TYLER, Texas -- The UT Tyler baseball team takes its 9-1 record on the road this weekend, visiting Oklahoma Christian for a four-game Lone Star Conference series after the Patriots posted a four-game series sweep at home against Eastern New Mexico last week.
 
National Stats: In its first 10 games as a Division II provisional member, UT Tyler already ranks among some of the division's national leaders in several statistical categories.  The Patriot pitching staff leads Division II in total strikeouts (128) and ranks in the top five in hits allowed per nine innings (5.24) and strikeouts per nine innings (12.9).
 
Individually, senior RHP Austin Schneider ranks fourth in Division II in strikeouts (31) and ninth in strikeouts per nine innings (17.08).
 
UT Tyler Team Stats Rankings:
#1 in strikeouts: 128
#5 in hits allowed per nine innings: 5.24
#5 in strikeouts per nine innings: 12.9
#10 in double plays: 12
#12 in earned run average: 2.32
#13 in WHIP (walks + hits allowed per inning pitched): 1.08
#16 in walks: 58
#24 in strikeout-to-walk ratio: 2.91
#29 in fielding percentage: .973
#30 in runs scored: 75
#32 in on base percentage: .412
#33 in hit by pitch: 16
 
UT Tyler Individual Stats Rankings:
#4 in strikeouts (Austin Schneider): 31
#9 in strikeouts per nine innings (Austin Schneider): 17.08
#12 in saves (Matthew McMillan/Max Page): 2
#25 in strikeouts (Reagan MacDonald): 23
#33 in hits allowed per nine innings (Reagan MacDonald): 2.76
 
Awards: Senior LHP Reagan MacDonald earned Lone Star Conference Pitcher of the Week after tossing a 7-inning, 10-strikeout no-hitter last week against Eastern New Mexico.  He also earned the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Division II National and Regional Pitcher of the Week awards for his performance.
 
About Oklahoma Christian: The Eagles are currently 3-7 on the season, in a five-team, tie for eighth place in the 14-team Lone Star Conference.  The Eagles' early-season schedule is the league's toughest, though, as they opened with back-to-back three-game series against Texas A&M-Kingsville (9-1) and Angelo State (9-1), and now face a 9-1 UT Tyler squad.  As a team, Oklahoma Christian ranks sixth in the LSC in batting (.279), 10^th in ERA (5.93), and 13^th in fielding (.936).  The Eagles' pitching staff is led by the conference's ERA leader, senior LHP Gabe Rodery, who is 1-2 with a 0.41 ERA on the season, surrendering just one earned run in 22.0 innings.
 
Series Schedule:
Game 1: Friday, Feb. 21, 2 p.m.
Games 2-3 (doubleheader): Saturday, Feb. 22, 1 p.m.
Game 4: Sunday, Feb. 23, 1 p.m.