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ASU (10-3) is 6-3 on the road this season, while the Aggies (5-5) are 2-2 at home but have not played a game since Saturday, Feb. 15. The Rams are coming off a four-game sweep of Colorado School of Mines last weekend at Foster Field and a 3-2 loss to No. 5 St. Mary's on Tuesday in San Antonio. The Rams took three of four in Lawton after dropping the series opener last season, but the Aggies have a 15-12 advantage in the all-time series.

"This is an important series for us to get off to a good start in conference play, but also because of the position we put ourselves in our non-conference schedule," ASU head coach Kevin Brooks said. "We feel like we're going to have to win the conference to move on to a regional tournament with our non-conference losses. It is very important for us to get wins this weekend and not be climbing up hill from the start of conference play after the first weekend."

ASU comes into the series hitting .336 as a team with 25 doubles, seven triples, four home runs and 105 singles. The Rams have taken 34 walks and have been hit by 26 pitches in 13 games, while the pitching staff has a 2.83 ERA with 114 strikeouts and only 32 walks. ASU has outscored its opponents 91-43 this season and its losses have come with two one-run games and one two-run decision. Angelo State will host Tarleton State next weekend at Foster Field after playing the Aggies.

Ranking Summary
The Rams are currently ranked No. 20 in the nation by the National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association and are No. 26 in the CollegeBaseballLineup.com poll. ASU is third in the NCBWA DII South Central rankings and are not ranked by CollegiateBaseball.com and D2BaseballNews.com. Cameron is not ranked.
 
On the Mound
Jake Feckley has been one of the most dominant pitchers in the nation to start the season after recording a 4-0 record and not allowing an earned run through 27.0 innings of work. Feckley, who is ASU's all-time wins leader with a 19-8 career record, has 24 strikeouts and only three walks to start his senior season. A Wylie native, he has 136 career strikeouts and a 2.70 career ERA through 35 appearances and 26 starts for the Rams since transferring from Texas A&M after his freshman season. Opponents have been limited to a .161 batting average against him this season and he is currently 10 strikeouts away from matching Kenny Elkind (2008-09) who had 146 strikeouts in his career and is second all-time. Joseph Key (2006-09) is the program leader with 212 career strikeouts.

Blake Bass will make his second career start for the Rams in Friday's second game after recording five strikeouts and allowing only two runs in 4.2 innings of work last weekend in a no-decision against the Orediggers. Bass (0-0) has made two appearances on the mound for the Rams this season and has a 1.59 ERA with six strikeouts and no walks. A 6-foot-7 right-hander from Lubbock, Bass is in his first season at ASU after playing his first two years at Texas Tech.

Jason Zgardowski (1-0) shined in his start last weekend with a complete-game, 10-strikeout performance against the Orediggers. It was his second start and fourth appearance for the junior from San Antonio. A right-hander, Zgardowski has recorded 21 strikeouts and walked only one batter through 15.0 innings of work for the Rams this season. He will be making his third start of the year in Saturday's noon game.

The ASU starter for the second game on Saturday has not been announced.

Dillon Becker (2-1) and Graylon Brown (0-1) both had strong performances on Tuesday against St. Mary's. Becker leads the pitching staff with seven appearances this season and has recorded nine strikeouts in 11.1 innings of work. A sophomore from Bastrop, the right-hander started his collegiate career at Blinn College before transferring to ASU. Brown, a right-hander from Brownwood, has made six appearances this season and has 10 strikeouts in 14.0 innings of work. Brown recorded his second save of the season last weekend by striking out the final batter in the series against CSM. He has made 25 appearances in his career with two starts and has recorded 36 strikeouts in 47.1 innings of work.

Jake Albert (1-1) recorded the win last Sunday after throwing 6.0 innings of relief after Trae Davis was injured while delivering a pitch. Albert, a senior from Conroe, has made five appearances this season and has seven strikeouts in 8.0 innings of work. Albert has made 50 appearances in his career at ASU and has thrown 99.2 innings. Davis (1-0) will be unavailable this weekend to pitch.
 
At the Plate
Brett David leads the Rams through the first 13 games of the season with 20 hits and a .476 batting average. David, a junior from El Paso, has already amassed eight doubles and 10 RBI for the Rams. His 20 hits have almost doubled his production from his first two seasons after he had 14 hits as a freshman and was limited to nine hits last season after suffering a hand injury and dealing with it throughout the season. David is currently on a team-leading seven-game hitting streak and has reached base in 12 straight games.

Derek Tyner and Tyler Coughenour have matched David with six multi-hit games this season. Tyner, a junior utility player from Boerne, is hitting .425 with 17 hits and eight RBI in his first season at ASU. He has hit safely in the last three games after putting together a seven-game streak earlier this season. Tyner has been penciled into the ASU lineup as a designated hitter, first baseman and outfielder this season. A senior from Wichita, Kan., Coughenour is off to a stellar start at the plate with 18 hits and reaching base nine times by being hit by a pitch. Coughenour is hitting .439 with three doubles, two triples and two home runs. Coughenour and David Goggin both have had 11-game hitting streaks this season, with Coughenour's ending on Tuesday at St. Mary's.

Goggin enters conference play with a .400 batting average with 18 hits and a team-leading 13 RBI. A sophomore from Minnesota, Goggin was named the LSC Freshman of the Year last season. He has two doubles, a triple and has walked eight times this season. His 13 RBI is only seven behind his 20 RBI last season as a freshman. Goggin is the lone Ram to reach base in every game this season. Fellow sophomore Hunter Choate is hitting .327 with 16 hits and seven RBI. Choate, a third baseman from Athens, has five multi-hit games and has hit safely in the past three games.

Christian Summers started out slow this season, but has been on a tear the past two weeks. Summers is second on the team with 12 RBI and has 13 hits, including four doubles and a triple and home run. Summers has three multi-RBI games this season and is a career .322 hitter with 76 hits in his two seasons at ASU.

Cameron Massengill and Nehwon Norkeh each had two hits on Tuesday against St. Mary's. Massengill, a junior catcher, has contributed nine hits and five RBI this season. Norkeh, a freshman center fielder, leads the team with 15 runs scored and has provided 15 hits and eight RBI. He has started all 13 games in center field to start his collegiate career. Reggie Rodriguez has four hits and four RBI and JP Zapata is 5-for-9 to start his collegiate career. Bass is 6-for-29 at the plate with three RBI and three walks.
 
CAMERON AGGIE REPORT (5-5)
The Aggies enter this weekend's series with a 5-5 record and having not played in almost two weeks. Cameron is 2-2 at home this season after splitting a series against Northwest Missouri State in its last series. The team is hitting .265 with seven doubles, three triples and one home run. The CU pitching staff has a 3.55 ERA and has allowed 70 hits, 23 walks and 28 earned runs in 71.0 innings of work.

Drew Reidt (2-1) leads the Cameron pitching staff early in the season with nine strikeouts through 17.2 innings of work, while Steve Matta (1-0), Tobin Mateychick (1-2) and Josh Neilson (1-0) have also earned wins. Mateychick has made three starts this season and has nine strikeouts and eight walks.

Brad Blumer leads CU with 16 hits and a .457 batting average this season. Blumer has four RBI and a double to go along with 15 singles. Harold Cannon has CU's lone home run, but is hitting .188 on the year. Tyler Palmer is second on the team with a .313 average with five hits, while Mateychick and Jordan Climpson lead the team with seven RBI each. Kas Sanders has added four RBI.

The Aggies have stolen five bases this season and have made 13 errors in 10 games.