LUBBOCK, Texas (March 2, 2024) – Coming off a midweek series win over Eastern New Mexico, Lubbock Christian University continues a busy stretch Saturday, as they open a three-game Lone Star Conference series at Maner Park hosting Texas A&M-Kingsville with a 1 p.m. doubleheader. The three-game series will close a stretch of 15 games in a 16-day span.
| LONE STAR CONFERENCE SOFTBALL |
| OPPONENT |
LOCATION |
DAY |
TIME (CT) |
WATCH |
STATS |
| TAMUK |
Maner Park |
Sat. Mar. 2 |
1:00 p.m. |
Video |
Stats |
| TAMUK |
Maner Park |
Sat. Mar. 2 |
3:00 p.m. |
Video |
Stats |
WEATHER
LCU and TAMUK Series Snapshot
- LCU has a 7-5 lead in the all-time series.
- The Lady Chaps claimed a pair of wins last season in a three-game series in Kingsville, following a 6-4 loss with a 10-0 and 6-4 win on Mar. 11-12, 2023.
- LCU is 0-2 all-time against TAMUK in Lubbock, as the Javelinas swept LCU in a doubleheader on Mar. 16, 2021, which is the only visit TAMUK has made to the Hub City.
- Maxine Valdez is 2-0 in her career against the Javelinas in three career appearances. She has a 1.08 ERA and TAMUK is hitting .152 against her. Valdez has 12 strikeouts in 13.0 career innings verses TAMUK.
- Riley Flores is hitting .444 in her career against TAMUK, with four hits and a trio of RBI.
- Kamryn Gibbs has six RBI in seven career games against the Javelinas.
Season Tidbits
- The Lady Chaps are 8-8 on the season. They enter the TAMUK series following an 11-2 win Wednesday in Portales, N.M. to complete a three-game LSC series against Eastern New Mexico.
- LCU had three games canceled due to weather this season.
- Returning All-Region selection and three-time All-Conference selection Skylar Herrera co-leads LCU in home runs with three, which has her ranking seventh in the LSC with a pace of 0.25 home runs per game. She co-leads the team with Ally Oyanguren, who had a pair of home runs Wednesday, including her second career grand slam with the Lady Chaps.
- Maxine Valdez has a 2-4 record in the circle with a 2.50 ERA. She has 40 strikeouts in 36.0 innings. Valdez ranks 71st nationally with 7.6 strikeouts per seven innings, which is sixth in the LSC. Her WHIP rate of 1.00 is fourth in the LSC (64th nationally).
- LCU pitchers have a 2.66 strikeout-to-walk ratio, which is 48th nationally and is fourth in the LSC.
- Teoni Lamb (3-2) ranks 64th in the nation in WHIP with a mark of 1.00. She did not allow a walk for the first 17.2 innings pitched to open the season and is on a pace of 1.6 walks allowed per seven innings (third in the LSC). She ranks third in the LSC in shutouts (2, tied for 20th nationally), and ninth in hits allowed per seven innings (5.44).
- The Lady Chaps rank 24th nationally in WHIP (1.17), which ranks second in the LSC. They also rank sixth in the LSC in ERA at 2.47 (39th nationally).
- LCU is hitting .291 as a team, with Hope Banales and Tierra Delrosario co-leading the team with 20 hits. Delrosario leads the team hitting .392.
- The Lady Chaps have produced 12 home runs and they have been hit by eight different Lady Chaps.
- Delrosario (.466), Oyanguren (.436), Banales (.431), Bowlin (.405) each have an on-base percentage over .400.
- LCU is 8-0 in games they hit at least one home run and 0-8 in games they do not hit a home run.
- The Lady Chaps are 6-0 in games they score at least six runs.
- LCU has a 31-13 advantage against their opponents this season in two-out RBI. Tiarra Delrosario and Bailey Hughes each co-lead the team with six.
Lone Star Conference Breakdown
- This season is LCU's fifth season in the LSC.
- LCU is 81-41 all-time in LSC play.
- The Lady Chaps went 29-13 last season in conference (shared third place in the standings).
- LSC happenings this season.
- The Lady Chaps are 7-5 in LSC play this season.
- LCU is hitting .298 as a squad in LSC contests.
- Hope Banales leads LCU with a .415 average in LSC play. She has a team-leading 17 hits, along with four doubles and eight RBI. She has a .467 on-base percentage in conference.
- The Lady Chaps have 11 home runs in LSC play from seven different individuals. Skylar Herrera and Ally Oyanguren co-lead LCU with a trio of home runs in conference.
- LCU's pitching staff has a 2.70 ERA in LSC contests. They have held opponents to a .227 average.
- Teoni Lamb is 3-1 in LSC play, with a 2.48 ERA in 29.0 innings. Opponents are hitting .211 against her.
- Maxine Valdez (1-3) has 28 strikeouts in 26.0 innings and is holding opponents to a .143 average. She leads LCU with a 1.00 WHIP in conference.
- Ashlinn Hamilton leads LCU in LSC play with a 2.08 ERA.
Home on the Range
- LCU is 316-53 (85.6%) all-time in home games at Maner Park.
- Last season, LCU was 24-8 at home (15-6 in 2022).
- This season, LCU is 4-2 at home.
- LCU has not played a non-conference home game this season. LCU has never had a season in program history in which they did not have a non-conference game.
Streaking Along
- Tiarra Delrosario leads LCU, actively with a 15-game hit streak, which is the longest by a Lady Chap this season.
- Delrosario is also riding a 16-game streak of reaching base safely, which are the highest marks by a Lady Chap this season. Ally Oyanguren has reached base safely in the last 14 games.
- Hope Banales and Delrosario co-leads LCU with five multi-hit games. Ally Oyanguren leads LCU with four multi-RBI games.
Coach Talk
- LCU head coach Daren Hays is in his 14th season at the helm of the Lady Chaps.
- Hays is LCU's winningest softball head coach, entering Tuesday with a softball record of 534-182.
- Along with surpassing 500 coaching wins in softball, Hays had surpassed 300 wins as a collegiate baseball head coach. He spent eight seasons as the LCU baseball head coach and compiled a 356-163 record. Combine the two sports and Hays has coached in 1,235 total games at LCU.
National Notes
- Lubbock Christian went 0-9 last season against nationally ranked programs (went 9-10 in 2022).
- This season, LCU is 1-2 against nationally ranked programs.
- LCU opened the season receiving votes in the NFCA National Top-25 Coaches Preseason Poll.
Looking at TAMUK
- The Javelinas posted a 24-26 record last season, finishing sixth in the LSC with a 21-20 conference mark. They are 16-4 this season with an 8-3 conference record (fourth in the LSC). They enter the series on a six-game win streak after sweeping Texas A&M International in Kingsville, where they are 6-0 this season.
- Texas A&M-Kingsville is hitting .311 this season (fourth in the LSC) and they have 13 home runs (fourth in the LSC) on the season. They have a staff ERA of 4.16 and opponents are hitting .263 against them.
- TAMUK was preseason picked to finish sixth in the LSC in the LSC Preseason Poll. They received two first-place votes.
- The Javelinas pitching has walked 43 batters while drawing 78 walks and their pitchers have hit a low of six batters (leads LSC) while their batters have been hit 15 times.
- Aaliyah Ortiz has had 63 at-bats and has struck out once this season. She ranks eighth nationally as the hardest to strike out.
