Franco's 2-hitter leads Lady Chaps' shutout
Taylor Franco threw a two-hitter with nine strikeouts and Lubbock Christian University shut out Chadron State 3-0 Thursday in the Lady Chaparrals' first of six games in the Lubbock Sports College Invitational at Maner Park.
The Lady Chaps scored single runs on a Victoria Owens groundout in the second inning, an Ally Oyanguren single in the fifth and a Tiarra Delrosario double in the sixth.
Franco (2-1) won a pitchers' duel against Farnsworth (1-1), who also threw a complete game for Chadron State (1-2).
LCU (5-1) is playing 14 consecutive home games to start the season — two tournaments and the opening Lone Star Conference three-game series against UT Tyler.
On Friday, LCU plays Emporia State (0-0) at 1 p.m. and Adams State (2-3) at 3 p.m. On Saturday, the Lady Chaps take on Chadron State at 1 p.m. and Adams State at 3 p.m., and they wrap up against Minot State (4-0) at noon Sunday.
LCU baseball
Lubbock Christian University will play its Lone Star Conference road-opening series in Odessa against the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.
LCU (3-1, 3-1) and UTPB (1-3, 1-3) play the opener at 1 p.m. Friday, a doubleheader at noon Saturday and the series finale at noon Sunday.
The Chaps opened at home last weekend, taking the last three games of a four-game conference series against Cameron. UTPB opened in San Antonio and won the finale of a four-game conference series at St. Mary's.
In LCU's first four games, third baseman Eduardo Acosta batted .706 with eight runs batted in; center fielder Chris Shull hit .368 with a home run and 11 RBI; and first baseman Nate Van Maanen batted .353 with nine RBI.
Tech men's golf
Third-ranked Texas Tech and fourth-ranked North Carolina will try to square off in match play at noon CST Friday in Waimea, Hawaii after the Amer Ari Invitational was canceled on Thursday because of high winds each of the first two days.
Six players from each side will take part.
The two teams will try again at Hapuna Golf Course, the site of the Amer Ari. Play there was stopped on account of unplayable conditions both Wednesday and Thursday before teams reached the turn.
The National Weather Service forecast early Thursday afternoon called for strong and damaging winds, sustained from 36 to 40 miles per hour and gusts to 70. The forecast for Friday calls for wind from 22 to 31 mph, gusting to 55.
Two other Amer Ari participants, No. 10 Georgia Tech and No. 18 Texas, also have set up a match-play event for Friday, starting one hour after Tech and North Carolina begin.
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: College sports roundup: Franco's 2-hitter leads Lady Chaps' shutout
