AUSTIN, Texas (October 6, 2023) – The Lubbock Christian University Lady Chaparrals continue a four-match road trip with a stop in Austin to battle St. Edward's for a Lone Star Conference match, as LCU seeks their third consecutive road win. First serve for the match scheduled inside Recreation & Convocation Center is set for 6 p.m. 
 

LSC VOLLEYBALL
OPPONENT	LOCATION	DAY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS
St. Edward's	Austin, Texas	Fri., Oct. 6	6 p.m.	Video	Stats

 
LOOKING AT SEU
- The Lady Chaps and Hilltoppers are meeting for a 27^th time all-time, as LCU has a 16-10 all-time advantage in the series (dates back to the 1987 season). SEU has won four of the past six meetings, including a 3-2 win in the last meeting in Austin (Nov. 12, 2021), where the teams are an even 6-6 head-to-head. The previous overall meeting was in Lubbock (only match of the past four in Lubbock) and it resulted in a 3-2 LCU win (Sept. 30, 2022).

- SEU is preseason picked 12th in the Lone Star Conference preseason poll. They went 9-18 overall last season and was tied for 11th in the LSC with a mark of 6-10 in conference.
 
- The Hilltoppers are 6-10 this season and have opened up with a 2-2 record in conference play. SEU opened the season with a 1-7 record, but have since gone 5-3 and enter the week following a 3-0 win Saturday at Cameron. They are 1-1 at home this season.

- SEU leads the LSC and is fifth nationally with 39.7 attacks per set. Overall, they have 2,301 attacks, which is 14^th nationally and fourth the LSC. Kelli Fording is eighth in the LSC with 8.94 attacks per set. She ranks 13^th in the LSC in kills per set (2.79) and is ninth in points per set (3.36).

- The 'toppers have 1,049 digs on the season, which ranks fourth in the LSC and is 11^th nationally. Sarah Konovodoff ranks sixth nationally and second in the LSC with 319 digs, ranking 12^th nationally and second in the LSC with a per-set rate of 5.50.
 
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 2-3 start in LSC play, and they aim for a third consecutive road win Friday. They enter the contest 10-5 overall following a come-from-behind 3-2 win Wednesday at Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, Texas.

- Kayton Genenbacher has eight double-doubles this season (19 in career) and enters Friday ranking second in the LSC in assists (563, 31^st nationally), third in assists per set (9.54, 49^th nationally) and fifth in aces with 23. Her assists are fueling a Lady Chaps offense that ranks 59^th nationally (eighth in the LSC) in kills per set (12.9) and is hitting .201 on the season. Genenbacher surpassed 1,500 career assists on Sept. 23 (at Oklahoma Christian), and has 563 on the season on the season.

- Kiana Fallaha ranks fifth in the LSC in kills per set (3.6) and fourth in kills (215). She is fifth in the LSC in points per set with 3.9. Fallaha is third in the LSC (23^rd nationally) with a pace of 11.1 attacks per set and has produced over 40 attacks in nine matches this season. Wednesday (at MSU), she notched her eighth double-double of the season (and of her career) and she has double-double performances in four of her last six matches.

- LCU ranks sixth in the LSC (50^th nationally) in digs per set (16.9), 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 3.64 digs per set, as she has 215 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 3-1 in true road matches this season, with their most recent road match resulting in a 3-2 LCU win at Midwestern State Wednesday. LCU has a 233-217 advantage in kills on the road, with Kiana Fallaha averaging 3.83 kills per set. She averages 4.3 points per set in road matches. Chloe Menard averages 3.94 digs per set (leads team) and has a team-leading six aces in road matches. Kalli Dalland has 16 blocks and averages 0.9 on the road. Kayton Genenbacher has an average of 10.0 assists per set in 18 road sets played.
 
- Kiana Fallaha (3.24) and Lily Bickley (2.95) are leading LCU in LSC play in kills per set and each are in the top-20 among LSC leaders. They are also in the top-20 in conference play for points per set, with Fallaha ranking 14^th with 3.52 points per set. Chloe Menard leads LCU with 3.6 digs per set and in aces with seven (tied for sixth in the LSC and is 14th in aces per set with 0.3). Bickley ranks 19^th and Lacie Schooley ranks 24^th (.268) in hitting percentage, which places LCU with two players in the top-25 in the conference for conference matches.
 
-Bickley is coming off an 11-kill performance against Midwestern State and has double figures in kills in four of LCU's five LSC matches played this season (averaging 12.4 kills per match in conference). More impressively, she has 13 blocks over the prior two matches (nine against UT Tyler Saturday) and has at least 4.0 blocks in three of the prior four matches.