LUBBOCK, Texas (March 14, 2022) – Lubbock Christian University starting pitchers Taylor Franco and Maxine Valdez each held Eastern New Mexico to one hit in each game, as the No.15 Lady Chaparrals swept a Lone Star Conference doubleheader with an 8-0 (five innings) and 6-1 victory Monday afternoon at PlainsCapital Park.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Score:  Game 1: LCU 8, ENMU 0 (Final in 5 inn.) | Game 2: LCU 6, ENMU 1
Records: LCU (21-3, 7-1), ENMU (8-16, 1-7)
Location: Lubbock, Texas (PlainsCapital Park)
Time of Game: Game 1: 1:13, Game 2: 1:45
Weather: Game 1: 60F, Blowing Dust/Windy, Game 2: 60F, Partly Cloudy/Breezy

Game 1

LCU Highlights:

• Taylor Franco – 5.0 innings, complete game shutout, one-hitter, 5 strikeouts
• Savannah Wysocki – 2-for-2, 3B, 2 stolen bases
• Brooke Makemson - 2-for-3, 3B, 2B, 2 RBI

Turning Point:
A five-run fifth inning not only put the game out of reach, but allowed LCU to hit the run rule to end the game early.

How it Happened:
LCU opened the scoring without a base hit. Savannah Wysocki reached on an walk in the first inning and stole second and third base. In the process of stealing third, a throwing error allowed her to score. Wysocki hit an infield RBI-single in the third inning to score a run and she eventually scored on a Brooke Makemson triple for a 3-0 lead.
 
In the fifth inning, LCU quickly wrapped up the game with five consecutive extra-base hits. Wysocki tripled before Tiarra Delrosario and Makemson each doubles, and Tyla Lee and Kasey Flores hit back-to-back home runs to end the game.
    
Inside the Numbers:

• Taylor Franco's complete game shutout marked her 40^th career complete game (sixth of the season) and she claimed her 18^th career shutout (fourth of the season). She is two shutouts away from passing Alyssa Gutierrez (2009-10) and Katera Eltsosie (2014-17), who each had 19 career shutouts in program history. Franco's 18 career shutouts is tied for eighth among active NCAA Division II pitchers. 
• Kasey Flores home run was her team-co-leading seventh of the season and her 30^th career home run. She is 20^th in active career home leaders in NCAA Division II.
• Tyla Lee's homer was her 14^th of her career and is her seventh of the season to co-lead LCU alongside Flores.
• Savannah Wysocki hit her team-leading sixth triple of the season, which has her with a program-career record 21 in her LCU career. The mark leads all active NCAA Division II student-athletes.

 
Game 2

LCU Highlights:

• Maxine Valdez - 6.1 innings, one hit allowed, nine strikeouts
• Angela Donaldson – 2-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI
• Skylar Herrera – 2-for-3, 3B

Turning Point:
ENMU had their only hit of the game in the fourth inning. LCU eliminated any rally by turning a 6-4-3 double play.

How it Happened:
Wysocki led off the bottom of the first inning with a base hit and would score on a Kasey Flores RBI-single. LCU made it 3-0 in the second inning, as Donaldson doubled to leadoff the inning. Delrosario and Makemson each had RBI-singles in the inning.
 
Skylar Herrera triples in the third inning, and she would score on a Donaldson RBI for a 4-0 advantage. The two played a factor into the scoring in the fifth inning, as Herrera and Donaldson each had RBI-singles and LCU built the lead to 6-0 in the inning.
 
A pair of walks and passed balls allowed the Greyhounds to score their only run in the seventh inning.
 
Inside the Numbers:

• Maxine Valdez improved to 7-1 with the win.
• Tiarra Delrosario extended her hit streak to 17 games, which is the longest by a Lady Chaps member this season. She has also extended her streak of reaching base safely to 18 games, which actively leads LCU.
• LCU improved to 10-0 this season when scoring in the first inning.
• For the third time this season, an LCU opponent did not have an error, and of the three games, two are by ENMU.

 
HISTORICAL NOTE
LCU moved to 39-0 all-time against ENMU and 19-0 against ENMU in Lubbock.
 
WHAT'S NEXT:
LCU heads to Silver City, N.M. Friday to face Western New Mexico for a Lone Star Conference doubleheader.