LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (8-3, 2-0) vs. OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN (8-7, 0-0)
Sunday, February 25 – 1 & 3 p.m. (DH)
Tom Heath Field (Oklahoma City, Okla.)
All-Time Series: LCU leads 28-7
#LCUvsOC
 
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (February 25, 2018) –The Lubbock Christian University Lady Chaparrals head to Oklahoma City to face Heartland foe Oklahoma Christian in a conference doubleheader Sunday at Tom Heath Field on the OC campus, with the first pitch set for 1:00 p.m.
 
LCU LEADERS
The Lady Chaps are hitting .278 as a team, led by Lindzi Clemmer (.421). She also leads the team in slugging percentage (1.053), runs scored (11), hits (16), runs-batted-in (15), total bases (40) and home runs (7). Courtney Medina leads the Lady Chaps in stolen bases with 7 total. In the circle, Monique Francois leads LCU with a 5-1 record and a 2.58 earned run average. She also holds the most innings pitched (38) and most strikeouts (36) while opponents are only hitting .224 against her. The Lady Chaps head into Oklahoma City coming off a Heartland Conference doubleheader sweep of St. Edward's this past Tuesday.
 
ABOUT OC
The Lady Eagles enter the weekend hitting .277 as a team. They are led by Madison Nordyke, who is hitting .447. Nordyke also leads the team in runs scored (10) and hits (21). Hannah Andrews has the best slugging percentage (1.000). Bridget White tops the team in home runs (2), runs batted in (12) and total bases (25). Sheridan Fuller and Jessica Killer are tied for first on the team with 3 stolen bases each. In the circle, Madison Hagood leads the team in virtually every category: wins (11), appearances (11), earned-run-average (1.96), innings pitched (39.1), strikeouts (31), complete games (2), shutouts (3) and saves (3). OC heads into the series coming off a doubleheader split with Central Oklahoma last weekend.
 
PREVIOUS MEETING
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (May 4, 2017) – A perfect day at the plate by All-Heartland Conference selection Sydney Beuthien and a stellar nine-strikeout performance in the circle from fellow All-Conference member Katera Eltsosie led No.2-seed Lubbock Christian University to a 4-0 shutout victory over No.3-seed Oklahoma Christian to open play in the 2017 Heartland Conference Tournament at Rattlers' Softball Stadium on the campus of St. Mary's University Thursday.
 
Through the first three innings, neither team could manage a hit, much less get a run on the scoreboard. The game was scoreless until the bottom of the fourth inning, as the Lady Chaparrals (36-16) led off the inning with a single up the middle by Sydney Beuthien. With two outs, Lindzi Clemmer drove a ball through the gap on the left side to plate Beuthien and get LCU on the scoreboard.
 
Again with two outs in the fifth inning, Casey Ingram laid down a beautiful bunt to reach on a base hit. Beuthien followed with a triple to score Ingram before scoring on a wild pitch to put the Lady Chaps up 3-0. With two outs in the sixth inning, Clemmer would complete the scoring coming home on a fielding error by the Lady Eagles (31-22).
 
Katera Eltsosie (19-5) started in the circle for the Lady Chaps, going the distance for the complete-game shutout. She allowed six hits while striking out nine OC batters to earn her 19th win of 2017. Madison Hagood (15-11) got the start in the circle for Oklahoma Christian and threw five innings, surrendering three runs on seven hits to suffer her 11th loss this season. Kaylie Upton pitched the final two innings and allowed one run on one hit to close out the contest.

BROADCAST INFO
The games will be available to watch live as well as follow the live scoring. Catch all of the action at www.lcuchaps.com.