SILVER CITY, N.M. (March 18, 2022) – No.14 Lubbock Christian University tallied 24 runs Friday, as the Lady Chaps hit .411 as a team and swept Western New Mexico 14-0 (in five innings) and 10-4 in Lone Star Conference action at Mustang Field.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Score:  Game 1: LCU 14, WNMU 0 (Final in 5 inn.) | Game 2: LCU 10, WNMU 4
Records: LCU (23-3, 9-1), WNMU (4-19, 1-9)
Location: Silver City, N.M. (Mustang Field)
Time of Game: Game 1: 1:38, Game 2: 2:06
Weather: Game 1: 57F Sunny (W-7MPH SW), Game 2: 59F Sunny (W-7MPH SW),

Game 1

LCU Highlights:

• Taylor Franco – 5.0 innings, complete game shutout, one-hitter, 6 strikeouts
• Skylar Herrera – 2-for-2, HR, 4 RBI
• Brooke Makemson - 3-for-4, HR, 3 RBI

Turning Point:
Skylar Herrera's three-run home run in the third inning, which extended LCU's lead to 7-0.

How it Happened:
Brooke Makemson opened the scoring in the top of the first inning with a two-run home run. The Lady Chaps added a run in the second inning, off a single by Athena Muniz, and then posted a four-run third inning. Skyler Herrera followed a sacrifice fly by Kasey Flores with a three-run home run for a 7-0 lead.
 
LCU doubled the lead with a seven-run fourth inning. Tiarra Delrosario hit a sacrifice fly to score the first run of the inning. The next seven batters reached base safely, with RBI singles from Makemson, Muniz and a RBI-double from Angela Donaldson highlighting the seven-run inning.
 
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 41^st career complete game (seventh of the season) and she claimed her 19^th career shutout (fifth of the season). She is one shutout away from passing Alyssa Gutierrez (2009-10) and Katera Eltsosie (2014-17), who each had 19 career shutouts in program history. Franco's 19 career shutouts is tied for eighth among active NCAA Division II pitchers. 
• Franco's one-hitter is her second consecutive one-hitter, which has her at 12-1 on the season. She retired the final 13 consecutive batters faced and forced eight groundouts and one fly-out.
• Brooke Makemson homered for the fifth time this season and the 15^th time of her LCU career.
• LCU was 8-for-11 with runners in scoring position, with Brooke Makemson and Athena Muniz each going 2-for-2 in the scenario.
• LCU was 8-for-8 in scoring the runner from third base with less than two outs, with Skyar Herrera and Muniz each 2-for-2 in the category.
• The shutout was LCU's fifth of the season.
• Tiarra Delrosario went hitless resulting an end to a 17-game hit streak, which is the longest by a Lady Chaps member this season.

 
Game 2

LCU Highlights:

• Athena Muniz – 2-for-3, 2B, HR, 3 runs, 2 RBI
• Angela Donaldson – 3-for-4, 2B
• Savannah Wysocki – 1-for-3, 3 RBI, 3 SB

Turning Point:
As WNMU had two on base and had scored to trail 7-4 in the fifth inning, Taylor Franco appeared in the circle in a relief appearance and got LCU out of the jam and allowed one hit over the final 2.1 innings (she received the save).

How it Happened:
A trio of walks in the top of the first inning set up a sacrifice fly by Kasey Flores for a 1-0 lead. LCU would trail in the bottom half of the inning after a two-run home run by Bryana Munoz.
 
Athena Muniz tied the game in the second inning with a solo home run. They followed with a three-run fourth inning for a 5-2 advantage. Kamryn Gibbs drove in the first run of the three-run inning, followed by a two-run single to left field by Savannah Wysocki.
 
The streak of LCU runs ended in the bottom of the fourth inning, as WNMU's Breeanna Simmons hit a solo home run.
 
Skylar Herrera hit her second home run of the day in the fifth inning, as she hit a two-run homer to put LCU up 7-3. WNMU received an RBI from Munoz in the bottom half of the inning and had two runners on and the tying run at the plate, but LCU escaped the jam with Taylor Franco coming in for a save situation and forcing a ground out. Muniz and Wysocki provided LCU some insurance with each registering an RBI in the seventh inning.
 
Inside the Numbers:

• Mattye Tyler claimed the win in relief and improved to 4-0 on the season.
• Taylor Franco claimed the save in relief and it is her second of the season and sixth of her career, which places her fourth all-time in program history.
• Franco's appearance provided her with her 84^th career appearance, which moves her into second all-time in program history. She also moved into second all-time in program history in strikeouts with 343.
• Kasey Flores hit her second sacrifice fly of the day placing her as the co-leader in the category. Her and Brooke Makemson each have three on the season, and the team has 13.
• Savannah Wysocki had a trio of stolen bases (has her second all-time on the squad with 74), which matches a season high.
• LCU finished the day 11-for-11 on scoring a runner from third base with less than two outs.
• Tiarra Delrosario extended her streak of reaching base safely to 20 games, which actively leads LCU and is the longest by a Lady Chap this season.
• Savannah Wysocki extended her hit streak to 11 games, which actively leads LCU.
• LCU improved to 12-0 this season when scoring in the first inning.

 
HISTORICAL NOTE
LCU moved to 12-0 all-time against WNMU and 2-0 against WNMU in Silver City, N.M., as lCU was making their first-ever visit to Silver City.
 
WHAT'S NEXT:
LCU heads to Odessa, Texas Sunday to face Texas Permian Basin for a Lone Star Conference doubleheader.