Match Information
Score: Lubbock Christian 3, Dallas Baptist 1 (25-23, 25-22, 24-26, 25-22)
Records: Lubbock Christian (6-12, 3-3), Dallas Baptist (6-10, 2-3)
Location: Rip Griffin Center, Lubbock, Texas
  
Highlights
Lubbock Christian University received 19 kills from Channing Stewart and claimed their first two-match win streak of the season with a 3-1 win over Dallas Baptist University Saturday afternoon inside Rip Griffin Center. Two of the sets were decided by two-point margins and the other two were decided by a three-point margin, as LCU won their third consecutive Heartland Conference match to place their conference record at 3-3. Along with Stewart's offensive contributions, the Lady Chaps also received double-double performances from Brynn Warnack (39 assists, 11 digs) and Lauren Zoller (11 kills, 10 digs), and a season high 34 digs from Kelsie French. DBU had a pair of double-double performers as well, with Strealy Sizelove (22 assists, 16 digs) and Alexa Lezak (17 digs, 11 kills).
 
How It Happened
  
Set One:
The Lady Chaps took the big lead early, using a pair of kills from Lauren Zoller to take a 9-3 advantage. They led as much as 14-7 before DBU creeped back scoring 12 of the next 17 points to tie the set 19-19. It was a see-saw the rest of the way, until LCU tallied the final two points off a DBU attack error and a set-clinching kill from Avery Moore to give the Lady Chaps a 1-0 match lead off a 25-23 set win. LCU used a 13-9 kill advantage in the set, with five players registering at least two kills in the set. They also received 10 digs from Kelsie French.
 
Set Two:
LCU rattled off the first six points (6-0), with Jaiden Kennedy getting in the offensive mix with a pair of kills, but DBU had a strong answer with a 9-3 rally to tie the set 9-9. DBU led 20-17 before LCU bounced back with a 4-0 run capped by an ace from Brynn Warnack for a 21-20 lead. Lauren Zoller clinched the set closing a 4-1 run with a kill for a 25-22 set win. Channing Stewart produced five kills in the set, as LCU produced 16 in the set (Kennedy had four kills). 
 
Set Three:
LCU played from behind most of the third set after DBU opened the set with a 6-3 advantage. LCU eventually tied the match at 9-9, 11, 14-14, 15-15 and 17-17 before a solo block by Camille Porco led to an 18-17 LCU lead. It went back and forth until the score was tied at 24-24, and that's when a kill by DBU's SidneeJo Pitzpatrick and a LCU attack error led to DBU winning the set 26-26 to force a fourth set. Stewart led LCU with five kills, while Alexa Lezak led DBU in the set with four kills.
 
Set Four:
An 8-1 run by the Lady Chaps helped LCU jump out to a 12-5 advantage in the fourth set. Porco manufactured three kills during the run. Trailing 17-11, DBU would make a late charge. They scored the next three points and used a 7-3 run to cut LCU's lead to 23-22. Any thoughts of a fifth set were erased as back-to-back kills credited to Stewart won the set (25-22) and the match (3-1) for LCU. The kills also provided Stewart with seven in the fourth set. French had 13 of LCU's 29 digs in the set.
 
Inside the Numbers:
4-0 – Of LCU's 18 matches, Saturday marked the fourth time LCU has won the opening set, and they have now completed the task in two straight matches. They are now 4-0 this season when winning the first set.
5 – Brynn Warnack matched Cory Jo Martin as the co-leader in double-doubles for LCU. Warnack's double-double was her fifth of the season.
8 – LCU has won eight consecutive Heartland Conference matches at home.
10 – LCU won despite seven serving errors and 10 ball handling errors.
19 – Channing Stewart's 19 kills was a season high for the outside hitter, who had not posted double figures in kills this season (prior to Saturday). Her career high is 25. The mark of 19 matches Emily Hanaway for the most by a Lady Chap this season.
30 – Each team produced over 30 errors Saturday, with LCU committing 31 attack errors and DBU producing 32. It marked the second consecutive game (fourth this season) in which LCU's opponent had produced at least 30 attack errors. LCU's 31 errors were the most since Sept. 8 and it marked the third time this season they committed at least 30.
32-3 – LCU's win was their fourth consecutive win over DBU and they have won 32 of the 35 all-time meetings.
 
Up Next:
LCU has a five-match homestand on the horizon, but not before a quick trip Tuesday to Wichita Falls, Texas, where LCU will face Midwestern State at 6 p.m. inside Ligon Coliseum.