Lubbock Christian (7-1, 6-1 Heartland) at Texas – Permian Basin (6-6, 3-3 Heartland)
Saturday, September 27 at 3 PM – Odessa, Texas (Falcon Dome)
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Johnson returns to action
Redshirt junior Maddie Johnson is back on the court for LCU after sitting out last season recovering from surgery. The Frenship High School product was a Second Team All-Sooner Athletic Conference pick as a sophomore after compiling 244 kills, 369 digs and a team-best 38 service aces. In her 2014 debut, the 5-10 outside hitter totaled a career and game-high 19 kills against St. Mary's on Sept. 4 and came close to that mark on Sept. 20 by logging 18 kills. Johnson leads the Lady Chaps in total kills (93) and kills per set (3.58).
 
All-around Fisher
Erin Fisher was a dominant floor leader in 2013, handing out 11.71 assists per set, three higher than any other player in the Heartland Conference. This season, the 5-9 setter has picked up from where she left off, compiling an average of 11.39 helpers per set. The Monahans, Texas, native has contributed in other ways for the Lady Chaps as well, compiling 100 total digs in 2014, second only to libero Christa Daniel, as well as recording 20 kills and four service aces on the season.
 
Coach Lawrence becomes program's winningest
With a 3-0 sweep over St. Mary's on September 4, Coach Jennifer Lawrence became LCU volleyball's all-time leader in wins. The victory brought her to number 251 to surpass Steven McRoberts, the Lady Chap coach from 1996-2003. Lawrence now has an overall record of 257-104 and has most recently led the team to an impressive 19-6 record in the Heartland Conference since 2013.
 
National statistics
The Lady Chaps' conference-leading 13.04 assists per set currently rank 26^th in NCAA Division II, paced by Erin Fisher's 22^nd-best 11.39 assists per frame. The 13.89 kills/set for LCU are tied for 28^th in the nation. Defensively, the squad's average of 18.36 digs per set is ranked 17^th, led by libero Christa Daniel's 5.94/set, good enough for 14^th overall. Middle blocker Amy Edwards is collecting 1.25 blocks per set which ties for 10th in the country, including her career-high 10 she tallied against Arkansas Tech Sept. 19, tying for the second best outing by any Division II player so far this season.
 
Lady Chaps victorious at DBU in three
DALLAS, Texas (September 20, 2014) – The Lady Chaps were in and out of the Burg Center quickly on Saturday afternoon, sweeping Dallas Baptist in three sets behind 18 kills from Maddie Johnson and a double-double by Channing Castleberry in front of a favorable Lubbock Christian crowd on the road.
The Lady Chap victory marked the fifth time in the eight games this season that LCU (7-1, 5-1 Heartland) has blanked its opponents in just three games. The LCU hitters were very efficient against the Patriots (4-5, 2-3 Heartland), accumulating a season-low eight attack errors while hitting .368 for the match, more than double of DBU's .149.
Johnson was one kill short of her career-high, and Castleberry notched her second match of double-digit kills (12) and digs (16) with many Lubbock Christian supporters on hand, including players' families, LCU alumni and President Tim Perrin.
The Lady Chaps wasted little time in avenging last season's loss to the Patriots, jumping out to a 6-0 lead, emphasized by a Johnson kill that froze the DBU defenders. The Patriots reeled off the next three points to slice the margin in half until a crafty left-handed kill by Castleberry moments later doubled up DBU at 8-4. Samantha Matthews increased the gap to 14-9 on a quick set from Erin Fisher, and the Lady Chaps finished off the set with a 7-1 run for the 25-14 triumph.
Set two was much more evenly matched with the scored tied at 10-10 when Malori Maddox recorded a service ace and Castleberry tallied a pair of kills for a three-point LCU advantage, but four quick points by the Patriots put DBU on top. The Lady Chaps paced their way to a 23-19 lead before Johnson and Castleberry finished off the set with two big kills and a 25-22 victory.
Amy Edwards joined up with Johnson for a block on the first play of set three and the middle blocker then put the Lady Chaps on the board with a kill. DBU's Tiara Gipson shot a kill over Matthews followed by a patronizing look to pull DBU to within 6-4, but on the next play, Fisher sized Gipson up and emphatically denied her attack attempt and then directed a four-point Lady Chap run from behind the serving line. With LCU leading 17-10, the setter caught the Patriots off guard by sending the ball over on the second touch to gain another Lady Chap point. DBU was unable to recover from the deficit, surrendering the game and match at 25-13.
Fisher handed out a game-high 41 assists, and libero Christa Daniel tallied a game-high 21 digs. For DBU, Gipson had 11 kills.