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LCU Completes First Conference Homestand Hosting ENMU Monday

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

ENMU Making Their Third Trip To Lubbock This Season (Second Time To Face LCU)

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LUBBOCK, Texas (March 14, 2022) – Lubbock Christian University completes their first homestand of Lone Star Conference home games Monday, hosting Eastern New Mexico for a doubleheader at PlainsCapital Park.
LONE STAR CONFERENCE SOFTBALL
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, 37-0.
  • The Lady Chaps, who went 2-0 against ENMU last season (both games played in Portales, N.M. on Mar. 15, 2021 with LCU winning 14-3 and 14-0), are 2-0 this season against ENMU after an 8-0 (six innings) and 5-1 win Sunday Feb. 27 at PlainsCapital Park in non-conference play.
  • Kasey Fores is 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI this season against ENMU. Brooke Makemson is 3-for-6 with four RBI.
  • Taylor Franco, who is 2-0 this season against ENMU with a 0.00 ERA, is 5-0 with an 0.57 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 24.2 innings over her career against ENMU.
  • Athena Muniz is 6-for-12 (.500) in her career against ENMU, and Brooke Makemson has seven RBI in five career games against the Greyhounds.
  • LCU is 17-0 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 19-3 this season. They had an 18-game win streak earlier on the season, which was their longest win streak since a 19-game win streak since 2014.
  • The Lady Chaps are hitting .348 as a team (18th nationally), with 29 home runs (seventh nationally and third in home runs per game, 1.3) and 40 doubles (total ranks 21st nationally and their rate of 1.8 per game ranks 23rd nationally) in 22 games. LCU averages 7.6 runs a contest (11th nationally).
  • In the circle, LCU has an ERA of 2.92 (45th nationally). Opponents are hitting .240 against LCU this season (sixth in the LSC).
  • The Lady Chaps are 25th in shutouts, with four, and two of LCU's shutouts are no-hitters.
  • LCU is 15th nationally in stolen bases per game (2.63) and 62nd in fielding percentage (.962).
 
Who is Doing What?
  • Pitcher Maxine Valdez is 6-1 this season with a 2.49 ERA in 53.1 innings pitched. She ranks eighth in the LSC in hits allowed per seven innings (6.04). She has registered two saves, which has her tied for fifth nationally (four leads the nation) and leads the LSC. She ranks fifth in the LSC in strikeouts with 64 (8.4 per seven innings ranks third in the LSC).
  • Taylor Franco is 10-1 with a 2.42 ERA on the young season. She ranks 20th in active career ERA in NCAA with a career mark of 1.97. She is 45-20 in her career, which has her 17th in active career NCAA Division II leaders in wins. The 45 wins sits third all-time in LCU program history in career wins. Franco's 10 wins this season leads the LSC and ranks sixth nationally.
  • Franco, who went 25.2 consecutive innings pitched without allowing an earned run earlier this season, has two no-hitters on the season and co-leads LCU in career no-hitters with three.
  • Savannah Wysocki had a triple last Saturday (at Cameron), placing her with five on the season and 20 in her LCU career, which actively leads NCAA Division II in career triples. The five triples on the season ranks tied for second in NCAA Division II (six leads nationally). Wysocki, with 11 stolen bases this season, has 69 in her career, ranking 14th among active career NCAA Division II leaders (third all-time in program history and three away from passing Mallory Koschany, who had 71 all in one season with LCU in 2013, and into second in program history). Her 11 stolen bases this season ranks 41st nationally (tied for sixth in the LSC).
  • Tyla Lee leads LCU, hitting .493 (23rd nationally) with 35 hits and 30 RBI (17 with two outs). Her 35 hits ranks fourth in the LSC. Lee claimed NFCA National Player of the Week on Feb. 22, marking a second consecutive season a Lady Chaps member received national honors. 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 has received two LSC Hitter of the Week honors this season and is the reigning Hitter of the Week. She claimed the fourth weekly honor by a Lady Chaps member this season. Franco (Pitcher, Feb. 15), Kasey Flores (Hitter, Mar.1) and Lee (Hitter, Feb. 22) previously claimed weekly accolades this season.
  • Kasey Flores co-leads LCU in home runs with six (tied for second in the LSC and with Lee). Flores sits 20th actively among NCAA Division II leaders in home runs with 29 (the mark includes her UTEP totals).
  • Skylar Herrera has eight stolen bases on the season, placing her with 46 in her career, ranking 47th actively among NCAA Division II career leaders. She ranks second on the squad with five home runs.
  • LCU is ninth nationally in triples (11), with Savannah Wysocki ranking tied for second in the nation with five triples and Brooke Makemson behind her with three triples (ranks tied for 14th nationally).
  • Tyla Lee leads LCU in multi-hit games (12). Brooke Makemson leads LCU with eight 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 weekend with a softball record of 466-148.
  • 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.
 
Home on the Range
  • LCU is 281-38 (88.1%) all-time in home games at PlainsCapital Park.
  • Last season, LCU was 17-7 at home (13-1 in 2020).
  • This season, LCU is 8-1 at home.
  • The Lady Chaps are hitting .364 at home, with a .613 slugging mark. Their offense is averaging 7.8 runs at home and has produced 10 home runs.
  • Savannah Wysocki is hitting .571 at home (12-for-21) with a .688 on-base percentage. Kasey Flores and Tyla Lee co-lead LCU with three home runs at home and Lee leads LCU with 11 RBI at home.
  • In the circle, LCU has a 2.50 ERA and are holding opponents to a .214 average. Taylor Franco did not allowed a run for the first 25.1 innings pitched at home this season (has two no-hitters at home this season).
 
Lone Star Conference Breakdown
  • This season is LCU's third season in the LSC.
  • LCU is 27-17 all-time in LSC play.
  • The Lady Chaps are 5-1 this season in conference contests. They opened conference play 4-0 for their best conference start since 2015.
  • They are hitting .337 in conference, with eight home runs and an average of 7.5 runs per game. In the circle, they have a 5.67 ERA and opponents are hitting .332.
  • Angela Donaldson and Kasey Flores are each hitting .500 in LSC play.
  • Tyla Lee has 11 RBI in LSC play and his hitting .409 (9/22).
  • Mattye Tyler leads LCU with a 3-0 record in conference, while Taylor Franco is 2-1 and Maxine Valdez has two saves.
 
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 4-2 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.) before garnering wins over No.14 Rogers State (13-5 in five innings on Feb. 20 in Oklahoma City) and No.18 Oklahoma Christian (doubleheader sweep on Friday, 4-3 and 8-7). LCU most recently split a doubleheader (Mar. 12) against No.6 West Texas A&M.
  • On Mar.1, LCU made their debut in the NFCA national Top-25 rankings, debuting at No.15.
 
Streaking Along
  • Tiarra Delrosario is LCU's active hit-streak leader, entering the day on a 15-game hit streak, which is LCU's longest longest steak this season.
  • Delrosario and Skylar Herrera are actively leading LCU with a 14-game streak of reaching base safely. Tyla Lee has the longest streak this season for LCU, with a streak of 19 games reaching base safely.
 
In Summary
  • LCU has a 28-7 scoring advantage in the first inning, with their highest offensive output coming in the third inning, with a 29-17 scoring advantage.
  • The Lady Chaps have scored in the first inning in eight games this season and are 8-0 when doing so. LCU is 14-1 when scoring first.
  • LCU is 15-0 this season when they hit at least one home run in a game.
  • The Lady Chaps are 9-1 this season when error free. They have only played two games this season in which their opponent did not have an error.

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 an 8-14 start on the season and enter Monday's games on a five-game losing streak.
  • ENMU is hitting .258 this season and have seven home runs on the season. They have a staff ERA of 5.75 and opponents are hitting .298 against them.
  • This is the Greyhounds third trip to Lubbock this season. They attended the Visit Lubbock Collegiate Classic and went 4-1 prior to a non-conference doubleheader against LCU on Feb. 25.
  • 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 34th nationally in pitching appearances (14) and is 29th nationally in complete games with seven. She ranks fourth nationally in strikeouts per seven innings with a rate of 11.7 on the season.
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