No. 22 LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (16-2) vs. No. 17 ANGELO STATE (17-1)
Tuesday, March 2 – 2 & 4 p.m.
Mayer Field (San Angelo, Texas)
All-Time Series: Tied 1-1
SAN ANGELO, Texas (March 2, 2017) – The No. 22 Lubbock Christian University Lady Chaparrals travel to San Angelo on Tuesday to face No. 17 Angelo State in a double-header at Mayer Field, with the first game scheduled for a 2:00 p.m. first pitch.
TEAM LEADERS
Current Heartland Conference Hitter of the Week
Sydney Beuthien leads LCU in batting average (.518), hits (29), slugging percentage (.964) and runs-batted-in (25). She also leads the team with nine multi-hit games.
Courtney Medina leads the Lady Chaps in stolen bases (16). In the circle,
Katera Eltsosie leads the Lady Chaps with an 8-0 record and a 1.09 earned run average.
Monique Garcia leads the Lady Chaps with the most innings pitched (50.2) as well as strikeouts (41).
Katlyn Holmes is tops on the team with three saves this season.
STREAKING
Beuthien has successfully reached base in all 18 games the Lady Chaps have played this season and also has a hit streak going with 12 consecutive games.
ANGELO STATE
The Rambelles are hitting .353 as a team and have a 1.84 ERA. They are holding opponents to a .179 batting average and have allowed 37 runs this season (a low of 2.1 per game) off 77 hits (4.3 per game). Angelo State has scored 144 runs this season with 65 extra base hits.
PREVIOUS MEETING
CANYON, Texas (February 13, 2016) – The Lubbock Christian University Lady Chaparral softball team used three home runs in the first game of the day to top Angelo State 5-1 at the WT Invitational Saturday hosted by West Texas A&M University. The Lady Chaps (9-4) used home runs by
Lindzi Clemmer,
Molly Davison and
Liz Torres , and the trio of homers drove in all five of their runs. All three dingers took place in the top of the second inning to give LCU a 5-0 lead. The last time the Lady Chaps had three home runs in one inning was April 2, 2015, against Oklahoma Panhandle State when the team hit three in the first inning. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Angelo State (6-3) plated one run as Becky Wilhelm, who reached on an error, was driven in by Kelly Johnson to make the score 5-1.?
Katera Eltsosie pitched the complete game for LCU in game one to notch her sixth win of the season. Eltsosie allowed one unearned run on four hits and struck out five Rambelles. Kenedy Urbany (3-2) went the distance in the loss for ASU giving up five runs on eight hits while striking out eight Lady Chaps.
BROADCAST INFO
The games will be available to listen live online and can be heard at www.lcuchaps.com.
