Match Information
Score: Lubbock Christian 3, Eastern New Mexico 1 (21-25, 25-22, 25-16, 25-21)
Records: Lubbock Christian (17-6, 12-2), ENMU (6-8, 6-16)
Location: Rip Griffin Center – Lubbock, Texas

Highlights
Lubbock Christian University won a fifth consecutive match with a 3-1 Lone Star Conference home win over Eastern New Mexico. The win puts LCU a win away, or a loss by Texas A&M-Commerce, from clinching an opening round bye (top four teams in the LSC receive a bye and get to advance straight to the final site of the LSC Volleyball Championships. Jenna Lyons led LCU with 13 kills Friday. Her efforts were supported by strong defensive net presence. LCU notched 12 blocks, with Sage Chain leading LCU with 8.0 blocks. She also added 11 kills on a .269 attack percentage for a 16-point night. Jalee Sims had a match-high 43 assists. ENMU, who had their five-match win streak snapped, had 11 kills each from Jasmine Gannon and Mikaela Garvin. Gannon added 13 digs for the game's lone double-double performance.     
           
How It Happened

Set One:
LCU witnessed a 7-3 and 16-13 lead go to the wayside in the opening set. ENMU, trailing 16-13, went on a 5-1 run and closed the set on a 6-1 run. The Greyhounds scored the final four points to win the set 25-21. ENMU hit .323 in the opening frame and had five players with at least two kills in the set. They also had 5.0 blocks, with six different Greyhounds registering a block. Jenna Lyons (4) and Aaliyah Gray (3) combined for seven kills in the opening set for LCU.    

Set Two:
The second set was mixed with early runs. LCU broke a 3-3 tie with a 4-0 run, but ENMU called a timeout and responded with a 5-1 run to tie the set at 8-8. The trend continued with ENMU countering another 4-0 LCU run (featured two kills from Lyons) with a 4-0 run to keep the set tied (13-13). It would stay tight until LCU, trailing 21-20, called a timeout and returned with two kills from Hannah Froeschl and an ace from Chloe Menard to ignite a 5-1 run to close the set with a 25-22 win. Lyons produced six kills in the set that contained 13 scoring ties and five lead changes. LCU had 14 kills in the set and hit .290.    

Set Three:
With the set tied 4-4, LCU went on a 6-1 run capped by a serving ace from Zoe Parker for a 10-5 lead. It was part of an overall 10-1 run to build a 14-6 lead. ENMU tried to chip away, going on a 7-3 scoring run to cut LCU's lead to 17-13. LCU would go on to end the set on a 6-1 run for a 25-16 set win. Chain led LCU with five kills in the set, as LCU had their best attacking set, hitting .357 (two attack errors on the set). Kaitlyn Mayo and Froeschl each had three blocks in the frame, as LCU had a 5-1 advantage in team blocks.   
 
Set Four:
The final set was played closer than the score indicated and the statistics, as ENMU had 11 attack errors (compared to five by LCU). Qitana Sapiga had an ace to cap a 7-1 'Hounds run, and they led 9-5. Chain halted the run with a kill, which was one of two she had before ENMU had five errors leading to a 9-2 LCU scoring surge. She also had three blocks in the scoring run, which provided a short-lived 14-11 lead. ENMU's Gannon recorded a kill to rally a 6-1 lead for a 17-15 Greyhounds lead, which included a pair of kills from Rae Sapiga. The Greyhounds led 20-18, but then committed five attack errors and a serving error to allow LCU to end the match on a 7-1 run. Chain had the only kill during the run to claim three kills and four blocks in the set, and her final kill was the 25^th point to give LCU a 25-21 set win to claim the match.  
 
Inside the Numbers:

16-2	LCU's win moved them to 17-6 overall and to 7-1 at home. With LCU 9-1 on the road and 7-1 at home, LCU improves to 16-2 in non-neutral site matches.
12	The Lady Chaps posted a team block mark of 12.0, marking the third consecutive conference home game in which LCU had had at least 11 blocks. The total of 12.0 blocks Friday tied for the eighth-most blocks in a four-set match since 2008.
14-0	Winning the third set, LCU improved to 14-0 on the season when winning the third set.
8	Sage Chain, whose career high is nine blocks, recorded eight blocks, and the amount is tied for the fourth-most for a four-set match since the 2008 season.
19	LCU won the second set of the match 25-22. It is the 19th time (of 23 matches) in which LCU has won the set. Last season, LCU lost the second set in all 13 matches last season.
29	The game featured the score tied up 29 times, which topped the prior game's mark of 28 (at UT Permian Basin), which had been a season-high mark until Friday.
30	The win was LCU's 30th all-time against ENMU, but they still trail the all-time series 33-30 despite their fourth consecutive head-to-head win over ENMU. LCU is 17-11 all-time in the series at home against ENMU.

 
What's Next:
LCU remains home Saturday for Senior Day. Senior members Froeschl, Lyons and Sims will be recognized prior to LCU hosting No.25 West Texas A&M, who lost Friday at Angelo State. The winning team may have the upper hand in regional rankings and LSC tournament seedings for the LSC Championships. Opening serve is set for 2 p.m. at Rip Griffin Center.