LUBBOCK, Texas (April 16, 2019) – Lubbock Christian University closes out their home schedule of the 2019 season with a doubleheader against Oklahoma Christian University. The 1 p.m. doubleheader marks the return of former LCU softball head coach Shanon Hays, as LCU head coach Daren Hays has never faced his brother in a conference home game.
 

OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN at LCU
OPPONENT	LOCATION	CITY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS	LCU STATS	OPP. STATS
OC	PlainsCapital Park	Lubbock, Texas	1 p.m.	Watch	Live Stats	LCU STATS	OC STATS
OC	PlainsCapital Park	Lubbock, Texas	3 p.m.	Watch	Live Stats

 
LCU and OC Series Snapshot

• LCU leads the all-time series over OC, 34-11.
• OC has a 2-1 series advantage this season after a three-game series in Oklahoma City on Apr. 5-6.
  • Both teams hit under .200 as a team, with LCU hitting .195 and OC hitting .190. LCU has a 0.98 ERA and OC has a 1.83 ERA in the series.
  • Savannah Wysocki leads LCU with a .500 average in the series (6-for-12), leading LCU with six hits.
  • LCU has at least one RBI from four different players, but no player has more than one.
  • Hunter Strickland leads OC in the series, hitting .444 (4-for-9), with her four hits leading all Lady Eagles.
  • Kaylie Upton leads OC with two RBI and Kayla Eichler has the only home run in the series.
• The two squads met six times last season, with LCU winning four times, going 4-2 in the series.
  • LCU was 1-1 in games played at Oklahoma Christian last season.
  • LCU was led in the series last season by Sydney Beuthien, who hit .500 with nine hits, including three homers, 11 homers and 19 runs.
  • KK Lopez-Liu led LCU in the series with four home runs and 12 RBI (she slugged 1.267).
  • Madison Nordyke led OC last season in the season series with a .500 average with five RBI. She was also 1-1 in the circle against LCU.
• LCU is 17-1 all-time verses Oklahoma Christian at home, as LCU has won 17 straight against OC at home. OC won the first ever meeting in Lubbock 3-1 on Feb. 29, 2008.

 
Opening Thoughts

• LCU has posted 297 runs this season, averaging 7.24 runs a game, ranking ninth among 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 14 of their 41 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-15 highest scoring games (single team) this season in NCAA Div. II.
• The Lady Chaps have 27 wins in the circle, with seven claimed in relief. Four different pitchers have received at least one win in relief, with Jordan Wehr leading the team with a 3-1 record in relief. Wehr also has two saves. LCU co-leads the conference with four saves.
• Megan Darling leads the team at the plate, leading the conference hitting .414. LCU has five of the top-10 individual hitters in the Heartland Conference, as K'leigh Arredondo (.408, second), Lindzi Clemmer (.404, third), KK Lopez-Liu (.357, sixth) and Alivia Villarreal (.350 10^th) join Darling.
• Alivia Villarreal ranks sixth in the Heartland Conference in RBI (33) and in on-base percentage (.461).
• Arredondo leads the conference (43^rd nationally) in on-base percentage (.523), with Darling ranking 57^th nationally in on-base percentage (.509, second in the conference) and Clemmer ranking fourth in the conference (.479).
• Lindzi Clemmer leads the team with 57 hits (leads conference and ranks 20^th nationally) this season and 22 have been for extra bases (she leads the conference and ranks 20^th nationally with 15 doubles). Clemmer ranks sixth in the conference in triples (3) and is second in the conference in runs scored (44). She is 33^rd nationally in runs per game (1.07), ranking second in the conference, with Savannah Wysocki ranking 19^th nationally with a conference-leading 1.15 runs per game.
• The statistic of "game-winning RBI" is not an official statistic, but K'leigh Arredondo has six game-winning runs-batted-in, ahead of Morgan Dufour, who has four. Alivia Villarreal, Savannah Wysocki and Lindzi Clemmer are each next with three and KK Lopez Liu, Logan Grado and Alexis Reed follow each have two game-winning RBI of LCU's 27 victories (Megan Darling and Breanna Anderson each have one).
• LCU did not have a four-hit performance last season. They have had five in 36 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 Newman (Mar. 15), Lindzi Clemmer went 4-for-5 against West Texas A&M (Feb. 10) and KK Lopez-Liu completed the task against St. Edward's (Mar. 19).
• Wysocki is second nationally with eight triples on the season.
• LCU has a 40-13 advantage in bases-loaded hits against their opponents. The Lady Chaps are hitting .408 with the bases loaded, compared to .277 for their opponents. Alivia Villarreal is 7-for-12 (.583) this season in bases-loaded at-bats and Arredondo is 5-for-8 (.625).
• Freshman pitcher Taylor Franco ranks fourth in the conference with three shutouts. She has 110 strikeouts (fourth in the conference) in 106.2 innings pitched, ranking her second in the conference in strikeouts per seven innings (7.2), which is 52^nd nationally.

 
How is the Team Doing?

• LCU is 27-14 this season and 14-11 in the Heartland Conference (sitting in fourth place in the conference).
• The Lady Chaps lead the Heartland Conference in batting (.335, 14th nationally), on-base percentage (.433, seventh nationally) and runs per game (7.24, ninth nationally), doubles per game (2.0, sixth nationally), slugging percentage (.504, 24^th nationally) and RBI (270).
• On the defensive side, LCU leads the Heartland Conference in double plays turned per game (0.44, ranks 16^th nationally).
• In the circle, LCU ranks tied for third in the conference with five shutouts.

Doubleheaders

• LCU went 23-15 last season in games part of a doubleheader. They are 21-11 this season. They have split eight of their 10 conference doubleheaders this season (10-10 in conference doubleheaders and 11-1 in non-conference doubleheaders).

 
Heartland Conference Breakdown

• LCU is 104-42 (71.2%) all-time in Heartland Conference play. They are 62-11 (84.9%) all-time in Heartland Conference games at home. This season, they are 14-11 in conference play this season and 7-5 in conference home games.
• In 2018, LCU was 18-12 in conference and 14-2 in conference home games.
• LCU is hitting .298 this season in conference play, with a 3.51 ERA.
• K'leigh Arredondo and Megan Darling co-lead LCU in conference contests, as each are hitting .389 in conference contests. Savannah Wysocki leads Lady Chaps with 32 hits in conference play. KK Lopez-Liu has a team-leading four home runs and co-leads LCU with 19 RBI in conference play, joining Arredondo.

 
Home Trends

• LCU is 242-28 (89.6%) all-time in home games at PlainsCapital Park.
• The Lady Chaps are 17-7 this season at home.
• LCU is hitting .363 at home this season and averaging 8.4 runs per game.
• Megan Darling (.439) leads LCU at home in batting. Lindzi Clemmer and Savannah Wysocki each average 1.4 runs per game at home and each have a team-co-leading 33 hits at home.
• LCU has a 76-34 advantage in extra-base hits at home, with 54 for doubles (Lindzi Clemmer with 11 doubles).
• K'leigh Arredondo leads LCU with 27 RBI at home, which is four ahead of KK Lopez-Liu (23). LCU five players with at least 20 RBI at home.
• The Lady Chaps have 16 home runs at home, with homers from seven different players. KK Lopez-Liu and Morgan Dufour co-lead LCU at home with four home runs each.

 
Streaks

• Alivia Villarreal has the team's longest active hit streak at four games (5-for-10 in the span). Villarreal has the longest streak of the season at 10.
• K'leigh Arredondo has reached base safely in 24 straight home games.
• Lindzi Clemmer has hit safely in the last four home games and Megan Darling has reached base safely in the last 16 home games.
• Arredondo has reached base safely in 18 consecutive games (Arredondo has the longest streak this season at 22 games).

 
Calling it a Career

• 5 | Moragan Dufour ranks fifth in NCAA Division II among active career leaders in home runs in her career (50). Currently second in Heartland history. She needs 64 career home runs for the Heartland Conference all-time record.
• 6 | Lindzi Clemmer ranks sixth in NCAA Division II among active career leaders in runs scored in her career (182). Currently seventh in Heartland history (189 will move her into sixth) and second in program history (224 will move her into first in program history).
• 17 | Lindzi Clemmer ranks 17th in NCAA Division II among active career leaders in hits in her career (238). The mark is fourth in program history (255 moves her into third, past Kim Frazier).
• 17 | Lindzi Clemmer ranks 17th in NCAA Division II among active career leaders in at-bats in her career (665). The mark is third in program history (680 will move her into third).
• 14 | Lindzi Clemmer ranks 14^th in NCAA Division II among active career leaders in games played in her career (207). She is the fourth Lady Chap to play in at least 200 career games and 210 moves her past Sydney Beuthien and into fourth in program history.
• 32 | Lindzi Clemmer ranks 32^nd 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).

 
Looking at OC

• The Lady Eagles are coming off a 32-25 season and they went 19-11 in the Heartland Conference. Their season ended with a loss in the conference tournament championship game to Rogers State.
• OC is 29-11 this season, with a 13-8 conference and 5-4 home record. They were preseason picked No.2 (of seven) in the conference preseason polls. The Lady Eagles are 2-7 in their last seven games.
• Oklahoma Christian is coached by former Lady Chaps head coach Shanon Hays, who is in his first season as head coach of the Lady Eagles (second coach in OC's program history). The two brothers are 2-2 when coaching against each other. The only prior meeting between the two coaches at PlainsCapital Park was with Shanon coaching Colorado Christian on Feb. 8, 2017. LCU won the game 2-0, with Katera Eltsosie and Katlyn Holmes combining for a one-hitter, while Annika Schwartzenberg hit an inside-the-park home run.
• OC has a conference leading 2.37 team ERA, which ranks 35th nationally. They were ranked 14^th nationally to start the month of April. Madison Hagood (2.01) ranks second in the conference in ERA.
• Madison Hagood ranks 15th nationally with six shutouts. As a team, OC has nine, ranking 25th in NCAA Division II.
• Kaylie Upton leads the conference and ranks 15th nationally in sacrifice flies with four on the season. The Lady Eagles have four players with at least four sacrifice flies on the season and have a 17-5 advantage in the category against their competition.