Match Information
Score: Lubbock Christian 3, Texas Woman's 1 (25-22, 29-27, 20-25, 25-20)
Records: Lubbock Christian (12-5, 8-1), TWU (7-13, 3-7)
Location: Kitty Magee Arena – Denton, Texas

Highlights
Lubbock Christian University used balance and timely timeouts to close a three-match Lone Star Conference road trip with a 3-1 win to improve to 7-1 on the road. The win places LCU with a 9-1 record over their prior 10 matches, as they are now 12-5 overall and 8-1 in LSC play. LCU responded from timeouts with a pair of 4-0 and 2-0 runs, which were in crucial situations during the match. The tightly played match featured 15 lead changes and a combined 27 times the score was knotted up. Jenna Lyons and Aaliyah Gray each had 11 kills and Hannah Froeschl contributed 10 for the Lady Chaps, who combined for 11.0 team blocks. Froeschl (7) and Lyons (6) combined for 13 blocks (Sage Chain also provided four). Jalee Sims posted a double-double with 34 assists and 19 digs, while also adding six kills and a pair of aces. Teammate Kendall Mahaney led LCU with 20 digs. Addison Mulroney, of TWU, led all players with 14 kills and also completed a double-double with 17 digs. Cara Pool had 11 kills and eight blocks and Bailey Wozniak had 10 digs, nine kills, six blocks and three aces in the losing effort for the Pioneers.            
           
How It Happened

Set One:
TWU had a trio of 3-0 runs late in the opening set, eliminating LCU leads of 15-11, 16-14 and 21-17. LCU, leading 21-20, used a pivotal timeout, as they responded with a kill from Froeschl and an ace from Sims for a 23-20 lead. The Lady Chaps, who had a 5-0 set trailing 17-16 in the frame, captured the set 25-22. Froeschl led LCU in the set with four kills, and all four were compiled over the span of LCU's final eight points in the set. LCU had three serving aces and TWU had four service errors, helping LCU receive seven points in the set off serves.     

Set Two:
LCU's pivotal timeouts continued in the second set, which had eight lead changes and the score tied up on 12 occasions. Trailing 18-17, following a 6-2 Pioneers run, LCU called a timeout and followed with a Jenna Lyons kill to spark a 4-0 run for a 21-18 lead. LCU called another timeout following a TWU run, as TWU was about to serve their first set-point of the set and leading 25-24. LCU responded from the timeout with three points off a 4-1 run stemming from LCU blocks, and LCU won the set 29-27. There were six set-point serves in the frame, with LCU claiming the set on their fifth set-point serve. Sims provided 10 digs in the set for LCU. TWU lost the set despite five kills from Addison Mulroney.         

Set Three:
TWU controlled the third set tempo after a 13-2 scoring run built a 20-13 advantage for the Pioneers. Sims ended the run with a kill and it started a 4-0 LCU run. LCU was unable to cut the deficit any further and TWU won the set 25-20 behind a 16-10 kill advantage. Lyons pounded six kills in the set for LCU, while TWU received 10 assists, four kills, two aces and two blocks in the set from Bailey Wozniak.     
 
Set Four:
It looked as if TWU gained momentum off the third set victory, opening the fourth set with a 5-0 lead, but LCU called a timeout and returned with a 4-0 run to trail 5-4. A 5-1 LCU run, highlighted by a pair of kills from Sage Chain and Aaliyah Gray, helped give LCU a 10-9 lead for their first lead in the set. LCU had 18 kills in the set (Sims had 14 assists) and produced a pair of 6-2 runs, including ending the set on a 6-2 run, during the set to clinch the match with a 25-20 set win. Aaliyah Gray had seven kills in the final set.
 
Inside the Numbers:

10-1	LCU's win moved them to 12-5 on the season and 8-1 in conference play. With LCU 4-0 at home and now 7-1 on the road, LCU improves to 11-1 in non-neutral site matches.
5-4	TWU had a 55-48 advantage in kills. LCU moved to 5-4 this season when their opponents have more kills. LCU's 18 kills in the fourth set led to an 18-11 advantage in kills in the set, which ended a sequence of 12 consecutive sets in which the opposition had more kills than LCU.
11	The Pioneers had 11 serving errors in the match. Combining aces with opponents serving errors, LCU had a 16-10 advantage in points off serves. With three serving errors for LCU, the Lady Chaps have five serving errors combined over the past four games, while their opponents have combined for 26 over the same span.
2-5	The Lady Chaps won their second consecutive match of the season in which they lost the third set. They had been 0-5 when losing the third set this season until the sequence over the past two matches.
7	Hannah Froeschl had seven blocks (one solo) for a second consecutive match, matching a career high and completing the task for a fourth time this season. No other Lady Chap has matched Froeschl's total mark this season.
10	LCU's Jalee Sims notched her 11th double-double of the season and it was her 21st of her LCU career.
20	LCU produced 86 digs, matching a season high. Kendall Mahaney had a team-leading 20 digs, marking her fifth career match to reach at least 20 digs.
13	Jenna Lyons matched her career high in blocks Friday with three, and broke the mark Saturday with a new career-high total mark of six blocks.
28	LCU won despite a season-high 28 attack errors.
2-0	The Lady Chaps improved to 2-0 all-time in Denton. They still trail the all-time series 5-4 to the Pioneers.

 
Next Up:
LCU has their "Play for the Cure" match Friday at 6 p.m., as they host UT Tyler for a LSC conference match inside Rip Griffin Center. UTT is 14-0 and is the LSC's only unbeaten team.