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No.10 LCU's Next Four At Home Against Ranked Foes, Starting Friday

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

Texas A&M-Commerce Makes Their First Trip To Lubbock

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LUBBOCK, Texas (March 25, 2022) – No.10 Lubbock Christian University returns home where a foursome of games against ranked competition awaits. The four-game homestand of Lone Star Conference plays gets underway Friday, with the Lady Chaparrals hosting No.21 Texas A&M-Commerce for a conference doubleheader.
LONE STAR CONFERENCE SOFTBALL
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No.21 TAMUC PlainsCapital Park Lubbock, Texas 2 p.m. Video Stats Season Season
No.21 TAMUC PlainsCapital Park Lubbock, Texas 4 p.m. Video Stats Season Season

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LCU and TAMUC Series Snapshot
  • TAMUC leads the all-time series 2-1
  • The scheduled doubleheader will mark the first games between the two teams in Lubbock. The two teams split a doubleheader (4-3 TAMUC, 9-6 LCU) last season (Mar. 26) in Commerce, Texas, and the first meeting played was Feb. 4, 2016 at the Division II College Classic in San Antonio, Texas and TAMUC won 11-5
  • The two teams were set to play at the North Texas Softball Bash in Mesquite, Texas on Feb. 11, 2018, but a cold front led to the game's cancellation.
  • Savannah Wysocki (4-for-8), Skylar Herrera (4-for-8) and Tyla Lee (3-for-6) are each hitting .500 in their career against TAMUC. Herrera leads LCU with four RBI and Lee leads LCU with two home runs in the series against TAMUC.
  • Maxine Valdez (1-0) has the only win in the circle for LCU against TAMUC.
 
How is the Team Doing?
  • LCU is 25-3 this season and 11-1 in LSC play. 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 .356 as a team (10th nationally), with 37 home runs (sixth nationally and 11th in home runs per game, 1.3) and 51 doubles (total ranks 19th nationally and their rate of 1.82 per game ranks 21st nationally) in 28 games. LCU averages 8.2 runs a contest (seventh nationally).
  • In the circle, LCU has an ERA of 2.64 (56th nationally). Opponents are hitting .226 against LCU this season (third in the LSC).
  • The Lady Chaps are 14th in shutouts, with seven, and three of LCU's shutouts are no-hitters.
  • LCU is 10th nationally in stolen bases per game (3.1) and 54th in fielding percentage (.965).
 
Who is Doing What?
  • Pitcher Maxine Valdez is 7-1 this season with a 2.35 ERA in 62.2 innings pitched. She ranks seventh in the LSC in hits allowed per seven innings (5.47). She has registered two saves, which has her tied for 19th nationally (five leads the nation) and is third in the LSC. She ranks seventh in the LSC in strikeouts with 77 (8.6 per seven innings ranks sixth in the LSC).
  • Taylor Franco is 13-1 with a 1.94 ERA on the season. She ranks 24th in active career ERA in NCAA with a career mark of 2.00. She is 48-20 in her career, which has her 17th in active career NCAA Division II leaders in wins. The 48 wins sits third all-time in LCU program history in career wins. Franco's 13 wins this season leads the LSC and ranks third nationally. She has six career saves, which places her fourth all-time in program history (13th among active Division II pitchers).  She has 85 career appearances, which moved her into second all-time in program history (104 is the program record). Franco also moved into second all-time in program history in strikeouts with 346 (program record is 613).
  • Franco, who went 25.2 consecutive innings pitched without allowing an earned run earlier this season, has three no-hitters on the season and leads LCU in career no-hitters with four. Her no-hitter Sunday at Odessa, against UTPB, also placed Franco as LCU's career leader in shutouts with 20.
  • Savannah Wysocki has six triples on the season and 21 in her LCU career, which actively leads NCAA Division II in career triples. The six triples on the season is second in all of Division II. Wysocki, with 24 stolen bases this season, has 82 in her career, ranking 10th among active career NCAA Division II leaders (all-time leader in program history). Her 24 stolen bases this season ranks 10th nationally (third in the LSC).
  • Angela Donaldson enters the series leading LCU in hitting, with an average of .479, which ranks third in the conference and 28th nationally. Her .513 on-base percentage ranks 11th in the LSC.
  • Tyla Lee is hitting .455 (10th in the LSC) with 40 hits and 34 RBI (17 with two outs). Her 40 hits ranks fifth 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. She claimed the fourth weekly honor by a Lady Chaps member this season on Mar. 8. Franco (Pitcher, Feb. 15), Kasey Flores (Hitter, Mar.1) and Lee (Hitter, Feb. 22) previously claimed weekly accolades this season.
  • Kasey Flores leads LCU in home runs with eight (tied for fourth in the LSC). Flores sits 20th actively among NCAA Division II leaders in home runs with 31 (the mark includes her UTEP totals).
  • Skylar Herrera, second for LCU with seven homers, has 10 stolen bases on the season, placing her with 48 in her career.
  • LCU is eighth nationally in triples (15), with Savannah Wysocki second in the nation with six triples and Brooke Makemson behind her with four triples (ranks tied for 15th nationally).
  • Tyla Lee leads LCU in multi-hit games (14). Brooke Makemson leads LCU with 10 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 472-148.
  • 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 283-38 (88.2%) all-time in home games at PlainsCapital Park.
  • Last season, LCU was 17-7 at home (13-1 in 2020).
  • This season, LCU is 10-1 at home.
  • The Lady Chaps are hitting .364 at home, with a .622 slugging mark. Their offense is averaging 7.6 runs at home and has produced 12 home runs.
  • Savannah Wysocki is hitting .556 at home (15-for-27) with a .667 on-base percentage. Brooke Makemson and Kasey Flores co-lead LCU with four home runs at home and Lee joins Makemson leading LCU with 14 RBI at home.
  • In the circle, LCU has a 2.06 ERA and are holding opponents to a .189 average. Taylor Franco (6-1 at home) 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 33-17 all-time in LSC play.
  • The Lady Chaps are 11-1 this season in conference contests. They opened conference play 4-0 for their best conference start since 2015. Their current 11-1 record has them tied atop the LSC standings with Texas A&M-Commerce and UT Tyler.
  • They are hitting .360 in conference, with 16 home runs and an average of 8.9 runs per game. In the circle, they have a 3.78 ERA and opponents are hitting .264.
  • Angela Donaldson leads LCU in conference play, hitting .500 in conference (she co-leads in hits with 16 alongside Savannah Wysocki).
  • Tyla Lee has 15 RBI in LSC play and co-leads LCU with three homers in conference (with Brooke Makemson and Kasey Flores).
  • Mattye Tyler (5-0) and Taylor Franco (5-1) co-lead LCU in conference in wins in the circle, as Franco and Maxine Valdez each have 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. They moved up to No.10 this week for their best ranking since joining NCAA Division II (2016 season).
 
Streaking Along
  • Kamryn Gibbs leads LCU actively on an four-game hit streak. Tiarra Delrosario has the longest hit streak this season at 19 games.
  • Delrosario actively leads LCU with a 22-game streak of reaching base safely, which is the longest streak by a Lady Chap this season.
 
In Summary
  • LCU has a 38-10 scoring advantage in the first inning, with their highest offensive output coming in the second, fourth and fifth innings as they have 39 runs in each of the innings (outscoring foes 39-9 in fourth innings).
  • The Lady Chaps have scored in the first inning in 14 games this season and are 14-0 when doing so. LCU is 20-1 when scoring first.
  • LCU is 19-0 this season when they hit at least one home run in a game.
  • The Lady Chaps are 12-1 this season when error free.

Looking at TAMUC
  • The Lions went 33-18 last season, finishing fourth in the LSC with a 21-9 conference mark. They hosted the South Central Regional, where they fell to eventual national champion West Texas A&M in the final. They are 26-6 this season, with an 11-1 mark in conference. The Lions are winners of five straight games. They head into the series 4-3 against ranked competition this season.
  • TAMUC is hitting .345 this season and have 35 home runs on the season. They have a staff ERA of 2.31 and opponents are hitting .212 against them.
  • They are seeking to extend a seven-game road win streak and improve a 7-3 road mark on the campaign.
  • TAMUC is preseason picked fifth in the LSC Preseason Poll.
  • The Lions lead the nation in stolen bases with 102 on the season. Leo Terry leads the Lions with 20 stolen bases, which is fourth in the LSC and 18th nationally.
  • Pitcher Alyssa LeBlanc leads the LSC averaging 3.9 hits per seven innings (16th nationally). LeBlanc is the reigning LSC Pitcher of the Week after pitching three games last week and not allowing any runs. She threw 4.2 innings of two-hit ball in relief on Wednesday against Embry-Riddle, had a no-hitter through 7.2 innings and threw a complete nine-inning shutout in 1-0 win over Midwestern State on Friday, and retired 15 of 16 batters she faced against Texas Woman's on Sunday. She recorded 32 strikeouts on the week, including setting the new school record with 17 on Friday at MSU). LeBlanc has won nine starts in a row and is 9-2 on the season. 
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