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3
Winner Lubbock Christian LCU 27-6, 13-4 LSC
2
Texas Woman's TWU 9-19, 4-13 LSC
Winner
Lubbock Christian LCU
27-6, 13-4 LSC
3
Final
2
Texas Woman's TWU
9-19, 4-13 LSC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lubbock Christian LCU 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 8 1
Texas Woman's TWU 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 7 1

W: Franco, Taylor (7-1) L: Jalee McDonald (1-3)

16
Winner Lubbock Christian LCU 28-6, 14-4 lsc
0
Texas Woman's TWU 9-20, 4-14 lsc
Winner
Lubbock Christian LCU
28-6, 14-4 lsc
16
Final
0
Texas Woman's TWU
9-20, 4-14 lsc
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Lubbock Christian LCU 0 0 2 2 3 9 16 16 1
Texas Woman's TWU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

W: Valdez, Maxine (8-3) L: Kelsie Briggs (0-0)

Game Recap: Softball | | Chris Due (chris.due@lcu.edu)

No-Joking No-Hitter... Maxine Valdez Throws Program's Second Fools Day No-No

Maxine Valdez and Taylor Franco Each Struck Out 13 Batters in Their Starts Friday

LUBBOCK, Texas (April 1, 2022) – No.17 Lubbock Christian University pitchers Taylor Franco and Maxine Valdez each recorded 13 strikeouts in a Lone Star Conference doubleheader road sweep over Texas Woman's, as Valdez followed a 3-2 win in the opening game with a no-hitter. Her second career no-hitter and the program's 23rd no-hitter (single-season record fifth of the season) came during LCU's 16-0 win in six innings over the Pioneers.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Score:  Game 1: LCU 3, TWU 2 | Game 2: LCU 16, TWU 0
Records: LCU (28-6, 14-4), TWU (9-20, 4-14)
Location: Denton, Texas (Dianne Baker Field)
Time of Game: Game 1: 1:40, Game 2: 2:11
Weather: Game 1: 72F Sunny, Game 2: 74F Sunny
 
Game 1

LCU Highlights:
Turning Point:
Kasey Flores two-run home run with two outs in the top of the sixth inning broke a 1-1 tie and proved to be the difference in the game.

How it Happened:
With two outs in the top of the second inning, Donaldson opened the scoring with a bloop down the right field line to plate Berkeley Quinn. The Pioneers would tie the game in the bottom of the fourth inning, as Jalee McDonald, reaching on a leadoff error, would score on a two-out single, which ended a sequence of 12 consecutive batters Franco faced without allowing a hit.
 
Tied 1-1 in the sixth inning, LCU opened the inning with a single from Tiarra Delrosario. The Lady Chaps, who were held to four hits through the first five innings of at-bats, had three hits in the sixth inning, highlighted by a two-out two-run home run by Flores for a 3-1 lead.
 
It was nearly the same trend for the Pioneers in the bottom half of the inning, as TWU, held to two hits through five innings, produced five consecutive hits. LCU was able to retire a pair of Pioneers on the base paths, and the only run scoring in the inning would come off a RBI-single from Missy Wise.
 
Franco was able to strike out the final four batters she faced to claim the one-run win.
    
Inside the Numbers:
  • Taylor Franco complete game no-hit shutout marked her 44th career complete game (10th of the season) and she claimed her 50th career win. Franco recorded a season-high 13 strikeouts, which is one shy of her career-high 14 from Mar. 16, 2019 against Newman. 
  • Franco improved to 15-1 on the season with the win (co-leads the LSC).
  • LCU improved to 6-1 in one-run games.
  • Angela Donaldson tied a season-high in hits (3), as she was 3-for-3 from the plate.
 
Game 2

LCU Highlights:
Turning Point:
Two-out RBI hits were the difference early in the game for LCU, as six of their first seven runs were scored with two outs.  

How it Happened:
Maxine Valdez struck out the first six batters faced, and eight of the first nine batters she faced. Meanwhile, LCU took a 2-0 lead in the top of the third inning with a two-run two-out home run by Kasey Flores.
 
Savannah Wysocki grabbed a RBI in the fourth inning, with Tiarra Delrosario following with a two-out single to make it 4-0. Wysocki played into the scoring in the fifth inning, as she hit a two-out base loaded triple for a 7-0 advantage.
 
LCU exploded for nine runs in the top of the sixth inning. They sent 13 batters to the plate and produced eight hits, with four going for extra bases. Included in the mix were home runs from Bailey Hughes and Athena Muniz.

Inside the Numbers:
  • Maxine Valdez finished her second career no-hitter with a career-high 13 strikeouts. The win placed her with an 8-3 pitching record this season. The performance was her second career complete game outing of her career and each have been part of her two no-hitters she has thrown. Valdez had a perfect game through the first 4.2 innings she pitched.
  • Kasey Flores had two two-out home runs on the day (one in each game) and the two have her with a team-leading 11 home runs on the season and with 34 career home runs. She is 17th in active career home leaders in NCAA Division II. Of her 11 home runs, six have come with two outs and four have come when LCU has either trailed or were tied at the time of the home run.
  • Savannah Wysocki hit her team-leading seventh triple of the season, which has her with a program-career record 22 in her LCU career. The mark leads all active NCAA Division II student-athletes. Wysocki also matched a career high in RBI with four, which she had only done one prior time (Feb. 2, 2019 vs. Chadron State).
  • Angela Donaldson went 3-for-4 in the game (matched a season high with three hits) and combined to go 6-for-7 on the day.
  • LCU was 3-for-5 in pinch-hit at-bats in the game. Hannah Wells improved to 6-for-8 on the season, as she had a pinch-hit single, and Bailey Hughes and Athena Muniz each had pinch-hit home runs. Hughes' home run, the true freshman's first career home run, marked her as the 10th different Lady Chaps player to homer this season. Muniz's dinger was her third of the season and 11th of her LCU career.
  • LCU improved to 11-0 this season in road games. LCU's best single-season record in road games is 12-1 from 2012, and their single-season high mark for road wins is 15 road wins from 2010.
 
HISTORICAL NOTE
LCU improved to 6-2 all-time against Texas Woman's, and LCU is now 2-0 all-time against TWU in Denton (LCU was making their first-ever trip to Denton).
 
No-Hitter Notes:
  • Maxine Valdez's no-hitter was the second of her career. Her previous no-hitter Mar. 22, 2021 at UT Permian Basin. Both of her no-hitters have been in conference play and on the road.
  • The no-hitter was the 23rd in LCU history.
  • The no-hitter was LCU's fifth this season (four by Taylor Franco) and third in a LSC contest.
 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)
22. 3/27/22 - vs. No.1 UT Tyler (Taylor Franco)
23. 4/1/22 - vs. Texas Woman's (Maxine Valdez)
 
WHAT'S NEXT:
LCU remains on the road Sunday and travels to Wichita Falls, Texas for a noon doubleheader at Midwestern State.
 
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