LUBBOCK, Texas (October 20, 2026) –
Camdyn Sears struck again with her second triple-double in five days Tuesday, but Lubbock Christian University could not complete the Pink Out Night comeback, falling to West Texas A&M 3-1 (25-23, 25-22, 24-26, 25-15) in a Rivalry on the Range battle and Lone Star Conference contest inside Rip Griffin Center.
LCU closed its home schedule at 10-12 overall, 6-6 in Lone Star Conference play and 4-4 at home, while West Texas A&M improved to 12-10 and 7-4.
Sears filled the stat sheet with a career-high 12 kills, 19 assists and 11 digs, adding a career-best three aces and two blocks. The performance came just four days after she recorded LCU's first triple-double in 36 years and marked her 12th double-double of the season and 35th of her career.
Hope Gonsioroski matched a career high with 11 kills, while freshman
Kayson Reeves finished with seven kills and matched her season high with eight blocks. LCU posted 12 total blocks for the second consecutive match.
The Lady Chaps fought off a two-set deficit by winning five of the final six points in the third, with a Gonsioroski kill and Gonsioroski-Reeves block sealing a 26-24 victory.
West Texas A&M answered by pulling away in the fourth. Kaycee Cavanaugh led the Lady Buffs with 17 kills and 18 digs, while Anna Ruter added 13 kills on a .345 hitting percentage.
Game Notes
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Camdyn Sears produced LCU's first triple-double in 36 years Friday, and it did not take another 36 years for LCU to see its second, as Sears recorded another triple-double with 19 assists, 12 kills and 11 digs. The triple-double also marks her 12
th double-double this season (and 35th of her career), as she has double-doubles in three straight matches and four of the last five matches. Sears, who never had a double-digit performance in kills prior to Friday, hit double-digits for a third consecutive match with her career-high 12 kills Tuesday. The sophomore also had a pair of blocks and a career-high three aces.
» Freshman middle blocker
Kayson Reeves matched a season high in blocks with 8, as LCU had their second consecutive match with 12.0 team blocks (2 solo and 20 assisted blocks). It marked the third time this season LCU has had double figures in team blocks. It is the first time this season LCU has had double-figures in blocks in consecutive games, and the 24 blocks over a two-game span is LCU's highest since 34 in a two-game stretch during the 2019 season.
» LCU had been 7-0 when winning the third set, as Tuesday marked LCU's first loss of the season (7-1) when winning the third set.
» The match was a tightly played match with 17 lead changes and the set-scores tied on 27 occasions.
» Joining Sears in double-figures in kills was
Hope Gonsioroski, who matched a career high with 11 kills for a fifth time this season (the freshman has completed the task in a span covering the last seven matches).
» LCU fell to 2-4 this season in matches decided in four sets.
» The Lady Chaps completed their home portion of their schedule with a 4-4 record. They play their final five regular season matches on the road in LSC play.
» West Texas A&M extended their "Rivalry on the Range" volleyball all-time series record to 43-12-1, winning in eight straight meetings and 11 of the last 12 against LCU. WT is 2-0 against LCU this season with Tuesday's win. LCU's record dropped to 6-16 all-time at home against WT.
How It Happened
SET 1 | WT 25, LCU 23
- The Lady Buffs built a 6-1 lead before the Lady Chaps worked back within 9-7 behind kills from
Hope Gonsioroski and a
Lauren Hanson ace.
- After WT pushed back ahead 13-8, the Lady Chaps continued to close the gap and moved in front 19-17 on kills from Gonsioroski and
Camdyn Sears.
- The Lady Buffs tied the set at 19-19 and later led 22-20, but a Sears kill and back-to-back
Kyla Farnan aces put the Lady Chaps ahead 23-22 before WTAMU scored the final three points to take the set 25-23.
- Gonsioroski led LCU with five kills, while Cavanaugh led WT with a set-leading six kills
SET 2 | WT 25, LCU 22
- The Lady Chaps moved ahead 7-4 behind a Gonsioroski kill and a Lady Buffs attack error, but WT answered with five straight points, including three Parker Gladhill aces, to lead 9-7.
- The Lady Buffs built the margin to 17-11 before the Lady Chaps responded with a Sears kill, two Sears aces and a
Shaylee Stevens kill during a run that pushed the Lady Chaps in front 19-18.
- After Gonsioroski tied the set at 20-20 and the Lady Chaps went ahead 21-20, WTAMU won five of the final six points, closing the set 25-22 on an Anna Ruter kill.
- WT had an 18-11 advantage in kills in the set.
SET 3 | LCU 26, WT 24
- After the Lady Buffs moved ahead 8-5, the Lady Chaps answered with seven straight points, using four blocks during the run to take a 12-8 lead.
- WT responded with a long service stretch from Pauline Gonzales, turning a 13-9 Lady Chaps lead into a 17-13 deficit before Gonsioroski and
Camryn Blair helped the Lady Chaps cut back into the margin.
- The Lady Chaps later trailed 19-16, but a Sears ace and a
Camryn Blair kill capped a four-point push that moved the Lady Chaps in front 20-19.
- WTAMU went back ahead 23-21, but the Lady Chaps closed the set by winning five of the final six points, with a Gonsioroski kill and a Gonsioroski-
Kayson Reeves block finishing the 26-24 win.
- Reeves had 7.0 blocks in the set for LCU.
SET 4 | WT 25, LCU 15
- The set stayed tight early, with kills from Sears,
Tatum Fleitman and Stevens helping the Lady Chaps match the Lady Buffs through a 4-4 tie.
- Reeves delivered back-to-back kills to pull the Lady Chaps within 8-7, and Gonsioroski later put down a kill that made it 12-11.
- WT answered with six straight points, moving from a 12-11 edge to an 18-11 lead behind kills from Anna Ruter, Skyler Massey and Casey Loewer.
- The Lady Chaps got late kills from Sears and Reeves, but WTAMU closed the set 25-15 on a Massey kill.
- Sears had three kills and a pair of blocks in the frame.
What's Next
LCU goes from five home matches to a five-match road trip to close the regular season, and it begins Friday at 6p.m. in Denton, Texas facing Texas Woman's.
