LUBBOCK, Texas (October 2, 2021) – Lubbock Christian University faces their toughest conference challenge to date (this season), welcoming in Texas A&M-Kingsville, who is coming to Lubbock following their first loss of the season Friday at Angelo State. First-serve for the match inside Rip Griffin Center is at 2 p.m. and it closes out a LSC weekend homestand.
 

Lone Star Conference - vs. TAMUK
OPPONENT	LOCATION	DAY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS
Texas A&M-Kingsville	Rip Griffin Center	Sat, Oct. 2	2 p.m.	Video	Stats

TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE | Saturday, Oct. 2 | 2 p.m. | 
- The Lady Chaps and Javelinas first squared off in 1979 and have met eight times all-time (series is tied 4-4).  Of the eight prior meetings, five were neutral site contests. The last three meetings were on-campus meetings, with LCU hosting TAMUK in their previous meeting (3-2 LCU win on Oct. 1, 2019 in which they overcame a 3-0 deficit and had a program record low .012 hitting percentage for a win). LCU is 2-0 against TAMUK in Lubbock.
- TAMUK was preseason picked third in the Lone Star Conference. They went 13-1 last season, with a 12-0 mark in conference play (won the South Division).
- The Javelinas are 8-1 this season (3-1 in conference matches), with a 1-1 record in true road games after suffering a 3-0 loss at Angelo State. The loss snapped a 20-match win streak in regular season games. They entered the week as one of nine NCAA Division II programs with an unbeaten record.
- TAMUK opens the week ranking 27^th nationally and second in the LSC in hitting percentage at .250, but Friday's loss bumped them down to fifth in the conference at .229. Jackie Alanis leads the team and is 19th in the LSC with a hitting mark of .278.
- Nicole Murff has served up 15 aces on the season and is second in the LSC. (43^rd nationally) with 0.45 aces per set. Ayanna Jackson is the next closest teammate in total aces, as she has seven on the season.
 
LADY CHAP NOTES
-With a 3-0 win Friday over Texas A&M International, the Lady Chaps are one of three LSC programs with a 5-0 conference record. If LCU claims a win over TAMUK, they will have their first seven-match win streak since a 12-match win streak during the 2018 season and first 6-0 conference start since 2018.
-LCU's week of action was to begin Tuesday with a non-conference match inside Rip Griffin Center against Wayland Baptist, but the match was rescheduled for Monday, October 25 (non-Covid19 reasons).
-LCU went 0-13 in the second set of matches played last season. This season, LCU has won the second set in 12 of their 14 matches (LCU is 9-3 when winning the second set). LCU is 10-0 this season when winning the third set and 8-0 when winning the opening set.  
-Last season, LCU had an attack percentage of .080, which ranked 16^th in the LSC. This season, LCU is hitting .239 and ranks fourth in the LSC and 41^st nationally. Hannah Froeschl leads LCU in hitting, ranking fifth in the LSC hitting .337. 
- Froeschl averaged 10.5 points per match in road wins over Cameron and Midwestern State last weekend. She hit .375 with seven kills and three blocks in a straight-set win at Cameron, and followed with eight kills and a career-high matching seven blocks in a 12.5-point performance at MSU. In the win at MSU, LCU produced 13.0 blocks, matching the third-highest mark for a four-set match since 2008 and the most on the road since 2011.
- Jalee Sims had her streak of consecutive double-double performances end at six games. She leads LCU with eight on the season (she has 18 in her career). She ranks fifth in the LSC in assists (363) and is sixth in assists per set (7.89).
-With the combination of setter-play by Sims and Kayton Genenbacher, LCU ranks third in the LSC in assists (503) and eighth in assists per set (11.7). LCU's hitting percentage of .237 ranks 41st nationally, which is their highest national ranking in an offensive category.
-The Lady Chaps lead the LSC in conference play in holding opponents to a hitting percentage of .061. LCU has held the opposition to a sub-.100 hitting percentage in four of their five LSC matches.
- Kendall Mahaney ranks fourth in the LSC in digs (201) and 10th in digs per set (4.4). She has four matches with at least 20 digs on the season and had a career-high 23-dig performance last week at Cameron.
- LCU has limited their opponents to 42 aces this season, which plays out to 0.9 per set and ranks as the second-best mark in the LSC.
- While LCU has served up 53 aces on the season, with aces from 10 different Lady Chaps. Zoe Parker leads LCU with 12 serving aces. On the error side, LCU opponents have served 72 errors (1.6 per set), while LCU has produced 44 serving errors.
- Aaliyah Gray leads LCU in kills with 124 kills (11th in the LSC) and was the first Lady Chap to hit the 100-mark on the season. She has 2.88 per set, which has her 13^th in the LSC.