LUBBOCK, Texas (April 13, 2024) – The stakes are big for a Lone Star Conference three-game series this weekend at Maner Park, as Lubbock Christian University hosts No.21 Angelo State. The series gets underway Saturday with a 3 p.m. first pitch and LCU enters the series in sixth place in the LSC (20-13) and two games behind ASU (25-11, third place) in the standings.
| LONE STAR CONFERENCE SOFTBALL |
| OPPONENT |
LOCATION |
DAY |
TIME (CT) |
WATCH |
STATS |
| No.21 ASU |
Maner Park |
Sat. Apr. 13 |
3:00 p.m. |
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WEATHER
LCU and ASU Series Snapshot
- Angelo State is 10-5 all-time against LCU, but the Lady Chaps have won four prior four meetings.
- LCU won two of three games in last season's series in San Angelo, sweeping the doubleheader portion with a pair of eight-inning wins.
- The Lady Chaps are 1-3 all-time in Lubbock against the Rambelles. LCU won the prior meeting 9-4, which was the second game of a LSC doubleheader on Apr. 30, 2022.
- Three of the prior four meetings have resulted in extra innings (all won by LCU).
- Angelo State is currently nationally ranked (No.21) was nationally ranked in 10 of the prior 14 meetings between the two teams.
- Tiarra Delrosario is 15-for-27 (.556) in her career against ASU (six games). She has a .571 on-base percentage.
- Hope Banales (4-for-13) is hitting .308 all-time against ASU. Banales has a home run and five RBI against ASU in three games.
- Skylar Herrera has 10 hits in eight career games against the Belles. She has a .323 average with two home runs and seven RBI.
- Maxine Valdez has a 2-0 career mark in four career appearances against ASU and holds 29 strikeouts in 22.1 innings. ASU is hitting .247 against her in her career.
Season Tidbits
- The Lady Chaps are 21-16 on the season. They enter the LSC series following a series at Cameron in which they went 2-1 on Monday and Tuesday.
- LCU has had three games canceled due to weather this season.
- Returning All-Region selection and three-time All-Conference selection Skylar Herrera leads LCU in home runs with 10, which has her ranking third in the LSC with a pace of 0.30 home runs per game (37th nationally). Her 10 home runs ranks tied for third in the LSC and tied 54th nationally. Herrera ranks 11th actively in career home runs (in NCAA Division II) with 43. She also ranks 13th in RBI with 171 and seventh in total bases (416).
- Maxine Valdez has a 9-5 record in the circle with a 2.41 ERA. She has 84 strikeouts in 84.1 innings. Valdez ranks seventh in the LSC with 7.6 strikeouts per seven innings. Her WHIP rate of 0.97 is second in the LSC. Valdez is 31st among active players in career strikeouts with 476.
- LCU pitchers have a 2.51 strikeout-to-walk ratio, which is 49th nationally and is third in the LSC.
- Teoni Lamb (7-4) did not allow a walk for the first 17.2 innings pitched to open the season and ranks tied for third (with Valdez) in the LSC in shutouts (3, tied for 61st nationally).
- The Lady Chaps rank 44th nationally in WHIP (1.26), which ranks fourth in the LSC. They rank fifth in the LSC in ERA at 2.89 (68th nationally).
- LCU is hitting .307 as a team (fourth in LSC), with Tiarra Delrosario leading the team with 47 hits. Delrosario leads the team hitting .388 (eighth in LSC).
- The Lady Chaps have produced 33 home runs (fourth in LSC and 49th in nation) and they have been hit by nine different Lady Chaps.
- Delrosario (.456), Kamryn Gibbs (.416) and Skylar Herrera (.410) has LCU with three players with an on-base percentage over .400.
- Reese Farrar is second in the LSC and is 21st nationally with three saves.
- LCU is 17-4 in games they hit at least one home run and 4-12 in games they do not hit a home run.
- The Lady Chaps are 15-1 in games they score at least six runs.
- LCU has a 65-38 advantage against their opponents this season in two-out RBI. Herrera leads the team with 12.
- LCU has 11 sacrifice flies on the season, which is fourth in the LSC. Skylar Herrera ranks 25th nationally with four on the season.
Lone Star Conference Breakdown
- This season is LCU's fifth season in the LSC.
- LCU is 94-49 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 20-13 in LSC play this season, which has them sixth in the LSC.
- LCU is hitting .311 as a squad in LSC contests.
- Tiarra Delrosario leads LCU with a .391 average in LSC play. She has a team leading 43 hits (Hope Banales is second with 38), along with seven doubles and 16 RBI. She has a hit in 29 of 33 LSC games played.
- The Lady Chaps have 32 home runs in LSC play from eight different individuals. Skylar Herrera has all 10 of her home runs in conference.
- LCU's pitching staff has a 2.87 ERA in LSC contests. They have held opponents to a .247 average.
- Teoni Lamb is 7-3 in LSC play, with a 2.64 ERA in 66.1 innings. Opponents are hitting .244 against her.
- Maxine Valdez (8-4) has 72 strikeouts in 74.1 innings and is holding opponents to a .171 average. She leads LCU with a 0.97 WHIP in conference.
- Reese Farrar has three saves in LSC play (2.26 ERA).
Home on the Range
- LCU is 323-55 (85.4%) all-time in home games at Maner Park.
- Last season, LCU was 24-8 at home (15-6 in 2022).
- This season, LCU is 11-4 at home.
- Hope Banales (.412) and Skylar Herrera (.436) have combined for 10 home runs at home (Herrera has six home runs at home). Herrera leads LCU with 18 RBI at home.
- Tiarra Delrosario leads LCU hitting .500 at home, going 24-for-48 at home. She leads LCU with five doubles.
- Teoni Lamb is 5-0 with a 0.45 ERA at home. She has allowed two earned runs in 31 innings.
- Taryn Westbrook is 2-1 in six appearances at home with a 1.21 ERA.
- 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
- Baylea Myers leads LCU, actively, with a five-game hit streak. Tiarra Delrosario had a 26-game hit streak earlier in the season, which is the longest by a Lady Chap this season and the most since McKenzie Clemmons had a 32-game hit streak in 2012.
- Hope Banales and Kamryn Gibbs have reached base safely in six consecutive games, which actively leads LCU. Delrosario (27) and Ally Oyanguren (26) have the season-lead for LCU in the category.
- Delrosario leads LCU with 14 multi-hit games. Ally Oyanguren leads LCU with seven 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 Monday with a softball record of 548-190.
- 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 1,253 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 2-4 against nationally ranked programs. Included in the mix is a win over No.1 West Texas A&M on Apr. 5.
- LCU opened the season receiving votes in the NFCA National Top-25 Coaches Preseason Poll.
Looking at ASU
- The Rambelles produced a 29-25 record last season, finishing eighth in the LSC with a 21-21 conference mark. They are 34-12 this season with a 25-11 conference record (third in the LSC). ASU is coming off a home series against Texas A&M International in which they won two of three games.
- ASU is hitting .289 this season (sixth in the LSC) and they have 26 home runs on the season (tied for sixth in LSC). They have a staff ERA of 1.89 (second in LSC, 13th nationally) and opponents are hitting .232 against them.
- Angelo State was preseason picked to finish seventh in the LSC in the LSC Preseason Poll.
- The Rambelles lead the LSC and are second nationally in triples with 18. Tatiana Trotter leads the LSC and is second nationally with eight triples this season.
- Cheyenne Floyd co-leads the nation in wins with 20 and is 20-5 with a 1.18 ERA. She has appeared in 28 of the team's 46 games this season and has 134 strikeouts (31st nationally) in 130 innings.
