Match Information
Score: St. Mary's 3, Lubbock Christian 2 (29-27, 23-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15-11)
Records: Lubbock Christian (8-15, 5-4), St. Mary's (15-9, 7-2)
Location: Rip Griffin Center - Lubbock, Texas
  
Highlights
Lubbock Christian University fell for the first time at home in a Heartland Conference match this season and their 10-match conference home win streak was snapped in a 3-2 loss to St. Mary's University Thursday night inside Rip Griffin Center.  StMU had a 74-59 advantage in kills in the set and was able to overcome 13 serving aces by LCU in the match. Five Rattlers had double figures in kills in the match, led by a 17-kill performance by Channing Hankins. Bree Perry produced 67 assists and 13 digs to complete one of two double-doubles by StMU (Mandee Eberle had the other with 19 digs and 15 kills). Channing Stewart led LCU with 14 kills and she was joined in double figures by Lauren Zoller (13 kills) and Camille Porco (10 kills). Karley David produced a double-double (12 assists, 10 digs) in the losing cause for LCU, who received 41 assists from Brynn Warnack and 20 digs from Kelsie French. David's double-double is her first of ther career.
 
How It Happened
  
Set One:
LCU led the opening set 12-10 before a 4-0 run capped by a Channing Stewart kill provided a 16-10 LCU advantage.  The tide shifted from there, with a 10-4 Rattlers run leading to a knotted up match at 20-20. The teams were nack-and-neck the rest of the way and LCU was unable to capitalize on three set-point serves, while St. Mary's claimed the set 29-27 on their second set-point serve of the set. LCU fell in the set despite 17 kills, led by four each from Camille Porco and Stewart. StMU, led by a seven-dig performance in the set by Mandee Eberle, received four kills in the set from Channing Hawkins and MacKenzie Harless.
 
Set Two:
The second set featured a tone similar to the first set, with the teams split. StMU led 18-11 in the set before LCU would rally with a 13-4 run for a 24-22 lead before winning the set 25-23. StMU lost the set despite 18 kills, with Eberle pounding seven of the kills. Lauren Zoller, Avery Moore and Porco each co-led LCU in the set with three kills.  
 
Set Three:
A trio of Rattlers blocks opened the third set leading to a 5-1 early lead for StMU. Zoller capped a 7-3 run with an ace for LCU to tie the set at 10-10. StMU regained the lead and extended it to 20-16. LCU rallied back and moved within one point on four occasions before Hankins produced three of StMU's final four points off kills to claim the set 25-23. Jaycie Pluenneke claimed seven kills in the set for StMU, who had a 16-14 kills advantage in the frame. Stewart led LCU with five kills in the set.
 
Set Four:
LCU trailed 15-11 and 20-16 before a trio of Rattlers attack errors and a pair of kills from Emily Hanaway led to an 8-1 run for a 24-21 LCU lead. They won the set 25-23. StMU had a 15-9 advantage in kills (five in the set by Hankins), but LCU thrived off five serving aces (three by Brynn Warnack). Hanaway led LCU in the set with four kills.
 
Set Five:
There were a series of four straight kills by Eberle, which allowed the Rattlers to lead 8-6 at the switch. LCU pulled within 12-11 before StMU closed out the set and match scoring three straight points for a 15-11 set win. StMU produced 20 digs in the decisive fifth set.
 
Inside the Numbers:
.280 – LCU has allowed the highest attack percentage at home by an opponent in their recent two matches. WTAMU produced a kill percentage of .269 Tuesday and St. Mary's topped it Thursday at .280.
2-3 – LCU fell to 2-3 in five-set matches. Two of the three losses this season in five-set matches have come against StMU.
3 – Channing Stewart, who produced 22 kills Saturday, had her streak of matches with at least 10 kills end at four matches, as she played only in the opening set (co-led the team in the set with three kills).
13 –With 13 kills Tuesday, Lauren Zoller has had at least 10 kills produced in seven straight home matches.
67 – StMU's 67 assists by Bree Perry is the second best single match high this season in NCAA Division II.
2013 – StMU, claiming 12-8 all-time series lead, defeated LCU twice in the same season for the first time since 2013.
 
Up Next:
LCU remains home Saturday and will host Texas A&M International for a Heartland Conference "Senior Day" contest at noon inside Rip Griffin Center.