LUBBOCK, Texas (November 9, 2024) – Lubbock Christian University rebounded from their first home loss of the season with a three-set win (25-22, 25-13, 25-18) against the Cameron Aggies Saturday inside Rip Griffin Center. The Lone Star Conference win gets LCU a step closer to a berth to the Lone Star Conference Championships.
Lubbock Christian improves their record to 13-11 overall and 9-5 in LSC action, as two matches remain in the regular season. Cameron fell for an 11th consecutive match and drops to 1-25 overall and 1-13 in LSC play.
Lily Bickley led the Lady Chaps' offense with 15 kills, a .667 hitting percentage, and 20 points. Bryleigh Schweer also made a strong impact at the net, delivering 12 kills with a .579 hitting percentage, while Tatum Fleitman, hitting .529, was just shy of double figures with 9 kills—one short of matching her career high. Defensively, Leddy Rae Guinn anchored LCU with 18 digs, and Bickley contributed a trio of blocks.
Game Notes
» Lily Bickley had a match-high three aces in the win, as LCU had eight serving aces. Olivia Elofsson registered a pair of aces as well.
» Kayton Genenbacher surpassed 1,000 assists on the season (had 38 in the game and has 1,017 on the season). It is the first time she has surpassed 1,000 assists in a single season, and the first Lady Chap to accomplish the task since Bradi Marshall hit the mark in the 2019 season.
» Lily Bickley had a match-high 15 kills for Lubbock Christian. She produced the 15 kills on 21 attempts (one error) to hit .667 in the contest, which is the fourth-highest mark by a Lady Chap since the current rally scoring format started in 2008. Her 20.0 points ranked tied for the sixth-most in a three-set match since 2008.
» LCU hit .300 as a team and has hit .300 or better in six matches this season. It is LCU's highest amount of .300-or better attack percentage matches since they had seven in the 2012 season.
» The Lady Chaps are 6-4 in matches decided in straight sets.
» LCU defeats Cameron for a fifth consecutive time and improves to 6-3 all-time against the Aggies. The meeting was the second consecutive meeting between the two squads in Lubbock and the only-ever meetings in the Hub City between the two teams.
» The Lady Chaps improve to 5-1 at home on the season.
» The LSC Championships are an eight-team single-elimination conference tournament hosted by the top-seeded team based on the conference standings. Last season, LCU was the first team in LSC history to miss the conference tournament with a winning conference record, and they are seeking their first LSC postseason appearance since 2021.
How It Happened
SET 1 | The Lady Chaps earned a set-one victory 25-22 helped by a strong performance on the attacking end. Lubbock Christian registered a .333 attack percentage with 18 kills in the set victory. The Lady Chaps overcame a 10-6 deficit and took their first lead at 12-11 following a 6-1 run. Tied 19-19, LCU surged with six of the set's final nine points. Zaria Jones was solid for Cameron with six kills. LCU countered with 11 combined kills from Bickley (6) and Schweer (5).
SET 2 | Lubbock Christian won the second set 25-13 to quickly jump to a 2-0 lead. The Lady Chaps took a 1-0 lead and never looked back in the set to secure the victory. Lubbock Christian opened its biggest lead of the stanza, 12 points, to close out the set, collecting 16 kills in the process. The Lady Chaps hit .500 over the course of the set. The Lubbock Christian offense also got a boost from three aces in the stanza. Bickley was 7-of-7 in attack attempts to hit perfect (1.000) and produce seven of LCU's 16 kills in the set.
SET 3 | Lubbock Christian then capped the three-set sweep with a victory in set number three. The Lady Chaps grabbed control of the set early when the score was 6-5 and held the lead the rest of the way to win 25-18. Lubbock Christian led by 11 points at 24-13 before closing out the stanza. The Lubbock Christian offense also got a boost from four aces in the set (two by Bickley). Tatum Fletman produced six kills in the set, as Guinn produced 10 digs to help lead the LCU charge to close out the match.
WHAT'S NEXT
LCU remains home Friday and hosts UT Tyler for a Lone Star Conference match at 6 p.m. inside Rip Griffin Center.
