LUBBOCK, Texas (March 8, 2019) – The Lubbock Christian University Lady Chaparrals host their third consecutive Heartland Conference series, but it is their first three-game conference series, hosting St. Mary's University beginning with a Friday doubleheader at PlainsCapital Park on the LCU campus.
 

St. Mary's at LCU
OPPONENT	LOCATION	CITY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS	LCU STATS	OPP. STATS
StMU	PlainsCapital Park	Lubbock, Texas	1 p.m.	Watch	Live Stats	LCU STATS	StMU STATS
StMU	PlainsCapital Park	Lubbock, Texas	3 p.m.	Watch	Live Stats

  
LCU and StMU Series Snapshot 

• StMU leads the all-time series over LCU, 16-10.
• LCU is 5-3 all-time against StMU at PlainsCapital Park, winning the prior two meetings.
• Last season, LCU went 2-3 against StMU.
  • All three wins by StMU were in San Antonio, Texas and were walk-off wins by the Rattlers.
  • Morgan Dufour led LCU in the series last season with a .286 average (4-for-14).
  • The two teams combined for only 11 extra-base hits in the combined five games, with LCU's Sydney Beuthien producing the lone home run in the series.
• LCU and StMU are scheduled to meet for a single game Saturday before meeting again April 9 for a doubleheader in San Antonio.

 
Opening Thoughts

• LCU has posted 156 runs this season, averaging 9.75 runs a game, leads all of NCAA Division II. Lubbock Christian posted at least 10 runs in their opening four games of the season (a program first) and have tacked 10 or more runs in eight of their 16 contests. They have posted at least 20 runs twice this season and posted 23 runs on Feb. 24 (vs. Newman) with a team record 18-run third inning. LCU has two of the top-five highest scoring games (single team) this season in NCAA Div. II.
• The Lady Chaps have 11 wins in the circle, with four claimed in relief. Four different pitchers have received a win, with three claiming multiple wins: Jordan Wehr (4-2), Taylor Franco (4-3) and Amber Carlton (2-0).
• Megan Darling leads the team at the plate, leading the conference hitting .545, which ranks 22^nd nationally. LCU has five of the top-eight individual hitters in the Heartland Conference, as K'leigh Arredondo (.447, fourth), Lindzi Clemmer (.444, fifth), Alivia Villarreal (.438, seventh) and Alexis Reed (.385, eighth) joined Darling.  Villarreal ranks third in the Heartland Conference in RBI per game (1.2) and in on-base percentage (.542) and fourth in RBI (19). Darling ranks 18^th nationally in on-base percentage (.636, leads conference), fourth in runs per game (1.1), fourth in the conference in slugging (.697) and is tied for fifth in doubles (5).
• Lindzi Clemmer leads the team with 24 hits this season and nine have been for extra bases (she is tied for fifth the conference with five doubles). Clemmer ranks second in the conference in triples (3), ranking tied for 17th nationally, and is third in the conference in runs scored (22). She is 17^th nationally in runs per game (1.38), ranking second in the conference behind Savannah Wysocki, who is sixth nationally with a conference-leading 1.56 runs per game.
• The statistic of "game-winning RBI" is not an official statistic, but K'leigh Arredondo has four game-winning runs-batted-in. Savannah Wysocki, Morgan Dufour and Alivia Villarreal each have two game-winning RBI of LCU's 11 victories (Alexis Reed has one).
• LCU did not have a four-hit performance last season. They have had three in 15 games this season, as K'leigh Arredondo produced four hits against Southern Nazarene (Feb. 2), Savannah Wysocki had a four-hit game against Chadron State (Feb. 2) and Lindzi Clemmer went 4-for-5 against West Texas A&M (Feb. 10).
• Wysocki has four triples on the season (leads the conference and is tied for seventh nationally) and Annika Schwartzenberg has five doubles to rank tied for fifth in the conference. Schwartzenberg leads the conference in doubles per game (0.36).
• LCU has a 26-6 advantage in bases-loaded hits against their opponents. The Lady Chaps are hitting .481 with the bases loaded, compared to .333 for their opponents. Alivia Villarreal is 5-for-7 this season in bases-loaded at-bats and Clemmer is 4-for-5.
• Freshman pitcher Taylor Franco ranks tied for 23^rd nationally with two shutouts. She has 45 strikeouts (fourth in the conference) in 42.1 innings pitched, ranking her third in the conference in strikeouts per seven innings (7.4).

 
How is the Team Doing?

• LCU is 11-5 this season and 2-2 in the Heartland Conference.
• The Lady Chaps lead the Heartland Conference in batting (.389, fourth nationally), on-base percentage (.481, second nationally) and runs per game (9.75, leads nationally), doubles per game (2.4, fifth nationally), triples per game (0.50, 18^th nationally), slugging percentage (.574, ninth nationally), and RBI (140).
• On the defensive side, LCU leads the Heartland Conference in double plays turned per game (0.50, ranks 23^rd nationally).
• In the circle, LCU ranks tied for 22^nd nationally in shutouts with four.

Doubleheaders

• LCU went 23-15 last season in games part of a doubleheader. They are 9-3 this season.

Heartland Conference Breakdown

• LCU is 91-33 (73.4%) all-time in Heartland Conference play. They are 57-8 (87.7%) all-time in Heartland Conference home games.
• In 2018, LCU was 18-12 in conference and 14-2 in conference home games.
• LCU is hitting .377 this season in conference play, with a 4.58 ERA.
• Megan Darling leads LCU in conference contests, hitting .636 (7-for-11). Savannah Wysocki joins Darling, co-leading Lady Chaps with seven hits in conference play. KK Lopez-Liu is 6-for-12 (.500) in conference with a team-leading six RBI.

Home Trends

• LCU is 234-25 (90.3%) all-time in home games at PlainsCapital Park.
• The Lady Chaps are 9-4 this season at home.
• LCU is hitting .375 at home this season and averaging 9.5 runs per game.
• Megan Darling (.536) leads LCU at home in batting and Savannah Wysocki averages 1.6 runs per game at home and has produced 20 hits at home.
• LCU has a 42-20 advantage in extra-base hits at home, with 29 for doubles (Lindzi Clemmer with five doubles).
• The Lady Chaps have eight home runs at home, with homers from six different players. Morgan Dufour and KK Lopez-Liu co-lead LCU at home with two home runs.

 
Streaks

• K'leigh Arredondo has reached base safely in 16 consecutive games (every game this season) and has the team's active leading hit streak at four games.
• Morgan Dufour has reached base safely in 10 consecutive games and Megan Darling is not far behind with an eight-game streak.

 
Calling it a Career

• 3 | Morgan Dufour ranks third in NCAA Division II among active career leaders in home runs in her career (47). Currently tied for second in Heartland history. She needs 64 career home runs for the Heartland Conference all-time record.
• 8 | Lindzi Clemmer ranks eighth in NCAA Division II among active career leaders in runs scored in her career (160). Currently seventh in Heartland history (189 will move her into sixth) and third in program history (165 will move her into second in program history).
• 18 | Lindzi Clemmer ranks 18th in NCAA Division II among active career leaders in at-bats in her career (578). The mark is third in program history (659 will move her into third).
• 19 | Lindzi Clemmer ranks 18th in NCAA Division II among active career leaders in triples in her career (11). Currently ninth in Heartland history (12 would move her into a share of seventh) and third in program history (14 would move her into second).
• 16 | Lindzi Clemmer ranks tied for 16th in NCAA Division II among active career leaders in hits in her career (205). The mark is fifth in program history (234 moves her into fourth).
• 20 | Lindzi Clemmer ranks 19th in NCAA Division II among active career leaders in games played in her career (182). The mark is sixth in program history (188 moves her into fifth.

 
Looking at StMU

• The Rattlers are coming off a 34-23 season and they went 19-9 in the Heartland Conference. They are preseason picked to win the conference.
• St. Mary's is 14-9 on the season and off to a 4-2 start in conference play. They are 3-3 on the road and their three games in Lubbock are part of an 11-game road trip.
• They are 4-5 this season against nationally ranked programs, which includes wins over No.1 Angelo State (Feb. 20) and No.14 Tarleton State (Feb.1).
• The Rattlers rank 20^th nationally in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.53), which ranks second in the conference.
• Staci Johns has a conference-leading seven doubles, which ranks 26^th nationally.
• Abigale Carney ranks tied for fourth nationally with three sacrifice flies on the year.