LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (14-2) vs. EASTERN NEW MEXICO (8-9)
Tuesday, February 21 – 1 & 3 p.m. (CST)
Greyhound Softball Field (Portales, N.M.)
All-Time Series: LCU leads 20-0
#LCUvsENMU
 
LUBBOCK, Texas (February 21, 2017) – The Lubbock Christian University Lady Chaps travel to Portales, New Mexico Tuesday to face Eastern New Mexico in a double-header at Greyhound Softball Field, with the first game scheduled for a 1:00 p.m. (CST) first pitch.
 
TEAM LEADERS
Sydney Beuthien leads LCU in batting average (.490), hits (24), slugging percentage (.878) and runs-batted-in (19). She also leads the team with seven multi-hit games. Courtney Medina leads the Lady Chaps in stolen bases (16). In the circle, Katera Eltsosie leads the Lady Chaps with a 7-0 record and a 1.04 earned run average as well as the most strikeouts (36). Monique Garcia leads the Lady Chaps with the most innings pitched (44.2). Katlyn Holmes is tops on the team with three saves this season.
 
STREAKING
Beuthien has successfully reached base in all 16 games the Lady Chaps have played this season and also has a hit streak going with ten consecutive games.
 
LOOKING AT THE 'HOUNDS
Eastern New Mexico is riding their first five-game win streak since 2007 and enter Tuesday 8-9 on the season. They are 2-0 at home on the season. ENMU is hitting .294 on the season, with Erikka Burke leading the team hitting.408 with six home runs. The Greyhounds have a staff ERA of 3.87 in the circle.
 
PREVIOUS MEETING
LUBBOCK, Texas (March 22, 2016) – Five different Lady Chaps hit home runs with Katlin Reed and Morgan Colburn each hitting three on the day to lead the LCU to a 18-13 and 10-0 double-header sweep of the Greyhounds of Eastern New Mexico Tuesday at PlainsCapital Park. Game two was played as the sun set and the Lady Chaps played their first ever game at PlainsCapital Park under the lights which were installed in the off-season.
 
Lubbock Christian (30-7) jumped out to an early lead plating eight runs in the first inning. Colburn hit a two-run home run followed immediately by a solo shot from Molly Davison. Then three batters later Sydney Beuthien hit her first home run of the year to drive in three more runs. Ashton Bell singled up the middle to drive in the other two runs in the first to give LCU an 8-0 advantage. Eastern New Mexico (10-24) scored four runs in the top half of the next inning to make it an 8-4 game. Reed led off the bottom half of the third inning with her first home run of the season. Two batters later Bell drew a walk before Colburn came to the plate and hit her team leading 17th home run of the year, second of the game to drive in two more runs. Sammie Murrietta was walked with the bases loaded to bring home the fourth run of the inning putting LCU up 12-4.
 
The Greyhounds responded in the top of the fourth inning scoring three more runs before Lubbock Christian would get six more of their own in the bottom of the inning giving the Lady Chaps an 18-7 lead. ENMU bounced back in the top of the fifth with a leadoff single followed by a walk and a hit batter to load the bases. Natasha Kissell singled through the right side to drive in a run followed by a single off the bat of Mariah Rodriguez to give the Greyhounds two more runs and the bases still loaded before Erikka Burke hit a grand slam home run to make the game 18-13.
 
Katera Eltsosie (16-3) got the start for LCU in game one going the distance securing her 16th victory of the year. Eltsosie allowed 13 runs off of 14 hits striking out four while giving up four walks. For the Greyhounds three girls shared time in the circle with Kiana Zerr (2-8) getting the start and suffering her eighth loss of the season. Zerr threw two-thirds of an inning allowing eight runs on five hits before being replaced by Katie Ripple. Ripple went one-and-two-thirds innings allowing three runs on three hits. Natasha Kissell came in to throw the last three-and-two-thirds innings allowing seven more runs on four hits.
 
In game two the Lady Chaps scored in all five innings with two runs coming in the first inning when Colburn hit her 18th home run of the season, third of the day, driving in two runs. In the second inning Reed hit her second bomb of the day to drive in two more runs giving LCU a 4-0 advantage after two innings of play. Colburn and Addison Ard both scored in the third inning off the bat of Beuthien. In the fourth inning Reed once again led off an inning with a home run hitting her third of the day putting the Lady Chaps on top 7-0. Roxy Curiel came to the plate in the fifth inning with two outs, Beuthien at third base and Reed at second base and hit her first home run of the year for a walk-off, 10-0 run-rule victory.
 
Katlyn Holmes (12-2) threw her third complete-game shutout in a row to notch her 12th win of the season. She allowed only five hits while striking out two Greyhound batters. Natasha Kissell (2-11) took the loss for Eastern New Mexico going three innings allowing seven runs off four hits. Burke came in to throw the last one-and-two-third innings allowing an additional three runs off four hits.
 
BROADCAST INFO
The games will be available to watch and listen live live as well as live stats being streamed. All of the action can be found at www.lcuchaps.com.