LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (22-7, 4-2 Heartland) vs. TEXAS – PERMIAN BASIN (2-18, 0-6 Heartland)Tuesday, March 7 – 2 and 4 p.m.
UTPB Softball Field (Odessa, Texas)
All-Time Series: LCU leads 13-0
ODESSA, Texas (March 8, 2016) – The Lady Chaparrals of Lubbock Christian University hit the road once again for the short trip to Odessa to face the University of Texas of the Permian Basin in a Heartland Conference double-header at the UTPB Softball Field with game scheduled for a 2 p.m. start.
ALL TIME
LCU holds a 13-0 advantage in all-time meetings against the Falcons with their first ever matchup during the Lady Chaps' inaugural season in 2008, taking both games of the double-header at PlainsCapital Park. Lubbock Christian faced UTPB earlier this season in a non-conference matchup during the North Texas Bash in Grand Prairie.
TOUGH LOSS
The Falcons are coming off a tough loss to No. 12 St. Mary's where the squads were tied up at eight each midway through the contest before the Rattlers put up nine runs to defeat UTPB.
SWEEP
The Lady Chaps this past weekend completed a three-game conference series sweep of Rogers State University with Katelyn Holmes going 2-0 for the weekend and
Molly Davison hitting .900 with a 1.700 slugging percentage. The senior from Oklahoma City hit two home runs in the series, driving in five runs and scoring six.
DON'T MISS IT
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LAST MEETING
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (February 19, 2016) –
Morgan Colburn homered twice to help lead Lubbock Christian University to three victories on day one of the North Texas Bash in Grand Prairie on Friday. LCU won the first game, 6-5, over Eastern New Mexico, took game two, 11-4, over Texas – Permian Basin and game three, 10-5, over Bethany (Kan.).
FAMILIAR FOE
In game two the Lady Chaps faced fellow Heartland Conference member University of Texas of the Permian Basin (2-6).
Ashton Bell and
Addison Ard lead the team in the second game with Bell going two-for-two and driving in two runs and scoring three more. Ard was two-for-four by driving in two runs and scoring another. Seven of the nine Lady Chap starters tallied a hit in the contest.
ONLY TWO
In game two, both teams scored within two innings. UTPB scored two in the top of the second to take the early lead. The Lady Chaps then score eight runs in the third. The Falcons completed their scoring by getting two more across the plate in the fourth to make it an 8-4 ballgame. LCU would get three more runs in the bottom of the fifth to finalize the scoring in the contest.
THREE'S A CROWD
It took a crowd to garner the victory in game two.
Katlyn Holmes (4-1) started in the circle for LCU, allowing four runs off seven hits and earned the decision for her fourth win of the year.
Abbi White came in to pitch the fifth and sixth innings, striking out two and not allowing any hits before
Savanna Luke pitched the seventh to close out the game, allowing only one hit. A crowd also pitched for the Falcons as they also had three pitchers throw in the contest. Chelsae Faries (0-2) got the start and went two and a third innings, allowing four runs on two hits and suffering her second loss of the year. Kim Alonzo pitched a third of an inning, allowing four runs on three hits, and RustieAnne Spinks went the final three and a third innings, allowing three runs on four hits.
