LUBBOCK, Texas (September 8, 2017) – The Lubbock Christian University Lady Chaparrals are hosting the Chap Classic, with 12 games over a three-day span filling rip Griffin Center. The second day of action (Friday) has LCU with a pair of matches, beginning with a 1 p.m. match gainst Colorado Christian University. Their day will conclude with a 7 p.m. match against Texas Woman's University.
COLORADO CHRISTIAN (1-3) | Friday, Sept. 8 | 2 p.m.
• This meeting will mark LCU's first ever meeting against Lakewood, Color. based Colorado Christian.
• The Cougars are a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), where they are preseason picked fifth in the conference.
• Three Cougars received Preseason All-Conference honors in the RMAC. Hope Baldrica, Sophia Proano and Kylee Wurster made the list. Proana averages 3.31 kills per set on the season.
• CCU is 1-3 on the season, coming off a 3-0 win over Limestone to garner their first win of the season. Two of their losses were to No.9 Angelo State.
• The Cougars have allowed 25 aces this season, which is 13 more than they have produced.
TEXAS WOMAN'S (0-5) | Friday, Sept. 8 | 7 p.m.
• TWU owns a 3-2 all-time series advantage. Last season (Sept. 3, 2016), LCU participated in a season-opening Hilton Garden Inn Classic at TWU and defeted TWU 3-1. It was their first meeting since the 1988 season.
• The Pioneers are preseason picked eighth in the Lone Star Conference.
• Jeff Huebner is in his first season at the helm of the Pioneers. He arrived in Denton, Texas after serving as the interim head coach at Middle Tennessee State.
• The Pioneers opened Friday's Chap Classic action falling 3-2 to Southwestern Oklahoma State. Kerstin Jenkins produced 17 kills in the match for TWU.
GAME NOTES
• LCU seeks their first home win of the season. They entered the season on an eight-match winning streak at home, but fell 3-0 Thursday to Colorado Mesa.
• The Lady Chaps are seeking to end a four-match losing streak, which is their longest since 2015. They are also trying to end a sequence of 11 straight sets without a set win.
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Brynn Warnack has double-doubles in her prior two games. Thursday, she posted 21 assists and 13 digs.
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Lauren Zoller leads LCU in kills with 44. The next closest teammate is
Avery Moore and
Channing Stewart, who has 27.
• Freshman Jaden Kennedy led the team in kills Thursday with six, marking the first time she has led the team in kills in a match.
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Kelsie French is six digs away from passing 100 digs on the season. She averages 5.9 per set.
