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

Texas Woman's Making First-Ever Trip to Lubbock, as LCU Steps Back into LSC Play

Friday's Doubleheader Series Continues 10-Game Homestand For Lady Chaps

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LUBBOCK, Texas (April 9, 2021) – Lubbock Christian University returns to Lone Star Conference play Friday, hosting Texas Woman's University for a 2 p.m. doubleheader at PlainsCapital Park. 
LSC SOFTBALL
OPPONENT LOCATION CITY TIME WATCH STATS LCU STATS OPP. STATS
TWU PlainsCapital Park   Lubbock   2 p.m.  Watch Stats Season Season
TWU PlainsCapital Park Lubbock 4 p.m.  Watch Stats Season Season

WUNDERGROUND WEATHER: Sunny with gusty winds. High 83F. Winds NNW at 20 to 30 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.

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LCU and TWU Series Snapshot
  • The two programs are split in the all-time series 2-2.
  • All four prior meetings have been neutral site contests.
  • The last meeting was played Feb. 10, 2017 in Grand Prairie, Texas, with LCU's Aver Miller hitting a two-out walk-off grand slam for a 5-4 victory at the North Texas Bash.
 
How is the Team Doing?
  • LCU is 21-10 this season and 9-7 in LSC play after sweeping a doubleheader Tuesday against Hardin-Simmons at home. LCU is in a three-way tie for sixth place in the LSC standings (9-7), alongside West Texas A&M and Angelo State.
  • The Lady Chaps are hitting .351 as a team (13th nationally, second in LSC), with 33 home runs (eighth nationally and third in the LSC) in 31 games. LCU averages 6.48 runs a contest, ranking fifth in the LSC.
  • In the circle, LCU has an ERA of 1.87 (41st nationally). Opponents are hitting .209 against LCU this season and the team has 11 shutouts, co-leading the nation (with A&M-Commerce and Indianapolis).
  • On the field, LCU ranks fourth in the LSC with a .971 fielding percentage.
 
Who is Doing What?
  • Pitcher Taylor Franco is 11-4 this season with a 0.95 ERA in 102.2 innings pitched (also has two saves). Franco went 45.2 innings to start the season without allowing an earned run. She has 13 complete games (second nationally) and 59 strikeouts (eighth in the LSC). Opponents are hitting .192 against Franco, who is 32-14 in her LCU career (sixth player in program history with 30 wins). She is one of nine pitchers nationally to appear in 19 games this season. Her 11 wins ranks tied for 10th nationally. Franco opens the weekend with a 0.93 WHIP, ranking second in the LSC.
  • Brooke Makemson is hitting .389 on the season. She has a team-leading seven home runs (eighth in conference) and has 30 RBI on the season (fifth in the LSC), 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 .418 at the plate, has a team-leading 46 hits (ranks third nationally). She also has 20 stolen bases on the season as well (seventh nationally). Wysocki has three triples this season, placing her with 15 in her LCU career to match the program career mark with Brittany Kent (2011-2012).
  • Skylar Herrera ranks second nationally with five triples, and also has five home runs and is 11th nationally in RBI (35).
  • Tyla Lee has nine RBI over the past seven games off a 12-for-21 (.571) performance at the plate in the span. She is hitting .416 overall on the season, with team-leading .505 on-base percentage (10th in the LSC).

Lone Star Conference Breakdown
  • This season is LCU's second season in the LSC.
  • LCU is 14-10 all-time in LSC play.
  • LCU is 9-7 this season in conference play, with a 5-3 record in conference home play.
    • LCU is hitting .336 in conference, with a 2.43 team ERA.
    • Taylor Franco is 4-3 with a 1.67 ERA (opponents hitting .213) in LSC action.
    • Maxine Valdez is 3-2 with a 2.07 ERA and opponents are hitting .130 against her in conference.
    • Savannah Wysocki leads LCU at the plate in conference, going 23-for-54 (.426) with seven extra-base hits. She leads the LSC with 12 stolen bases in conference play.
    • Tyla Lee (.417) and Athena Muniz (.412) co-lead LCU with four home runs in conference competition.
    • Skylar Herrera leads the team with 19 RBI in conference.
 
 Home Sweet Home
  • LCU is 268-34 (88.7%) all-time in home games at PlainsCapital Park.
  • Last season, LCU was 13-1 at home.
  • They are 12-4 at home this season.
  • LCU is hitting .377 at home with 23 home runs and 6.9 runs per game. Brooke Makemson is hitting .520 with six home runs and 23 RBI at home.
  • Athena Muniz is hitting .452 with eight extra-base hits (five home runs) and 14 RBI at home (RBI co-leads at home alongside Skylar Herrera).
  • Taylor Franco is 7-1 at home with a 0.94 ERA, and opponents are hitting .166 against her (31 hits allowed in 52.1 innings pitched). Maxine Valdez is 2-1 with a 0.72 ERA with 28 strikeouts in 19.1 innings (opponents hitting .118 against her). She pitched a 5.0-inning no-hitter in her last start at home (Mar. 21 vs. UT Permian Basin).
 
Streaking Along
  • Kamryn Gibbs and Savannah Wysocki are LCU's active hit-streak leaders, as each are entering Friday's games with an eight-game active hit streak.
  • Brooke Makemson had a 22-game hit streak earlier in the season, which is the longest by a Lady Chaps member this season and is the longest in program history.
  • Makemson also has the team's season-high mark of consecutive games reaching base safely at 25 games.
  • Athena Muniz has reached base safely in her last 13 games (team's active leader).
 
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 Sunday with a softball record of 439-138.
  • Along with surpassing 400 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 2-6 against nationally ranked programs this season. They did record a win (Mar. 26) at No.2 Texas A&M-Commerce to mark their first win in program history on the road at a top-five nationally ranked program.
 
 Looking at TWU
  • The Pioneers are 4-17 on the season (went 6-16 last season) and are 3-13 in conference after being swept Sunday at home to Oklahoma Christian, which extended their losing streak to 11 games).
  • TWU is 1-7 on the road this season, with the last road win (and overall win) recorded Mar. 12 at St. Edward's.
  • Texas Woman's was preseason picked 13th in the LSC Preseason Poll.
  • TWU ranks sixth in the LSC in triples per game (.19), with Tara Soloman with five on the season (19th nationally) and ranking fourth in the LSC with a per-game rate of 0.14.
  • Taylor Goulet, who leads the team with 11 RBI and seven doubles, ranks fifth in the LSC in doubles per game (.33).
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Players Mentioned

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
Maxine Valdez

#5 Maxine Valdez

RHP
5' 4"
Sophomore
Savannah Wysocki

#22 Savannah Wysocki

OF
5' 5"
Junior
Kamryn Gibbs

#3 Kamryn Gibbs

OF
5' 6"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

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
Maxine Valdez

#5 Maxine Valdez

5' 4"
Sophomore
RHP
Savannah Wysocki

#22 Savannah Wysocki

5' 5"
Junior
OF
Kamryn Gibbs

#3 Kamryn Gibbs

5' 6"
Freshman
OF