LCU PLAYS FINAL DIVISIONAL ROAD MATCH
OPPONENT	LOCATION	DAY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS
Western N.M.	Drag's Court	Saturday	2 p.m.	Video	Stats

Lubbock Christian University plays their final divisional road game Saturday, heading to Silver City, N.M. to face Western New Mexico. The stakes are high following a 3-1 loss Thursday at Texas – Permian Basin, as LCU has dropped their last five (three divisional road games) road matches. A win Saturday places LCU on the verge of clinching a berth to the 12-team field of the Lone Star Conference Championships, and a loss would place LCU into an extreme battle for the fourth-place spot in the division. LCU is 3-5 in the division (in fourth place), as WNMU is 1-4 (fifth place) in divisional play.
 
WESTERN NEW MEXICO | Sat., Oct. 19 | 2 p.m. (CST)
- LCU and Western New Mexico are meeting for the 12th time all-time, but it marks the second meeting as conference foes. The first resulted in a 3-1 LCU win on Sept. 27 in Lubbock. WNMU leads the all-time series with a 7-4 mark. LCU has won the prior three meetings. The series goes back to 1986, but the two teams have only met twice since the 1996 season. Sept. 10, 1993 marks LCU's only match in Silver City, N.M. (2-0 WNMU win).
- WNMU is preseason picked to finish 15th in the Lone Star Conference. They went 10-19 overall last season, finishing ninth in the LSC with a 6-14 conference mark. They are 4-13 this season, with a 2-7 conference mark and a 1-4 record in divisional play. WNMU is 1-3 at home.
- The Mustangs are on a four-match losing streak following a 3-0 loss Thursday to No.18 Angelo State. Bria Augustine had nine kills and nine digs in the loss for the Mustangs.
- Serving aces is one of WNMU's best statistics, ranking 14th in the LSC with 1.3 aces per set. Eleven different Mustangs have at least one ace this season.
- Erin Moss is the go-to for the Mustangs, ranking seventh in the LSC in attacks per set (8.9). She connects on an average of 2.9 kills per set, which is 13th in the conference. She is 13th in the LSC in points per set (3.3).
 
LADY CHAP NOTES
- The Lady Chaps head into the contest with an 9-10 record, looking to end a sequence of five consecutive road losses (three straight in division play). They are 3-7 in conference matches and 3-5 in divisional play (two division matches remaining).
-The Lady Chaps lead the LSC in attacks per set (38.4), ranking 26^th nationally. Their total attacks mark of 2,918 attack attempts ranks second in the conference (28^th nationally). Hannah Thomas has received much of the effort, totaling 698 attacks (leads the conference) and averaging 9.8 attacks per set (ranks fourth in the conference). She ranks tied for 11^th in the LSC in kills (189).
- Lubbock Christian has served up 104 aces in their 19 matches this season (fourth in the LSC). Maddie DeGuire leads the team in aces with 27, which ranks tied for second in the conference and 66^th nationally. She ranks tied for sixth in the conference with a pace of 0.36 per set. Bradi Marshall and Hannah Thomas are each ranking tied for eighth in the conference with 22 aces.
- Marshall ranks second in the LSC in assists per set with a rate of 9.6, ranking 63^rd nationally. She leads the LSC in total assists with 727 (25^th nationally). She is coming off her 30^th career double-double Thursday against UTPB (13^th of the season).
- LCU's right-side hitter Avery Moore has been solid for the Lady Chaps since conference play began, leading LCU with 127 kills in conference contests (tied for second in conference), with a pace of 3.2 per set (11th in conference). The right-side hitter has a .265 attack percentage in those contests. Moore is second in the LSC in conference attacks with 336, behind teammate Hannah Thomas (343).
- Maddie DeGuire ranks second in the conference in total digs (361) and is third in digs per set (4.8). Her mark of 201 digs in conference play is third in the LSC (fourth with a pace of 5.0 per set in conference).
- Morgan Schwarz has shown a mix of offense and defense in conference play, averaging 1.9 kills per set on a .311 attack percentage and 0.7 blocks per set (28.0 blocks in conference play). Her .311 attack percentage in conference play ranks 10th in the LSC and she ranks tied for eighth in the LSC with 61 blocks overall this season.
- LCU opponents have been called for 63 ball handling errors this season (22 have been called against LCU).
-Several career milestones were hit Thursday in Odessa for the Lady Chaps, as Ashley Vanfleet surpassed 500 kills (504), Maddie DeGuire hit the 800-dig mark (801) and Bradi Marshall topped 1,800 career assists (1804). Marshall is 196 assists away from becoming the 11^th Lady Chaps member to top 2,000 career assists.
-Thursday, the LCU Athletic Department announced Mandy Polk has been promoted from interim head coach to head coach, officially marking her as the sixth head coach in program history.