SAN ANTONIO, Texas (May 2, 2019) – Rain has been falling, but No.4-seed Lubbock Christian University (31-17) looks to continue their stay at the 2019 Heartland Conference Softball Championships Friday, opening with No.2 Oklahoma Christian University at noon in the Winner's Bracket Final.
 

HEARTLAND CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
OPPONENT	LOCATION	CITY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS	LCU STATS	OPP. STATS
OC	The Stadium at The Park	San Antonio, Texas	12 p.m.	Watch	Live Stats	LCU STATS	OC STATS

If LCU Defeats OC…

• LCU would play Saturday at noon in the tournament championship game.

 
If LCU Loses to OC… 

• LCU would play an elimination game at 5:00 p.m. Friday against either No.5-seed Texas A&M International or No.1-seed St. Mary's.

 
LCU at the Heartland Conference Tournament 

• LCU is making their fourth tournament appearance and they are 9-4 all-time in the tournament (all 13 games played in the tournament have been in San Antonio).
• LCU won the tournament in 2016 and 2017.
• LCU is 2-0 in this season's tournament
  • K'leigh Arredondo leads LCU, hitting .600 (3-for-5), with a 1.000 slugging and .714 on-base percentage. She also co-leads the team (with Alivia Villarreal) in RBI in the tournament with two.
  • Lindzi Clemmer leads LCU with four hits and three runs in the tournament.
  • LCU is hitting .250 and has a 0.93 ERA in the tournament.
  • Amber Carlton (1-0) has a 0.00 ERA and has not allowed an earned run in 9.2 innings.
• All-time in the tournament against this season's field…
  • Oklahoma Christian (3-1)
  • Rogers State (0-0)
  • St. Mary's (4-2)
  • Texas A&M International (2-1)

 
LCU and OC Series Snapshot 

• LCU leads the all-time series over OC, 36-12.
• LCU has a 3-1 advantage in meetings at the Heartland Conference Tournament.
• Head Coaches (and brothers) Daren Hays and Shanon Hays (former LCU head coach) are each 3-3 against each other all-time.
• OC has a 3-2 series advantage from this season's season series.
  • Jordan Wehr is 2-0 with a 2.39 ERA against OC this season.
  • Savannah Wysocki leads LCU with a .500 average in the series (9-for-18), leading LCU with nine hits.
  • Megan Darling has fve RBI against OC this season
  • LCU's lone home run in the series was hit by Lindzi Clemmer.
  • Lindsey Stoeckel leads OC in the series, hitting .333 (4-for-12). She has three RBI to lead OC in the series.
  • Hunter Strickland leads OC with five hits in the series.
  • OC has five home runs in the series and all are from different players.

LCU and TAMIU Series Snapshot 

• LCU leads the all-time series over TAMIU, 17-8.
• LCU is 2-1 all-time against TAMIU at the conference tournament.
• TAMIU claimed this season's regular season series, winning three of the five meetings. LCU and TAMIU are each 3-3 this season against each other overall.
  • Alivia Villarreal is 8-for-15 (.533) to lead LCU at the plate in the series. She also leads the team with two homers and seven RBI in the series.
  • Savannah Wysocki (eight hits) and Alexa Riggs (seven hits) each have had success at the plate against TAMIU.
  • LCU has a .287 to .267 advantage in hitting in the series, along with an ERA advantage of 2.43 to 3.50.
  • Jordan Wehr is 3-0 against TAMIU with a 1.72 ERA this season.
  • LCU has a 42.5% success rate getting the leadoff batter aboard base in the series (TAMIU is 24.4% in comparison).
  • Shelby Edwards co-leads TAMIU against LCU this season, hitting .333 (6-for-18), joining Lindsey Smith (7-for-21).
  • Maddison Schofield and Smith are each co-leading TAMIU in the season series, with each producing seven hits. Smith has six RBI against LCU this season.
  • TAMIU pitcher Sara Caterson is 2-1 with a 2.92 ERA against LCU this season. Miranda Martinez has not allowed an earned run in 7.1 innings against LCU.

 
LCU and StMU Series Snapshot 

• StMU leads the all-time series over LCU, 20-14.
• LCU is 6-15 all-time against StMU in San Antonio, ending a five-game losing streak against StMU in San Antonio Thursday.
• LCU is 4-2 against StMU in the Heartland Conference Tournament all-time.
• StMU went 3-2 in a five-game series this season and the overall season series is tied 3-3.
  • LCU is hitting .217 in the series and have been out-hit 52-34.
  • K'leigh Arredondo (7-for-15, .467) leads LCU at the plate in the series.
  • Lindzi Clemmer co-leads LCU in the series with seven hits and joins Alexis Reed and KK Lopez-Liu co-leading LCU in the season series with three RBI.
  • StMU's Alex McLennan is 2-0 with a 0.98 ERA against LCU.
  • Abigail Carney is 8-for-19 (.421) in the series with five RBI.
  • LCU pitcher Taylor Franco is 1-1 with a 1.31 ERA in 10.2 innings pitched and Amber Carlton is 1-1 with a 0.82 ERA in 17.0 innings against StMU this season. Jordan Wehr (also 1-1 against StMU) has two saves against StMU.

Neutralizing

• LCU is 1-0 this season in neutral site games . A rare fact (only one neutral site games and none in the regular season), as LCU has averaged 19.3 games per season on a neutral site field. They played two games in 2014, marking the fewest amount of neutral site games played in a single season.
• The Lady Chaps are 154-40 (79.4%) all-time in neutral site games.

 
Streaks

• Lindzi Clemmer has the team's longest active hit streak at two games. Villarreal has the longest streak of the season at 10.
• KK Lopez-Liu has reached base safely in seven consecutive games (Arredondo and Megan Darling each have the longest streak this season at 22 games).