TUCSON, Arizona (February 19, 2017) – The Lubbock Christian University Lady Chaps will wrap-up play in the Second Annual D2 Cactus Classic softball tournament hosted by Tucson Invitational Games at Lincoln Park in Tucson, Ariz. with a single game Sunday morning against regional foe Fort Lewis College. A game which was originally scheduled for Saturday but was postponed due to rain causing the game against University of Mary on Sunday to be cancelled.
 
LADY CHAP WEEKEND SCHEDULE (all times CST)
Friday, February 17, 2017
   10:30 a.m. – Lubbock Christian 2 - No. 23 Dixie State 1
   12:30 p.m. – Lubbock Christian 2 - Mary 3
 
Saturday, February 18, 2017
   12:30 p.m. – Lubbock Christian 13 - Academy of Art 4
   3:00 p.m. – Fort Lewis - POSTPONED TO SUNDAY AT 10:30 a.m.
 
Sunday, February 19, 2017
   10:30 a.m. – Mary - CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN/RE-SCHEDULING
   10:30 a.m. – Fort Lewis (#LCUvsFLC)
 
TEAM LEADERS
Sydney Beuthien leads LCU in batting average (.500), hits (23), slugging percentage (.848) and runs-batted-in (18). She also leads the team with seven multi-hit games. Courtney Medina leads the Lady Chaps in stolen bases (16). In the circle, Heartland Conference Pitcher of the Week, Katera Eltsosie leads the Lady Chaps with a 7-0 record and a 1.04 earned run average. Katlyn Holmes is tops on the team with three saves this season.
 
STREAKING
Beuthien has successfully reached base in all 15 games the Lady Chaps have played this season and also has a hit streak going with nine consecutive games.
 
FORT LEWIS
LCU holds the all-time advantage 2-0
 
PREVIOUS MEETING
CANYON, Texas (February 14, 2016) – It took extra innings once again for the Lady Chaps to take game one in the WT Invitational, this time from Fort Lewis College in a 7-6 win, before falling to No. 10 Tarleton State 6-2 in game two to complete play on Sunday.
 
To open the day, LCU (10-5) was first on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first inning when the Fort Lewis (2-7) third baseman dropped a fly ball allowing Lindzi Clemmer to score from third. In the top of the second, the Skyhawks took a 2-1 lead off of a two-out single that plated Mandy Owens and Lauren Caldwell. During the next inning, LCU would regain the lead 3-2 when Molly Davison doubled to drive in Morgan Colburn and Baylee Goolsby. After FLC tied the game up in the top of the fifth, the Lady Chaps again took the lead with Colburn's two-run bomb down the left field line. The Skyhawks answered in the next half inning by getting two runs of their own to tie the game at 5-5.
 
For the third time this season and the second in the WT Invitational, the Lady Chaps had to play into the eighth inning. With the International Tie Breaker (ITB) rule in effect, the Skyhawks placed Owens on second base to start the inning. FLC was able to bring her home via a sacrifice bunt followed by a sacrifice fly to take a 7-6 lead. The Lady Chaps put Liz Torres at second in the bottom half of the inning where she reached third on a double by Colburn before Katlin Reed would hit a shot into left to score both Torres and Colburn for the walk-off win.
 
Katlyn Holmes (3-1) notched her third victory of the year by going the full eight innings for LCU. Holmes only allowed three earned runs while striking out two. Victoria Johnson (2-2) took the loss for the Skyhawks, allowing eight hits and seven runs while walking five Lady Chap batters.
 
BROADCAST INFO
The game will be available to watch and listen live live as well as live stats being streamed. Catch the action at www.lcuchaps.com.