LUBBOCK, Texas (February 10, 2019) – Lubbock Christian University opens their play hosting the LCU Invitational Sunday, with games against West Texas A&M (1 p.m.) and Texas Permian Basin (5 p.m.) at PlainsCapital Park on the LCU campus.
 

LCU INVITATIONAL
OPPONENT	LOCATION	CITY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS	LCU STATS	OPP. STATS
WTAMU	PlainsCapital Park	Lubbock, Texas	1 p.m.	Watch	Stats	LCU STATS	WTAMU STATS
UTPB	PlainsCapital Park	Lubbock, Texas	5 p.m.	Watch	Stats		UTPB STATS

LCU and WTAMU Series Snapshot

• WTAMU leads the all-time series over LCU, 11-8.
• LCU is 6-4 all-time against WTAMU at PlainsCapital Park.
• Three of their prior four scheduled meetings have been postponed or cancelled due to weather.
• LCU defeated the Lady Buffs 5-2 in the previous meeting, which was on Feb. 27, 2018 at PlainsCapital Park, with WTAMU carrying a No.10 national ranking.
• LCU and WTAMU are scheduled for four meetings this season, with three in Lubbock and two in the LCU Invitational.

 
LCU and UTPB Series Snapshot

• LCU leads the all-time series over UTPB, 24-0.
• Last season, LCU went 3-0 against the Falcons, with all games played at PlainsCapital Park.
• The Lady Chaps are 1-0 this season against UTPB following a season-opening 10-2 victory Feb. 1, with a 3-for-4 performance with three RBI from Savannah Wisocki.

 
Opening Thoughts

• LCU has posted 56 runs this season, averaging 11.2 runs a game. Lubbock Christian posted at least 10 runs in their opening three games of the season, marking the first time they have completed the feat since the 2010 season.
• Of LCU's four wins, three of the decisions for the LCU winning pitcher have been claimed in relief. LCU has four wins from four different pitchers, with Amber Carlton's "W," which came on Feb. 3 against Western New Mexico, serving as the only win claimed in a starting role this season for the Lady Chaps.
• Alivia Villarreal leads the team at the plate. She has a .563 average and has at least one hit in all five games this season (has at least one RBI in four of the five games). She ranks fourth in the Heartland Conference in batting and on-base percentage (.650).
• Lindzi Clemmer leads LCU with 15 total bases and poses a .882 slugging mark (seventh in the Heartland Conference). Of her seven hits this season, five have been for extra bases. Clemmer is third in the conference in runs scored (9).
• The statistic of "game-winning RBI" is not an official statistic, but Savannah Wysocki has the game-winning RBI in two of LCU's four victories (Alexis Reed and Villarreal each have one).
• LCU did not have a four-hit performance last season. They have had two in five games this season, as K'leigh Arredondo, LCU's RBI co-leader (9), produced four hits against Southern Nazarene and Wysocki had a four-hit game against Chadron State.
• Wysocki leads the Heartland Conference with two triples and Annika Schwartzenberg has four doubles to rank second in the conference.

 
How is the Team Doing?

• LCU is 4-1 this season.
• The Lady Chaps lead the Heartland Conference in batting (.387), RBI (48), walks (29), on-base percentage (.494) and runs (56).
• On the defensive side, LCU leads the Heartland Conference in double plays turned with four.

 
Doubleheaders

• LCU went 23-15 last season in games part of a doubleheader. They are 3-1 this season.

 
Home Sweet Home

• LCU is 4-1 at home this season. They open the season with their first nine games at home.
• The Lady Chaps, 22-3 at home last season, had a loss in their last game (4-2 loss to Midwestern State on Feb. 3), which ended a five-game win streak at home.

 
Looking at WTAMU

• The Lady Buffs are coming off a 40-13 season and they went 21-6 in the Lone Star Conference. They closed out their season with a trip to the NCAA Division II South Central Region Tournament, where they went 1-2.
• The Lady Buffs went 3-3 in the opening tournament of the season, last weekend, where they hit .284 with 11 doubles, two triples and four home runs for 32 RBIs in wins over Washburn, #25 Augustana and Minnesota Duluth.
• Kylee Moore was named to the Schutt Sports/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division II National Player of the Year Top-50 Watchlist. She is hitting .375 this season with a homer and five RBI.
• Kourtney Coveney ranks third in the Lone Star Conference in slugging (.941). She leads the Lady Buffs with eight hits and has three for extra bases (two home runs and a triple).
• Sunday's game with LCU marks their first road game of the season. They went 13-7 on the road last season.
• The Lone Star Preseason Polls have WTAMU selected No.2 (out of 11).

 
Looking at UTPB

• The Falcons are coming off a 16-36 season and they went 4-26 in the Lone Star Conference.
• UTPB is playing their first six games of the season in Lubbock. They are 1-3 on the season, with the lone win coming off a 5-2 season-opening win over Chadron State.
• Valerie Gonzalez claimed All-Tournament Team recognition at the TAJ Hospitality College Softball Kickoff last week, as she hit .455 with five hits and a trio of runs-batted-in.
• The Falcons are the only team in the LSC with two players in the top-seven in on-base percentage. Gonzalez has a .571 on-base percentage, ranking sixth, and Alyssa Lopez is seventh with a mark of .556.