WICHITA FALLS, Texas (October 4, 2023) – The Lubbock Christian University Lady Chaparrals open a four-match Lone Star Conference road trip Wednesday at Midwestern State. First serve is at 6 p.m. inside Ligon Coliseum, and the match opens a busy week for the Lady Chaps, who continue on to St. Edward's (Austin, Texas) Friday and St. Mary's (San Antonio, Texas) Saturday.  
 

LSC VOLLEYBALL
OPPONENT	LOCATION	DAY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS
MSU	Wichita Falls, Texas	Wed, Oct. 4	6 p.m.	Video	Stats

GAME NOTES (PDF)

LOOKING AT MSU
- LCU and Wichita Falls, Texas based Midwestern State are scheduled for their 49^th all-time meeting, as LCU holds a 31-17 all-time series lead. The Lady Chaps have won 15 of the last 18 meetings, including a 3-1 win in their last visit to Wichita Falls (Sept. 25, 2021). LCU is 12-8 all-time in Wichita Falls (against MSU). The previous overall meeting resulted in a 3-0 LCU win in Lubbock (Sept. 28, 2022).  

- MSU is preseason picked 15th in the Lone Star Conference preseason poll. They went 7-22 overall last season and was 15th in the LSC with a mark of 5-11 in conference. They more than doubled a two-win conference season from 2021.
 
- The Mustangs are 3-13 overall on the season and are seeking their first LSC victory of the season (0-4). The match is the third match of an active four-match home stand for MSU, who is 2-4 inside Ligon Coliseum this season. They aim to end a five-match losing streak and they have dropped their last two at home.

- MSU leads the LSC and is fourth nationally in digs per set, with a pace of 19.3 per set. Overall, they are ninth nationally with 1,061 digs. Taygon Jones has 255 digs on the season (seventh in the LSC), ranking seventh in the LSC with an average of 4.64 per set.

- The high amount of digs leads to attacks and MSU ranks fourth in the LSC and 14^th nationally with 38.7 attacks per set. Riley Rabedeaux is fifth in the LSC in attacks (539) and attacks per set (9.8).
 
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 off to a 1-4 start in LSC play, and they aim to end a two-match losing streak Wednesday. They enter the contest 9-5.

- Kayton Genenbacher has seven double-doubles this season (18 in career) and enters Wednesday ranking second in the LSC in assists (509, 40^th nationally), third in assists per set (9.43, 51^st nationally) and in aces with 22. Her assists are fueling a Lady Chaps offense that ranks 50^th nationally (seventh in the LSC) in kills per set (12.9) and is hitting .194 on the season. Genenbacher surpassed 1,500 career assists on Sept. 23 (at Oklahoma Christian), and has 509 on the season on the season.

- Kiana Fallaha ranks fifth in the LSC in kills per set (3.6) and in kills (196). She is fifth in the LSC in points per set with 3.9. Fallaha is third in the LSC (18^th nationally) with a pace of 11.3 attacks per set and has produced over 40 attacks in eight matches this season. Friday (vs. DBU), she notched her seventh double-double of the season (and of her career) and she has double-double performances in three of her last five matches.

- LCU ranks sixth in the LSC (41^st nationally) in digs per set (17.1), 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 3.74 digs per set, as she has 202 total digs on the season. Four Lady Chaps (Menard, Genenbacher, Olivia Elofsson and Fallaha) have at least 2.7 digs per set.

- Lubbock Christian is 2-1 in true road matches this season, with their most recent road match resulting in a 3-1 LCU win at Oklahoma Christian (Sept. 23, 2023). LCU has a 171-148 advantage in kills on the road, with Kiana Fallaha averaging 3.85 kills per set. She averages 4.3 points per set in road matches. Chloe Menard averages 4.46 digs per set (leads team) and has a team-leading six kills in road matches. Kalli Dalland has 12 blocks and averages 0.9 on the road.
 
- Lily Bickley leads LCU in LSC play with 3.19 kills per set and is averaging 3.6 points per set (leads team), which is 12^th in the LSC. Chloe Menard leads LCU with 3.9 digs per set and in aces with seven (third in the LSC and is seventh in aces per set with 0.4). Bickley ranks 18^th and Kalli Dalland ranks 24^th (.292) in hitting percentage, which places LCU with two players in the top-25 in the conference for conference matches played.
 
-Bickley is coming off a 15-kill performance against UT Tyler and is averaging 12.2 kills per match over the prior five matches played (29 over the prior two matches). More impressively, she is coming off a nine-block performance as well against UT Tyler. Bickley became the fourth Lady Chaps player since 2008 to notch nine assisted blocks in a match (no player has had more). The most since Hannah Thomas had nine on 9/16/17. The mark is tied for third-most total blocks since '08 and the most since Kalli Dalland had nine on 9/16/22. In the same contest, LCU had 28 assisted blocks leading to 14.0 total team blocks. The 14.0 total blocks is the most since they posted 16.0 on Oct. 1, 2019 against Texas A&M-Kingsville and the most in a losing effort since they had 15.0 in a loss at Tarleton State on Sept. 8, 2016. In the contest at TSU, LCU had 30 assisted blocks, which was the last time LCU had at least 28 assisted blocks in a match.