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Chaps & 'Dogs For Sunday Softball

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

LCU Closes Out Their Opening Weekend Facing SWOSU For The First Time Ever

LUBBOCK, Texas (February 5, 2023) – The No.21 Lubbock Christian University Lady Chaparrals close out their opening weekend and the Lubbock Sports College Classic Sunday at 2 p.m. hosting Southwestern Oklahoma State for a single-game contest.
 
LUBBOCK SPORTS COLLEGE CLASSIC
OPPONENT LOCATION DAY TIME (CT) WATCH STATS
SWOSU Lubbock, Texas Sun., Feb. 5 2 p.m. Video Stats
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LCU and SWOSU Series Snapshot
  • LCU and SWOSU have never met.
  • This is LCU's only meeting this season against a program out of the Great American Conference (GAC).
 
Tournament Takeaways
  • LCU is 3-1 through the first two days of the season and the Lubbock Sports College Classic.
  • LCU is hitting .391 this season with four home runs and an 18-5 advantage in extra-base hits. LCU has outscored their opponents 33-8, averaging 8.3 runs per game.
  • Freshman Riley Flores leads LCU with a .667 average at the plate (4-for-6). New Mexico State transfer Hope Banales leads LCU in hits (6).
  • In the power production, Kasey Flores has two home runs to lead LCU this season. She leads the team in total bases with 11 and co-leads in RBI with 5. She is tied in RBI with Amanda Valdiviezo, who has a 2.200 OPS and a 1.600 slugging percentage, as all three of her hits this season have been for extra bases (home run and two doubles).
  • LCU has a 1.62 ERA. LCU's pitchers have 26 strikeouts in 26 innings. Taylor Franco has pitched 14.0 innings and has a 0.50 ERA with 16 strikeouts and opponents hitting .154 against her.
 
Looking at SWOSU
  • The Bulldogs went 12-30 last season, finishing tied for ninth in the GAC with an 11-22 conference mark.
  • SWOSU split their pair of games Saturday, which were their first two games of the season. They fell 2-1 to Nebraska Kearney and rebounded with an 11-7 win over Newman.
  • Southwestern Oklahoma State is slated to finish 11th in the 12-team GAC Preseason Poll.
  • Head coach Jessica Boone is in her first season as head coach of the Bulldogs. Becoming the fifth head coach in SWOSU history, Boone arrived in Weatherford, Okla. after serving as an assistant coach for Oklahoma Baptist.
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