Lubbock Christian, Texas A&M-Commerce, and UT Tyler top the Lone Star Conference standings at 11-1 after two weeks of league action.  The Lady Chaps host both the Lions and Patriots this week.
 
      LSC teams are playing a single round-robin schedule with a doubleheader (two games) against each league opponent.  The LSC Champion will be the team(s) with the best winning percentage in regular-season conference games.  The top 10 teams will qualify for the single-elimination conference championship to determine the league’s tournament champion.
 
      In the NCAA Division II South Central Region, LSC teams are 37-18 combined versus Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference competition.
 
      LSC schedule and results available here: http://www.lonestarconference.org/calendar.aspx?path=softball&&
 
SOFTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
HITTER
Gabriella Valforte, West Texas A&M, SO, Marketing, INF, Keller, Texas, Fossil Ridge HS
Valforte led the Lady Buffs offense that picked up four victories over the weekend including a series sweep over No. 9 Texas A&M-Kingsville.  The sophomore hit the walk off single in game one against the Javelinas to give WT the 8-7 victory while finishing the game 3-for-4 at the plate.  On the weekend, she hit .500 (7-for-14) with a .857 slugging-percentage with a pair of doubles and a home run while driving in seven runs.  She hit 3-for-8 (.375) with runners on base including 1-for-1 with bases loaded.
 
PITCHER
Alyssa LeBlanc, Texas A&M-Commerce, SO, Sport & Recreation Management, P/DP, Katy, Texas, Katy HS
LeBlanc pitched in three games this past week and did not allow a run in any game. She threw 4.2 innings of two-hit ball in relief on Wednesday against Embry-Riddle, had a no-hitter through 7.2 innings and threw a complete nine-inning shutout in 1-0 win over Midwestern State on Friday, and retired 15 of 16 batters she faced against Texas Woman's on Sunday. She recorded 32 strikeouts last week, including setting the new school record with 17 on Friday at the Mustangs. She has won nine starts in a row and is 9-2 on the season. She leads the LSC with an opposing batting average of .160, third in the LSC with 98 strikeouts, her 1.70 ERA is fifth, and sixth with nine wins.
 
WEEKLY AWARDS
Hitter
F-8       Paxton Scheurer, Angelo State
F-15     Loren Kelly, Texas A&M-Kingsville
F-22     Tyla Lee, Lubbock Christian
M-1      Kasey Flores, Lubbock Christian
M-8      Tyla Lee, Lubbock Christian (2)
M-15    Sabrina Anguiano, Texas A&M-Commerce
M-21    Gabriella Valforte, West Texas A&M
 
Pitcher
F-8       Emily Otto, Texas A&M-Commerce
F-15     Taylor Franco, Lubbock Christian
F-22     Alyssa LeBlanc, Texas A&M-Commerce
M-1      Catalina Cavazos, St. Mary's
M-8      Beth Montes, Texas A&M-Kingsville
M-15    Genesis Armendariz, Angelo State
M-21    Alyssa LeBlanc, Texas A&M-Commerce (2)
 
SELECTED NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
Courtney Plocheck, UT Tyler, scored eight runs and hit .643 on the weekend in UT Tyler wins over Texas Woman's and Midwestern State. Plocheck led a Patriot offense that scored 10 or more runs in all four games, and secured run-rule victories in three out of their four wins over the weekend. The Deer Park, Texas native went 9-for-14 between the four games and had multi-hit efforts in three out of her four outings. She went a perfect 3-for-3 in the game two win over Texas Woman's, and 3-for-4 in the game one victory over Midwestern State. She hit a two-run double and a three-run homer in the top of the fifth inning of that game in which UT Tyler scored 11 runs in the frame alone. Plocheck had the two extra-base hits and drove in five runs on her own in the single inning of work. Plocheck scored two runs in all four games and is batting .475 for the year.
 
      Paxton Scheurer, Angelo State, turned in a memorable weekend at the dish as the Rambelles claimed four wins this past weekend, homering in each game as the Rambelles swept UTPB and Western New Mexico on the road. She hit seven home runs for the weekend, slugging 2.067. Against the Falcons, Scheurer homered three times in game one, driving in six runs in a 11-8 victory, following that up with a solo home run in game two's 4-2 victory. Against the Mustangs, she hit a two-run homerun to give the Rambelles a 4-2 lead, eventually winning 11-4; in the finale, she left the yard two more, driving in three runs. The Mansfield native is now sixth all-time in program history for home runs in a season (16) and leads all of Division II in home runs, RBIs (50) and slugging percentage (1.114).
 
      Savannah Wysocki, Lubbock Christian, with 11 stolen bases on the week, became LCU's career leader in stolen bases (81). She had seven Sunday in a doubleheader sweep at UT Permian Basin, matching a program single-game record with four stolen bases in the second game. Had a .750 on-base-percentage on the week, going 5-for-5 reaching base in leadoff at-bats. She also went 4-for-7 (.571) with runners on base and was 6-of-7 moving the runner over (success advancing runners).
 
      Tiffany Licon, St. Mary's, hitting ninth in the batting order, did a fantastic job of flipping the lineup, hitting .545 for the week and extending her hitting streak to seven straight. She's now reached base safely in each of the last 13 games and has no errors playing the hot corner in 102 chances. In the first game of the week at Cameron, Licon went 3-for-3 at the plate with two runs scored.
 
      Abi LaValley, Oklahoma Christian, continually came up with clutch hits and drove in nine runs as the Eagles rolled to doubleheader sweeps of St. Edward's on Friday and No. 23 St. Mary's on Sunday. Against St. Mary's, she hit a two-run triple during a four-run second inning in a 4-2 win in the opener, then smashed her first collegiate home run – a grand slam – to put the Eagles up 5-1 in the first inning of the second game, which OC eventually won 11-3. In a 7-4 win over St. Edward's, she went 2 for 3 with a RBI and a run scored, and in a 13-0 win over the Hilltoppers, she keyed an eight-run first inning with a two-run single. She hit .417 for the week with a .917 slugging percentage.
 
      Alyssa LeBlanc, Texas A&M-Commerce, hit three home runs this week and hit team-leading 10 RBIs in six games last week. She had a three-run home run against Embry-Riddle and hit two-run home runs in each game at Texas Woman's. LeBlanc recorded six RBIs against the Eagles on Wednesday. She also threw 18.2 shutout innings in the circle. LeBlanc is 17th in the conference with 27 RBIs and tied for 12th with six home runs.
 
      Taylor Franco, Lubbock Christian, had a one-hitter and a no-hitter in her two starts on the week, and allowed one hit over 2.1 innings of relief in her one relief outing to record a save. At UT Permian Basin on Sunday, she became the first Lady Chaps pitcher to achieve four no-hitters in her career, as she notched her third of the season. Her one-hitter came Friday at Western New Mexico, as did her save, which was part of a doubleheader sweep at Silver, City, N.M. Her weeks’ worth of play was on the road and she did not walk any batters while forcing 24 groundouts and three flyouts.
 
      Heidi Vortherms, West Texas A&M, started three games for the Lady Buffs that led to a 4-0 weekend including a series sweep over No. 9 Texas A&M-Kingsville.  The freshman struckout 14 batters in 10.0 innings to average 1.4 while limiting opponents to hit just .250 with 11 hits. Through four games, she allowed just four runs (one earned) for a 0.70 ERA to move to 10th in the LSC leaderboard with a season 1.94 ERA while ranking fifth with 85 strikeouts.
 
      Kali Crandall, Oklahoma Christian, pitched the Eagles to wins in doubleheader sweeps of St. Edward's and No. 23-ranked St. Mary's. Against StMU on Sunday, she threw 6 2/3 innings in a 4-2 win, allowing only one earned run. That followed three innings of two-hit shutout softball she pitched in a 13-0 win over St. Edward's on Friday. The returning All-America hurler lowered her season ERA to 2.12 with the two performances.
 
      Tatum Goff, UT Tyler, went 1-0 on the weekend in her two starts with a 1.29 ERA in her 7.0 innings pitched. Goff struckout eight over the course of those innings of work, and scattered five hits. The Rusk, Texas native also hit .333 at the plate with a pair of homers and five RBI. Goff scored five runs and drew a team high nine walks to post a .600 on-base percentage as well as a 1.000 slugging percentage. 
 
      Torrey Hogan, Angelo State, was dominant in the circle for the Rambelles, picking up a pair of complete-game victories for the nation's 17th-ranked team. Against UTPB, she allowed five hits and two runs while striking out five in the Rambelles' 4-2 victory. Against Western New Mexico, the Lubbock native carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning before conceding a single with one out in the final frame. Her game against the Mustangs is her second-career shutout, and she did not allow an extra-base hit in 12 innings of work.
 
      Brook Leger, Eastern New Mexico, delivered a complete-game win over Texas A&M International, 4-1, for the program's first win against the Dustdevils in program history. Leger allowed just one run on three hits and two walks. The Albuquerque, N.M. native retired 12 consecutive batters at one point in the game and had five 1-2-3 innings against TAMIU.  For the week, Leger was 1-1 in the circle, throwing two innings in a 10-0 loss to Texas A&M-Kingsville with nine hits and eight runs allowed.