SAN ANTONIO, Texas (April 9, 2019) – Lubbock Christian University continues their five-game Heartland Conference road trip Tuesday playing at St. Mary's University with a doubleheader to complete their five-game conference series.
 

LCU at St. Mary's
OPPONENT	LOCATION	CITY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS	LCU STATS	OPP. STATS
StMU	StMU Softball Stadium	San Antonio, Texas	2 p.m.	Watch	Live Stats	LCU STATS	StMU STATS
StMU	StMU Softball Stadium	San Antonio, Texas	4 p.m.	Watch	Live Stats

 

• LCU and StMU Series Snapshot 
• StMU leads the all-time series over LCU, 18-13.
• LCU is 5-13 all-time against StMU in San Antonio, falling in their prior three meetings in San Antonio (all three StMU wins were walk-off wins).
• LCU went 2-1 in a three-game series earlier this season in Lubbock (Mar. 8-9).
  • LCU is hitting .265 in the series and have been out-hit 33-22.
  • K'leigh Arredondo (3-for-7, .429) leads LCU at the plate in the series.
  • Lindzi Clemmer leads LCU in the series with five hits and joins Alexis Reed co-leading LCU in the season series with three RBI.
  • LCU has a 10-2 advantage in two-out RBI (LCU is hitting .321 with two outs in the series), with all three of Alexis Reed's RBI in the series coming with two outs.
  • StMU is 12-for-22 (.545) in the series getting the leadoff batter aboard.
  • Alex Moreno is 5-for-9 (.556) in the series with three RBI.
  • LCU pitcher Taylor Franco is 1-0 with a 1.68 in 8.1 innings pitched against StMU this season.
• 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 ed 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.

 
Opening Thoughts

• LCU has posted 275 runs this season, averaging 7.6 runs a game, ranking sixth 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 13 of their 36 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 25 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 .431, which ranks 66^th nationally. LCU has four of the top-eight individual hitters in the Heartland Conference, as Lindzi Clemmer (.408, third), K'leigh Arredondo (.407, fourth) and KK Lopez-Liu (.369, eighth) join Darling.
• Alivia Villarreal ranks fifth in the Heartland Conference in RBI (31) and ninth in on-base percentage (.482).
• Darling ranks 29^th nationally in on-base percentage (.533, leads conference) and sixth in runs per game (0.83).
• Lindzi Clemmer leads the team with 51 hits (leads conference and ranks 12^th nationally) this season and 19 have been for extra bases (she leads the conference and ranks 27^th nationally with 13 doubles). Clemmer ranks third in the conference in triples (3) and is second in the conference in runs scored (40). She is 21^st nationally in runs per game (1.1), ranking second in the conference, with Savannah Wysocki ranking seventh nationally with a conference-leading 1.22 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 and Alexis Reed follow each have two game-winning RBI of LCU's 25 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 38-12 advantage in bases-loaded hits against their opponents. The Lady Chaps are hitting .413 with the bases loaded, compared to .261 for their opponents. Alivia Villarreal is 7-for-12 (.583) this season in bases-loaded at-bats and Clemmer is 5-for-8 (.625).
• Freshman pitcher Taylor Franco ranks third in the conference with three shutouts. She has 107 strikeouts (third in the conference) in 104.1 innings pitched, ranking her third in the conference in strikeouts per seven innings (7.2), which is 58^th nationally.

 
How is the Team Doing?

• LCU is 25-11 this season and 12-8 in the Heartland Conference (sitting in a tie for third place in the conference with St. Mary's).
• The Lady Chaps lead the Heartland Conference in batting (.340, 12th nationally), on-base percentage (.439, fifth nationally) and runs per game (7.6, sixth nationally), doubles per game (2.0, fifth nationally), slugging percentage (.513, 22^nd nationally) and RBI (250).
• On the defensive side, LCU leads the Heartland Conference in double plays turned per game (0.31, ranks 31^st 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 20-8 this season. They have split seven of their eight conference doubleheaders this season (9-7 in conference doubleheaders and 11-1 in non-conference doubleheaders).

 
Heartland Conference Breakdown

• LCU is 101-39 (72.1%) all-time in Heartland Conference play. They are 40-29 (58.0%) all-time Heartland Conference games on the road. This season, they are 12-8 in conference play and 6-4 in conference road games.
• In 2018, LCU was 18-12 in conference and 4-10 in conference road games.
• LCU is hitting .316 this season in conference play, with a 4.15 ERA.
• Megan Darling leads LCU in conference contests, hitting .410 (16-for-39). Savannah Wysocki leads Lady Chaps with 27 hits in conference play. KK Lopez-Liu has a team-leading four home runs and 17 RBI in conference play.

 
Road Trends 

• LCU is 10-5 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 6.3 runs per game on the road this season.
• Lindzi Clemmer leads LCU on the road with 24 hits and a .429 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

• K'leigh Arredondo has the active leading hit streak at eight games (10-for-25, .400 in the streak). Villarreal has the longest streak of the season at 10.
• Darling has reached base safely in 21 consecutive games (Arredondo has the longest streak this season at 22 games).

 
Calling it a Career

• 5 | Morgan 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 (178). 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 (232). The mark is fifth in program history (234 moves her into fourth).
• 17 | Lindzi Clemmer ranks 17th in NCAA Division II among active career leaders in at-bats in her career (649). The mark is third in program history (680 will move her into third).
• 15 | Lindzi Clemmer ranks 15^th in NCAA Division II among active career leaders in games played in her career (202). She is the fourth Lady Chap to play in at least 200 career games.
• 28 | Lindzi Clemmer ranks 28^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 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 23-18 on the season and are 12-8 in conference play. They are 8-5 at home, where they recently lost two of three games in a series against Newman.
• 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 45th nationally in strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.64), which ranks second in the conference.
• Staci Johns ranks second in the conference in strikeouts (123), victories (13) and walks allowed per seven innings (1.26).
• The Rattlers rank second in the conference in stolen bases per game (1.51).