SAN ANGELO - The Angelo State softball team travels south this weekend to take on St. Edward's and St. Mary's as the Rambelles look to build off an undefeated weekend at home.
 
The Hilltoppers and the Rambelles will play at 12 p.m. on Friday before the Rattlers and the Rambelles square off at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Rambelles swept Western New Mexico and Sul Ross State last weekend at Mayer Softball Field, outscoring the opposition 34-6. In the circle, Maddison Ruiz and Addy Ewing collected all four wins as the duo only allowed one earned run across 21.2 innings of work.
 
RAMBELLES NOTCH 1,000th ALL-TIME WIN
The Rambelles' 18-0 win on Friday, February 20th, over Midwestern State was the 1,000th all-time win for the Angelo State softball program since they started competition in the 2002 season. They join St. Edward's, which also recorded its program's 1,000th win on Friday, February 20th, and St. Mary's, which has 1,123 wins, most coming under the guidance of the legendary Donna Fields, who led the Rattlers for 27 seasons, as the only programs in the conference to win more than a thousand games.
 
SCOUTING ST. EDWARD'S
St. Edward's enters the week with a 12-29 overall record and a 9-21 conference record. The Hilltoppers are 6-8 on their home field this season.
 
The Hilltoppers are hitting .257 this season, averaging 3.4 runs per game. Darian Deleon leads the team with a .339 average, while Dafne Mercado leads the team with five homers, and Ryan Rangel has driven in a team-high 26 runs this season.
 
The Hilltoppers' pitching staff has a 4.08 ERA and has struck out 145 strikeouts in 267.1 innings. Opponents are hitting .285 against the Hilltoppers. Haley Carmona leads the staff with a 3.72 ERA, while Kylen Padgett leads the team with eight wins and 73 strikeouts in 113.1 innings.
 
The Rambelles are 66-20 all-time against the Hilltoppers and are 21-12 versus SEU in Austin.
 
SCOUTING ST MARY'S
St. Mary's is 25-18 overall and is 17-13 in conference play. The Rattlers are 9-9 on their home field this season, but have only won one of their past six games in San Antonio.
 
The Rattlers are hitting .305 this season, averaging 4.8 runs per game. Five Rattlers hit above .300, led by Miah Corona's .377 average. Gabriela Banda has a .357 average and leads the team with five home runs and 39 runs driven in.
 
The Rattlers' pitching staff has a 3.49 ERA and has struck out 120 strikeouts in 279 innings. Opponents are hitting .291 against the Rattlers. Ariella Saenz leads the team with 11 wins and a 3.49 ERA.
 
The Rambelles are 53-38 all-time against StMU and are 21-20 in San Antonio. The Rattlers have hosted the last five games in this series, and the Rambelles have claimed three wins in that time.
 
ZOEY 1 O' 1
Rambelles third baseman Zoey Sifuentes has earned four weekly awards this season. She has been named the LSC Freshman of the Week three times and the LSC Hitter of the Week once for her play during the Rambelles' trip to Florida. The Kinesiology major leads the conference in doubles (19) and RBI (61), while ranking second in slugging percentage (.842) and third in batting average (.451).
 
TROTTER NAMED LSC PRESEASON OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Rambelles senior outfielder Tatiana Trotter was selected as the conference's preseason player of the year, as voted on by the league's coaches, SIDs, and media members. Trotter, an Intelligence and Analysis student from Lubbock, is coming off a season in which she hit .330 with 14 home runs and 47 RBI. She slugged .648 and had a .449 on-base percentage. Trotter also notched seven assists from the outfield en route to being named an LSC Golden Glove winner. The senior was also a third-team Academic All-American selection last season. Trotter has hit 17 career triples, making her the active Division II leader in that category. Trotter's 17 triples are the most in ASU's program history.
 
RAMBELLES PICKED THIRD IN LSC PRESEASON POLL
The Rambelles were picked to repeat their third-place finish in the LSC Preseason poll, as voted on by the league's coaches, SIDs, and media members. The Rambelles received a pair of first-place votes and tallied 753 total points. Two-time defending champions UT Tyler were picked to repeat as conference champions with 849 total points and 39 of 51 first-place votes. West Texas A&M received eight first-place votes and 817 total points. Oklahoma Christian and Lubbock Christian each received a first-place vote to round out the top five. Cameron, Eastern New Mexico, St. Edward's, and St. Mary's round out the top nine in what would fill the spots for the LSC Tournament.
 
25 YEARS OF RAMBELLES SOFTBALL
The Angelo State softball program is playing its 25th season of Division II softball this season. The Rambelles hold a record of 1,022-371-1 dating back to the 2002 season. In that time, the Rambelles have qualified for 19 NCAA Tournaments, won six South Central regional championships, won the 2004 National Championship, and finished as National Runners-Up in 2017.
 
RETURNING STATS
The Rambelles' lineup only returns 364 of their 1,535 at-bats from a season ago, with Tatiana Trotter and Abby Brand the only mainstays returning from last season's lineup. In the circle, Bri Waters is the lone holdover from last season's pitching staff. All in all, 14 new faces will suit up for the Rambelles in 2026.