DALLAS, Texas (September 13, 2018) – The Lubbock Christian University Lady Chaparrals make a trip to the Dallas area Thursday to open a trio of non-conference games against Heartland Conference opponents in a conference preview event. Thursday, they face DBU (Dallas Baptist University) inside Burg Center at 4:30 p.m. before facing St. Edward's and Newman Friday at Advantage Sports Complex in Carrollton, Texas.  
 
DALLAS BAPTIST | Thur., Sep. 13 | 4:30 p.m.
- The Lady Chaps hold a staggering 32-4 all-time record against the Patriots. LCU opened the all-time series winning the first 23 meetings dating back to 1983. DBU won the previous meeting 3-1 (Nov. 2, 2017), ending a streak of four consecutive wins by LCU.
- DBU was preseason picked sixth in the Heartland Conference. They went 10-16 last season, with a 5-7 mark in conference play.
- The Patriots are 5-4 this season, with a 1-0 record at home. They are coming off a 3-0 win Friday over Southern Arkansas, behind a 10-kill performance from Brooke Clark.
- DBU ranks 36^th nationally in in blocks per set with a mark of 2.16 (second in the conference). Katie Nicholson ranks third in the conference with 1.03 blocks per set.
- The Pats hitting percentage of .204 leads the conference. Nicholson is third in the conference with a .292 hitting percentage.
 
GAME NOTES
- Lubbock Christian takes a 5-6 record into Dallas and they are 1-1 in true road games this season.
- Seven of LCU's 11 matches have resulted in straight-set wins. LCU is 3-4 in games resulting in 3-0 finals.    
- Aces per set (1.2) is the only team statistical category LCU ranks inside the top-three in the Heartland Conference, ranking second. Maddie DeGuire leads the conference in aces per set with 0.36.
- LCU's six losses have come to teams that have combined for a 55-12 (82.1%) record this season.
- Kelsie French leads the Heartland Conference in digs per set (5.4), ranking 32^nd nationally in the category. She ranks second among active career digs leaders with 2,176 career digs. French is 20 digs away from passing Meagan Kamplain (2002-05) to rank third on LCU's career digs list.
- Lauren Zoller passed 600 career kills Saturday in LCU's win over Arkansas-Monticello. She breaks into the top-200 in active career kills leaders, ranking at 186^th with 602.