LAREDO, Texas (April 26, 2019) – Lubbock Christian University closes out their regular season with a three-game Heartland Conference series in Laredo, Texas against Texas A&M International, which gets underway with a doubleheader Friday beginning at noon.
 

LCU at Texas A&M International
OPPONENT	LOCATION	CITY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS	LCU STATS	OPP. STATS
TAMIU	TAMIU Softball Field	Laredo, Texas	12 p.m.	Watch	Live Stats	LCU STATS	TAMIU STATS
TAMIU	TAMIU Softball Field	Laredo, Texas	2 p.m.	Watch	Live Stats

LCU and TAMIU Series Snapshot 

• LCU leads the all-time series over TAMIU, 15-6.
• LCU is 5-3 all-time against TAMIU in Laredo.
• The two teams split a Heartland Conference doubleheader Mar. 1 in Lubbock, Texas.
  • K'leigh Arredondo is 3-for-5 (.600) to lead LCU at the plate in the series. She also leads the team with three RBI.
  • Morgan Dufour has LCU's lone home run in the series.
  • Megan Darling and KK Lopez-Liu each join Arredondo co-leading LCU with three hits in the series.
  • Maddison Schofield and Melanie Gamboa are each co-leading TAMIU in the season series, going 3-for-7 at the plate to hit .429. Schofield has three RBI against LCU this season.
• The two squads met six times last season, with the two teams going 3-3 in the head-to-head meetings.
• The previous six meetings in Laredo has resulted in the winning team winning via shutout (LCU winning four of the six).

 
Opening Thoughts

• LCU has posted 310 runs this season, averaging 7.21 runs a game, ranking 11th 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 43 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 28 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, co-leading the team with Amber Carlton. LCU leads the conference with five saves.
• Megan Darling, the reigning Heartland Conference Hitter of the Week, leads the team at the plate, leading the conference hitting .432. LCU has the top three individual hitters in the Heartland Conference, as Lindzi Clemmer (.405, second) and K'leigh Arredondo (.398, third) join Darling.
• Arredondo leads the conference (34^th nationally) in on-base percentage (.525), with Darling ranking 46^th nationally in on-base percentage (.518, second in the conference) and Clemmer ranking third in the conference (.480).
• Lindzi Clemmer leads the team with 60 hits (leads conference and ranks 47^th nationally) this season and 23 have been for extra bases (she leads the conference and ranks 20^th nationally with 15 doubles). Clemmer ranks tied for sixth in the conference in triples (3) and is second in the conference in runs scored (47). She is 31^st nationally in runs per game (1.09), ranking second in the conference, with Savannah Wysocki ranking 19^th nationally with a conference-leading 1.14 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 and Lindzi Clemmer, who has four. Alivia Villarreal and Savannah Wysocki 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 co-leads the nation with eight triples on the season.
• Alivia Villarreal ranks seventh in the Heartland Conference in RBI (34) and in on-base percentage (.449).
• LCU has a 41-13 advantage in bases-loaded hits against their opponents. The Lady Chaps are hitting .414 with the bases loaded, compared to .265 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 third in the conference in strikeouts per seven innings (7.2), which is 52^nd nationally.

 
How is the Team Doing?

• LCU is 28-15 this season and 15-12 in the Heartland Conference (sitting in fourth place in the conference). If LCU was to sweep TAMIU this weekend, they could finish as Co-Heartland Conference Regular Season Champions if St. Edward's sweeps St. Mary's and Rogers State defeats Oklahoma Christian twice on the weekend.
• The Lady Chaps lead the Heartland Conference in batting (.336, 14th nationally), on-base percentage (.433, eighth nationally) and runs per game (7.21, 11th nationally), doubles per game (2.0, seventh nationally), slugging percentage (.505, 25^th nationally) and RBI (282).
• On the defensive side, LCU leads the Heartland Conference in double plays turned per game (0.47, ranks 14^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 22-12 this season. They have split nine of their 11 conference doubleheaders this season (11-11 in conference doubleheaders and 11-1 in non-conference doubleheaders).

 
Heartland Conference Breakdown

• LCU is 105-43 (70.9%) all-time in Heartland Conference play. They are 63-12 (84.0%) all-time in Heartland Conference games at home. This season, they are 15-12 in conference play this season and 7-5 in conference road games.
• In 2018, LCU was 18-12 in conference and 4-10 in conference road games.
• LCU is hitting .302 this season in conference play, with a 3.59 ERA.
• Megan Darling leads LCU in conference contests, as she is hitting .419 in conference. Savannah Wysocki leads Lady Chaps with 35 hits in conference play. KK Lopez-Liu has a team-leading four home runs and co-leads LCU with 20 RBI in conference play, joining Clemmer.

 
Road Trends

• LCU is 10-7 this season in road games.
• The Lady Chaps went 7-10 on the road last season, which marked their first season in program history in which they went below .500 on the road.
• LCU is averaging 5.6 runs per game on the road this season.
• Lindzi Clemmer leads LCU on the road with 24 hits and a .393 average.
• Lindzi Clemmer leads LCU with 14 RBI on the road, with Alivia Villarreal and K'leigh Arredondo each with 11 RBI on the road.
• Morgan Dufour and KK Lopez-Liu each have three homers on the road.

 
Streaks

• Lindzi Clemmer (11-for-18, .611) and Megan Darling (10-for-18, .556) each have the team's longest active hit streak at five games. Villarreal has the longest streak of the season at 10.
• K'leigh Arredondo has reached base safely in 10 straight road games and KK Lopez-Liu has reached base safely in eight consecutive road games.
• Arredondo has reached base safely in 20 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 (185). 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).
• 20 | Lindzi Clemmer ranks 20th in NCAA Division II among active career leaders in hits in her career (241). The mark is fourth in program history (255 moves her into third, past Kim Frazier).
• 19 | Lindzi Clemmer ranks 17th in NCAA Division II among active career leaders in at-bats in her career (672). The mark is third in program history (680 will move her into third).
• 23 | Lindzi Clemmer ranks 23^rd in NCAA Division II among active career leaders in games played in her career (209). 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.
• 34 | Lindzi Clemmer ranks 34^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 TAMIU

• The Dustdevils are coming off a 25-34 season and they went 18-12 in the Heartland Conference. They closed out their season with a loss in the championship game of the Heartland Conference Tournament.
• TAMIU is 22-29 on the season. They have won three of their last four games, including a two-game sweep of No.7-regionally ranked Angelo State.
• The Dustdevils best Heartland Conference ranking in a statistical category is ranking third in home runs per game, which they do at a rate of 0.65 per game.
• Maddison Schofield is tied for sixth in the Heartland Conference with 52 hits. She is one of two TAMIU players in the top-10 in the conference in hits, as Maya Paul is tied for ninth with 49.
• Schofield, last season's conference Newcomer of the Year, is second in the conference in home runs (9) and is fourth in slugging (.583).
• The Heartland Conference Preseason Polls have TAMIU selected No.5 (out of seven). They currently sit in fifth place in the conference standings.