MIDWESTERN STATE (6-27, 5-13 LSC)
vs No. 17 Lubbock Christian (28-6, 14-4 LSC)

Sunday, April 3 -- Noon and 2 p.m.
Mustangs Park
All-Time Series | MSU leads 4-3

WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State takes on No. 17 Lubbock Christian Sunday afternoon in a Lone Star Conference doubleheader at Mustangs Park. First pitches are set for noon and 2 p.m.

The games are set for broadcast on the Lone Star Conference Digital Network at MSUMustangs.com/streaming.

All video streams on the LSC Digital Network are also available on Over-The-Top (OTT) apps on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV and Roku by searching "LSC Digital Network."

GOING TO THE GAME? All fans at Mustangs Park must purchase tickets online, then present the QR code to can at the gate for admittance. No walk-up sales are available. Purchase your tickets at www.msumustangs.com/tickets.

ABOUT THE MUSTANGS

Midwestern State is 12th in the Lone Star Conference standings with a 5-13 league record... The Mustangs are in a stretch of facing ranked opponents in 12 out of 14 games beginning with No. 20 Texas A&M-Commerce on March 18 followed by No. 1 UT Tyler on March 20, No. 23 Oklahoma Christian on March 25, No. 14 Angelo State on April 1, No. 17 Lubbock Christian on April 3, and No. 20 West Texas A&M on April 8... MSU is 0-14 when facing teams ranked in the NFCA Division II  Top 25 this season and has lost 20 straight against ranked opponents dating back to a 7-5 win over No. 2-ranked UT Tyler on March 8, 2020 in its last game before the remainder of the 2020 campaign was called due to the coronavirus pandemic... The Mustangs rank 14th in the LSC in hitting (.250 team batting average), 15th in pitching (6.50 team ERA) and 13th in fielding (.948 fielding percentage)... During Lone Star Conference play, MSU ranks 11th in the league in hitting (.274), 13th in pitching (6.10) and 10th in fielding (.954)... MSU ranks eighth in the LSC and 51st in NCAA Division II averaging 0.84 home runs per game... The Mustangs blasted 26 home runs over their last 23 games after hitting just two homers in their first 10 games of the season... Midwestern State has hit at least one homer in 14 of its last 20 games including a run of seven straight games from March 4-14... Junior Bailey Brenek leads the Mustangs hitting .376 with eight doubles, a triple and four homers while driving in 17 runs... Brenek hit home runs in each of her last three games including a game-tying home run in the seventh inning last Sunday at Cameron before hitting homers in both games of Friday's doubleheader against Angelo State... Brenek leads the Mustangs with 14 multiple-hit games... Senior Ashley Turner is second on the team with a .370 batting average with 11 doubles, six homers and 19 RBIs...Turner is eighth in the LSC and 90th in NCAA Division II with 11 doubles... Turner has reached base in each of her last 11 games... Sophomore Hanna Hetherington is third in the LSC lead and ranks 14th in NCAA Division II with 10 home runs... Hetherington hit nine of her 10 home runs during an 11-game stretch from March 6-20 including two-homer games against Western New Mexico (3/6), St. Mary's (3/12) and St. Edward's (3/14)... Freshman Peyton Lee is hitting a team-best .390 (16-for-41) with six doubles and has multiple hits four times over the last 14 games... She raised her season batting average from .217 to .328 recording at least one hit in 11 of the 14 games during the stretch... Lee notched a save on March 14 against St. Edward's in her first pitching appearance of the season allowing one hit and one walk in 1 1/3 innings, then pitched 3 1/3 innings of scoreless relief against No. 1 UT Tyler on March 20... Lee made her first collegiate start last week at Oklahoma Christian allowing five earned runs on eight hits in six innings... Freshman Mikey Dominguez hit .387 (12-for-31) with a double, a triple, four homers and 10 RBIs during a 10-game stretch from March 4-18... Dominguez posted five two-hit games during the stretch connecting for four home runs... Dominguez smashed her fifth home run of the season during Game 1 last week at Oklahoma Christian, then went 3-for-3 with three RBIs including driving in the winning run in Game 2 at Cameron with a sacrifice fly...

HEAD COACH BRITTANIE TALLEY is in her first season at the helm of the Midwestern State program. Talley amassed a 129-75 record (.632) over the past five seasons at Vernon College including a 42-12 run while leading Chaps to the 2021 NJCAA regional tournament. That came on the heels of a 21-1 start in 2020 before the season was cut short by the pandemic. Prior to Vernon College, Talley played a role in a successful three-year run at Alabama State helping the Lady Hornets to a Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) title and a trip to the NCAA Division I regionals in 2016. She competed professionally for the Skovde Saints winning the Swedish championship as the league's pitcher of the year in 2011. She enjoyed a standout collegiate career at Jackson State where she earned second-team All-SWAC honors earning 27 career wins while posting seven shutouts. She also hit .320 in 172 career at bats.

ABOUT THE LADY CHAPS

Lubbock Christian won 10 of its last 13 with the losses coming in a doubleheader sweep against Texas A&M-Commerce and a split against UT Tyler... The Lady Chaps are in a four-way tie for second place in the Lone Star Conference standings at 14-4 with UT Tyler, St. Mary's and Oklahoma Christian two games behind Texas A&M-Commerce... Lubbock Christian ranks third in the LSC in hitting (.348 team batting average), sixth in pitching (2.53 team ERA) and eighth in fielding (.960 fielding percentage)... During Lone Star Conference play, the Lady Chaps lead the league in hitting (.343), rank sixth in pitching (3.17) and 12th in fielding (.950)... Lubbock Christian ranks eighth in NCAA Division II and second in the LSC with 46 home runs led by senior Kasey Flores with 11 homers, while junior Skylar Herrera and senior Brooke Makemson have eight, and senior Tyla Lee has hit seven... LCU adds the speed dimension ranking second in the LSC and 11th NCAA Division II with 2.49 stolen bases per game led by senior Savannah Wysocki who ranks ninth in NCAA Division II with 26 stolen bases... Wysocki is one five LCU baserunners with at least 10 stolen bases joined by senior Angela Donaldson (14), sophomore Kamryn Gibbs (14), junior Tiarra Delrosario (13) and Herrera (11)... Donaldson leads LCU hitting .471 with seven doubles, a homer and 21 RBIs... Senior Taylor Franco is 15-1 in the circle posting a 1.87 ERA and 0.99 WHIP... Franco has thrown seven shutouts in 17 starts this season including four no-hitters... Junior Maxine Valdez is 8-3 in the circle with a 2.19 ERA and 1.08 WHIP... Valdez is coming off of her first shutout -- a no-hitter with 13 strikeouts Friday at Texas Woman's... 

ABOUT THE SERIES

Midwestern State and Lubbock Christian meet for the eighth and ninth times on the diamond Sunday afternoon at Mustangs Park. The Mustangs lead the series which dates back to the 2015 season by a 4-3 margin. The Lady Chaps swept its first Lone Star Conference doubleheader against MSU last season in Lubbock. Midwestern claimed the first two matchups between the programs meeting at the North Texas Softball Bash in 2015 in Mansfield. MSU competed in LCU's early season invitational on three occasions falling to the Lady Chaps in 2016 then claimed wins in 2018 and 2019. The doubleheader on Sunday marks Lubbock Christian's first trip to Wichita Falls.

UP NEXT

Midwestern State hits the road to play No. 20 West Texas A&M in a Lone Star Conference twin bill Friday night at Schaeffer Park in Canyon. First pitches are set for 5 and 7 p.m.