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No.10 Lady Chaps Hosting No.1 UT Tyler For Sunday LSC Doubleheader

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

LCU Facing a No.1 Team For First Time Since 2017

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LUBBOCK, Texas (March 27, 2022) – The weekend four-game homestand does not get any easier Sunday for No.10 Lubbock Christian University, as they aim to bounce back from a doubleheader sweep to No.21 Texas A&M-Commerce by hosting No.1 University of Texas at Tyler (UT Tyler) for a Lone Star Conference doubleheader
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LONE STAR CONFERENCE SOFTBALL
OPPONENT LOCATION CITY TIME WATCH STATS LCU STATS OPP. STATS
No.1 UTT PlainsCapital Park Lubbock, Texas 12 p.m. Video Stats Season Season
No.1 UTT PlainsCapital Park Lubbock, Texas 2 p.m. Video Stats Season Season

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LCU and UTT Series Snapshot
  • The two programs are split with a 1-1 all-time record
  • Last season marked the first-ever meetings between the two teams, as they split a doubleheader on Mar. 28, 2021 in Tyler, Texas. LCU fell in the first game 4-3 in 10 innings before the Lady Chaps responded with an 8-2 win in the second game.
  • Savannah Wysocki led LCU in the series last season by hitting .667 (6-for-9), with Tyla Lee and Kamryn Gibbs each hitting .571 in the series (4-for-7).
 
How is the Team Doing?
  • LCU is 25-5 this season and 11-3 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 .351 as a team (10th nationally), with 39 home runs (sixth nationally and 11th in home runs per game, 1.3) and 53 doubles (total ranks 19th nationally and their rate of 1.8 per game ranks 21st nationally) in 30 games. LCU averages 7.9 runs a contest (seventh nationally).
  • In the circle, LCU has an ERA of 2.74 (56th nationally). Opponents are hitting .227 against LCU this season (fourth 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 (2.9) and 54th in fielding percentage (.962).
 
Who is Doing What?
  • Pitcher Maxine Valdez is 7-2 this season with a 2.45 ERA in 65.2 innings pitched. She ranks seventh in the LSC in hits allowed per seven innings (5.5). She has registered two saves, which has her tied for 19th nationally (five leads the nation) and is tied for fifth in the LSC. She ranks eighth in the LSC in strikeouts with 82 (8.7 per seven innings ranks sixth in the LSC).
  • Taylor Franco is 13-1 with a 1.96 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 co-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 86 career appearances, which moved her into second all-time in program history (104 is the program record). Franco also ranks second all-time in program history in strikeouts with 356 (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 .455, which ranks seventh in the conference and 28th nationally.
  • Tyla Lee is hitting .448 (eighth in the LSC) with 43 hits and 36 RBI (17 with two outs). Her 43 hits ranks second 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 nine (fourth in the LSC). Flores sits 20th actively among NCAA Division II leaders in home runs with 32 (the mark includes her UTEP totals).
  • Skylar Herrera, tied for second on the squad 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 (15). 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 472-150.
  • 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 283-40 (87.6%) all-time in home games at PlainsCapital Park.
  • Last season, LCU was 17-7 at home (13-1 in 2020).
  • This season, LCU is 10-3 at home.
  • The Lady Chaps are hitting .350 at home, with a .589 slugging mark. Their offense is averaging 7.2 runs at home and has produced 14 home runs.
  • Savannah Wysocki is hitting .500 at home (16-for-32) with a .617 on-base percentage. Kasey Flores leads LCU with five home runs at home, and Tyla Lee leads LCU with 15 RBI at home.
  • In the circle, LCU has a 2.39 ERA and are holding opponents to a .198 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 33-19 all-time in LSC play.
  • The Lady Chaps are 11-3 this season in conference contests. They opened conference play 4-0 for their best conference start since 2015. Their current 11-3 record has them third in the LSC standings.
  • They are hitting .350 in conference, with 18 home runs and an average of 8.3 runs per game. In the circle, they have a 3.81 ERA and opponents are hitting .260.
  • Angela Donaldson leads LCU in conference play, hitting .447 in conference.
  • Tiarra Delrosario has 18 hits (in conference) to lead LCU.  
  • Tyla Lee has 17 RBI in LSC play and is tied for second with three homers in conference (with Brooke Makemson) behind four hit by Kasey Flores.
  • Mattye Tyler (5-1) 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 4-4 this season against nationally ranked programs
    • Wins:
      • No.14 Rogers State (13-5 in five innings on Feb. 20 in Oklahoma City)
      • No.18 Oklahoma Christian (doubleheader sweep on Friday, 4-3 and 8-7).
      • On Mar. 12, they defeated No.6 West Texas A&M at home.
  • 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).
  • With UTT coming in No.1, the last time LCU faced a No.1 team was May 11, 2017 at No.1 Angelo State (LCU fell 4-3). The last time LCU hosted a No.1 team was April 20, 2016 (LCU fell 7-0 to No.1 West Texas A&M) and the last time LCU defeated a No.1 team was Mar. 24, 2015 (defeated No.1 West Texas A&M 4-3 at home).
 
Streaking Along
  • Tiarra Delrosario leads LCU actively on an four-game hit streak. She also has the longest hit streak this season at 19 games.
  • Delrosario actively leads LCU with a 24-game streak of reaching base safely, which is the longest streak by a Lady Chap this season.
 
In Summary
  • LCU has a 38-15 scoring advantage in the first inning, with their highest offensive output coming in the fifth innings as they have 43 runs in the inning (outscoring foes 43-11 in the inning).
  • 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 19-2 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 UTT
  • The Patriots went 33-7 last season, finishing atop the LSC standings with a 27-3 conference mark. They were not postseason eligible (transitioned from Division III) last season, but this season they are. They are 26-2 this season and are second in the LSC with a 12-2 conference record.
  • UTT is hitting .393 this season and have 37 home runs on the season. They have a staff ERA of 2.25 and opponents are hitting .240 against them.
  • They are 10-2 on the road this season, coming off a split at Angelo State Friday in San Angelo, Texas.
  • UTT is preseason picked to win the LSC in the LSC Preseason Poll.
  • The Patriots lead the nation with their .393 batting average. Courtney Plocheck leads the team in the category and ranks 30th nationally hitting .477.
  • Payton Foster is 12-1 in the circle, but even with the win totals, she ranks fourth on the squad in ERA (3.07), with a trio of teammates in front of her all with at least 10 appearances and sub-2.00 ERA (Sarah Gartman is 6-0 with a 0.93 WHIP and a 1.19 ERA in 11 appearances). 
 
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