Match 1 Information
Score: Alaska Fairbanks 3, Lubbock Christian 1 (25-23, 25-22, 25-17, 25-22)
Records: Lubbock Christian (0-3), Alaska Fairbanks (5-2)
Location: Alaska Airlines Center – Anchorage, Alaska
 
Match 2 Information
Score: Lubbock Christian 3, Emmanuel College (Ga.) 0 (25-17, 25-7, 25-20, 25-19)
Records: Lubbock Christian (1-3), Emmanuel (1-3)
Location: Alaska Airlines Center – Anchorage, Alaska

Highlights
Lubbock Christian University split their final day of action at the Seawolf Invitational, falling to Alaska Fairbanks and rebounding with a straight-set victory over Emmanuel College (Ga.) at Alaska Airlines Center for their first win of the season. LCU had solid balance on the day, as Lily Bickley (29) and Aaliyah Gray (21) combined for 50 kills, Kayton Genenbacher produced 71 assists (10.1 assists per set), Zoe Parker served seven aces and Sage Chain posted nine blocks (1.29 per set, which included five solo blocks). Against UAF, Bickley produced 16 kills and hit .625 in the match. Parker produced five of LCU's eight serving aces to help lead LCU past Emmanuel for their first win of the season.

Match 1

How It Happened

Set One:
A pair of kills by Ella Bines allowed the Nanooks to jump out early with a 4-1 advantage, but LCU bounced back with a 4-1 run to match it and tie the set at 5-5. It would be the only time the set would be tied, as UAF had a 6-2 scoring advantage for an 11-7 lead. Trailing 24-20, LCU attempted a late rally. Aaliyah Gray produced a kill before a pair of attack errors cut the deficit to 24-23. Rilee White ended the LCU rally with a kill to clinch the set for UAF 25-23. Each team had success at the net. UAF had 18 kills and a .424 attack percentage, while LCU, led by six kills from Gray and five kills from Lily Bickley, had 15 kills and a .379 attack percentage.       

Set Two:
The second set had a similar start to the first, with LCU falling behind 3-1 and responding to tie the set (3-3), but this time LCU's response was a 10-2 run. The run sparked LCU to a 25-15 set win. Sage Chain produced a trio of kills and a solo block to highlight the LCU set win.

Set Three:
LCU had a promising start in the third set, leading 7-4 after a 3-1 run, but the Nanooks responded with a 9-3 run for a 13-10 advantage. They went on an additional 9-3 run and extended the lead to 22-13 before claiming the set 25-17. UAF hit .480 in the set with five kills from Rilee White. LCU was held to 10 kills, with four from Bickley.
 
Set Four:
Bickley had two kills early in the fourth set, as LCU jumped out to a 6-2 advantage. UAF charged back with a 7-3 scoring surge to tie the set at 9-9. The score would be knotted up on four occasions and as late as 15-15, but a Karli Nielson kill ignited a 7-2 run to help the Nanooks pull away with a 25-22 set win. LCU had 5.0 blocks in the set, while on the other side, it was Rilee White contributing eight kills in the set for UAF.
 
Inside the Numbers:
 

4	Sage Chain produced four solo blocks in the match. With match-by-match record files on hand since 2008, the four solo blocks tie for the most by a Lady Chaps member. There have been six matches since 2008 with the mark and Chain, who completed the task on Feb 2, 2021 (vs. UT Permian Basin), becomes the first Lady Chaps member (since 2008) to complete four solo blocks in a match twice. As a team, LCU had five solo blocks registered and it matches last season's season-high mark (Sept. 17, 2021).
.625	Lily Bickley had an attack mark of .625 in the match. Since 2008, Bickley's attack percentage was the fourth highest produced by a Lady Chap and the highest since Jaiden Kennedy posted a .700 mark on October 11, 2018.
0-1	LCU falls to 0-1 all-time against the Nanooks, as the two programs had not previously faced each other.

 
Match 2

How It Happened

Set One:
LCU benefitted off 15 kills in the opening set, Bickley and Gray each providing four kills. Kayton Genenbacher provided 12 assists in the set, as LCU took the opening set 25-17 to take a 1-0 lead against an Emmanuel team that entered the contest following an upset over Point Loma.       

Set Two:
The Lady Chaps best play of the opening weekend occurred during the second set, as LCU open the set on a 17-2 scoring surge. They produced four aces (three by Zoe Parker) and 4.0 blocks, taking the set 25-7. Bickley led LCU with six kills in the set.

Set Three:
The momentum didn't carry over at the start of the third set, as Emmanuel opened the set on a 6-1 run. Trailing 14-10, LCU stormed back to tie the set at 16-16. The set was tied 18-18 before LCU closed the set and match on a 7-2 run for the win (25-20). Genenbacher notched 13 assists in the set, feeding four Lady Chaps at least three kills apiece. Parker produced two aces in the set.

Inside the Numbers:
 

5	Zoe Parker notched LCU's 10th performance of five or more aces in a three-set match since 2008, and is the second Lady Chaps member to do it twice in the same span. Her effort ties for third (since 2008) for the most aces by a Lady Chaps member in a three-set match.
8	LCU had eight aces, which are a single-match high for the season and the most since producing eight on Nov. 8, 2019 at St. Mary's.
1-0	LCU moved to 1-0 all-time against Emmanuel and the game was LCU's first match against a Georgia based program.

 
All-Tournament
Kayton Genenbacher was named to the Seawolf Invitational All-Tournament Team after contributing 135 assists in 14 sets for a rate of 9.6 per set. She produced new career high marks on the weekend, including back-to-back 40-assist performances in matches against Pittsburg State and Alaska Fairbanks. Against Pittsburg State, she produced her second career double-double, which featured 40 assists and 13 digs to go along with five kills. The sophomore had two serving aces in LCU's win over Emmanuel.
 
Next
LCU returns home Thursday to open their home slate with the first game of the Chap Classic, as LCU hosts Southwestern Oklahoma State at 2 p.m. inside Rip Griffin Center.