Match Information
Score: Dallas Baptist 3, Lubbock Christian 1 (20-25, 25-21, 26-24, 25-23)
Records: Lubbock Christian (9-16, 6-5), DBU (9-14, 5-6)
Location: Burg Center - Dallas, Texas
  
Highlights
For just the fourth time in 36 all-time meetings Dallas Baptist University was able to claim victory over the Lubbock Christian University. Thursday night's loss inside Burg Center was a big one for DBU, as the Patriots staved off elimination from a Heartland Conference Tournament berth and prevented LCU from clinching their ticket to the four-team postseason tournament. The match combined for 199 digs, with LCU's Kelsey French collecting 37 digs in the match. Camille Porco led LCU with 12 kills and they received a double-double from Brynn Warnack, who posted 27 assists and 18 digs. DBU received a pair of double-double performers, with Strealy Sizelove (19 assists, 14 digs) and Alexa Lezak (14 digs, 11 kills) completing the task.
 
How It Happened
  
Set One:
The Lady Chaps had to hold off a late rally by the Patriots to take the opening set 25-20. LCU led as much as 15-10 before 6-2 DBU run cut LCU's lead to 17-16. Leading 20-19, Channing Stewart was able to start a 5-1 LCU run to close the set. Porco led LCU in the set with four kills (in six attempts). LCU had a 14-9 advantage in kills in the set.
 
Set Two:
The second set was a tightly played set. Neither team had more than a three-point lead until the Patriots matched LCU's run to end the opening set with a 5-1 run of their own to claim the second set 25-21. Three attack errors and a bad set by the Lady Chaps filled the Patriots surge to end the set. Emily Hanaway led LCU in the set with four kills. Brooke Clark led DBU in the set with four kills. Porco tried to help the Lady Chaps cause with two serving aces in the set.  
 
Set Three:
LCU tried to steal the third set, but was unsuccessful. Trailing 18-14, Jaiden Kennedy shared a block and followed with a block to cut the DBU lead to 19-17. DBU called a timeout and pushed the lead to 21-17 before Porco had a kill to cap a 6-2 LCU run to even the set at 23-23. The set would be tied 24-24 before Alexa Lezak produced a kill for DBU and an ensuing attack error by the Lady Chaps provided DBU a 26-24 set win. Clark (5) and Lezak (4) combined for nine kills in the set for DBU. Stewart and Porco each had four kills for LCU in the frame. French had a whopping 15 digs in the set, as LCU finished the set with 31 (teams combined for 61 in the set).
 
Set Four:
Neither team led by more than three points the entire fourth set, which was highlighted by seven lead changes and the score tied on 12 occasions. LCU never led after allowing an 18-17 lead slip away, although they were able to tie the score at 22-22 and 23-23. A bad set following by a kill from Lezak provided the match win with a 25-23 set final. Lezak and Katie Nicholson each had four kills in the set for DBU. French had another big dig-filled set with 10 digs. Lauren Zoller tried to help the Lady Chaps to a fifth set with seven kills in the frame for LCU.
 
Inside the Numbers:
6-1 – For the first time this season, LCU lost a match when winning the first set of the game. They are now 6-1 in the category.
7-1 – Thursday's loss marked the first loss for LCU in which they had more kills (52) than the opposition (49). LCU fell to 7-1 in the category.
12 – Camille Porco's 12 kills marked a career high, jumping past her prior high of 11 on Oct. 19 against Newman.
32-4 – LCU fell to DBU for a fourth time all-time and for the first time since Oct. 10, 2015. The Lady Chaps are now 32-4 all-time against the Patriots.
99 – The 99 digs in the match by LCU were the most produced by LCU this season and the most since posting 111 on Nov. 18, 2016 against St. Edward's.
1,904 – Kelsie French posted a season high 37 digs (her career high is 42) and moved past Nikki Ralston (1,886) and into fifth place (all-time) on LCU's career digs list with 1,904 career digs.
 
Up Next:
LCU closes out their regular season Saturday at noon in Austin, Texas facing St. Edward's for a Heartland Conference match. If LCU wins, they will clinch a berth and the third seed in the Heartland Conference Tournament.  If LCU loses, then there are a myriad of tiebreaking scenarios that can playout, along with matches-in-hand, that LCU would have to rely on to claim a berth.