BEL AIRE, Kan. (September 23, 2017) – Lubbock Christian University plays their fourth match of an eight-match road trip and they seek their first Heartland Conference win of the season Saturday facing Newman University. The match will be played off campus at Wichita Hoops. LCU aims to end a two-match losing streak.
  
NEWMAN (5-9, 0-0) | Saturday, Sept. 23 | Noon
Wichita Hoops (Bel Aire, Kan.)
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• The Lady Chaps are 6-4 against Newman in the all-time series, winning both matches last season. The prior meeting at Newman resulted in a 3-0 LCU win on Oct. 20, 2016.
• Newman has made Heartland Conference Tournament appearances the three prior seasons and are preseason picked fourth in the Heartland Conference, receiving one first-place vote.
• Saturday's match marks the Heartland Conference opener for Newman. The Jets are coming off a 3-1 win over NAIA Park University, which ended a four-match losing streak.
• Newman leads the Heartland Conference and ranks 29^th nationally in aces with 78. Anna Burton and Reagan Roth each rank third in the conference and co-lead the team with 14 aces.
• Megan Pedersen is one of five players nationally with at least two triple-doubles on the season.
 
GAME NOTES
• LCU is holding an 0-1 conference record for the third time in the last 15 seasons after dropping a 3-1 decision Thursday at Arkansas – Fort Smith.
• The Lady Chaps rank 54^th nationally in digs per set (17.6), with Kelsie French ranking 22^nd individually with 5.8 digs per set. She is 30^th nationally in total digs with 233. She has produced at least 20 digs in six consecutive matches.
• Emily Hanaway is coming off Heartland Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors. The junior from Leander, Texas averaged 4.3 kills per set and averaged five points a set. At Texas - Permian Basin, she produced a season-high 19 kills (tied for the second most in her LCU career). On the week, she also hit .356 with three aces and two blocks. She led LCU against Newman last season in Wichita with nine kills.
• Channing Stewart is coming off a nine-kill performance Thursday, which matched a season high in kills.
• Lauren Zoller ranks second in the Heartland Conference in attacks per set with a pace of 9.7 per set.
• LCU averages 38.1 attacks per set, which ranks in the top-50 nationally at 42^nd.