Match Information
Score: Lubbock Christian 3, Texas Woman's 2 (20-25, 25-21, 23-25, 25-17, 15-6)
Records: LCU (12-10, 6-7), TWU (12-10, 8-5)
Location: Rip Griffin Center – Lubbock, Texas
 
Highlights
Lubbock Christian University extended their win streak to three matches with a 3-2 win over Texas Woman's University behind a season-high 65 kills. LCU, matching a season-best .243 attack percentage, received a season-high 22 kills from Ashley Vanfleet. The Lady Chaps also received double-double performances from Bradi Marshall (55 assists, 16 digs) and Hannah Thomas (18 digs, 15 kills). Morgan Schwarz and Avery Moore had 11 kills each as well for LCU. Trixie Oche led TWU with 17 kills.

How It Happened

Set One:
The Pioneers never trailed in the opening set and received seven kills in the set from Oche to take 1-0 match lead with a .25-20 set win. Hannah Thomas led LCU with five kills in the set.

Set Two:
LCU used a 7-3 run to jump out to a 13-8 advantage. The Pioneers cut the deficit to 14-12 before LCU went on a 3-0 run to hold their distance. LCU won the set 25-21. Four different Lady Chaps had at least two kills in the set, with Thomas leading LCU with three. Tabitha Spray and Oche each had four kills for TWU.

Set Three:
The Lady Chaps produced a whopping 20 kills in the third set, with eight by Ashley Vanfleet, but it was not enough. The score was tied on 15 occasions and as late as 22-22, but TWU closed the set on a 3-1 run to claim the set 25-23. Katy Ranes led TWU in the set with four kills.
 
Set Four:
LCU responded with defense in the fourth set. They held TWU to 10 kills and produced 4.0 team blocks (compared to 0.0 by TWU). Marshall (7) and Maddie DeGuire (8) combined for 15 digs in the set. LCU led 12-11 and surged on a 13-6 run to win the set 25-17. Avery Moore led LCU with four kills in the set. Allison Mulroney supplied the Pioneers with four of the 10 kills in the set.
 
Set Five:
Lubbock Christian claimed the set with a win in the decisive set and it came with an 8-2 run to close the set. Vanfleet had five kills in the set and LCU had a 10-3 advantage in kills in the set.

Inside the Numbers:
1 – The meeting was the seventh all-time meeting between the two teams (TWU is 4-3 against LCU) and the first in which the home team won. 
3-2 – LCU improved to 3-2 this season in games carrying to a fifth set.
4 - Hannah Thomas' double-double was the fourth of her career and of the season for LCU.
11 - Morgan Schwarz's 11 kills were a career high for the senior, who is coming off Defensive Player of the Week honors in the conference.
18 – The 18 digs recorded by Hannah Thomas matches a career high from Oct. 17, 2019 against Texas-Permian Basin.
22 – Ashley Vanfleet's 22 kills was a season high, but shy of her career-high of 26.
31 - Setter Bradi Marshall notched her 33^rd career double-double and she has 16 double-doubles this season and they have come over a 20-match stretch.
55 - Marshall assisted on a season-high 55 kills. The tally was her third 50+ assist of the season and the sixth of her career. The sophomore's career high is 64 from Oct. 13, 2018 vs. West Texas A&M.

Up Next:
LCU's three-match homestand ends Saturday, as they host Midwestern State at 2 p.m. inside Rip Griffin Center.