Lubbock Christian (16-5, 12-3 Heartland) at St. Edward's (16-6, 10-4)Thursday, November 6 at 7 p.m.
Austin, Texas (Recreation and Convocation Center)
Final week of 2014 for Lady ChapsThis week marks the final set of matches for Lubbock Christian this season. The Lady Chaps take on St. Edward's Thursday night before traveling to take on non-conference foe Angelo State Saturday at noon.
Fisher tabbed as Setter of the WeekWACO, Texas (November 3, 2014) –
Erin Fisher of Lubbock Christian has been named Heartland Conference Setter of the Week the league office announced Monday.
The Monahans, Texas, native capped off her final home match nicely on Saturday, directing the Lady Chaps to a 3-0 win over Texas-Permian Basin by tallying a game-high 43 assists. The senior was also a force defensively, registering a career-high five blocks.
Fisher has been acknowledged as the Heartland Volleyball Setter of the Week 10 times in two seasons. She currently leads the league in assists per set with 11.70 which ranks 12th in NCAA Division II.
Senior Day sweep for Lady ChapsLUBBOCK, Texas (November 1, 2014) – Freshmen
Channing Castleberry and
Samantha Matthews combined for 24 kills and five blocks, offering their Lady Chap seniors a nice farewell gift during Lubbock Christian's 3-0 win over Texas-Permian Basin on November 1 at the Rip Griffin Center.
Castleberry totaled a game-high 14 kills and Matthews supplied 10 kills along with four blocks in the final home contest for
Christa Daniel,
Abby White,
Erin Fisher and
Amy Edwards. The quad put together quite the collective performance in their final match at The Rip, with Fisher tallying game-highs of 43 assists and five blocks, Edwards providing nine kills and five blocks, White totaling nine kills, and Daniel notching a game-high 21 digs.
White sent an attack down the line for her first kill of the match at the 2-2 mark in set one, and Matthews converted on a slide moments later for an 11-7 Lady Chap advantage. The Falcons crept to within 15-14 on a kill from Morgann Davis, but LCU put together a 9-2 run capped by a Castleberry kill on a nice set from Daniel to put the Lady Chaps at set point. Castleberry then provided the final point on another kill to finish off set one, 25-17.
After beginning set two in a 4-1 deficit, the Lady Chaps jumped ahead 7-5 after a combined block from Edwards and Fisher and upped their lead to 11-5 on a Castleberry kill. The Falcons responded with five straight points to pull within 11-10, but the Lady Chaps went on a scoring barrage of their own to jump ahead 15-10. Fisher got in on the scoring action by putting down a kill at 18-14, igniting her team and directing them to the 25-19 victory.
LCU put on a hitting clinic in set three, totaling a .533 attack percentage, leading to a season-high .378 output for the match. A block by Matthews and Fisher knotted the set at 7-all before the Lady Chaps cruised out to a 17-10 lead on the heels of kills by White and Castleberry. Successive kills by Fisher extended LCU's lead to 20-12, and the Lady Chaps finished off the set, 25-13, for the sweep.
For UTPB, Davis recorded 10 kills. LCU now holds a 33-3 all-time record over the Falcons.