LUBBOCK, Texas (October 12, 2023) – The four-match road trip is over and Lubbock Christian University returns home for Lone Star Conference play this weekend, hosting Angelo State Friday (6 p.m.) and Texas Permian Basin Saturday (2 p.m.) inside Rip Griffin Center.   
 

LSC VOLLEYBALL
OPPONENT	LOCATION	DAY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS
Angelo St.	Lubbock, Texas	Fri, Oct. 13	6 p.m.	Video	Stats
UTPB	Lubbock, Texas	Sat, Oct. 30	2 p.m.	Video	Stats

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LOOKING AT ASU
- LCU and Angelo State are meeting for the 34^th time all-time. ASU swept the pair of matches last season to place the all-time series record to 24-9 against LCU. ASU, who had a nine-match win streak from 1980, has won the prior seven meetings. The match will mark LCU's first to host ASU with Keith Giboney at the helm of the Lady Chaps, as the last five meetings have been played in San Angelo. LCU has not hosted ASU since a 3-0 ASU win on Feb. 10, 2021. LCU is 2-6 all-time against ASU in Lubbock, with their previous win coming on Oct. 22, 2019, as ASU was nationally ranked No.15.

- ASU is preseason picked to finish fifth in the Lone Star Conference preseason poll. They went 11-18 overall last season and finished tied for eighth (with LCU) in the LSC with a record of 7-9 in conference.
 
- The Belles opened the 2023 season with an 8-0 record and head to Lubbock with a 15-3 overall mark. They are 5-1 in LSC play and are 4-1 on the road (winning their last four road matches).

- Angelo State has a solid offense that leads the LSC in kills per set (14.73, fourth nationally), assists per set (14.14, second nationally) and hitting percentage (.254, 18^th nationally). Hannah Kinnison ranks second in the LSC in kills per set (3.95, 27^th nationally), kills (253, 23^rd nationally) and third in points per set with 4.23 (47^th nationally).

- Ranking second nationally in both assists (933) and assists per set (14.14), the Belles front line receives distribution from Laney Dale and Alli Kirkpatrick. Dale is fourth in the LSC with a pace of 7.11 assists per set and is fifth with a total of 455 on the season.
 
LADY CHAP NOTES
- LCU was one of 13 unbeaten teams this season before falling 3-2 Sept.14 to UT Permian Basin. The season start was their best since opening 2010 with an 8-0 record. The loss also ended an eight-match win streak if you include their season-ending win last season (their longest under head coach Keith Giboney and the longest streak since a 12-match win streak in 2018).  The Lady Chaps went into conference play with an 8-2 record on the season and their pre-conference record was their best 10-match start to their season since opening the first 10 matches of the 2014 season with a 9-1 record. They are 4-4 in LSC play (tied for eighth in the standings) and have won four of their last five matches. They enter the contest 12-6 overall (they have already surpassed last season's 11-win season win total) following a 3-0 loss Wednesday at Texas Woman's.
 
- Of LCU's six losses this season, all have been against Lone Star Conference members and those teams have combined for a 77-27 record (74% win percentage) so far this season.
 
- Kayton Genenbacher was named LSC Setter of the Week for her performances over LCU's matches last week. Genenbacher helped LCU to a 3-0 week with a trio of road wins, including a pair of come-from-behind five-set wins (at Midwestern State and St. Edward's, as she posted 139 assists at a pace of 9.93 assists per set. She posted double-double performance at MSU (54a,14d) and at SEU (39a,16d). The double-double at SEU (her ninth of the season and 20th of her career) also included a career-high five aces in the win. The five aces are tied for the second-most aces in a five-set match by a Lady Chaps member since 2008. The junior from Lubbock closed out the week with 46 assists (11.5 per set) against St. Mary's.
 
The honor marks the second time an LCU setter has been recognized with a Setter of the Week honor by the LSC (all-time) and each have come this season for Genenbacher, who is one of two setters in the LSC to receive multiple weekly honors (from the LSC). The honor marks the third time this season a Lady Chaps member has claimed a LSC weekly honor. Outside of Genenbacher's honor, Kiana Fallaha received Offensive Player of the Week honors Sept. 12..

- Genenbacher has nine double-doubles this season (20 in career) and enters Friday ranking second in the LSC in assists (671, 23^rd nationally), third in assists per set (9.5, 54^th nationally) and second in aces with 30 (produced a career-high 5 Friday at SEU). Her assists are fueling a Lady Chaps offense that rank eighth in the LSC in kills per set (12.6) and is hitting .200 on the season. Genenbacher surpassed 1,500 career assists on Sept. 23 (at Oklahoma Christian), and has 671 on the season on the season.

- Kiana Fallaha ranks fifth in the LSC in kills per set (3.5) and fourth in kills (246). She is fifth in the LSC in points per set with 3.8. Fallaha is third in the LSC (25^th nationally) with a pace of 10.9 attacks per set and has produced over 40 attacks in 11 matches this season. Friday (at SEU), she notched her ninth double-double of the season (and of her career) and she has double-double performances in five of her last nine matches.

- LCU ranks ninth in the LSC (64^th nationally) in digs per set (16.4), but it has been a balanced effort, as the Lady Chaps do not have any representation in the top-15 in conference leaders in digs. Chloe Menard is LCU's leader with 3.61 digs per set, as she has 256 total digs on the season. Four Lady Chaps (Menard, Genenbacher, Olivia Elofsson and Fallaha) have at least 2.6 digs per set.
 
- The Lady Chaparrals will face Angelo State with a 4-4 record in home matches this season and looking to end a two-match losing streak at home. Kiana Fallaha is averaging 3.5 kills and Kayton Genenbacher is on a pace of 9.0 assists per set at home. Chloe Menard leads the team in digs per set (3.16) at home, but teammates Genenbacher (3.0) and Fallaha (3.0) are also averaging 3.0 digs per set. Olivia Elofsson and Genenbacher have combined for 22 (they each have 11) of LCU's 40 serving aces at home (the next closest player is Menard, who has six).  
 
- Kiana Fallaha (3.00) and Lily Bickley (2.70) are leading LCU in LSC play in kills per set. Fallaha, ranking 14^th with 3.32 points per set, and Bickley, ranking 25^th with 3.06 points per set, have LCU with two players in the top-25 in conference in points per set. Chloe Menard leads LCU with 3.6 digs per set and ranks tied for sixth in the LSC with 10 aces (24th in the LSC with 0.30 aces per set). Kayton Genenbacher, leading the conference in LSC play with 300 assists and third in assists per set (9.1), leads LCU and is tied for second in LSC play in aces (has 13 and also ranks 12th with 0.39 per set. Lily Bickley leads LCU in LSC play in hitting percentage at .302 (16^th in LSC). Mix in Kalli Dalland ranking 21^st in hitting percentage (.292) and Lacie Schooley ranking 35^th (.222), LCU with three players in the top-35 in the conference for hitting (in LSC matches).