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Softball Chris Due (chris.due@lcu.edu)

Lady Chaps Return Home To Host Western New Mexico

LCU Seeking to Build Off Monday Sweep at Eastern New Mexico

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LUBBOCK, Texas (March 19, 2021) – Lubbock Christian University returns home to host Western New Mexico for a two-game Lone Star Conference series at PlainsCapital Park, with the doubleheader opening with a 2 p.m. first pitch. 
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OPPONENT LOCATION CITY TIME WATCH STATS LCU STATS OPP. STATS
WNMU PlainsCapital Park   Lubbock, Texas  2 p.m.  Watch Stats Season Season
WNMU PlainsCapital Park  Lubbock, Texas  4 p.m. Watch Stats Season Season

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LCU and WNMU Series Snapshot
  • LCU leads the all-time series over WNMU, 8-0.
  • All seven meetings have been in Lubbock and LCU has an average of 10.8 runs for and 1.9 runs allowed in the series. LCU has scored at least 10 runs in seven of the eight all-time meetings.
  • The Lady Chaps last met WNMU Feb. 3, 2019, as LCU defeated WNMU 11-0 in a TAJ Hospitality College Softball Kickoff at PlainsCapital Park in Lubbock. Annika Schwartzenberg went 3-for-3 with three RBI in the win.
 
How is the Team Doing?
  • LCU is 13-8 this season and 3-5 in LSC play after sweeping Eastern New Mexico Monday.
  • The Lady Chaps are hitting .333 as a team (39th nationally), with 21 home runs (eighth nationally) in 21 games. LCU averages 5.8 runs a contest, ranking sixth in the LSC.
  • In the circle, LCU has an ERA of 1.95 (30th nationally). Opponents are hitting .206 against LCU this season and the team has seven shutouts, ranking second in the nation.
  • On the field, LCU ranks third in the LSC with a .968 fielding percentage.
 
Who is Doing What?
  • Pitcher Taylor Franco is 8-3 this season with a 0.59 ERA in 71.1 innings pitched (also has a save). Franco went 45.2 innings to start the season without allowing an earned run. She has 10 complete games (leads nationally) and 43 strikeouts (58th nationally). Opponents are hitting .159 against Franco, who is 29-13 in her LCU career. She is one of seven pitchers nationally to appear in 13 games this season. Her eight wins ranks tied for ninth nationally. Franco opens the week with a 0.79 WHIP, ranking 28th nationally (leads LSC).
  • Brooke Makemson is hitting .410 on the season. She has six home runs (ninth nationally) and 22 RBI on the season (10th in the nation), and was named NFCA National Player of the Week on Feb. 9 after hitting .692 (9-for-13) at the LCU Invitational.
  • Savannah Wysocki, hitting .405 at the plate, has a team-leading 30 hits (ranks fourth nationally). She also has 12 stolen bases on the season as well (13th nationally). Wysocki has two triples this season, placing her with 14 in her LCU career.
  • Skylar Herrera, ranking third nationally with three triples, is 46th  nationally in home runs (4) and is 22nd in RBI (20).
 
Lone Star Conference Breakdown
  • This season is LCU's second season in the LSC.
  • LCU is 8-8 all-time in LSC play.
  • LCU is 3-5 this season in conference play, with a 2-2 record in conference road play.
    • LCU is hitting .308 in conference, with a 3.02 team ERA.
    • Taylor Franco is 2-2 with a 1.62 ERA (opponents hitting .181) in LSC action.
    • Athena Muniz leads LCU at the plate in conference, going 11-for-25 (.440) with two home runs and four RBI.
    • Brooke Makemson is hitting 400 average (10-for-25).
    • Skylar Herrera leads the team with six RBI in conference, while Kamryn Gibbs and Athena Muniz lead LCU in LSC play with two home runs each.
 
Home Sweet Home
  • LCU is 262-34 (88.5%) all-time in home games at PlainsCapital Park.
  • Last season, LCU was 13-1 at home.
  • They are 6-4 at home this season.
  • LCU is hitting .351 at home with 13 home runs and 5.4 runs per game. Brooke Makemson is hitting .548 with five home runs and 16 RBI at home.
  • Athena Muniz is hitting .448 with six extra-base hits and nine RBI at home.
  • Taylor Franco is 4-1 at home with a 0.99 ERA, and opponents are hitting .148 against her (18 hits allowed in 35.1 innings pitched).
 
Streaking Along
  • Brooke Makemson is riding a 18-game hit streak, the longest by a Lady Chaps member this season and the longest since Raquel Hawkins had a 20-game hit streak in the inaugural 2008 season.
  • Makemson has also reached base safely in all 21 games this season.
  • Tyla Lee is the next closest, with an active five-game hit streak.
 
Season Expectations
  • The Lady Chaps are preseason picked to finish sixth in the Lone Star Conference.
  • LCU is in their seventh season playing a NCAA Division II schedule (2013 was their last season in NAIA) and this is their second season as members of the Lone Star Conference.
  • There are 16 softball programs in the LSC this season.
 
Coach Talk
  • LCU head coach Daren Hays is in his 11th season at the helm of the Lady Chaps.
  • Hays is LCU's winningest softball head coach, entering Friday with a softball record of 431-136.
  • Along with surpassing 300 coaching wins in softball, Hays had surpassed 300 wins as a collegiate baseball head coach. He spent eight seasons as the LCU baseball head coach and compiled a 356-163 record.
 
National Notes
  • LCU opened the season ranked No.19 in the NFCA Top 25 Preseason Poll.
  • The Lady Chaps bounced around between No.24 and No.25 before dropping out in early March.
  • The Lady Chaps went 8-0 last season against nationally ranked programs, but are 0-4 against nationally ranked programs this season.
 
 Looking at WNMU
  • The Mustangs went 9-12 last season, and they were 2-6 in Lone Star Conference play at season's close.
  • WNMU is off to a 1-7 start to the 2021 season and all games are LSC games.
  • The Mustangs are preseason picked to finish 16th (last) in the LSC this season.
  • Western New Mexico won their season opener on Mar. 5, but have since lost seven straight (they have not been shutout on the season).
  • WNMU ranks 18th nationally (second in LSC) in hits allowed per seven innings (12.6).
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Annika Schwartzenberg

#12 Annika Schwartzenberg

INF
5' 7"
Senior
Taylor Franco

#72 Taylor Franco

RHP
5' 7"
Junior
Skylar Herrera

#25 Skylar Herrera

INF
5' 11"
Sophomore
Tyla Lee

#44 Tyla Lee

3B/OF
5' 3"
Senior
Brooke Makemson

#21 Brooke Makemson

INF
5' 6"
Senior
Athena Muniz

#4 Athena Muniz

RHP/OF
5' 4"
Senior
Savannah Wysocki

#22 Savannah Wysocki

OF
5' 5"
Junior
Kamryn Gibbs

#3 Kamryn Gibbs

OF
5' 6"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Annika Schwartzenberg

#12 Annika Schwartzenberg

5' 7"
Senior
INF
Taylor Franco

#72 Taylor Franco

5' 7"
Junior
RHP
Skylar Herrera

#25 Skylar Herrera

5' 11"
Sophomore
INF
Tyla Lee

#44 Tyla Lee

5' 3"
Senior
3B/OF
Brooke Makemson

#21 Brooke Makemson

5' 6"
Senior
INF
Athena Muniz

#4 Athena Muniz

5' 4"
Senior
RHP/OF
Savannah Wysocki

#22 Savannah Wysocki

5' 5"
Junior
OF
Kamryn Gibbs

#3 Kamryn Gibbs

5' 6"
Freshman
OF