LCU WRAPS UP FIRST LSC HOMESTAND
OPPONENT	LOCATION	DAY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS
UTPB	Rip Griffin Center	Saturday	2 p.m.	Video	Stats

Lubbock Christian University's three-match homestand and first homestand consisting of Lone Star Conference play continues Saturday with LCU hosting University of Texas of the Permian Basin. The Falcons are the only divisional opponent the Lady Chaps have not faced this season. LCU is one of three teams in the division with a .500 record (2-2), with UTPB (1-1) and West Texas A&M (1-1) joining the mix. Saturday also places LCU at the halfway point of their 10-match division schedule, which is what the conference standings are based off of (even though the conference schedule consists of 18 matches). The trio of .500-teams sits behind a 4-0 Angelo State squad.   

TEXAS - PERMIAN BASIN | Saturday, Sept. 28 | 2 p.m.
- The Lady Chaps and Falcons first squared off in 1995 and have met 42 times since, with LCU owning a 38-4 series advantage over the Falcons. UTPB's four victories came during the 2005 and 2006 seasons and the Lady Chaps have won the subsequent 15 times. Included in the mix was their latest meeting, which was a 3-2 LCU home win on Oct. 9, 2018. LCU is 17-2 all-time at home in the series. This meeting will mark their first LSC meeting. The two programs were former Heartland Conference foes and LCU was 6-0 all-time in Heartland action against the Falcons.
- UTPB was preseason picked 11th in the Lone Star Conference for a second consecutive season. They went 14-16 last season, with a 9-11 mark in conference play (finished seventh).
- The Falcons are 9-2 this season (1-1 in conference and in the division), with a 2-1 record in true road games. They come to Lubbock following a 3-0 loss Friday night in San Angelo, Texas to Angelo State. Friday night's loss ended a five-match win streak, as their prior loss was in the Chap Classic in Lubbock, as they fell to Dixie State.
- UTPB led the LSC in defensive hitting percentage, until their loss last night. They are holding opponents to a .119 hitting percentage, which bumps them to a very respectful second in the conference. They entered the week ranking ninth nationally with a conference-best 2.4 blocks per set, but enter Saturday's play with a 2.1 mark (fourth in conference).
- Travana Mathews entered the week leading the LSC and ranking fifth nationally in hitting, producing a .464 hitting percentage. She was held to six kills Friday and now ranks second in the conference with a .434 hitting mark. Mathews leads the Falcons with 77 kills.

LADY CHAP NOTES
- The Lady Chaps head into the contest with a 7-5 record, looking to improve on a 4-1 home record. LCU went 1-2 on their three-game conference-opening road trip, with the lone win occurring last Friday at Eastern New Mexico. They returned home Friday with a 3-1 win over Western New Mexico, to move them to 2-2 in conference and divisional play.
-The Lady Chaps rank second in the LSC in attacks per set (38.5), ranking 31^st nationally. Their total attacks mark of 1,810 attack attempts ranks second in the conference (44th nationally). Hannah Thomas has received much of the effort, totaling 469 attacks (leads the conference) and averaging 10.0 attacks per set (ranks second in the conference). She ranks seventh in the LSC in kills (139), ranking 13^th with 3.0 kills per set.
- Lubbock Christian has served up 68 aces in their 12 matches this season (fifth in the LSC). Maddie DeGuire leads the team in aces with 21, which ranks tied for second in the conference and 34^th nationally. She ranks third in the conference with a pace of 0.45 per set. Bradi Marshall ranks tied for fourth in the conference with 18 aces.
- Marshall also leads the LSC in assists per set with a rate of 10.1, ranking 50^th nationally. She leads the LSC in total assists with 476 (31^st nationally). Friday night marked her first division and conference match without a double-double, but she still produced a whopping 51 assists in a four-set victory for her fifth 50-plus assist performance of her career.
- LCU's right-side hitter Avery Moore has been solid for the Lady Chaps since conference play began (matched a career high with 16 kills Friday). She leads LCU with 52 kills in conference contests, with a pace of 3.3 per set. The right-side hitter has a .318 attack percentage in those contests. Moore co-leads in the LSC in conference attacks with 129 and she ranks third in kills in LSC play (52).
- Maddie DeGuire ranks second in the conference in total digs (229) and is fourth in digs per set (4.9). Her mark of 87 digs in conference play leads the LSC. DeGuire posted the fifth-highest dig total for a four-set match in NCAA Div. II this season and the highest in the Lone Star Conference this season with 35 digs Friday. DeGuire's 35 digs was a career high and it was the highest digs mark by a Lady Chap since Kelsie French posted 40 against St. Edward's on Nov. 9, 2018.
-Morgan Schwarz has shown a mix of offense and defense in conference play, averaging 1.75 kills per set on a .274 attack percentage and 0.7 blocks per set (11.0 blocks in conference play). She is eighth in the LSC with 39 blocks overall this season.
- LCU had 17 kills in two of the sets Friday night. They tie as the second-most produced in a set this season. LCU's season high is 18 from a set on Sept. 7 against UCCS.