LUBBOCK, Texas -- Red-hot Lubbock Christian finished off the regular season with a doubleheader sweep of Midwestern State Sunday afternoon at Maner Park.

The Lady Chaps won 11 of their last 12 games to claim the No. 5 seed in next week's Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament with a 35-19 overall record.

LCU opens tournament play with a quarterfinal match up against No. 4-seeded Oklahoma Christian Thursday at Schaeffer Park in Canyon. First pitch is set for 5 p.m.

Midwestern State ends the season with a 20-33 record, finishing 12th in the LSC with a 17-27 league mark.

Lubbock Christian took control of the opener with four runs in the second inning. Kawehi Ili roped a two-run double into the left-field gap before Kendra Levesque and Kristen Boyd tacked on run-scoring two-baggers to stake Teoni Lamb to a four-run lead.

Lamb improved to 10-7 in the circle, limiting the Mustangs to two runs on four hits with six strikeouts in the complete game win.

Madison Stewart put the Mustangs on the board with her fourth homer of the season in the third inning before Emma Roach drove in another run in the sixth on a single to left field.

Stewart paced the MSU attack by 2-for-4, while Camile Nunez and Roach accounted for the other two hits.

Starter Kayleigh Bowers took the loss in the circle to fall to 6-8. The sophomore right-hander allowed four runs on six hits in 1 2/3 innings of work.

Senior Zoe Isom pitched 4 1/3 innings of shutout relief, allowing five hits with one strikeout.

Midwestern State jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the night cap with three runs in the first and third innings.

Nunez highlighted the three-run outburst in the first frame with an RBI-triple to the right-field gap, while Lexi Mills delivered the decisive blow on a two-run single up the middle in the third inning.

Powered by home runs by Ili and Boyd, Lubbock Christian rallied to within 6-5 in the fourth inning.

The Mustangs added an insurance run on Addison Lindemann's RBI-single in the top of the seventh, but the Lady Chaps rallied to score three in the bottom of the frame, including a walk-off infield single by Riley Flores.

Lindemann (9-16) took the loss for the Mustangs after allowing five earned runs on 12 hits in 6 2/3 innings.

Nunez and Lindemann legged out three hits to lead the MSU offense, while Mikey Dominguez went 2-for-3 with an RBI and run scored.

Freshman Kendall Ward earned the win in relief, holding the Mustangs to one run on four hits with two strikeouts. She improved to 6-1 on the season.
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