MESQUITE, Texas (February 9, 2018) – The Lubbock Christian University Lady Chaparrals opened the North Texas Bash with a 14-6 victory over Texas A&M – Kingsville Friday.
 
SLOW START
LCU (5-1) got on the board first when pinch hitter Haley Hardison drove in Adelae Vayas in the second inning. The Javelinas (3-3) responded in the bottom half of the inning with a run of their own. In the third inning, the Lady Chaps added two more runs off a two-run bomb hit by Morgan Dufour. Once again, TAMUK responded scoring two runs in the bottom of the third inning off a Lauren Oatmen two-run home run to tie the score at 3-3.
 
MORE MORGAN
The Lady Chaps put up four runs in the fourth inning with the first run coming off a Megan Darling single, which plated Casey Ingram. An error by the Javelina shortstop allowed Averi Miller to score and Dufour followed with her second two-run home run of the game. Lubbock Christian added three more runs in the fifth inning. Courtney Medina doubled to bring in Sara Ralston and K'leigh Arredondo before Sydney Beuthien drove in Medina to put the Lady Chaps up 10-3.
 
LONG BALL
Texas A&M – Kingsville managed to get two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning (10-5) before the Lady Chaps plated another run in the sixth inning off a Miller single to score Ralston. The Javelinas answered with a run in the bottom half of the inning to make the score 11-6. In the seventh inning, LCU plated another three runs, with all scoring off home runs. Lindzi Clemmer hit a two-run shot followed by one from Ralston.
 
MO
Monique Francois (3-0) got the start for the Lady Chaps going the distance to notch her third victory of 2018. Mo allowed five earned runs off eight hits striking out nine TAMUK batters. Breanna Smith (2-1) started for the Javelinas lasting 3.2 innings. She gave up seven runs off seven hits, while walking four batters to suffer her first loss of the season. Carla Torres pitched an inning of relief for Texas A&M – Kingsville, allowing three runs off four hits before giving way to Chasity Morales, who threw the final 2.1 innings. She allowed four runs on five hits and walked three Lady Chaps.
 
CHANGE
The North Texas Bash schedule for Saturday has been altered with all game times being moved up to start one hour earlier, due to the cold front moving into the area. The Lady Chaps will now play Texas A&M – Commerce at 12:30 p.m. and Northwest Oklahoma State 2:30 p.m. In addition, due to the weather, their Sunday game against Midwestern State has been cancelled.