TYLER, Texas (April 27, 2024) – Lubbock Christian University closes out the regular season Saturday with a 1 p.m. first pitch against No.4 UT Tyler at UT Tyler Softball Complex. Both teams have locked their Lone Star Conference Championships seed, but UT Tyler can mathematically still share a conference regular season title. LCU has the No.6-seed locked and UTT has the No.2-seed locked. Entering the week No.8 in the South Central Regional Rankings, the contest still has something on the line for the Lady Chaps, who are seeking to avoid the series sweep.
| LONE STAR CONFERENCE SOFTBALL |
| OPPONENT |
LOCATION |
DAY |
TIME (CT) |
WATCH |
STATS |
| No.4 UTT |
Tyler, Texas |
Sat. Apr. 27 |
1:00 p.m. |
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Stats |
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LCU and UTT Series Snapshot
- UTT holds a 9-3 all-time series advantage over the Lady Chaps, which began in 2021.
- The Patriots swept LCU last season in Lubbock (Feb. 17-18, 2023) and has won the last seven meetings.
- UT Tyler leads this season's series 2-0 after a 7-3 and 4-2 win Friday.
- Baylea Myers is hitting .500 (3-for-6) in the series with a home run and three RBI
- Tiarra Delrosario is 3-for-7 (.429) in the series
- Courtney Plocheck is 4-for-6 with a home run and four RBI in the series to lead UTT
- The two teams faced each other five times during the 2022 season, with UTT winning three of the meetings. Three of the contests were at the NCAA South Central Regional in Tyler, Texas, where LCU won the first meeting (5-1 on May 13, 2022), but UTT rebounding to defeat LCU 3-1 and 9-2 (May 14, 2022) in the bracket championship (ended LCU's season).
- Seven of the 12 all-time meetings have been in Tyler. LCU is 2-5 against UTT in Tyler.
- Maxine Valdez has faced UTT in seven career appearances and has 12 strikeouts in 20.2 career innings.
- Kamryn Gibbs is 8-for-29 (.276) in her career (11 games) verses UTT.
- Skyler Herrera is 11-for-38 (.289) in her career (12 games), which includes a home run and six RBI, against UTT.
