ODESSA, Texas (March 20, 2022) – No.14 Lubbock Christian University received a third no-hitter this season from pitcher Taylor Franco, while the Lady Chaparrals combined for 16 stolen bases and swept University of Texas of the Permian Basin 12-0 and 12-3 in a pair of run-rule shortened games at windy Falcon Field.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Score:  Game 1: LCU 12, UTPB 0 (Final in 5 inn.) | Game 2: LCU 12, UTPB 3 (Final in 5 inn.)
Records: LCU (25-3, 11-1), UTPB (16-17, 3-9)
Location: Odessa, Texas (Falcon Field)
Time of Game: Game 1: 1:40, Game 2: 2:08
Weather: Game 1: 75F Sunny (W-30MPH to RF), Game 2: 76F Sunny/Wind (W-29MPH to RF),

Game 1

LCU Highlights:

• Taylor Franco – 5.0 innings, complete game shutout, no-hitter, 3 strikeouts
• Kasey Flores – 3-for-4, HR, 2B, 6 RBI
• Savannah Wysocki - 2-for-3, RBI, 2 runs, 3 SB

Turning Point:
With two outs in the bottom of the second inning, LCU second baseman Skylar Herrera made a diving stop and completed a 4-3-putout on Ashlynn Bradley, which preserved the no-hitter.

How it Happened:
LCU opened the scoring early and in the first inning, LCU posted a four-run inning. Tiarra Delrosario doubled in Savannah Wysocki and Kasey Flores followed with a two-run single to highlight the offense in the inning. LCU followed with a three-run second inning, with a pair scoring on a two-run home run by Flores.
 
Brooke Makemson hit a solo home run in the top of the fourth inning, and LCU closed the game on a four-run fifth inning. Wysocki led off the fifth-inning scoring with a RBI-single before an eventual two-run double by Flores to complete the six-RBI performance.
    
Inside the Numbers:

• Taylor Franco's complete game no-hit shutout marked her 42^nd career complete game (eighth of the season) and she claimed her program-record 20^th career shutout (sixth of the season). She passed Alyssa Gutierrez (2009-10) and Katera Eltsosie (2014-17) to become LCU's all-time career leader. Franco's 20 career shutouts is tied for eighth among active NCAA Division II pitchers. 
• Brooke Makemson homered for the sixth time this season and the 16^th time of her LCU career.
• Kasey Flores's two-run home run was her team-leading eighth of the season and her 31^st career home run. She is 20^th in active career home leaders in NCAA Division II.
• Savannah Wysocki had a pair of hits, which places her with 288 career total bases, which moves her into ninth all-time in program history.
• LCU was 8-for-18 with runners in scoring position, with Kasey Flores going 3-for-3 in the scenario. Her six RBI were a career high and the most since Skylar Herrera had six against Fort Lewis College on Feb. 20, 2021.
• The shutout was LCU's sixth of the season (third no-hitter).
• LCU improved to 19-0 this season when they hit at least one home run in a game.

No-Hitter Notes:

• Taylor Franco no-hitter was the fourth of her career (LCU's all-time career leader in no-hitters).
• The no-hitter was the 21^st in LCU history.
• It marked the second consecutive game in which LCU had no-hit UTPB, as Maxine Valdez no hit UTPB in their prior meeting (Mar. 21, 2021).
• Of LCU's 21 no-hitters, Sunday's was the third all-time against UTPB by the Lady Chaps.

 
Game 2

LCU Highlights:

• Tiarra Delrosario – 3-for-3, 3 RBI, 3 SB
• Savannah Wysocki – 0-for-1, 3 BB, 4 runs, 4 SB
• Angela Donaldson – 1-for-3, 3 RBI, 2B

Turning Point:
With two outs in the second inning, Skylar Herrera was facing an 0-2 count. She would eventually see seven more pitches in the nine-pitch at-bat which resulted in a base-loaded walk to snag an RBI and prolong the inning. Angela Donaldson, the ensuing batter, followed with a bases-loaded double to plate three runs.  

How it Happened:
The game featured a lot of unconventional scoring and the scoring started in the first inning, with Skylar Herrera earning a one of two bases loaded walks she would record in the game. UTPB matched the run in the bottom of the first inning before LCU regained the lead with a six-run second inning.
 
Delrosario helped score the first run of the inning with an infield RBI-single. Tyla Lee (hit-by-pitch) and Herrera (nine-pitch walk) each reached with the bases loaded without putting a ball in play, before Angela Donaldson belted a three-run double for a 7-1 lead.
 
Delrosario had her second infield single result in an RBI in the third inning for an 8-1 lead. Following a run in the bottom of the third, the Lady Chaps opened the fourth inning with Herrera and Caroline Chilton getting hit by a pitch and scoring on a triple hit by Kamryn Gibbs. Delrosario collected her third RBI base hit of the game with a single down the line to score Wysocki later in the inning before the Lady Chaps closed their scoring in the four-run inning with Brooke Makemson hitting a sacrifice fly.
 
UTPB had a pair of singles to leadoff the bottom half of the fourth inning, which led to a run on a single hit by Valerie Gonzalez.

Inside the Numbers:

• Mattye Tyler went 4.0 innings and allowed three runs in claiming the victory in the circle, which places her with a 5-0 record on the season.
• LCU posted 10 stolen bases, which are the second-most in program history and the most since 11 on Feb. 16, 2013 against Friends.
• Savannah Wysocki, who became the 10^th Lady Chap in program history to appear in 150 games, had a career-high four stolen bases, which ties the program single-game record (tied her with Courtney Medina, who had four stolen bases on Feb. 12, 2017). Wysocki stole a combined seven stolen bases on the day.
• Wysocki's stolen bases placed her with 81 career stolen bases and she became the program's career stolen base leader, passing McKinzie Clemmons, who had 78 from 2012-13.
• LCU had batters get plunked five times, matching a program single-game record. They were last hit five times on Mar. 7, 2015 against Newman.
• Brooke Makemson hit a sacrifice fly to take the team lead in the category with four. The team has 14 on the season.
• Kamryn Gibbs became the seventh different Lady Chaps member to hit a triple this season. Her triple was the second of her career.
• Tiarra Delrosario extended her streak of reaching base safely to 22 games, which actively leads LCU and is the longest by a Lady Chap this season.
• Kamryn Gibbs' triple extended her hit streak to four games, which actively leads LCU.
• LCU improved to 14-0 this season when scoring in the first inning. LCU has scored in the first inning in four consecutive games.
• The Lady Chaps improved to 9-0 in road games this season.

 
HISTORICAL NOTE
LCU moved to 30-0 all-time against UTPB and 10-0 against UTPB in Odessa, Texas, as LCU was making their first trip to Odessa since 2017.
 
 List of LCU No-Hitters
1.   2/13/08 – vs. University of the Southwest (Marissa Gonzalez)
2.   3/5/08 – vs. UT-Permian Basin (Marissa Gonzalez)
3.   3/19/08 – vs. Dordt College (Marissa Gonzalez)
4.   5/17/09 – vs. Shorter College (Alyssa Gutierrez)
5.   2/20/10 – vs. Northwestern Oklahoma St. University (Alyssa Gutierrez)
6.   4/19/10 – vs. Oklahoma Baptist University (Alyssa Gutierrez)
7.   4/12/11 – vs. University of the Southwest (Meagan Navarrette / Carollin Hall)
8.   4/12/11 – vs. University of the Southwest (Alyssa Freight / Amanda Longorio)
9.   3/16/12 – vs. Waldorf College (Sarah Mendez)
10. 4/1/12 – vs. Oklahoma Baptist University (Sarah Mendez)
11. 2/9/13 – vs. University of the Southwest (Katera Eltosie)
12. 2/16/13 – vs. Graceland University (Katera Eltosie)
13. 3/12/13 – vs. Mount Marty College (Tori Bayer)
14. 2/20/16 – vs. Clarke University (Katlyn Homes)
15. 3/21/17 – vs. Eastern New Mexico University (Katlyn Homes)
16. 2/20/18 – vs. St. Edward's University (Monique Francois)
17. 2/15/19 – vs. University of the Southwest (Taylor Franco)
18. 3/22/21 – vs. UT-Permian Basin (Maxine Valdez)
19. 2/10/22 – vs. Oklahoma Baptist (Taylor Franco)
20. 2/12/22 – vs. Northwestern Oklahoma State (Taylor Franco)
21. 3/20/22 - vs. UT-Permian Basin (Taylor Franco)

WHAT'S NEXT:
LCU returns home Friday to host Texas A&M-Commerce for a Lone Star Conference doubleheader at 2 p.m.