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CANYON, Texas – The #2 Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M will come off of their LSC bye-weekend with a big South Central Regional matchup with the Lubbock Christian Lady Chaps on Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m. at PlainsCapital Park in Lubbock.
 
LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN
The Lady Chaps enter the weekend with an overall record of 39-11 with a 16-5 mark in Heartland Conference play following a league sweep of Texas A&M-International last weekend in Lubbock.
 
Lubbock Christian is led by fifth year head coach Daren Hays who has compiled an overall record of 214-40 during his time in Lubbock.
 
The Lady Chaps are led offensively by Morgan Colburn who is hitting .403 this season with 14 doubles and a Nation's best 22 homeruns to drive in 62 RBI. In the circle, LCU is led by Katlyn Holmes who is 17-4 on the season with a 2.49 ERA with 11 complete games and four shutouts to go along with 58 strikeouts in her 123.2 innings of work so far this season.
 
LCU is hitting .340 as a team to go along with 84 doubles, nine triples, 71 homeruns and 361 RBI for a team slugging percentage of .568 with 67 combined errors for a fielding clip of .953. In the circle, LCU has a 2.81 combined ERA with 32 complete games and 224 strikeouts in 324.0 innings with an opposing batting average of .252.
 
NFCA DIVISION II TOP-25 POLL (APR. 13)
The newly crowned Lone Star Conference Champion Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M remained number two in the newest National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division II Top-25 Poll announced on Wednesday morning by the association's offices in Louisville, Kentucky.
 
The University of Indianapolis remain atop of the poll with 12 of the possible 16 first place votes for a total of 396 points followed by the Lady Buffs with the final four first place votes (388), Humboldt State (363), Saint Leo (354), North Alabama (329), North Georgia (321), Arkansas Tech (300), Missouri-St. Louis (295), Cal Baptist (273), and Cal Pa. (248) to round out the top ten. The South Central Region was represented by WT, St. Mary's (11th), Colorado Mesa (23rd) and Cameron (RV).
 
3-PEAT
The #2 Lady Buffs claimed their third straight Lone Star Conference title as they outscored the rival Greyhounds of Eastern New Mexico, 40-8 in a Senior Weekend series sweep at Schaeffer Park to move WT to 44-2 (26-2 LSC). The Lady Buffs became the third team in LSC history to win three straight titles along with Southeastern Oklahoma (1999-01) and Angelo State (2008-10).
 
WT has earned the right to host the Lone Star Conference Championship on April 29-30, they will be the top seed in the event and receive a bye in the quarterfinal round and play the winner of the 4/5 seed game in the semifinals on Friday night at a time to be determined.
 
NATIONALLY SPEAKING (APR. 14)
The Lady Buffs have the nation's best offense with a .375 team batting average while leading the nation with 2.40 doubles per game, a .477 on base percentage while scoring 8.94 runs per contest.
 
– WT ranks first in slugging percentage (.639) while coming in fith with 1.34 homeruns per game and ranking fourth in win/loss percentage at .957.
 
– Senior Stacey Ramirez ranks 37th in the country in batting average (.442) and ninth in runs per game (1.19). Fellow senior Tori Bayer leads Division II in saves this season with nine while Lacey Taylor ranks seventh in on-base percentage (.558) and seventh in walks per game (0.79).
 
– Sophomore outfielder Ashley Hardin leads the Lady Buffs with 14 home runs which ranks 11th in the nation. WT has four players in the Top-50 in RBI this season with Hardin (6th, 54), Brittany Cruz (7th, 54), Taylor (22nd, 47) and Shea Ibrahim (35th, 44).
 
A LOOK BACK (LCU RECAP)
WT senior right hander Tori Bayer set a brand new Lone Star Conference single season record for saves against her former team last Wednesday night as the #2 Lady Buffs started past and outlasted the Lady Chaps of Lubbock Christian, 13-6 in front of over 350 fans at Schaeffer Park in Canyon on Faculty/Staff Appreciation Night. The Lady Buffs move to 45-2 overall including 27-1 at home in their final regular season home game while LCU falls to 36-11.
 
TRADITION NEVER GRADUATES
The Lady Buffs return nine letter-winners from last season's LSC Championship team that registered an overall record of 45-11, All-American selections Lacey Taylor, Stacey Ramirez and Allie Smith highlight the talented returning group that have led WT to back-to-back LSC Titles. Taylor and Ramirez are joined by Brittany Gehle, Tori Bayer and Andrea Sitter for a senior class that looks to become the winningest in program history as they have registered a 149-31 (82.8%) mark over the last three seasons in Canyon.
 
HOME SWEET HOME
The Lady Buffs have turned Schaeffer Park in Canyon into one of the top home environments in all of NCAA Division II Softball. WT is 168-27 (.860) at Schaeffer Park since the facility opened prior to the 2011 season including 71-13 (.845) during regular season Lone Star Conference games in Canyon. 2015 marked the fourth time in the last five years ('11, '13, '14, '15) that the Lady Buffs hosted NCAA Postseason action in Canyon.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
The Lubbock Christian Athletic Communications Department will provide live stats and video Wednesday afternoon's matchup. Fans can also follow the WT Athletics (@WTAthletics) Twitter account for live updates during all games. For links and more information, visit the Lady Buff Softball schedule page.
 
MAKING HISTORY
The Lady Buffs became the fastest team in Division II to reach the 40-win plateau this season while becoming just be 19th team in Division II History to register a win streak of atleast 30 games as they are tied for 10th with Sacred Heart (1990) and Kennesaw State (1999). The 30-game win streak is the longest in Lone Star Conference history and the longest ever in the current South Central Region (Lone Star, Heartland, RMAC).