LUBBOCK, Texas (February 2, 2019) – Lubbock Christian University continues their play in the TAJ Hospitality College Softball Kickoff tournament Saturday, playing their first doubleheader of the season. They host Southern Nazarene (4 p.m.) and Chadron State College (6 p.m.) at PlainsCapital Park on the LCU campus.
 

TAJ HOSPITALITY COLLEGE SOFTBALL KICKOFF
OPPONENT	LOCATION	CITY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS	LCU STATS	OPP. STATS
SNU	PlainsCapital Park	Lubbock, Texas	6 p.m.	Watch	Stats	LCU STATS	SNU STATS
CSC	PlainsCapital Park	Lubbock, Texas	6 p.m.	Watch	Stats		CSC STATS

 
LCU and SNU Series Snapshot

• LCU leads the all-time series over SNU, 12-1.
• The two former conference foes from the Sooner Athletic Conference (NAIA), have only met once since moving to NCAA Division II, and that was last season with LCU defeating SNU 11-1 on Feb. 18, 2018 at Lincoln Park in Tucson, Ariz, which was part of the Tucson Invitational Games.
• The prior four meetings have been neutral site meetings (SNU's last meeting was in May of 2012 at the Sooner Athletic Conference in Oklahoma City, as SNU was No.15). LCU is 6-0 all-time against SNU in Lubbock, Texas and the prior meeting in Lubbock resulted in a 6-1 and 9-6 doubleheader sweep on Apr. 30, 2011.

 
LCU and CSC Series Snapshot

• LCU leads the all-time series over Chadron, Nebraska based Chadron State College, 1-0.
• Last season's season opener marked the first meeting between the two programs in Lubbock on Feb. 2. LCU claimed a 3-0 win behind three solo homers from Morgan Dufour.

 
Opening Thoughts

• LCU improved to 12-0 all-time in home openers with a 10-2 win Friday night over Texas-Permian Basin.
• Jordan Wehr made her return from a life-threatening automobile accident in the fall of 2017 and served as LCU's opening day starter in the circle. She went 3.1 innings without a decision and allowed one run off six hits (all singles) and struck out a pair of batters.
• Freshman Savannah Wysocki made her LCU and college debut batting leadoff and went 3-for-4 with a triple and three RBI. Heartland Conference preseason all-conference selections Lindzi Clemmer (2-for-3) and K'leigh Arredondo (2-for-4) each had multi-hit performances. Blinn College transfer Alivia Villarreal also had a two-hit outing in her LCU debut (2-for-3).
• A big turning point in the contest Friday was in the fourth inning, with LCU trailing 2-0, Wysocki and Clemmer combined for back-to-back triples.  LCU produced two triples in a game twice last season and the last was on Mar. 6, 2018 against UTPB ironically.

 
Doubleheaders

• LCU went 23-15 last season in games part of a doubleheader.

 
Home Sweet Home

• LCU is 1-0 at home this season. They open the season with their first nine games at home.
• The Lady Chaps, 22-3 at home last season, have won three consecutive home games dating back to last season.

 
The New Kids

• Alexa Riggs, Breanna Anderson, Christiana Saenz, Savannah Wysocki, Lauren Singletary, Alexis Reed, Alivia Villareal, and Taylor Franco each made their LCU debut Friday night.
• Franco (1-0) retired all five batters faced in relief and claimed the win in 1.2 innings of work.

 
Looking at SNU

• The Crimson Storm are coming off a 27-28-1 season and they went 20-18-1 in the Great American Conference.
• Their 2018 season ended in the Championship Game of the GAC Tournament.
• SNU is 1-1 after a 16-14 win over Western New Mexico and a 12-4 loss to Midwestern State Friday in Lubbock.
• The GAC Preseason Polls have SNU selected No.6 (out of 12).

 
Looking at CSC

• The Eagles are coming off a 16-34 season and they went 13-24 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC).
• They opened the 2018 season in Lubbock, going 2-3 in LCU's season-opening hosted tournament.
• CSC opened the 2019 season dropping a pair of games Friday. They fell 7-1 to Oklahoma Christian and followed with a 5-2 loss to Texas-Permian Basin.
• The RMAC Preseason Polls have CSC selected No.12 (out of 13).