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

Winds Bring a Hays-ey Day For an LSC Opening Series

Nationally Ranked LCU and Oklahoma Christian Open LSC Play in Lubbock Friday Night

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LUBBOCK, Texas (March 5, 2021) – A pair of brothers and a pair of ranked teams open Lone Star Conference play Friday evening, as No.11 Oklahoma Christian, coached by Shanon Hays comes to PlainsCapital Park to face No.25 Lubbock Christian, coached by Daren Hays. First pitch to the doubleheader is set for 6 p.m. (originally 2 p.m.). 
LSC SOFTBALL
OPPONENT LOCATION CITY TIME WATCH STATS LCU STATS OPP. STATS
OC PlainsCapital Park  Lubbock  6 p.m.  Watch Stats Season Season
OC PlainsCapital Park  Lubbock  8 p.m. Watch Stats Season Season

WUNDERGROUND WEATHER: Partly cloudy and windy. High 56F. Winds NNE at 25 to 35 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 50 mph..

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LCU and OC Series Snapshot
  • LCU leads the all-time series over OC, 35-16, but OC has won five consecutive meetings, with LCU's last win coming in Lubbock, Texas on April 16, 2019, which was OC's last visit to Lubbock.
  • Head coaches (and brothers)  Daren Hays and Shanon Hays (former LCU head coach) have met on eight prior occasions, with Shanon holding a 7-3 advantage in games played against his brother.
  • LCU is 18-2 all-time at PlainsCapital Park against OC. The Lady Eagles spilt a doubleheader on April 16, 2019, ending LCU's 18-game win streak at home against OC (OC won the first-ever meeting in Lubbock and the previous meeting in Lubbock).
 
How is the Team Doing?
  • LCU is 10-3 this season and coming off a split Saturday to Central Oklahoma, which ended LCU's nine-game win streak.
  • The Lady Chaps are hitting .350 as a team (26th nationally), with 14 home runs (seventh nationally) in 13 games. LCU averages 6.46 runs a contest, ranking 32nd nationally.
  • In the circle, LCU has an ERA of 1.28 (10th nationally). Opponents are hitting .188 against LCU this season and the team has a nation-leading six shutouts.
  • On the field, LCU ranks eighth in the LSC with a .966 fielding percentage.
 
Who is Doing What?
  • Pitcher Taylor Franco is 6-1 this season with a 0.00 ERA in 45.1 innings pitched (also has a save). She has six complete games (co-leads nationally) and 24 strikeouts (55th nationally). Opponents are hitting .145 against Franco, who is 27-11 in her LCU career. She is one of three pitchers nationally to appear in 9 games this season. Her six wins ranks tied for third nationally. Franco opens the week with a 0.60 WHIP, ranking 14th nationally.
  • Brooke Makemson is hitting .417 on the season. She has five home runs (fourth nationally) and 18 RBI on the season (third 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 leads LCU at the plate (.429), with a team-leading 21 hits (ranks fourth nationally). She also has eight stolen bases on the season as well (seventh nationally). Wysocki has one triple this season, placing her with 13 in her LCU career.
  • Skylar Herrera is seventh nationally in home runs (4) and is 12th in RBI (14).
 
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.
 
Home Sweet Home
  • LCU is 261-31 (89.4%) all-time in home games at PlainsCapital Park.
  • Last season, LCU was 13-1 at home.
  • They are 5-1 at home this season, with all wins coming against MIAA programs.
  • LCU is hitting .394 at home with 10 home runs and 8.0 runs per game. Brooke Makemson is hitting .579 with five home runs and 16 RBI at home.
  • Taylor Franco is 3-0 at home with a 0.00 ERA, and opponents are hitting .104 against her (seven hits allowed in 20.1 innings pitched).

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 428-131.
  • 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 have bounced the prior three weeks between No.24 and No.25, currently ranked No.25.
  • The Lady Chaps went 8-0 last season against nationally ranked programs.
 
Conference Openers
  • LCU is 8-5 all-time in conference openers.
  • The Lady Chaps, who went 2-4 in Heartland Conference openers and 5-1 in Sooner Athletic Conference openers, are 1-0 in LSC openers after a 2-1 win on Feb. 28, 2020 at Cameron.
  • LCU lost their last conference opener played at home, falling to Newman 7-3 in 2019 (Feb. 24, 2019).
 
Looking at OC
  • The Lady Eagles went 21-5 last season, and they were 6-2 in Lone Star Conference play at season's close.
  • OC opens LSC play, just as LCU does. OC opened LSC play last season sweeping No.8 Angelo State in a doubleheader.
  • The Lady Eagles are preseason picked to win the LSC this season.
  • Oklahoma Christian played their last three games in Las Vegas, Nev., where they went 1-2 against No.7 California Irvine. Their doubleheader against LCU will give them five straight games against ranked competition.
  • OC ranks second nationally in doubles with 25. Katelyn Duckel leads OC with five doubles, ranking fourth nationally.
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Players Mentioned

Taylor Franco

#72 Taylor Franco

RHP
5' 7"
Junior
Skylar Herrera

#25 Skylar Herrera

INF
5' 11"
Sophomore
Brooke Makemson

#21 Brooke Makemson

INF
5' 6"
Senior
Savannah Wysocki

#22 Savannah Wysocki

OF
5' 5"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Taylor Franco

#72 Taylor Franco

5' 7"
Junior
RHP
Skylar Herrera

#25 Skylar Herrera

5' 11"
Sophomore
INF
Brooke Makemson

#21 Brooke Makemson

5' 6"
Senior
INF
Savannah Wysocki

#22 Savannah Wysocki

5' 5"
Junior
OF