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2
St. Edward's SEU 18-23
7
Winner Lubbock Christian LCU 35-8
St. Edward's SEU
18-23
2
Final
7
Lubbock Christian LCU
35-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
St. Edward's SEU 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 2
Lubbock Christian LCU 0 2 0 0 2 3 X 7 8 3

W: Franco, Taylor (19-3) L: McKenna Leamon (9-8)

0
St. Edward's SEU 18-24
2
Winner Lubbock Christian LCU 36-8
St. Edward's SEU
18-24
0
Final
2
Lubbock Christian LCU
36-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
St. Edward's SEU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Lubbock Christian LCU 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 2 2 0

W: Valdez, Maxine (12-3) L: Cadie Belle Currie (2-10)

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

Lady Chaps Sweep St. Edward's in Sunday Casual

Brooke Makemson Was 3-for-5 At The Plate On The Day, Producing Three RBI To Help Support a Pair of Complete Game Outings

LUBBOCK, Texas (April 24, 2022) - No.14 Lubbock Christian University pitcher Taylor Franco became the second Lady Chaparrals pitcher all-time to reach 400 career strikeouts and pitcher Maxine Valdez completed her second complete-game shutout of the season, as the two performances were part of a 7-2 and 2-0 sweep of Lone Star Conference wins in a Sunday doubleheader over St. Edward's at Maner Park.

GAME INFORMATION
Score: Game 1: LCU 7, SEU 2 | Game 2: LCU 2, SEU 0
Records: LCU (36-8, 22-6), SEU (18-24, 9-19)
Location: Lubbock, Texas (Maner Park)
Time of Game: Game 1: 1:39, Game 2: 1:07
Weather: Game 1: 66F Sunny/Wind (Wind 21 MPH to home), Game 2: 71F Sunny (Wind 16 MPH to home)
Game 1

LCU Highlights:
Turning Point:
An inning-ending double play with the bases loaded (turned by LCU) brought an end to the top of the third inning and the Hilltoppers had the tying run left stranded.

How it Happened:
The Lady Chaps opened the scoring in the bottom of the second inning with a pair of runs. Athena Muniz hit a sacrifice fly to score Skylar Herrera, and Kamryn Gibbs followed with a two-out RBI-single down the right field line.
 
SEU was without a hit until Lauren Hoyt and Katie Dillon led off the top of the third inning with back-to-back singles. An error by the Lady Chaps allowed the Hilltoppers to score their first run of the game in the inning. They loaded the bases, but former Lady Chap Valerie Brant hit into an around-the-horn inning-ending double play and LCU held the lead 2-1.
 
Tiarra Delrosario hit a triple in the fifth inning and scored on Kasey Flores' groundout to help LCU extend the lead. An error followed on Tyla Lee's at-bat and LCU led 4-1. In the sixth inning, LCU put the game out of reach with a three-run inning. Savannah Wysocki singled in a run before Delrosario plated the second run of the inning and set up Brooke Makemson's sacrifice fly to go up 7-1.
 
The Hilltoppers pushed a run across in the seventh inning to close the game's scoring.
 
Inside the Numbers:
  • Taylor Franco improved her mark in the circle to 19-3 on the season and garnered her 54th career victory. Franco had her 48th complete game of her career and 15th complete game of the season, as she held the Hilltoppers to two runs off four hits in 7.0 innings. She registered five strikeouts and became the second Lady Chaps pitcher all-time to reach 400 career strikeouts (team record is 613 held by Katera Eltsosie from 2013-2017). She forced SEU into 13 groundouts. First baseman Tiarra Delrosario completed five unassisted put-outs on ground balls.
  • LCU produced nine stolen bases in the game, coming one shy of their season-high mark of 10 from Mar. 20 at UT Permian Basin.
  • For a third time this season, LCU had a pair of sacrifice flies. Athena Muniz has four on the season and is one shy of Brooke Makemson, who notched her fifth of the season.
  • SEU was 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position and 0-for-7 in two-out at-bats.

Game 2 

LCU Highlights:
Turning Point:
Brooke Makemson hit a two-out home run on a payoff-pitch in the fourth inning of the game. It was LCU's first hit of the game and it provided them a 1-0 lead.

How it Happened:
LCU went hitless for the opening 3.2 innings (11 batters), but Brooke Makemson changed that with a two-out solo home run in the fourth inning to give LCU a 1-0 lead.
 
Lady Chaps pitcher Maxine Valdez found rhythms as well. She surrendered one hit over a 17-batter stretch. LCU picked up an insurance run in the sixth inning, as a leadoff walk to Savannah Wysocki led to her scoring on a Kasey Flores groundout.

Inside the Numbers:
  • Maxine Valdez improved to 12-3 on the season (18-7 in her career). She pitched 7.0 innings and posted her second complete game of the season.
  • Brooke Makemson homered for the 10th time this season and the 20th time of her LCU career.
  • SEU pitcher Cadie Belle Currie held LCU to two hits. The amount of LCU hits is their lowest mark since Jan. 30, 2021 at West Florida. The two hits marked LCU's fewest amount of hits in a win in program history.
  • LCU improved to 2-4 this season when scoring two runs or less.
  • The shutout was LCU's 12th shutout of the season.
  • LCU improved to 28-2 when scoring first (they scored first in both games) and 28-4 when hitting at least one home run.
  • LCU improved to 14-5 at home this season.
  • Teams were a combined 1-for-14 with runners on base, with LCU going 1-for-7 in the category.
  • LCU was error-free, ending a streak of 18 consecutive games with an error. LCU is 13-1 when playing error-free.

HISTORICAL NOTE
LCU moved to 21-8 all-time against SEU and 13-2 against the Hilltoppers at home all-time.

WHAT'S NEXT:
The Lady Chaps close the regular season Saturday with a 1 p.m. doubleheader hosting Angelo State at Maner Park on the LCU campus.
 
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