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Lady Chaps Hosting ENMU In Non-Conference Play For LSC Preparations

| By: Chris Due (chris.due@lcu.edu)

Doubleheader Marks LCU's Final Games Before Jumping Into Conference Play Next Week

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LUBBOCK, Texas (February 27, 2022) – Lubbock Christian University plays their final games Sunday, before jumping into Lone Star Conference play, as they have a non-conference doubleheader against Eastern New Mexico at PlainsCapital Park on the LCU campus.
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OPPONENT LOCATION CITY TIME WATCH STATS LCU STATS OPP. STATS
ENMU PlainsCapital Park Lubbock, Texas 1 p.m. Video Stats Season Season
ENMU PlainsCapital Park Lubbock, Texas 3 p.m. Video Stats Season Season

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LCU and ENMU Series Snapshot
  • LCU leads the all-time series over ENMU, 35-0.
  • The Lady Chaps went 2-0 against ENMU last season, with both games played in Portales, N.M. on Mar. 15, 2021. LCU won 14-3 and 14-0 and both games ended in five innings.
  • Last season, Alivia Villarreal was 3-for-5 (.600) against ENMU, with Athena Muniz (4-for-7, .571) and Skylar Herrera (4-for-8, .500) co-leading LCU in the series with four hits.
  • Taylor Franco is 3-0 with an 0.86 ERA and 15 strikeouts in 16.1 innings over her career against ENMU.
  • LCU is 15-0 all-time against ENMU in Lubbock.
  • Last season's two games were the first-ever meetings as conference opponents, so LCU is 2-0 all-time against ENMU as conference foes.
 
How is the Team Doing?
  • LCU is 12-2 this season. They are riding a 12-game win streak, which is their longest win streak since a 17-game win streak since 2016.
  • The Lady Chaps are hitting .350 as a team (24th nationally), with 20 home runs (sixth nationally and sixth in home runs per game, 1.4) and 27 doubles (total ranks 14th nationally and their rate of 1.9 per game ranks 40th nationally) in 14 games. LCU averages 7.8 runs a contest (25th nationally).
  • In the circle, LCU has an ERA of 2.00 (21st nationally). Opponents are hitting .193 against LCU this season (third in the LSC).
  • The Lady Chaps are 17th in shutouts, with three, and two of LCU's shutouts are no-hitters.
  • LCU is 15th nationally in stolen bases per game (3.2) and 44th in fielding percentage (.968).
 
Who is Doing What?
  • Pitcher Maxine Valdez is 6-1 this season with a 2.08 ERA in 33.2 innings pitched. She ranks fifth in the LSC (32nd nationally) in hits allowed per seven innings (4.2).
  • Taylor Franco is 6-0 with a 1.44 ERA on the young season. She ranks 11th in active career ERA in NCAA with a career mark of 1.95. She is 41-19 in her career, which has her 16th in active career NCAA Division II leaders in wins. The 41 wins sits third all-time in LCU program history in career wins.
  • Valdez and Franco each have six wins, which ties for eighth nationally and tied for third in the LSC.
  • Franco has no hitters in two of her last five appearances and went 25.2 consecutive innings pitched without allowing an earned run. She co-leads LCU in career no-hitters with three.
  • Savannah Wysocki had a triple Saturday, placing her with four on the season and 19 in her LCU career, which actively leads NCAA Division II in career triples. The four triples on the season ranks second in NCAA Division II. Wysocki, with nine stolen bases this season, has 67 in her career, ranking 10th among active career NCAA Division II leaders (third all-time in program history). Her nine stolen bases this season ranks 24th nationally.
  • Tyla Lee leads LCU, hitting .558 with 24 hits and 18 RBI. Her 24 hits rank tied for ninth in the LSC.
  • Lee claimed NFCA National Player of the Week and LSC Hitter of the Week honors for her efforts last week. LCU went 5-0 at the Regional Festival and Lee had four multi-hit games, including going 3-for-3 with two home runs (matched career high) and 5 RBI (career high) in LCU's 13-5 win over No.14 Rogers State, which was LCU's first run-rule win over a ranked opponent since Mar. 13, 2013. The graduate from Red Deer, Alberta also went 3-for-4 against Southern Arkansas and 1-for-2 against Arkansas Tech, which were regional qualifying programs last season. She played three games at third base and two catching, and her breakdown on the week included 7-for-10 with the bases empty, 4-for-6 with runners on base and 2-for-2 in bases-loaded at-bats. She is riding a 13-game hit streak. A Lady Chaps member receives the national honor for a second consecutive season. Last season, Brooke Makemson became LCU's first recipient of the national player of the week honor at the NCAA Division II level (Feb. 10, 2021). Lee marks the third Lady Chaps member to receive a weekly honor from the NFCA, as the first to be recognized by the NFCA was Monique Francois, who received Pitcher of the Week honors during the 2018 season. Lee's LSC honor marks a second consecutive week an LCU member has been recognized with a conference weekly honor this season (first hitter of the week honor). Taylor Franco claimed Pitcher of the Week accolades last week.
  • Kasey Flores ranks tied for second for LCU (behind Skylar Herrera, 5, and even with Tyla Lee) in home runs with four (tied for seventh in LSC). Flores, a transfer from UTEP, sits 21st actively among NCAA Division II leaders in home runs with 27.
  • Skylar Herrera has six stolen bases on the season, placing her with 47 in her career, ranking 44th actively among NCAA Division II career leaders. She leads LCU with five home runs (13th nationally) and is second on the squad in RBI (13), with a team-leading nine with two-outs.
  • LCU is fourth nationally in triples (10), with Savannah Wysocki ranking second in the nation with four triples and Brooke Makemson is right behind with three triples (ranks sixth nationally).
  • Tyla Lee leads LCU in multi-hit games (8). Brooke Makemson leads LCU with five multi-RBI games.
 
Season Expectations
  • The Lady Chaps are preseason picked to finish seventh in the Lone Star Conference.
  • LCU is in their eighth season playing a NCAA Division II schedule (2013 was their last season in NAIA) and this is their third season as members of the Lone Star Conference.
  • There are 16 softball programs in the LSC this season. The major difference from last season to this season is UT Tyler is postseason eligible.

Coach Talk
  • LCU head coach Daren Hays is in his 12th season at the helm of the Lady Chaps.
  • Hays is LCU's winningest softball head coach, entering the season with a softball record of 459-147.
  • Along with surpassing 450 coaching wins in softball, Hays had surpassed 350 wins as a collegiate baseball head coach. He spent eight seasons as the LCU baseball head coach and compiled a 356-163 record.
 
Neutralizing
  • LCU is 5-2 this season in neutral site contests.
  • The Lady Chaps are hitting .317 (four home runs) in neutral site tilts, and contributing a 2.33 ERA in the circle (opponents hitting .217).  
  • Tyla Lee (12-for-23) is leading LCU with a .522 average in neutral site games.
  • Lee and Kasey Flores co-lead LCU in neutral site games with seven RBI each.
  • Maxine Valdez has a 1.38 ERA with a 3-1 record and 25 strikeouts in 20.1 innings.
 
Home Sweet Home
  • LCU is 278-37 (88.3%) all-time in home games at PlainsCapital Park.
  • Last season, LCU was 17-7 at home (13-1 in 2020).
  • This season, LCU is 5-0 at home.
  • The Lady Chaps are hitting .374 at home, with a .748 slugging mark. Their offense is averaging 9.6 runs at home and has produced eight home runs.
  • In the circle, LCU has an 0.93 ERA and are holding opponents to a .149 average.
 
Streaking Along
  • Tyla Lee is LCU's active hit-streak leader, entering the day on a 13-game hit streak. Angela Donaldson has hit safely in her last 10 games.
  • Lee has also reached base safely in the past 13 games, which is the longest streak this season by a Lady Chap. Angela Donaldson is actively second with a 10-game streak.
 
In Summary
  • LCU has a 19-4 scoring advantage in the first inning, with their highest offensive output coming in the third inning, with a 23-12 scoring advantage.
  • The Lady Chaps have scored in the first inning in six games this season and are 6-0 when doing so. LCU is 10-1 when scoring first.
  • LCU is 10-0 this season when they hit at least one home run in a game.
  • The Lady Chaps are 7-1 this season when error free. Their opponents have not had an error-free game this season.
 
National Notes
  • The Lady Chaps went 8-0 last season against nationally ranked programs in 2020, but went 2-10 against nationally ranked programs in 2021.
  • LCU is 1-1 this season against nationally ranked programs, as they fell 8-4 in extra innings (9 innings) against No.14 Auburn Montgomery Feb. 5 in Gulf Shores, Ala. Last Sunday in Oklahoma City, LCU had their first run-rule over a ranked foe since 2013, as they defeated No.14 Rogers State 13-5.

Looking at ENMU
  • The Greyhounds went 4-27 last season, finishing 15th in the LSC with a 4-26 conference mark. They are off to a 7-7 start on the season and enter Sunday's game on a four-game losing streak.
  • ENMU is hitting .267 this season and have four home runs on the season. They have a staff ERA of 5.31 and opponents are hitting .206 against them.
  • This is the Greyhounds second trip to Lubbock this season. They attended the Visit Lubbock Collegiate Classic and went 4-1.
  • ENMU is preseason picked 15TH in the LSC Preseason Poll.
  • The 'hounds are coached by Amanda Fefel, who is in her first season after serving as an assistant for two seasons at Appalachian State.
  • Brook Leger is 14th nationally in pitching appearances (10) and is third nationally in complete games with seven. She ranks eighth nationally in strikeouts per seven innings with a rate of 12.1 on the season.
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