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Lady Chaps Back Home To Host St. Mary's In Their Renamed Home Friday

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

LCU Plays Their First Home Games in Newly Renamed Maner Park

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LUBBOCK, Texas (April 22, 2022) – After spending the previous eight games on the road, No.14 Lubbock Christian University returns to open a regular-season-ending six-game home stand hosting St. Mary's for a Lone Star Conference homestand. Friday's first pitch is scheduled at 2 p.m., with a pregame ceremony conducted to dedicate the renaming of LCU's softball facility as Maner Park.
LONE STAR CONFERENCE SOFTBALL
OPPONENT LOCATION CITY TIME WATCH STATS LCU STATS OPP. STATS
StMU Maner Park Lubbock, Texas 2 p.m. Video Stats Season Season
StMU Maner Park Lubbock, Texas 4 p.m. Video Stats Season Season

WUNDERGROUND WEATHER: Windy with scattered thunderstorms developing. A few storms may be severe. High 88F. Winds S at 25 to 35 mph. Chance of rain 40%.... Expected game-time temp: 81F with 15% chance of rain (2 p.m.) and 87F with 34% chance of rain (4 p.m.)

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LCU and StMU Series Snapshot
  • StMU leads the all-time series over LCU, 21-17.
  • LCU is 9-4 all-time against StMU at home, winning their previous three meetings in Lubbock. The prior meeting in Lubbock was on Mar. 8, 2020, with LCU winning 10-9 in eight innings.
  • The Lady Chaps have won four of the previous five meetings and each have been one-run decisions. The last seven wins in the all-time series by LCU have all been one-run victories (three in extra-innings).
  • LCU split (1-1) last season's series against StMU, which was a Lone Star Conference series in San Antonio, Texas. StMU won the opener 4-2 and LCU rebounded with a 3-2 win.
  • Skylar Herrera is hitting .571 in four games over her career against StMU. She has five RBI and a .563 on-base percentage.
  • Taylor Franco has faced StMU seven times in the circle and is 3-2 with a 2.24 ERA. She has 22 strikeouts and has issued two walks in 25.0 combined innings against the Rattlers.
 
How is the Team Doing?
  • LCU is 33-7 this season and 19-5 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 .345 as a team (13th nationally), with 55 home runs (10th nationally and eighth in home runs per game, 1.38) and 62 doubles (total ranks 59th nationally and their rate of 1.55 per game ranks 68th nationally) in 40 games. LCU averages 7.45 runs a contest (10th nationally).
  • In the circle, LCU has an ERA of 2.44 (39th nationally). Opponents are hitting .210 against LCU this season (second in the LSC).
  • The Lady Chaps are 18th in shutouts, with 11, and five of LCU's shutouts are no-hitters. LCU leads the nation with five no-hitters.
  • LCU is 10th nationally in stolen bases per game (2.73) and 125th in fielding percentage (.956). They are 32nd nationally with 15 double plays turned.
 
Who is Doing What?
  • Taylor Franco is a member of the Top-50 List put together for the Player & Pitcher of the Year by Schutt Sports and the NFCA. She is 18-2 this season, which has her leading the Lone Star Conference and entering the week ranked tied for ninth nationally in victories. A two-time LSC Pitcher of the Week has a program career record in no-hitters (five) and a single-season record with four this season (including a no-hitter over No.1 UT Tyler Mar. 27). She became the 18th pitcher in Division II history to complete at least four no-hitters in a single season and she is the only player this season in Division II to complete four no-hitters. Her no-hitters are part of seven shutouts this season (program has 11 and ranks 18th nationally), which has her with a program-record 22 in her LCU career (ranks eighth among active Division II pitchers). Franco is second in the LSC in hits allowed per seven innings (4.31, 19th nationally) and complete games (13), sixth in WHIP (0.98) and strikeouts (121) and eighth in ERA (1.80). Entering day, Franco has 53 wins in her LCU career, which is third in program history and tied for 17th among active Division II players. She also ranks second all-time in program history in appearances (93, 29th among active Division II pitchers) and strikeouts (394, 31st among active Division II pitchers), third all-time in career starts (77, 22nd among active Division II pitchers), complete games (47), innings pitches (467.1, 27th among active Division II pitchers) and fourth in saves (6, 16th among active Division II pitchers). Over her career, Franco has a 1.96 ERA (25th among active Division II pitchers) and a pace of 5.88 strikeouts per seven innings (23rd among active Division II pitchers).
  • Pitcher Maxine Valdez is 10-3 this season with a 2.18 ERA in 93.0 innings pitched. She ranks seventh in the LSC in hits allowed per seven innings (5.12). She has registered two saves, which has her tied for 44th nationally (five leads the nation) and is tied for fifth in the LSC. She ranks seventh in the LSC in strikeouts with 116 (8.7 per seven innings ranks third in the LSC and 39th nationally). Friday (Apr. 1) at Texas Woman's, she completed her second career no-hitter, which was the program's 23rd all-time and fifth of the season.
  • Savannah Wysocki has seven triples on the season and 22 in her LCU career, which actively leads NCAA Division II in career triples. The seven triples on the season is fourth in all of Division II. Wysocki, with 27 stolen bases this season, has 85 in her career, ranking 12th among active career NCAA Division II leaders (all-time leader in program history). Her 27 stolen bases this season ranks 24th nationally (third in the LSC).
  • Angela Donaldson enters the series leading LCU in hitting, with an average of .448, which is second in the conference and 22nd nationally.
  • Tyla Lee is hitting .400 (14th in the LSC) with 50 hits and 41 RBI (18 with two outs). Her 50 hits ranks 14th in the LSC.
  • LCU has five LSC weekly honors this season. Taylor Franco (Pitcher, Feb. 15, Mar. 28), Tyla Lee (Hitter, Feb. 22 and Mar. 8) and Kasey Flores (Hitter, Mar. 1) have each claimed weekly accolades this season.
  • Kasey Flores leads LCU in home runs with 15 (second in the LSC and seventh nationally). Flores sits 15th actively among NCAA Division II leaders in home runs with 38 (the mark includes her UTEP totals). Of her 45 RBI this season (fourth in the LSC), a team-leading 21 are with two outs.
  • Skylar Herrera, second on the squad with 10 homers (tied for seventh in the LSC), has 11 stolen bases on the season, placing her with 49 in her career.
  • LCU is 15th nationally in triples (16), with Savannah Wysocki fourth in the nation with seven triples and Brooke Makemson behind her with four triples (ranks tied for 40th nationally).
  • Tyla Lee leads LCU in multi-hit games (16). Brooke Makemson and Kasey Flores co-lead LCU with 12 multi-RBI games, with Skylar Herrera behind each of them with 11 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 480-152.
  • Along with surpassing 475 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 284-41 (87.4%) all-time in home games at Maner Park.
  • Last season, LCU was 17-7 at home (13-1 in 2020).
  • This season, LCU is 11-4 at home.
  • The Lady Chaps are hitting .336 at home, with a .570 slugging mark. Their offense is averaging 6.5 runs at home and has produced 17 home runs.
  • Savanna Wysocki is hitting .538 at home (21-for-39) with a .630 on-base percentage. Kasey Flores leads LCU with five home runs at home, and Tyla Lee and Brooke Makemson co-lead LCU with 15 RBI at home.
  • In the circle, LCU has a 2.26 ERA and are holding opponents to a .186 average. Taylor Franco (7-1 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 41-21 all-time in LSC play.
  • The Lady Chaps are 19-5 this season in conference contests. They opened conference play 4-0 for their best conference start since 2015. Their current 19-5 record has them in third place in the LSC standings (Oklahoma Christian and UT Tyler are each 20-4).
  • They are hitting .341 in conference, with 34 home runs and an average of 7.3 runs per game. In the circle, they have a 2.86 ERA and opponents are hitting .220.
  • Angela Donaldson leads LCU in conference play, hitting .439 in conference (29 hits, which trails 31 by Savannah Wysocki).
  • Kasey Flores has 31 RBI in LSC play and is leading LCU with 10 home runs in conference.
  • Taylor Franco (10-2) leads LCU in conference in wins in the circle (Mattye Tyler is 5-1), as Franco and Maxine Valdez each have two saves. Franco leads LCU with a 2.20 ERA in LSC play (opponents hitting .168 against Franco). Valdez is 4-2 in LSC play with 2.30 ERA.
 
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 6-6 this season against nationally ranked programs. They have three wins against top-10 programs, which is the most since 2015.
    • 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).
      • Mar. 12, they defeated No.6 West Texas A&M at home.
      • Mar. 27, they no-hit No.1 UT Tyler at home.
      • No.7 Texas A&M-Kingsville (4-3 on Apr. 8 in Kingsville, Texas)
  • On Mar.1, LCU made their debut in the NFCA national Top-25 rankings, debuting at No.15. They moved up to No.10 on Mar. 21 for their best ranking since joining NCAA Division II (2016 season). They enter this week ranked No.14.
  • The NCAA Division II South Central Region Rankings made their debut for the season this week, and LCU opens No.2 in the region.
 
Streaking Along
  • Kasey Flores leads LCU actively on a three-game hit streak. Tiarra Delrosario has the longest hit streak this season at 17 games.
  • Tiarra Delrosario, who had a 24-game streak of reaching base safely earlier this season, actively leads LCU with a nine-game streak of reaching base safely (Savannah Wysocki had a 25-game streak for the longest streak this season).
 
In Summary
  • LCU has a 42-19 scoring advantage in the first inning, with their highest offensive output coming in the fifth innings as they have 55 runs in the inning (outscoring foes 55-11 in the inning).
  • The Lady Chaps have scored in the first inning in 16 games this season and are 16-0 when doing so. LCU is 26-1 when scoring first.
  • LCU is 26-3 this season when they hit at least one home run in a game.
  • The Lady Chaps are 12-1 this season when error free.
  • In tight contests, LCU has an 8-1 record in one-run games.

Looking at StMU
  • The Rattlers went 21-23 last season, finishing 10th in the LSC with a 15-15 conference mark. They are 32-13 this season and are seventh in the LSC with a 16-8 conference record.
  • StMU is hitting .298 this season and have 26 home runs on the season. They have a staff ERA of 3.32 and opponents are hitting .251 against them.
  • They are 13-7 on the road this season, seeking to end a two-game road losing streak. They were swept in a two-game road non-conference doubleheader at No.8 Texas A&M-Kingsville last Thursday. The games were StMU's sixth consecutive games against nationally ranked opponents (1-5 in the span).
  • StMU is preseason picked to finish 10th in the LSC in the LSC Preseason Poll. StMU appeared eighth in the NCAA Division II South Central Region Rankings.
  • The Rattlers rank 21st nationally in walks, as they have collected 141 free passes this season. Victoria Aldridge is ninth in the LSC with a pace of .58 walks per game.
  • Tiffany Licon has struck out three times in 123 at-bats, which has her ranked 11th nationally and leading the conference with a pace of 40.0 at-bats per strikeouts at the plate.
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