LUBBOCK, Texas (November 6, 2021) – Lubbock Christian University plays their final home game of the regular season Saturday, hosting No.25 West Texas A&M for Senior Day and a Rivalry on the Range match-up. Either a win by LCU or a loss by Texas A&M-Commerce in their match Saturday will result in LCU receiving one of four opening round byes for the Lone Star Conference Championships.
 

Lone Star Conference - Rivalry On The Range
OPPONENT	LOCATION	DAY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS
No.25 West Texas A&M	Rip Griffin Center	Sat, Nov. 6	2 p.m.	Video	Stats

 
WEST TEXAS A&M | Saturday, Nov. 6 | 2 p.m. | 
- Saturday's meeting marks the 48^th all-time matchup between the Lady Chaps and Lady Buffs (seventh as conference foes). WTAMU has had the upper hand in the series with a 33-13-1 all-time series lead. The Lady Buffs went 3-1 against the Lady Chaps last season, with the home team winning the first three matchups. The season series concluded with a 3-0 WT win in Lubbock on Feb. 24. LCU is 6-13 all-time at home against WTAMU.
- WTAMU went 10-4 last season, going 9-3 in LSC play. Their 2020 season ended in the semifinals of the LSC Championships, falling 3-0 to UT Tyler. This season, the Lady Buffs have rolled out to an 18-3 season, and they are 12-2 in the conference.
- In a battle between LSC 12-1 programs in San Angelo, Texas Friday, No.6 Angelo State defeated WT 3-0. It ended the Lady Buffs 12-game win streak.
- WT's defense enters the week third nationally in holding opponents to a .094 attack percentage. There have only been two matches this season in which their opponents have hit over .200 (.256 has been the highest percentage allowed).
- Serving as assistant coach for the Lady Buffs is former LCU interim head coach and former Lady Chaps player Christa Branson. Branson played four seasons (2011-2014) for the Lady Chaps, spending much of the time at Libero. She combined for 986 digs (3.78 per set) in 83 career matches while at LCU. She joined the Lady Chaps coaching staff in 2019 and served as the interim head coach last season.
 
LADY CHAP NOTES
- LCU opened conference play with their best conference start since 2018 (6-0 start) and enter Saturday's play 17-6 overall and 12-2 in conference, which has them tied for third place in the LSC with West Texas A&M.

- The Lady Chaps have already clinched one of 12 berths to the LSC Championships, and they are fighting to clinch one of four first-round-byes. With three conference matches remaining, LCU is one win away from clinching a bye, or a loss by Texas A&M-Commerce, who hosts UT Tyler. LCU, in their third season in the LSC, last qualified in 2019.

- The NCAA released the region rankings of the NCAA Division II South Central Region, and LCU is occupying the No.9 spot, as the rankings made their debut this week.

- Of the Lady Chaps six losses on the season, four are against nationally ranked programs. Saturday, the Lady Chaps meet a nationally ranked opponent for a fifth time this season, as they are 0-4 against AVCA Top-25 nationally ranked programs after a 3-1 loss to No.4 Washburn, a 3-0 loss to No.15 Colorado School of Mines (both were on Sept. 10), a Oct. 6 loss (3-0) at Angelo State and a 3-1 home loss on Oct. 22 to No.15 UT Tyler. LCU is 2-11 since 2015 against nationally ranked programs. Their last win over a ranked opponent was a 3-1 win over No.15 Angelo State last season inside Rip Griffin Center (Oct. 22, 2020), which also marked their last win at home against a nationally ranked program.

- The Lady Chaps have provided balance in conference play, as Jenna Lyons (127), Aaliyah Gray (117), Hannah Froeschl (114) and Sage Chain (103) each have over 100 kills in LSC play. Zoe Parker has 14 aces, Kendall Mahaney has 4.38 digs per set, Froeschl has 1.20 blocks per set and Jalee Sims has provided 9.36 assists per set in LSC contests. Froeschl leads the LSC in blocks in conference matches, with a mark of 60 (second in blocks per set at 1.20). LCU leads the LSC in conference matches, averaging 2.46 blocks per set.

- Lubbock Christian is 7-1 in home matches this season, hitting .224 and holding the road teams to a .122 mark in attack percentage. Hannah Froeschl is hitting .333 with 2.59 kills per set at home. Froeschl leads LCU at home with 75 kills, with Jenna Lyons (72), Sage Chain (69) and Aaliyah Gray (52) providing balance on the attack. Lyons leads LCU at home with 3.13 kills per set. LCU has a 39-24 advantage in aces and a 72-53 advantage in blocks at home. Zoe Parker (11) and Chloe Menard (10) have combined for 21 aces in eight home matches. Chain (35, 1.21 per set) and Froeschl (29, 1.0 per set) lead LCU in total blocks at home, with teammate Kaitlyn Mayo also averaging over a block a set with 1.00 (19 total blocks) per set average.

- LCU went 0-13 in the second set of matches played last season. This season, LCU has won the second set in 19 of their 23 matches (LCU is 15-4 when winning the second set). LCU is 12-0 when winning the opening set and 14-0 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 .217 and ranks fifth in the LSC and 72^nd nationally. Hannah Froeschl leads LCU in hitting, ranking 11th in the LSC hitting .294. 

- Jalee Sims has 13 double-doubles over the past 19 matches, which has her with 24 in her LCU career (14 on the season). She ranks second in the LSC in assists (713) and is third in assists per set (8.70). She eclipsed the 1,000 mark in career assists last Thursday at Western New Mexico.

- LCU has 69 team blocks over the prior seven matches, which has them second in the LSC in total blocks (181) and in blocks per set (2.15 per set, ranking 50^th nationally). LCU has at least 11 team blocks in their last three LSC home matches. Sage Chain is averaging 5.0 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. She had 8.0 Friday in LCU's 3-1 win over Eastern New Mexico. Hannah Froeschl is second in the conference in blocks (84), with a pace of 1.00 per set, which ranks third in the conference (77^th nationally). Chain is not far behind, ranking fourth in total blocks (81) and seventh in average blocks per set (0.96).

-With the combination of setter-play by Jalee Sims and Kayton Genenbacher, LCU ranks seventh in the conference assists per set (11.6).

-The Lady Chaps rank third in the LSC in conference play in holding opponents to a hitting percentage of .136. LCU has held the opposition to a sub-.100 hitting percentage in five of their 14 LSC matches.

- True freshman Kendall Mahaney ranks ninth in the LSC in digs per set (4.40) and fourth in total digs (370). She has eight matches with at least 20 digs on the season and her season and career-high mark is a 26-dig performance she recorded against Texas A&M-Commerce.

- LCU has limited their opponents to 82 aces this season, which plays out to 0.98 per set and ranks as the second-best mark in the LSC (behind Angelo State at 0.78). They have a mark of 0.96 (aces per set allowed by their opponents) in LSC matches, which is second in the conference. They have held their opponents without an ace in two matches this season.

- The Lady Chaps have served up 90 aces on the season, with aces from 10 different Lady Chaps. Kendall Mahaney and Chloe Menard co-lead LCU with 16 aces each, with Zoe Parker (15) and Hannah Froeschl (14) not far behind. Mady McCully is also in double figures in ace (11). On the error side, LCU opponents have served 125 errors (1.49 per set), while LCU has produced 65 serving errors.

- Aaliyah Gray leads LCU in kills per set with a rate of 2.75 per set, which has her 17^th in the LSC in the category. Jenna Lyons follows her, 20^th in the LSC, with a rate of 2.6 per set.