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Promotional graphic for Lubbock Christian University (LCU) softball’s Lone Star Conference (LSC) Championship semifinal game. The background features Schaeffer Park softball field in Canyon, Texas. Bold text at the top reads “GAME DAY” with “LCU SOFTBALL” underneath. In the center foreground, LCU player Berkley Browder stands smiling and holding a yellow softball forward in her right hand and her glove in her left. She is dressed in a light blue LCU uniform with navy socks and white cleats. To the left, an action shot of Browder shows her mid-throw wearing catching gear and a focused expression. Text on the right reads: “LADY CHAPS VS. WEST TEXAS A&M – LSC CHAMPIONSHIPS - SEMIFINALS – FRI. 5 PM – SCHAEFFER PARK – CANYON, TEXAS.” Also shown are the logos for LCU, West Texas A&M (WT)

History on the Horizon: LCU Aims to Break Through in Rivalry Rematch

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

Lady Chaps Face Top-Seeded West Texas A&M With First LSC Semifinal Win on the Line, as Rivals Meet For First Time in Postseason

CANYON Texas (May 2, 2025) – No.5-seed Lubbock Christian University will seek its first-ever semifinal victory in the Lone Star Conference Softball Championships Friday, facing a tough test against top-seeded and No. 3-ranked West Texas A&M at 5 p.m. at Schaeffer Park for a post-season edition of the Rivalry on the Range.
 
LONE STAR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
OPPONENT LOCATION DAY TIME (CT) VIDEO RADIO STATS
West Texas A&M Canyon, Texas  Fri., May. 2 5 p.m. Watch None Stats
Weather Tournament Website
 
The Scenario
  • If LCU defeats West Texas A&M, LCU will in Saturday's 2 p.m. Championship Game against the winner of the matchup featuring No.2-seeded UT Tyler and No.3-seeded Angelo State.
  • A loss to the Lady Buffs would eliminate LCU from the tournament and place their NCAA Division II South Central Regional sights towards an at-large bid during Monday's NCAA Selection Show (9 a.m.).
 
LCU and OC Series Snapshot
  • Lubbock Christian and West Texas A&M have met 37 times, with their first matchup played on March 11, 2008, with WTAMU holding a 25–12 advantage in the all-time series.
  • The Lady Chaps won the inaugural meeting in dominant fashion, 11–0, but have gone just 3–9 over the last 12 meetings.
  • LCU is 8–12 against WTAMU at home and 4–13 in Canyon.
  • Since joining the Lone Star Conference, LCU is 3–11 against WTAMU in league play.
  • The longest win streak for LCU in the series is five games (2008–2011), while WTAMU's longest stretch of dominance was six straight wins from 2019 to 2022.
  • WTAMU has a 3-1 record against the Lady Chaps this season, including a two-game sweep in Canyon earlier this season on March 23, winning by scores of 2–0 and 4–2. The two teams played last weekend in Lubbock, with LCU winning the opener 4-1 before a six-hour weather delay in the second game was won by the Lady Buffs 6-4.
  • The two teams have never played in May, as their meeting Friday marks the first-ever postseason meeting between the two geographic rivals.
  • The series has featured a number of tight contests, including four one-run games since 2022.
  • Here are some notes on this season's series between the two teams:
o West Texas A&M took three out of four games in the 2025 season series, winning both ends of a doubleheader in Canyon on March 23 before splitting in Lubbock on April 26.
o LCU stunned No. 1 WT in the opener of the April 26 twin bill, 4–1, snapping the Lady Buffs' 28-game win streak and handing them their first LSC West loss of the season.
o Kristen Boyd delivered a go-ahead three-run homer in that game, while Teoni Lamb and Reese Farrar combined to hold WT to a single run on six hits.
o The Lady Buffs responded with a 6–4 win in the nightcap, which ended close to 1 a.m. following a six-hour lightning delay.
o Lamb is 1–1 with a 1.85 ERA across 11.1 innings, while Farrar has logged a save and a loss over 7.1 innings of 3.82 ERA ball.
o LCU hit .284 in the four-game series but was outslugged .470 to .284, as WT launched six home runs to LCU's one.
o Kristen Boyd leads LCU with a .400 average (4-for-10) and has slugged .800 thanks to a home run and a double.
o Kawehi Ili is batting .333 (3-for-9) with a double, triple, and two RBI, reaching base at a .538 clip.
o Riley Flores is hitting .300 (3-for-10) and notched the only other LCU extra-base hit with a double in Game 2 at WT.
o Sophia Reyes has gone 3-for-6 (.500) in her three starts behind the plate and threw out two would-be base stealers.

Lone Star Conference Championships Breakdown
  • This season is LCU's fifth tournament appearance in the LSC Championships (of five eligible seasons, as there was no tournament in 2020).
  • Prior to the LSC, LCU qualified for four Heartland Conference Championships, winning the tournament twice (2016, 2017) and compiling a 10-5 tournament record all-time.
  • LCU is 2-4 all-time in the LSC Championships (2-1 in Canyon).
  • LCU is hitting .278 all-time in LSC Championship play and they have a staff ERA of 5.74.
  • Former standout Skylar Herrera is LCU's all-time program hit leader in the LSC tournament with seven hits in 19 at-bats (.368).
  • Surprisingly, LCU has nine sacrifices in their six all-time games in the event, with two sac fly and seven sacrifice bunts.
  • This season's tournament notes
    • LCU advances to the semifinals after an 11-3 win Thursday over No.20 and fourth-seeded Oklahoma Christian.
    • The Lady Chaps produced 11 runs Thursday, which is the most they have ever scored in a LSC Championship game.
    • LCU is 6-for-14 (.429) with runners in scoring position, as Kadin Vire is 3-for-4 in the scenario.
    • The Lady Chaps are 4-for-7 (.571) getting the leadoff batter aboard.
    • Kadin Vire and Kawehi Ili are each 3-for-4 at the late.
    • Kendra Levesque leads LCU with their lone home run of the tournament and with three RBI.
    • LCU's pitching (3.00 ERA) held OC to three hits Friday.
 


 
 
 
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