LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (19-7, 1-2) vs. ROGERS STATE (8-12, 0-3)
Friday, March 4 - 1 & 3 p.m.
PlainsCapital Park (Lubbock, Texas)
All-Time Series: LCU leads 17-2

LUBBOCK, Texas (March 4, 2016) – After a month on the road and 21 straight games away from home, the Lady Chaps finally return to the friendly confines of PlainsCapital Park on the LCU campus for a Heartland Conference series against the Hillcats of Rogers State with the first pitch of the Friday doubleheader scheduled for 1 p.m.

FAMILIAR FOE
The Lady Chaps have played in the same conference as the Hillcats dating to 2007, having faced each other 19 times with the Lady Chaps holding a 17-2 advantage.

COLBURN
Morgan Colburn leads the nation in home runs (12) and runs-batted-in (35) while ranking sixteenth in the country in slugging percentage (1.041). The redshirt senior leads the conference in the three aforementioned categories as well as batting average (.446) and runs scored (29). Colburn is second in on-base-percentage (.553), hits (33), doubles (8) and walks (17). Lindzi Clemmer and Sydney Beuthien co-lead the conference in triples with two each.

ELTSOSIE
Katera Eltsosie leads the conference in wins (11), opposing-batting-average (.190) and batters struck out looking (36). Eltsosie is second in the conference in earned-run-average (2.02) and batters struck out (72).

CATCH THE ACTION
If you are unable to make it to the ballpark, go online to www.lcuchaps.com and watch the live online stream, listen to the audio broadcast and follow the live scoring.

LAST MEETING
Claremore, Okla. (March 28, 2015) – Lubbock Christian registered a dozen hits while pitcher Courtney McGee allowed just three in the 7-2 series finale win versus Rogers State Saturday afternoon at Diamond Sports Complex in which the Lady Chaps totaled three home runs.
LCU (24-7, 13-1 Heartland) took all three games from RSU (8-18, 4-10 Heartland) to move to the top of league standings alongside Texas A&M International. TAMIU is playing a doubleheader at St. Edward's today to determine whether or not the Lady Chaps will remain in first place.
Three singles by the Lady Chaps got the game going before Jessica Loiacano grounded into a double play but gave Faith Koria enough time to come around for the first score. Ashton Bell then singled to left field for an RBI and a 2-0 Lady Chap advantage.
Loiacano and Molly Davison tallied successive home runs in the third, with Loiacano blasting one over left center and Davison sailing one by the scoreboard in right field, to add a trio of runs extending LCU's lead to 5-0. RSU's Ashleigh Stidman reached first following a dropped ball by Davison and advanced to second on a wild pitch to become the first Hillcat in scoring position on the day. Carley Conley knocked one to center field that bounced off of Bell's leg, letting Cailin Simpson and Jamie Kowalick scoot around for two RSU runs to slice the LCU to three.
In the fifth, Liz Torres tallied the third Lady Chap homer on the afternoon to put LCU up 6-2. A walk to Koria, single by Beuthien and another walk to Murrietta loaded the bases for the Lady Chaps to set up Loiacano who hit a grounder to third to force out Beuthien but was enough for Koria to make it home to add the final run for LCU.
McGee (13-3) took another win in the circle with her trio of hits, pair of walks and four strikeouts.