenneth Williams or Melinda Brou,” said Mr. Reinhuber. “The students had to provide proof of public performance ability through an audition recital two weeks ago.”

The Voice and Piano Studios will be performing piano/voice duets by

a variety of different composers who lived from the late 16th century to the late 19th century.

“The students performed piano and vocal solos, and also piano/voice duets by composers like Beethoven, Schumann, Faure, Quilter, Monte-verdi, Scarlatti, and Bach,” Reinhuber said.

The Tour visited McAllen Memo-rial HS, Harlingen High, Weslaco High and the Vidal M. Trevino School for Fine Arts and Communication in Laredo. The tour was preceded by a performance at Epiphany Episcopal Church in Kingsville on March 10.

“The Piano and Voice class will continue after spring break with video recording sessions which will result in videos for the students to use for auditions for scholarships, festi-vals and grad programs,” Reinhuber said.

The Campus Recreation and Fitness Center is hosting The Biggest Loser, TAMUK-Style.

This 12-week program began Feb. 8 and runs through April 30. The top 3 males and the top 3 females that lose the most weight are TAMUK’s Biggest Losers.

“There are prizes for the top 3 contes-

tants of each gender, which makes this program a great way to motivate partici-pants to lose weight because it gives each individual a reason to strive for success,” Eric Gentile, Kinesiology major and head of the Biggest Loser event, said.

The first place prize is $300, second place prize is a $100 bookstore gift card, and the third place prize is a $50 bookstore gift card.

Each participant will weigh in during registration and at the end of the program. Currently 12 women and 7 men signed up for the contest. Winners must lose at least 10 pounds.

“I believe the biggest stressor for indi-viduals who are overweight and wanting to lose weight, is the goal to stick with the workouts. You have to be able to push yourself and realize that results are not go-

ing to happen overnight,” Gentile said. “I think that this program gives these indi-viduals a head start. I hope that they come to realize with a little hard work and good eating habits that they can have a healthier lifestyle.”

For more information, contact Campus Recreation and Fitness at 361-593-3059 and on the web: http://osa.tamuk.edu/recs-ports.

The 43rd Annual Jazz Festival will take place on March 26 and 27 in Jones Auditorium.

Approximately 30 local middle schools and high school jazz bands, including bands from Austin, Weslaco, Corpus Christi and Laredo, are expected to participate in this two-day event.

“It has always been very successful and I feel that it will be again this year. We try to make our festival educational and enjoyable for all who attend,” said Paul Hageman, chair of the music de-partment. “The festival is run primarily by our music students who always do a great job. We have the best students anywhere.”

These bands will have the opportunity to compete with their peers, learn from the headlining artist and perform with other student jazz musicians.

The bands will compete for ratings and for 1st and 2nd place in each UIL

classification; also, an overall winner will be chosen.

Bands receive a plaque for a 1st divi-sion rating and a trophy for a 1st or 2nd place designation within their UIL class. Students can also win individual honors by being selected for the All-Star Jazz Band.

The Jazz Fest will also feature Jazz recording artist The Jeff Hamilton Trio.

The Jeff Hamilton Trio performs all over the world and as the rhythm section for the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra.

Hageman spoke with Jeff Hamilton, drummer of the trio, about coming to TAMUK to participate in the Jazz Fest.

“He was very interested in coming to TAMUK to perform. From there, we worked out the details,” Hageman said.

On March 26, the Jazz Fest will kick off with the middle school competition from 3:30 p.m to 6 p.m.

At 7 p.m the evening concert will begin featuring the TAMUK Jazz Band III and the Trio, who will perform songs from their recently released recording,

Symbiosis. Awards for the middle school com-

petition will be presented during the concert.

On March 27, the high school jazz band competition will begin from 8 a.m to 5:30 p.m. From noon to 1 p.m the Trio will conduct a jazz clinic in the Recital Hall of the Bellamah Music Building.

“They will discuss musical techniques used by the trio and by a jazz band rhythm section. Everyone is invited to the clinic, which is free,” Hageman said.

The evening concert begins at 7 p.m and will feature the TAMUK Jazz Band II, with the Trio serving as a big rhythm section.

The Trio will also join the TAMUK Jazz Band I as they perform standards such as “Georgia on My Mind.” Awards for the high school band competition will be given during the concert.

Admissions for the evening concerts are $10 per person and can be purchased through the music department office at 361-593-2803.

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Congratulations TAMUK, this week’s green tip is dedicated to you. In these past few weeks efforts for recycling have been seen more and more around the university cam-pus.

Recycling bins have been used properly and efficiently. Colleges all over campus have placed bins in their buildings that have made it easier for students and staff to make use of them.

Another noteworthy action made by stu-dents was the use of the recycling bins, set out by the Javelina Students for Sustainability organization, this past Spring Fling.

A few tips to keep this great leap going is to remember that plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard can be recycled. If you live on campus, your recycling can be placed in the blue colored cages around campus.

Another step that can be followed to make your recycling easier is to set up your own recycling method at home. This will facilitate your recycling in the future.

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TAMUK jazzes it upNearly 600 high school, middle school students to attend the 43rd Annaul Jazz Festival March 26-27

BIGGEST loser is the BIGGEST winnerTAMUK hosts 12-week weight loss program to win cash prize

Unity organization sells fried Oreos during Spring Fling as hundreds of TAMUK students flood University Boulveard on Wednesday March 10. Over 100 organizations took part by either selling food or hosting a mini event near their booths. Music was provided by a live band called Oh So Texan

The TAMUK Roundhouse Movie Club will be screening Hoosiers and The Foot Fist Way

on Thursday March 25th in the Student Union Building room

221A at 4:30 p.m

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Texas A&M University-Kingsville and Calallen ISD established a new dual enrollment program that will be taught at the new TAMUK Calallen campus in northwest Corpus Christi, next fall 2010.

The new joint program is designed to allow high-achieving high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to earn college credit for two courses per semester while earning high school credit for those same courses.

“The program will allow high school students to simultaneously earn college credit toward a postsecondary degree at TAMUK and also will count as credit toward their high school diploma,” Manuel Lujan, TAMUK vice-president of enrollment, said.

University standard general education core classes in areas including English, math, political science, computer science and speech are scheduled to be offered beginning fall 2010.

Classes, which will target high school juniors and seniors, will be taught by A&M-Kingsville faculty.

Students in the dual enrollment program will

earn college credit at reduced tuition rates.

As the program develops, administrators will consider adding additional college classes and possible summer courses.

Students participating in the TAMUK Dual Enrollment Program will be responsible for adhering to all policies in the TAMUK Student Handbook.

“Students should understand that the amount of work necessary to succeed in dual enrollment courses may be greater than of high school courses. In addition, dual enrollment courses became a part of student’s permanent college transcripts,” Lujan said.

Dr. Rex Gandy, TAMUK provost and vice president for academic affairs, said the purpose in offering the dual enrollment courses in Calallen is to offer additional choices of courses for the students, while allowing the high school students to continue with traditional AP courses and extracurricular high school activities.

Two wings of the current Calallen Middle School will be re-wired for emerging technology and will serve as the central location for the dual enrollment classes,

according to Calallen ISD superintendent Dr. Arturo Almendarez .

Almendarez said he hopes to have as many as 100 students participate in the dual enrollment program beginning in the fall semester.

More than 250 students and parents from Calallen and other districts, including Odem-Edroy, Agua Dulce and Banquete, attended a recent informational meeting and expressed interest in the program.

”Our hope is our students will take advantage of this opportunity and will have one, possibly two, years of college completed before they leave high school,” Almendarez said.

To be admitted to the dual enrollment program, students must first be admitted to Texas A&M-Kingsville.

Dr. Duane Gardiner, associate vice president for academic affairs said the program is a win-win for both A&M-Kingsville and the high school students who will enroll.

“We hope this will attract the best and brightest students in the area,” he said. “We expect to keep a large number of these students here at A&M-Kingsville after high school graduation.”

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KTAI hosts Battle of the Bands at Jones AuditoriumContest was part of radio station’s 40th anniversary celebration

Head bangers, guitar wailers and even a horn ensemble took the stage when the university’s radio station, KTAI, hosted “When Hogs Fly,” a Battle of the Bands contest in Jones Auditorium, March 11.

Five bands were entered into the competition and each were given 20 minutes onstage to play their songs.

Gino Flores from Z95, Uncle Sam from C101 and Richard Mettey, a former program director and DJ for KTAI, were in charge of judging the bands.

“Its very interesting to be back and a part of KTAI’s 40th anniversary,” Mettey said. “It reminds me a lot of what we used to do for the department and at Mesquite Grove.”

The bands were judged based on their presence, audience enthusiasm, musical and vocal talent and their overall performance.

Bands included Barbarism is for Bears, Day of Reckoning,

The Vanessa Valdez Band, Chamber of Pain, Los Pamoranas and last year’s winner, Flashdance.

During each intermission where the bands set up, Sonny “The Wolf” Garcia, the event’s Master of Ceremonies held small games for audience members to win KTAI t-shirts.

“It was nice to see a variety of people but what I liked most was seeing all the DJ’s here and being involved and doing what they love, which is listening to music,” Christin Rycroft, Program Director for KTAI, said.

When it came time to announce the winner, some consolation awards were given out.

Barbarism is for Bears was given the Rising Star Award, Day of Reckoning won the Synchronized Head Banging Award, The Vanessa Valdez Band won the Best Dressed Award, Chamber of Pain received the Guitar Solo Award and Los Pamoranas got the Best Dancer Award.

There was a small

drum roll given by the audience, as Garcia prepared to announce the winner of “When Hogs Fly” and the winner was Flashdance.

“It feels good that we won; it would’ve felt the same if we had lost, which would have been epic,” JD Trevino, the band’s guitarist, said.

This is Flashdance’s second Battle of the Bands victory as they won last years “Hog Wars” as well.

The band includes Sam Chavez at vocals, Gene Bautista at keys, Trevino at guitar, James Sendejo at bass, Andres Reyna at drums and Omar Perez at piano/guitar.

The band has been playing together for three years, and they have entered six competitions.

As the winning band, Flashdance received a cash prize and are able to cut a demo with Freddie Records in Corpus Christi.

“This event was a complete success; the bands were good, and you could tell that they were prepared,” Rycroft said.

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Claudia Garcia / The South TexanDay of Reckoning performs at KTAI’s Battle of the Bands.

Claudia Garcia / The South TexanFlashdance was this year’s Battle of the Bands winner.

Kingsville Symphony OrchestraSpring Concert

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Hoggies win three games against Northeastern State

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Javelinas take season series from LSC foe Riverhawks, 3-1Staff Reports

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The Texas A&M-Kingsville baseball team came up with a pair of important victories on Sunday following a Saturday rain-out which pushed the ball games back a day.

Despite the weather the Hogs swept visiting Northeastern State, 7-6 and 11-1 at Nolan Ryan Field to win the Lone Star Conference series, 3-1.

The Javelinas, are coming off a split Friday when they dropped game two 6-4 after winning the first of those games 6-2

The Victory puts the hogs in the midst of things as conference play gets deeper.

The Javelinas find themselves with a 13-11 conference record thats good enough for fifth place as their overall record sits four games over .500 at 17-13 this 2010 season.

In the bottom of the sixth the Hogs rallied, they scored four runs as , Clifton Thomas and, Brandon Rohr came through with two-out run-scoring singles to tie the game.

In the seventh inning, Cody Stigall led off with a walk and was pinch run for by Jerry Rodriguez who has been limited to pinch-running duties due to a hand injury.

With one out and runners on first and second, freshman Cash Barker came through with a crucial hit to drive in Rodriguez with the game-winning run.

Barker went 2-for-3 in the game with two RBI’s while Thomas finished 2-for-4 with two RBI’s and a home run. The Hogs finished with 10 hits in the game and won despite committing four errors.

Freshman Clay Stephens picked up his fourth win

of the season after pitching the seventh inning. Stephens allowed one hit and struck out three

batters in this outing. Colby Schindler started the game and went 5.2

innings allowing nine hits, four earned runs and four walks while striking out six.

For the Riverhawks (13-17, 11-13), Greg Jackson, Angel Hernandez and Chris Gallegos each had two hits in the game.

Jackson scored two runs while Hernandez drove in a pair.

Keith Head pitched 5.1 solid innings allowing five hits, three runs and three walks while striking out five before being removed. The loss went to Josh Walker who walked two batters and gave up the winning run.

The Javelinas took the momentum from the first game into the second game as they blew out the Riverhawks, 11-1 while getting 19 hits.

Thomas went 4-for-4 at the plate with three runs, two RBI’s and two stolen bases.

Thomas finished the series 12-for-17 at the plate with eight runs and four stolen bases.

Rohr, Travis Earles and Adrian Williams each had three hits in the game for the Hoggies.

Rohr added a double, stolen base and four RBI’s while Williams had two doubles and Earles one double.

Senior Dan Rogers pitched a complete game as the Hoggies 10-run ruled the visitors in seven innings.

Rogers allowed six hits, one run and two walks while striking out five.

He improved to 4-1 on the season with the win. The are on the road taking on UH-Victoria in a

non conference game on Tuesday starting at 6 p.m.

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The Texas A&M-Kingsville men’s track and field team won the 2010 IBC Bank Cactus Cup on Saturday by 11 points over neighboring Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Javelina Stadium. Following in third and fourth place was Incarnate Word and UT-Pan American, respectively.

The Javelinas won four of the eight field events and four of the 11 track events.

Freshman C.J. Griggs was the biggest winner

Griggs was busy as he won the long jump (22-11) and triple jump (48-0.75), but was not done there.

Griggs also ran the fourth leg on the winning 4x100-meter relay team that clocked a 42.77.

The team featured Kendrick

Carter (Brazoria/Angleton HS), Kenneth Gibson (Miami, FL/Coral Gables HS) and Charles Wells (Roanoke/Keller HS) along with Griggs.

The team’s time is 1.92 seconds off of last years Lone Star Conference 4x100-meter team of Abilene Christian (40.85)

Wells won the 100 meters in 11.64 against a strong head wind chasing the 10.52 time of last years winner Desmond Jackson. Carter came in second in the 100 meters in a time of 11.83.

Senior Ted Dugie(Yorktown/Yorktown HS) won two events and took second in a third event.

He won the pole vault (13-5.25) and javelin (181-7) and was second in the 110 hurdles (17.93).

Other winners for the Javelinas were Tommy Singletary (Bay City/Bay City HS) in 200 meters and Sergio Rios (Brownsville/James

Pace HS) in the 400-meter hurdles. Singletary won the 200 in 22.60 as he and Gibson finished 1-2 in the event.

Rios easily won the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 55.65 which is just short of Angelo State’s 2009 LSC winner Ryan McWilliams who put up a 54.04 at last years conference meet.

Guillermo Martinez (Donna/PSJA Memorial HS) took second in the event.

The Team looks to improve on these times as they look ahead to the LSC track meet .

The Conference meet will be held on May 7th in San Angelo.

The Track Team will look to continue it’s early season fortunes at UT-Arlington for the UT-Arlington Relays on March 26-27th starting at 8a.m on both mornings.

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Dalia Marroquin swings during action. The Javelinas look to rebound against the Lady Buffs in Canyon Monday afternoon.

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Cash Barker leads off base during Sunday’s game against North-eastern State.

Cactus Cup meet successful for Javelina track team

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After the softball team defeated New-man University Jets in a double-header sweep, the Javelinas found themselves at .500 at 11-11 The Javelinas took game one 4-1 and game two 11-1 in six innings. Lindsay Brown pitched a complete game to get the win for the Javelinas to improve to 9-6 on the year. She allowed one run on three hits while striking out three and walking none. Amanda Arriaga picked up her first career win with her complete game, allowing one run on eight hits with four strikeouts. After the sweep the Texas A&M-Kingsville softball team took to the road and looked to keep their momentum go-ing against the No.17 West Texas A&M Lady Buffs but came up short 4-2 and 6-5 at Lady Buff Yard. The team dropped the first two but

look to rebound as finish up the series Monday In the first game, Kim LeComte had a hand in every run the Lady Buffs (22-9, 4-1) scored. He scored a run in the first, hit a solo home run in third and a two-run homer in the fifth. Sarah Blair added two hits, a double and an RBI. Blair also picked up the win by pitch-ing a complete game allowing seven hits, two runs and two walks while striking out seven. The Javelinas (11-13, 3-2) put runners in scoring position in the second and third innings, but did not score until Lindsey Brown’s solo home run in the sixth inning. They added another run in the sev-enth inning. Cassie Anderson had two hits and an RBI while Dalia Marroquin had a double. Brown took the loss after allowing nine hits, four runs and one walk while striking out six in 6.0 innings.

In the second game, the Javelinas jumped all over Lady Buff starting pitcher Shelbey Cockrell scoring five times in the first two innings. Kaycee Bryan had two hits and scored twice in the first two innings while Melissa St. Clair had a two-run single. Unfortunately, the Javelinas could not keep the lead as LeComte tied the game in the bottom of the second inning with a two-run homer. After LeComte’s home run, neither team was able to score. The Hoggies struggled to get any-thing off of Marci Womack and Brown was able to get the key outs against the Lady Buffs. Finally, in the bottom of the seventh inning Blair ended the game with a walk-off home run to lead-off the inning. Womack picked up the win with 5.1 scoreless innings of relief. Bryan finished the game with three hits for the Javelinas. The two teams will finish up their series with one game on Monday at 11:30 a.m.

Javelina softball drop first two games on road against West Texas A&M

Track team places first at 2010 IBC Bank Cactus Cup meet

Photo courtesy of Sports InformationJavelina track team celebrates Cactus Cup win after claiming victory over three other universities.