TEXAS – PERMIAN BASIN (8-14) at LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (11-5)
Tuesday, March 6 – 3 & 5 p.m. (DH)
PlainsCapital Park (Lubbock, Texas)
All-Time Series: LCU leads 21-0
#LCUvsUTPB
LUBBOCK, Texas (March 6, 2018)
– The Lubbock Christian University Lady Chaparrals return home to take on the University of Texas of the Permian Basin Tuesday in a midweek doubleheader, with the first pitch scheduled for 3:00 p.m. at PlainsCapital Park.
LCU LEADERS
The Lady Chaps enter the contest with an overall record of 11-5, following a 8-6 victory over Heartland foe Newman Saturday in Wichita, Kan. LCU is 7-1 at PlainsCapital Park this year. The Lady Chaps are hitting .279 as a team, led by
Megan Darling (.429).
Lindzi Clemmer leads the team in runs scored (17), hits (22) and total bases (48).
Morgan Dufour leads the team in home runs (8), slugging percentage (.933) and runs batted in (22).
Courtney Medina leads the Lady Chaps in stolen bases with 8 total. In the circle,
Monique Francois leads LCU with a 7-2 record and a 2.67 earned run average. She also holds the most innings pitched (57.2) and most strikeouts (56) while opponents are only hitting .228 against her.
ABOUT UTPB
The Falcons are hitting .245 as a team and are led by Maritza Rojas, who is hitting .400 with a .550 slugging percentage. Rojas also leads the Falcons in hits (16), total bases (22) and runs batted in (10). In the circle, UTPB is led by Aubree Avila with a 3.92. Maritza Rojas leads the Falcons with a 4-3 record, 57 innings pitched and 37 strikeouts. The Falcons are coming off a doubleheader sweep at the hands of Texas A&M - Kingsville on Saturday.
THE SERIES vs. UTPB
The Lady Chaps lead the all-time series 21-0, taking the last matchup in walk-off fashion earlier this season (Feb. 4) at PlainsCapital Park.
PREVIOUS MEETING
LUBBOCK, Texas (February 4, 2018) –
Logan Grado hit a bases loaded shot through the left side in the bottom of the seventh inning to score two runs and give the Lubbock Christian University Lady Chaparrals a 6-5 walk-off win over the University of Texas of the Permian Basin Falcons. The win concluded play at the 2018 Visit Lubbock Softball Classic at PlainsCapital Park.
The Lady Chaps (4-1) found themselves in a big hole early, as the Falcons (1-4) scored three runs in the second inning and two runs in the third inning to take a 5-0 lead.
By the start of the fourth inning, the wind had switched directions and the temperature dropped over 20 degrees, leading to pitching struggles for the Falcons.
Megan Darling drew a bases-loaded walk to put LCU on the scoreboard, and it was followed by a shot to left field by
Lindzi Clemmer (drove in
Adelae Vayas and
Casey Ingram) to bring the Lady Chaps within two runs (5-3).
Averi Miller scored in the sixth inning off the bat of
Sydney Beuthien to make it a one-run game going into the seventh inning (5-4).
In the bottom of the seventh inning, Ingram reached on a fielding error by the UTPB third baseman to load the bases. LCU head coach
Daren Hays brought in
Logan Grado to pinch-hit, and she delivered with a shot through the left side to bring in
Sara Ralston and Vayas giving LCU the walk-off victory.
Amber Carlton received the start in the circle for the Lady Chaps, going 2.1 innings and allowing three earned runs off seven hits (she struck out three Falcons).
Clarissa Martinez (1-0) came in and threw 4.2 innings in relief, shutting out Permian Basin and only allowing one hit to earn her first victory on the season. Maritza Rojas started for UTPB (throwing 5.1 innings) giving up four runs off four hits, while walking eight Lady Chaps. She gave way to Sloan Springfield (0-2), who gave up two runs off two hits to suffer her second loss of the year.
LIVE COVERAGE
The games will be available to watch live online as well as follow the live scoring by going to www.lcuchaps.com.
