PORTALES, N.M. (November 2, 2022) – The Lubbock Christian University Lady Chaparrals open the final week of the regular season with their final regular season road match Wednesday at Eastern New Mexico (7 p.m. CT inside Greyhound Arena). The regular season wraps up Saturday inside Rip Griiffin Center with LCU's final home match, as they host Western New Mexico for Senior Day (1 p.m. start).
 

LONE STAR CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL
OPPONENT	LOCATION	DAY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS
Eastern New Mexico	Portales, N.M.	Wed, Nov. 2	7 p.m.	Video	Stats
Western New Mexico	Rip Griffin Center	Sat, Nov. 5	1 p.m.	Video	Stats
Game Notes (PDF)

POSTSEASON SCENARIO
For LCU to qualify for the Lone Star Conference Championships, LCU must win their final two regular season matches and have either of the following take place:

• UAFS must lose Friday at Midwestern State and Saturday at Texas Woman's
• Angelo State must lose Friday at home against Dallas Baptist and lose to UT Tyler Saturday at home.

LOOKING AT ENMU
- LCU and Eastern New Mexico are meeting for the 64^th time all-time (fourth meeting as conference opponents). ENMU leads the all-time series with a 33-30 mark. LCU won the previous meeting 3-1 on Nov. 5, 2021 (in Lubbock) and has claimed the four prior meetings and all by a 3-1 final (LCU has won six of the last seven encounters). LCU is 9-18 all-time in Portales. The Lady Chaps won the previous meeting in Portales (3-1) on Sept. 20, 2019.
 
- ENMU, preseason picked 13th in the LSC, has a 13-13 record on the season and are 4-10 in LSC contests. They are in a tie for 14^th place in the conference standings. The Greyhounds, eliminated from LSC Championship contention, are 7-4 in home matches and have won their prior two contests at home.

- The 'Hounds rank 16^th nationally and third in the LSC in total team blocks (213), ranking eighth in the LSC with a pace of 2.11 per set. Despite ENMU ranking 16^th nationally (in total blocks), their top individual in team blocks (Gracelyn Stubbs) ranks 10^th in the LSC in total blocks (82).

- ENMU has held their opponents to a .142 hitting percentage (ranks second in the LSC), but in three of the past four matches, their opponents have posted the top three hitting marks by an opposition. All three have been above .250.

- Getsemani Carrasco leads ENMU in digs with 425, which ranks fourth in the conference and 43^rd nationally. She averaged 4.25 digs per set, which is 10^th in the conference.
 
LOOKING AT WNMU
- LCU and Western New Mexico are meeting for the 14th time all-time, marking the fourth meeting as conference foes. LCU has won the prior five meetings, which have been since 1996 (last four meetings have been since 2009). WNMU leads the all-time series with a 7-6 mark (the series goes back to 1986). LCU is 1-2 all-time in Lubbock against WNMU, winning their previous meeting in Lubbock 3-1 (Sept. 27, 2019).

- WNMU is preseason picked to finish 16th in the Lone Star Conference. Coming off a 4-22 season in 2021 (3-14 in LSC play), they are 3-23 this season, with a 1-13 conference record, which has them in 16^th in the LSC. WNMU is 0-8 this season in road play and they are riding a 16-game losing streak in road contests carrying over from last season. Prior to coming to Lubbock Saturday, they stop off in Portales, N.M. Friday to face Eastern New Mexico.
 
- Jazmyne Walker is the Mustangs lone player in the top-five of a statistical category in the LSC, as she is fourth in attacks per set at a rate of 10.4 per set, which ranks 37^th nationally.

- The mustangs average 1.35 aces per set and have had at least three matches with at least 10 aces this season. On Sept. 14, WNMU posted 12 aces against Angelo State. Madelynn Culp leads the team with 26 aces. She had at least one ace in 10 of the first 11 matches to open the season.

- Walker is the Mustangs leader in conference play, averaging 3.02 kills and 3.46 points per set. Bria Augustine has received much of the recent work, posting at least 10 kills in her last three matches played.
 
LADY CHAP NOTES
- LCU is 10-15 on the season (6-8 in conference and in tied for ninth place in the standings) and coming off a 3-0 road win Oct. 22 at Cameron. The Lady Chaps close out road play Wednesday, where they are 2-7. Kiana Fallaha leads LCU with 76 kills on the road (leads the squad in kills per set as well with a mark of 2.45). Kayton Genenbacher averages 8.8 assists per set and Kendall Mahaney has 3.84 digs per set. Home teams are averaging 7.3 aces and 9.1 blocks per match against LCU this season. At home, LCU is 7-4 this season. Fallaha leads LCU in kills at home with 97 and averages 2.55 per set (Sage Chain right behind with 94 kills at home on the season). Chain leads LCU in blocks at home with 45 (pace of 1.12 per set). Additional leaders at home include Mahaney averaging 4.19 digs per set, Genenbacher averaging 10.3 assists and co-leading with Zoe Parker in averaging .29 aces per set.
 
-The Lady Chaps will tell you their schedule has been tough… and there is proof, as the NCAA strength of schedule numbers reveal LCU having played the 44th toughest schedule among all Division II programs. Heading into the week, LCU opponents have calculated a win percentage of 55.8%, which also ranks second among LSC programs behind Dallas Baptist (56.2%, ranking 38^th nationally).
 
- Lubbock Christian, 0-11 when losing the opening set of matches this season, is 8-0 when they win the third set and 2-15 when they lose the set. Sticking to record trends, LCU is 8-0 when leading in kills and 2-15 when trailing in the category. Bizarrely, LCU is 1-5 when leading in blocks in a match.

- Kiana Fallaha heads into Saturday's match as the Lady Chaps team leader in kills (214), with Lily Bickley (199) and Sage Chain (194) completing LCU's top three kill leaders. Fallaha leads LCU in kills per set (2.46) and Chain is LCU's leader in points per set (2.91). In 13 conference matches, Bickley is hitting .241 and has an attack percentage over .500 in three LSC matches. She has an attack percentage of .244 on the season, ranking 22^nd in the LSC.  

- Setter Kayton Genenbacher has nine double-doubles on the season (leads LCU). Genenbacher averages 9.7 assists per set (third in the LSC and 56^th nationally), .23 aces per set and 2.54 digs per set. The sophomore is third in the LSC in total assists (893), which is 30^th nationally. She posted a career-high 23 digs Oct. 7 at Angelo State to complete a stretch of fourth consecutive matches with a double-double.
 
- Sophomore libero Kendall Mahaney has nine matches of at least 20 digs this season. Mahaney leads the team with 402 digs (eighth in the LSC) and is at a pace of 4.37 per set (eighth in the LSC).
 
- LCU points leader Sage Chain also leads LCU ranking sixth in the LSC with a pace of 1.02 blocks per set (92 total on the season, which ranks fourth in the LSC and ranks 44^th nationally). She has posted at least seven blocks in a match four times this season, with a high of 8.0 on Sept. 3 vs. UCCS.
 
- Lubbock Christian had eight solo blocks on Oct. 15 at Texas A&M International, which is the most on record (in program history) since rally scoring started in 2001. They have posted at least five solo blocks in a match four times this season, which is the most in a single season since 2019. The Lady Chaps rank 11th in LSC matches with 1.91 blocks per set. Kalli Dalland (0.93, eighth) and Sage Chain (.90, 13th) rank in the top-15 in the LSC in blocks per set in conference matches.
 
- Kiana Fallaha (119), Lily Bickley (110), Sage Chain (105) and Aaliyah Gray (100) all have at least 100 kills in LSC contests. Fallaha leads LCU with 2.48 kills per set in conference matches. Chain leads the Lady Chaps with a pace of 2.69 points per set in LSC contests. LCU is hitting .180 in conference matches and opponents are at a .188 attack percentage against LCU in conference. LCU is led in blocks in conference play by Sage Chain (45) and Kalli Dalland (40).
 
Active Lady Chaps Notable Performances Against ENMU
-Sage Chain – 11 kills and 8 blocks on Nov. 8, 2021
-Hailey Cournoyer – 6 blocks on Oct. 12, 2019
 
Active Lady Chaps Notable Performances Against WNMU
-Aaliyah Gray – 11 kills on Oct. 28, 2021
-Kaitlyn Mayo – 7 kills and 3 blocks on Oct. 28, 2021