LUBBOCK, Texas (September 30, 2023) -- Lubbock Christian University produced 14.0 blocks, with Lily Bickley posting a career-high 9.0 blocks, but it was not enough, as Texas-Tyler Patriots posted a 3-1 (21-25, 32-30, 24-26, 21-25) win over the Lady Chaparrals Saturday in Lone Star Conference play inside Rip Griffin Center.

The loss dropped Lubbock Christian's record to 9-5 overall and 1-3 in LSC play, as the Lady Chaps drop consecutive matches in LSC play for the first time this season.

The Lady Chaps attack was paced by Bickley, who finished with 15 kills on the day while accumulating a hitting percentage of .406, and by Kiana Fallaha, who had 11 kills. Defensively, LCU had four players reach double figures in digs, highlighted by Kayton Genenbacher's 17, 16 from Chloe Menard, and 14 more from Ramsey Clark. From the front row, Bickley contributed nine blocks and Lacie Schooley added six rejections.

Game Notes

» UT Tyler had 33 attack errors, which were the most by an LCU opponent since Texas A&M-Kingsville had 33 on Oct. 23, 2021 in Commerce, Texas.

» Kayton Genenbacher had a team-high two aces, but each squad had seven serving errors and combined for 14 serving errors. LCU's mark was a season high.

» Lily Bickley had a match-high and career-high nine blocks. 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.

» 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.

» Bickley had a team-high 15 kills for Lubbock Christian, which matched a season high. She had 29 on the weekend.

» Lacie Schooley, who posted a career-high mark Friday with five blocks, produced a new career-high mark in blocks with six Saturday.

» Lubbock Christian got a team-high 42 assists and 17 digs from Kayton Genenbacher, who completed her 18th career double-double and seventh of the season.

» UT Tyler had double-doubles from Adeline Ortman (37 assists, 12 digs) and freshman Shaye Koski (23 kills, 17 digs).

» LCU fell to 0-5 all-time against UT Tyler and they are 0-2 all-time in Lubbock against the Patriots.

» The Lady Chaps are 4-4 this season at home.

How It Happened

SET 1 | The Lady Chaps found themselves in an early deficit, dropping the first set 25-21. Lubbock Christian trailed by as many as eight points as Texas-Tyler never trailed after a 2-1 lead in a set that was tied up four times before the Patriots took control with an 8-2 run. Bonnie Hegarty led UTT with five kills in the set.

SET 2 | Lubbock Christian responded to pick up a 32-30 victory in the second set, evening the match at one set apiece. The Lady Chaps came out on top of a tight second set, winning in a stanza that was tied 16 times and had eight lead changes. The Lady Chaps racked up 18 kills over the course of the set. Lubbock Christian's front row had a solid defensive performance, blocking five Texas-Tyler attacks in the stanza and capitalizing on 10 Texas-Tyler attacking errors on the way to victory. There were eight set-point serves in the set and the Patriots had five of them before LCU clinched on their third set-point serve. Koski produced a whopping 11 kills in the set for UTT. LCU was led by Bickley, who had five kills and four blocks.

SET 3 | Texas-Tyler responded to win set number three, putting Lubbock Christian in a two sets to one hole. The Lady Chaps couldn't survive a furious Texas-Tyler rally, losing 26-24 after leading by eight points at 10-2 earlier in the set (also led 24-21).

SET 4 | Lubbock Christian then dropped the fourth set 25-21 to finish off the match. The Lady Chaps dropped the first point and never clawed back into the lead before falling in the set. Bickley had five kills in the frame.

What's Next

LCU hits the road for the next four matches, beginning with a LSC road match Wednesday at Wichita Falls, Texas against Midwestern State (6 p.m.).

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