LUBBOCK, Texas (April 2, 2019) – Lubbock Christian University closes out a five-game home stand Tuesday with a non-conference doubleheader against Eastern New Mexico beginning at 3 p.m. at PlainsCapital Park.
 

Eastern New Mexico at LCU
OPPONENT	LOCATION	CITY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS	LCU STATS	OPP. STATS
ENMU	PlainsCapital Park	Lubbock, Texas	3 p.m.	Watch	Live Stats	LCU STATS	ENMU STATS
ENMU	PlainsCapital Park	Lubbock, Texas	5 p.m.	Watch	Live Stats

 
LCU and ENMU Series Snapshot

• LCU leads the all-time series over ENMU, 30-0.
• The two teams are meeting for a four-game series this season and LCU is 2-0 after sweeping ENMU in Portales, N.M. last Tuesday.
  • LCU has outscored ENMU 23-4 this season.
  • LCU has nine doubles in two games against ENMU, with Lindzi Clemmer with three and Savannah Wysocki and Alivia Villarreal each with two.
  • Lindzi Clemmer, who went 10-for-16 (.625) with two home runs and 14 RBI against the 'Hounds last season, is 5-for-6 (.833) this season with three doubles and a home run.
  • Annika Schwartzenberg leads LCU with five RBI in this season's series.
  • LCU pitching has a 2.10 ERA against ENMU this season. Amber Carlton and Taylor Franco are each 1-0.
• LCU is 12-0 all-time against ENMU in Lubbock.
• Following Tuesday's doubleheader, future meetings will be as Lone Star Conference foes.

 
Opening Thoughts

• LCU has posted 252 runs this season, averaging 8.1 runs a game, ranking third 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 11 of their 24 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-10 highest scoring games (single team) this season in NCAA Div. II.
• The Lady Chaps have 22 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.
• Megan Darling leads the team at the plate, leading the conference hitting .476, which ranks 19^th nationally. LCU has five of the top-eight individual hitters in the Heartland Conference, as Lindzi Clemmer (.454, second), K'leigh Arredondo (.424, third), Alivia Villarreal (.389, fifth) and KK Lopez-Liu (.371, eighth) join Darling.
• Villarreal ranks tied for fourth in the Heartland Conference in RBI per game (0.97), fifth in RBI (30) and fifth in on-base percentage (.491).
• Darling ranks 13^th nationally in on-base percentage (.564, leads conference), fourth in runs per game (0.96), sixth in the conference in slugging (.603).
• Lindzi Clemmer leads the team with 49 hits (leads conference and ranks 15^th nationally) this season and 19 have been for extra bases (she leads the conference and ranks 12^th nationally with 13 doubles). Clemmer ranks third in the conference in triples (3) and is second in the conference in runs scored (37). She is 16^th nationally in runs per game (1.19), ranking second in the conference, with Savannah Wysocki ranking seventh nationally with a conference-leading 1.26 runs per game.
• The statistic of "game-winning RBI" is not an official statistic, but K'leigh Arredondo has five game-winning runs-batted-in. Alivia Villarreal, Savannah Wysocki and Morgan Dufour are each next with three and KK Lopez-Liu, Lindzi Clemmer and Alexis Reed follow with two game-winning RBI of LCU's 22 victories (Megan Darling and Breanna Anderson each have one).
• LCU did not have a four-hit performance last season. They have had five in 26 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 has a national co-leading seven triples on the season.
• LCU has a 35-12 advantage in bases-loaded hits against their opponents. The Lady Chaps are hitting .455 with the bases loaded, compared to .308 for their opponents. Alivia Villarreal is 7-for-10 (.700) this season in bases-loaded at-bats and Clemmer is 4-for-5 (.800).
• Freshman pitcher Taylor Franco ranks third in the conference with three shutouts. She has 91 strikeouts (third in the conference) in 88.1 innings pitched, ranking her third in the conference in strikeouts per seven innings (7.2), which is 50^th nationally.

 
How is the Team Doing?

• LCU is 22-9 this season and 11-6 in the Heartland Conference (sitting in third place in the conference).
• The Lady Chaps lead the Heartland Conference in batting (.355, seventh nationally), on-base percentage (.449, fourth nationally) and runs per game (8.1, third nationally), doubles per game (2.2, fourth nationally), slugging percentage (.537, 11th nationally), and RBI (231).
• On the defensive side, LCU leads the Heartland Conference in double plays turned per game (0.45, ranks 17^th nationally).
• In the circle, LCU ranks third in the conference with five shutouts.

Doubleheaders

• LCU went 23-15 last season in games part of a doubleheader. They are 17-7 this season. They have split six of their seven conference doubleheaders this season (9-1 in non-conference doubleheaders).

 
Home Trends

• LCU is 238-27 (89.8%) all-time in home games at PlainsCapital Park.
• The Lady Chaps are 13-6 this season at home.
• LCU is hitting .360 at home this season and averaging 8.7 runs per game.
• Megan Darling (.455) leads LCU at home in batting and Savannah Wysocki averages 1.5 runs per game at home and has produced 27 hits at home.
• LCU has a 60-27 advantage in extra-base hits at home, with 44 for doubles (Lindzi Clemmer with nine doubles).
• K'leigh Arredondo leads LCU with 21 RBI at home, which is one ahead of Alivia Villarreal.
• The Lady Chaps have 10 home runs at home, with homers from six different players. KK Lopez-Liu leads LCU at home with three home runs.

 
 
Streaks

• Megan Darling has the active leading hit streak at seven games (Breanna Anderson is riding a four-game hit streak at home). Villarreal has the longest streak of the season at 10.
• Darling has reached base safely in 17 consecutive games (Arredondo has the longest streak this season at 22 games).

 
Calling it a Career

• 5 | Morgan Dufour ranks tied for fith in NCAA Division II among active career leaders in home runs in her career (48). Currently second in Heartland history. She needs 64 career home runs for the Heartland Conference all-time record.
• 7 | Lindzi Clemmer ranks seventh in NCAA Division II among active career leaders in runs scored in her career (175). Currently seventh in Heartland history (189 will move her into sixth) and second in program history.
• 13 | Lindzi Clemmer ranks tied for 13th in NCAA Division II among active career leaders in hits in her career (230). The mark is fifth in program history (234 moves her into fourth).
• 16 | Lindzi Clemmer ranks 16th in NCAA Division II among active career leaders in at-bats in her career (632). The mark is third in program history (680 will move her into third).
• 17 | Lindzi Clemmer ranks 17^th in NCAA Division II among active career leaders in games played in her career (197).
• 27 | Lindzi Clemmer ranks 27^th 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 ENMU

• The Greyhounds are coming off a 18-34 season and they went 9-21 in the Lone Star Conference.
• ENMU is 10-18 this season, with a 6-12 conference and 3-6 road record. They were preseason picked No.9 (of 11) in the conference preseason polls.
• They are hitting .298 this season, with an 8.61 ERA.
• ENMU ranks sixth nationally with 0.54 double plays turned per game.
• The 'Hounds have nine sacrifice flies on the season, with two each by Elysa Rodriguez and Jennifer McElroy.
• Iliana Mendoza leads ENMU in hits (28) and ranks third in the LSC with a .418 batting average.