ODESSA, Texas (October 30, 2021) – Lubbock Christian University plays a pivotal game in the Lone Star Conference volleyball standings Saturday at Falcon Dome, as LCU faces University of Texas of the Permian Basin. The match is a battle between two programs fighting to secure one of the top four spots in the standings, which receive an opening round bye in the 12-team LSC Championships (tournament).
 

Lone Star Conference Volleyball
OPPONENT	LOCATION	DAY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS
UT Permian Basin	Odessa, Texas	Sat, Oct. 30	2 p.m.	Video	Stats

UT PERMIAN BASIN | Saturday, Oct. 30 | 2 p.m. | 
- The Lady Chaps and Falcons first squared off in 1995 and have met 48 times since, with LCU owning a 39-9 series advantage over the Falcons.  LCU had won 15 consecutive matches prior to 2019, but UTPB has won five of the last six meetings, including a head-to-head record of 3-1 last season. LCU is 18-4 all-time in Odessa in the series, with the two teams splitting a two-game conference series last season in Odessa. This meeting will mark their seventh LSC meeting (UTPB is 5-1 in the series with both teams being LSC members). The two programs were former Heartland Conference foes and LCU was 6-0 all-time in Heartland action against the Falcons.
- UTPB went 5-10 last season, going 3-9 in LSC play. They qualified for the LSC Championships, where they defeated St. Edward's in the opening round. They are preseason picked 10th this season in the LSC.
- UT Permian Basin is 14-6 this season and are 9-3 in LSC play following a 3-1 home loss Thursday to Angelo State. The loss was the Falcons first home loss of the season, placing them with a 5-1 mark at home.
- UTPB has the nation's third-best attacks per set rate, with 40.48 attacks per set. Individually, Aquincia Strambler leads UTPB and is seventh in the LSC with 9.04 attacks per set (Strambler's 3.6 kills per set ranks sixth in the LSC).
- The Falcons enters the week leading the LSC in digs and is ranked 15^th nationally with a per set rate of 18.4 digs per set. They recorded 93 digs Thursday to bump up their mark to 18.7 digs per set.  Daylee Doggett leads the Falcons with 4.71 digs per set, which ranks sixth.
 
LADY CHAP NOTES
- LCU opened conference play with their best conference start since 2018 (6-0 start) and enter Saturday's play 15-6 overall and 10-2 in conference, which has them in fourth place in the LSC (UT Permian Basin sits in fifth place). The Lady Chaps defeated Western New Mexico Thursday 3-0 to clinch one of 12 berths to the LSC Championships. LCU, in their third season in the LSC, last qualified in 2019.
- Of the Lady Chaps six losses on the season, four are against nationally ranked programs.
- The Lady Chaps have provided balance in conference play, as Jenna Lyons (102), Hannah Froeschl (99), Aaliyah Gray (95) and Sage Chain (85) each have over 80 kills in LSC play. Zoe Parker has 13 aces, Kendall Mahaney has 4.33 digs per set, Froeschl has 1.21 blocks per set and Jalee Sims has provided 9.14 assists per set in LSC contests. Froeschl co-leads the LSC in blocks in conference matches, with a mark of 51 (second in blocks per set at 1.21). LCU leads the LSC in conference matches, averaging 2.43 blocks per set.
- Lubbock Christian is 8-1 in road matches this season, hitting .213 and holding the home teams to a .169 mark in attack percentage. Hannah Froeschl is hitting .312 with 2.66 kills per set on the road. Aaliyah Gray leads the team with 87 road kills (Froeschl has 85), putting her with a per-set rate of 2.81. LCU has a 34-31 advantage in serving aces on the road. Froeschl leads LCU on the road with 1.12 blocks per set and has 36 total blocks (Sage Chain is second with 29 blocks).
- LCU went 0-13 in the second set of matches played last season. This season, LCU has won the second set in 17 of their 21 matches (LCU is 13-4 when winning the second set). LCU is 12-0 when winning the opening set and 12-0 this season when winning the third set.  
- Last season, LCU had an attack percentage of .080, which ranked 16^th in the LSC. This season, LCU is hitting .220 and ranks fourth in the LSC and 70^th nationally. Hannah Froeschl leads LCU in hitting, ranking 11th in the LSC hitting .300. 
- Jalee Sims has 12 double-doubles over the past 17 matches, which has her with 23 in her LCU career (13 on the season). She ranks second in the LSC in assists (629) and is sixth in assists per set (8.50). Last Saturday, she had a career-high 54 assists for her first match with at least 50 assists in her LCU career. She enters Saturday five assists away from hitting the 1,000 mark in her LCU career. Brady Marshall was the last Lady Chaps member to eclipse 1,000 career assists, completing the task in 2018.
- LCU has 48 team blocks over the prior five matches, which has them fourth in the LSC in total blocks (160) and fourth in blocks per set (2.11 per set, ranking 49^th nationally). Sage Chain is averaging 4.8 blocks per match in the span, including a career-high nine-block outing against Texas A&M-Commerce, which is the best mark by a Lady Chaps member this season. Hannah Froeschl is third in the conference in blocks (75), with a pace of 0.99 per set, which ranks fourth in the conference (77^th nationally). Chain is not far behind, ranking tied for fourth in total blocks (70) and seventh in average blocks per set (0.92).
-With the combination of setter-play by Jalee Sims and Kayton Genenbacher, LCU ranks seventh in the conference assists per set (11.62).
-The Lady Chaps rank third in the LSC in conference play in holding opponents to a hitting percentage of .132. LCU has held the opposition to a sub-.100 hitting percentage in five of their 12 LSC matches.
- True freshman Kendall Mahaney ranks ninth in the LSC in digs per set (4.38) and sixth in total digs (333). She has seven matches with at least 20 digs on the season and her season and career-high mark is a 26-dig performance she recorded last Saturday against Texas A&M-Commerce.
- LCU has limited their opponents to 73 aces this season, which plays out to 0.96 per set and ranks as the second-best mark in the LSC (behind Angelo State at 0.79). They have a mark of 0.93 (aces per set allowed by their opponents) in LSC matches, which is also second in the conference. They have held their opponents without an ace in two matches this season.
- The Lady Chaps have served up 87 aces on the season, with aces from 10 different Lady Chaps. Kendall Mahaney and Chloe Menard co-lead LCU, as each have 15 serving aces (Zoe Parker and Hannah Froeschl each have 15 and Mady McCully has 11). On the error side, LCU opponents have served 112 errors (1.47 per set), while LCU has produced 59 serving errors.
- Aaliyah Gray leads LCU in kills per set with a rate of 2.75 per set, which has her 16^th in the LSC in the category. Jenna Lyons follows her, 22^nd in the LSC, with a rate of 2.53 per set.
- The Lady Chaps face a mascot/nickname anomaly heading into the weekend. LCU will face the Mustangs (WNMU) and the Falcons (UTPB) this weekend, marking the second program this season LCU has faced using those nicknames. They will mark the fourth and fifth programs LCU faces that uses the same nickname. The others are Lions (2), Patriots (2) and Pioneers (2).