PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana Christian University athletics program recognizes baseball's Dylan Beier and women's tennis' Patricia Principal Pineda as this week's LCU Student-Athletes of the Week.

 

Beier, a junior left-handed pitcher from Lake Charles, Louisiana, was critical in keeping the 18th-ranked Mobile offense in hibernation, having now won both his starts in 2024 after a 4.2-inning, one-run gem that saw the former LSU Eunice transfer strike out 3 Rams and allow only four hits including zero walks.

 
Principal Pineda, a sophomore from Barquisimeto, Venezuela, won all six games she competed in (three singles and 3 doubles) while leading the Cats to their first three-match winning streak since before the 2008 season. The Abraham Baldwin Agricultural CC transfer outscored her opponents by a combined 30-17 in her two first flight competitions and a spotless 12-0 showing in the second flight. In doubles action, the six-footer teamed up with Alexandra Cedeno to more than double-up their adversaries (24-11) from Copiah-Lincoln CC, Hinds CC, and Millsaps with the latter two being true road tests.

Baseball hosts the Louisiana Christian Challenge on Friday and Saturday with a pair of matchups vs. Saint Francis (Indiana) as well as welcoming Southern University at New Orleans to the NAIA baseball scene as this is their debut year.

 

Tennis hosts Grambling State at noon on Tuesday before its Red River Athletic Conference debut against LSU Shreveport here on "The Hill" at 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon.

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