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4
St. Mary's (TX) STMU 11-17
5
Winner Lubbock Christian LCU 19-6
St. Mary's (TX) STMU
11-17
4
Final
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Lubbock Christian LCU
19-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
St. Mary's (TX) STMU 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 5 0
Lubbock Christian LCU 0 0 0 1 2 2 X 5 9 2

W: Franco, Taylor (10-3) L: Staci Johns (5-8) S: Valdez, Maxine (1)

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St. Mary's (TX) STMU 11-18
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Winner Lubbock Christian LCU 20-7
St. Mary's (TX) STMU
11-18
9
Final
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Lubbock Christian LCU
20-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
St. Mary's (TX) STMU 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 9 9 3
Lubbock Christian LCU 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 10 14 2

W: Franco, Taylor (11-3) L: Julia Cruz (0-6)

Game Recap: Softball | | Chris Due (chris.due@lcu.edu)

LCU Rallies Past Rattlers X 2 Sunday

Two Games, Two Rallies, Two Wins

LUBBOCK, Texas (March 8, 2020) – Angela Donaldson homered twice, and teammates Skylar Herrera (5-for-7) and Savannah Wysocki (6-for-8) combined to go 11-for-15 at-the plate, as No.20 Lubbock Christian swept St. Mary's in a Lone Star Conference doubleheader 5-4 and 10-9 Sunday afternoon, using huge rallies in each of the wins.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Gm.1: LCU 5, StMU 4, Gm.2: LCU 10, StMU 9 (Final 8 inn.)
Records: LCU (20-7, 5-3), SEU (11-18, 3-5)
Location: PlainsCapital Park
Time of Game: Gm.1:1:53, Gm.2: 2:31
Weather: Overcast, with wind blowing 15-20 mph to CF

Game 1 – LCU vs. StMU

LCU Highlights:
Turning Point:
The turning points were two-out at-bats for LCU, as they were 6-for-11 in two-out at-bats. More specifically, LCU's Skylar Herrera (fifth inning) and Angela Donaldson (sixth inning) each hit two-out home runs.

How it Happened:
  • St. Mary's had the game's first three runs in the fourth inning. The Rattlers had four hits leading to the trio of runs, with Abigail Carney's double serving as the only extra-base hit of the game.
  • LCU responded with five straight runs. Herrera reached on an infield single in the bottom of the fourth inning, and she scored on a Brooke Makemson double. The Lady Chaps continued with Herrera and Donaldson hitting two-out two-run home runs to take a 5-3 lead through six innings.  
  • Things were tight in the top of the seventh inning, as Alex Moreno hit a leadoff double. She eventually scored on an error. With the tying run on base, head coach Daren Hays relied on Maxine Valdez to get the final out, which she did with a strikeout for her first save of the season.

Inside the Numbers:
  • Valdez's save preserved the win in the circle for Taylor Franco, who allowed three earned runs off five hits in 6.2 innings. She struck out eight batters.
  • LCU improved to 6-2 in one-run games.
  • While LCU was 6-for-11 in two-out at-bats, StMU was 1-for-10 in the same scenario.
  • Taylor Franco forced StMU into 11 groundouts, while hitting one fly-out.
  • Valdez recorded LCU's second save of the season.
  • Addi Lewis had her team-leading hit streak end at six games and her streak of reaching base safely end at 12 games.
 
Game 2 – LCU vs. StMU

LCU Highlights:
  • LCU rallied back from a 6-1 deficit in the fifth inning and a 9-8 deficit in the eighth inning.
  • Savannah Wysocki was 4-for-5 with a triple and a stolen base.
  • Skylar Herrera went 3-for-4 with a double, two stolen bases, two runs and two RBI.
  • Angela Donaldson went 2-for-3 with two runs, a home run and two RBI.

Turning Point:
With two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, Alivia Villarreal singled up the middle to score Herrera for the game winning run. Herrera had tied the game with a single to score Wysocki, who had led off the inning with a triple.

How it Happened:
  • StMU hit three home runs in the game, Carney leading the scoring off with a three-run home run in the first inning.
  • Angela Donaldson homered in the bottom of the second inning for LCU's first run of the game.
  • The Rattlers had another streak of three straight runs. Moreno homered to drive in two runs in the fourth inning to put StMU up 6-1.
  • LCU responded with a seven-run inning off seven hits and three Rattlers errors. Annika Schwartzenberg drove in a pair off a pinch-hit single. Six of the hits were singles and Herrera had a double for the only extra-base hit during the seven-run inning to put LCU up 8-6.
  • StMU tied the game in the top of the seventh inning. Bari Christian crushed a two-out two-run double to tie the game 8-8. The Rattlers retook the lead in the eighth inning with Tiffany Licon redeeming herself from three strikeouts at the plate with a solo home run.
  • LCU opened the bottom of the eighth inning with a Savannah Wysocki triple and she quickly scored on a Herrera single, which tied the game and set up the heroics for Alivia Villarreal.

Inside the Numbers:
  • Taylor Franco pitched an inning of relief and was LCU's third pitcher of the game. She claimed the victory to move to 11-3.
  • LCU is now 16-20 all-time against StMU and 9-4 in Lubbock against StMU.
  • The Lady Chaps improved to 7-2 in one-run games and 4-0 in extra-inning games.
  • Angela Donaldson leads LCU, as she hit her fifth home run of the season. She also had two two-out-RBI in the game and now has 13 two-out-RBI on the season (next closest player has seven). As a team, LCU had five two-out-RBI in the game.
  • The Lady Chaps were 7-fo-14 in the game in two-out at-bats (Donaldson was 2-for-2).
  • Skylar Herrera was 3-for-3 in at-bats with runners in scoring position.
  • Herrera had two stolen bases and now has 21 on the season.
 
Next:
A trip to the border awaits LCU, as they head to Laredo, Texas Friday for a three-game series with Texas A&M International (Friday's two games are the only conference games of the series).
 
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