GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (February 10, 2017) – The Lubbock Christian University softball team travels to Grand Prairie to take part in the North Texas Softball Bash hosted by the City of Grand Prairie's Department of Parks, Arts and Recreation this weekend. The Lady Chaps two games on Friday include matchups with Texas Woman's and Tarleton State. LCU then plays three games on Saturday against Regis, Southern Arkansas and Northwestern Oklahoma State before wrapping up play with a single game on Sunday versus Texas A&M – Kingsville.
LADY CHAP WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Friday, February 10, 2017
1:30 p.m. – Texas Woman's (#LCUvsTWU)
3:00 p.m. – Tarleton State (#LCUvsTSU)
Saturday, February 11, 2017
11:00 a.m. – Regis (#LCUvsRU)
1:30 p.m. – Southern Arkansas (#LCUvsSAU)
2:00 p.m. – Northwestern Oklahoma State (#LCUvsNWOSU)
Sunday, February 12, 2017
10:00 a.m. – Texas A&M – Kingsville (#LCUvsTAMUK)
AHEAD OF THE CLASS
Newcomer
Courtney Medina leads the team in batting average (.588), hits (10) and stolen bases (7). Senior
Addison Ard, the reigning Heartland Conference Hitter of the Week, leads the Lady Chaps in slugging percentage (1.071), total bases (15) and is tied with
Sydney Beuthien for the lead in runs-batted-in (each with nine RBI).
KEEP IT GOING
Alyssa Hanks and
Annika Schwartzenberg have each garnered a hit in every game this season. Along with those two, Beuthien,
Lindzi Clemmer and Medina have all successfully reached base in all six games this year.
LAST GAME RECAP
LUBBOCK, Texas (February 8, 2017) – Three Lubbock Christian University pitchers combined for a one-hit shutout and
Annika Schwartzenberg's inside-the-park home run helped the Lady Chaparrals pull out a 2-0 victory over Colorado Christian at PlainsCapital Park on Wednesday.
LCU (6-0) only managed to score two runs in the contest, with each coming with two outs in the inning. In the second inning, pinch hitter
Haley Hardison drew a bases-loaded walk to get the Lady Chaps on the board. In the second inning, Schwartzenberg, the freshman first baseman from Amarillo, Texas, lined a shot through the right side that went all the way to the corner, allowing Schwartzenberg to make the round trip for an inside-the-park home run and the final run scored in the contest.
Three Lady Chaps took part in the action in the circle for LCU to secure the shutout.
Katera Eltsosie (2-0) got the start and went three innings, allowing the only hit of the game from Colorado Christian (4-3). Eltsosie struck out four on her way to her second victory of the season.
Monique Garcia pitched the next two innings, striking out another two before
Katlyn Holmes came in to finish out the last two innings facing the minimum. She struck out two securing her second save of the year.
Even though Lubbock Christian only managed five hits off the Cougars, both Schwartzenberg and
Alyssa Hanks kept their hit-streaks alive as both have hit successfully in all six games this season. In addition to those two,
Courtney Medina,
Lindzi Clemmer and
Sydney Beuthien have all successfully reached base in all six games this year.
LCU head coach
Daren Hays is one-up on little brother Shanon. The meeting marked the first time the two brothers have faced each other in a regular season game. Shanon, who was the first ever coach at LCU and coached the 2008 NAIA National Championship squad before heading to coach Texas Tech, is in his first season coaching Colorado Christian, who are off to a 4-3 start.
TEXAS WOMAN'S
TWU holds the all-time advantage 2-1
PREVIOUS MEETING
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (May 5, 2016) – Three Lubbock Christian University errors and clutch hitting by Texas Woman's downed Lady Chap softball 12-4 in five innings during the opening game of the South Central Regional Tournament at The Softball Stadium inside The Park at St. Mary's Thursday in San Antonio.
Lubbock Christian (45-14) had three errors in the first two innings, which led to an early deficit.
Sydney Beuthien had a two-run bomb in the second inning that tied the game up but the Lady Chaps could only muster two more runs in the contest. Texas Woman's (33-22) scored another 10 runs after LCU tied the game scoring seven in the bottom of the fourth inning. Lubbock Christian managed only three hits in the game with
Ashton Bell and
Molly Davison getting the other two hits. The final two runs plated by LCU were both off of bases-loaded walks.
Kelsey Hoppel got the start in the circle for the LCU and threw the first three innings allowing five runs off of four hits while striking out two Pioneers to suffer her first loss of the year.
Katera Eltsosie came in to pitch the final inning allowing and seven runs off of six hits in relief. Halley Dixon started for TWU going three and two-thirds innings allowing four runs off of three hits and walking three Lady Chaps to earn her ninth victory of the season. Tori Bice threw the last inning and a third while not giving up a hit to notch her second save of 2016.
TARLETON STATE
All-time series tied 3-3
PREVIOUS MEETING
CANYON, Texas (February 14, 2016) - LCU fell to No.10 TSU 6-2 at the WT Invitational.
The TexAnns started Haley Freyman and LCU managed 10 hits against Freyman. Three Lady Chap errors in the third inning led to five unearned runs scoring, proving to be more than LCU could overcome. Lady Chap ace,
Katera Eltsosie (6-2), went the distance against the TexAnns by giving up five hits and a single earned run. Eltsosie struck out four but suffered her second loss of the season.
NTB BROADCAST INFO
All six of the Lady Chap games this weekend will be available to listen live as well as live stats being streamed. All games Friday and Saturday will be available to watch. Broadcast and live scoring links are located at www.lcuchaps.com.
