SAN ANGELO – The opening to the 2013 season couldn't have gone much better for Andrew LaCombe who had 11 RBIs, four doubles, five hits, four wins and has now been named the Lone Star Conference Hitter of the Week.

LaCombe, who was a LSC first-team catcher last season and is a two-time captain of the Rams, hit .385 in the four-game sweep of Ouachita Baptist and even stole two bases. The weekly honor is the first in his career at Angelo State and comes after he tied the ASU single-game record with a seven-RBI performance in the third game of the series in Arkadelphia. He tied Isaac Garcia's single-game record at Angelo State which had been established since Garcia drove in seven runs against Fort Hays State on Feb. 8, 2009.

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The senior from Southlake has a career batting average of .341 with 61 hits, including three home runs, 16 doubles and 51 RBIs. He has started 59 of 61 games since he transferred to Angelo State from Texas State.

LaCombe and the Rams open their home schedule with a three-game series against No. 11 Southern Arkansas this weekend at Foster Field. The series starts with a 3 p.m. nine-inning game on Friday and continues with a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday. The Rams are 0-4 all-time against the Muleriders, including dropping the opening game of the NCAA DII South Central Regional Championships last season to SAU. ASU also fell 7-0 to the Muleriders in a regular-season game at Southern Arkansas last year.