About the Rattlers
St. Mary's is the fifth-best team in the country according to the NFCA polls. The Rattlers have amassed a record of 17-5 with losses to Angelo State, Texas A&M International, Texas A&M Commerce and Washburn.

All-time series between Lady Chaps and Rattlers
The Rattlers lead the series, 3-1, over LCU dating to the 2013 season. StMU handed the Lady Chaps their first ever Heartland Conference losses during 2014 in San Antonio.

Last meeting between LCU and StMU
LUBBOCK, Texas (February 15, 2014) – A three-run inning by St. Mary's erased Lubbock Christian's 2-0 lead in the third, and another Lady Rattler score in the sixth capped a 4-3 Heartland Conference loss for the Lady Chaps Saturday afternoon at Softball Stadium.
LCU was ready to avenge the two losses to the five-time conference champions from the previous day, with Kirstie Cochran taking advantage on a fielding error by the shortstop and becoming the first Lady Chap to reach base. Megan Sullivan's walk pushed Cochran up a base, but a popup to second by Morgan Colburn marked the second LCU out. Jessica Loiacano responded with a left field single, and a Lady Rattler error allowed her to scramble to second while Sullivan made it home for the first run of the game and Cochran was right behind her for a 2-0 Lady Chap advantage. Ashton Bell singled to the pitcher, advancing Loiacano to third base, but a Katera Eltsosie fly out to right field ended any further LCU scoring opportunities in the inning.
The Lady Rattler scoring run in the third began with Amanda Villa being hit by an Eltsosie pitch and back-to-back doubles by Daniele Nash and Nicole Sardelich, the latter of which brought Villa and Nash around for the first pair of StMU runs. A fielding error by Loiacano allowed Katie Nichols on base and Sardelich advanced to third. A single to right field by Haley Ritcher brought in Sardelich for the go-ahead run and put Nichols on third. LCU was able to end the inning by caging two fly outs by the Lady Lady Rattlers, including an impressive sliding catch by Katlin Reed in foul territory.
Loiacano and Bell each delivered singles in the next inning, but consecutive flyouts by Eltsosie and Rebecca Billings stopped the runners from advancing until Diana De La Paz singled to center field. On the hit, a Lady Rattler fielding error allowed De La Paz to reach second, put Bell on third and brought Loiacano around to tie the game at 3-3, but Bell was picked off at third to end the run.
St. Mary's final run in the sixth came by way of an RBI single from Villa, scoring LeeAnn Campos for a 4-3 Lady Rattler victory, as the Lady Chaps ended the game in the seventh with three straight groundouts.
Eltsosie (3-2) suffered another loss with eight hits and two strikeouts while Emily Brittain (8-2) earned the win with two hits in three innings of work.

Lady Chaps take another from Newman
WICHITA, Kan. (March 8, 2015) – Lubbock Christian completed a series sweep versus Newman by finishing off the weekend with a 6-2 win on Sunday to cap a 3-0 stay at NU Softball Field to stay a perfect 5-0 within the Heartland Conference.
Scoreless until the top of the third, Sammie Murrietta and Jessica Loiacano came through with singles, topped by an Ashton Bell fielder's choice. A single to left field by Liz Torres brought Loiacano home to give the Lady Chaps (15-5, 5-0 Heartland) a 1-0 advantage.
Faith Koria homered to center field in the fourth to double LCU's lead to 2-0 before Bell sent a double down the right field line in the following frame, setting up Liz Torres for a left field single to bring Bell home to put the Lady Chaps up 3-0.
Newman put a run on the board in the sixth before LCU added to their total on a Loiacano single to score one while a Jet error allowed two more Lady Chap runs for a 6-1 lead. NU added another run on a Kassidy Furr double to right center, but it was not enough, as LCU took the victory.
Courtney McGee (7-2) earned the win with six hits, six strikeouts and a trio of walks.