Midland College Softball vs. Howard College: Friday, March 30th)

By Forrest AllenAthletic Director

Just a reminder that tomorrow the MC softball team will square off against the Howard College Hawks at the Midland College softball field. Tomorrow's action will be a double-header beginning at 1:00 p.m. The first place Lady Chaps enter this weekend's series with a 31-7 record and 4-0 in conference while the third place Lady Hawks are 26-11 overall and 5-1 in the WJCAC. The weekend's games will feature some of the top offensive talent in the nation as well as two teams with a long history of fierce competition.

This season the Lady Chaps are batting .409 as a team with 57 home runs and 222 RBI while the Hawks are hitting .363 with 46 homers and 272 runs batted in. Offensively MC is led by Debra Lovell (.539 BA, 1.094 Slugging Percentage, 69 hits, 50 runs scored, 16 doubles, two triples and 17 HRs) and Diana de la Paz (.508 BA, .802 Slugging Percentage, 64 hits, 42 runs scored, 19 doubles and six HRs).

Howard College is led by Jazzmin Arrant (.413 BA, .727 Slugging Percentage, 50 hits, 44 runs scored, seven doubles, two triples and nine HRs) and returning NJCAA All-American Olive Naotala (.408 BA, .933 Slugging Percentage, 49 hits, 48 runs scored, seven doubles, one triple and 18 HRs).

The two teams will also play a double-header on Saturday, March 31st @ 1:00 p.m. in Big Spring on the campus of Howard College.

Go Chaps!!