ODESSA, Texas (October 30, 2026) – With their postseason hopes hanging in the balance, Lubbock Christian University has little room for error as the Lady Chaparrals enter the final three matches of the regular season chasing a berth in the Lone Star Conference Championships. Currently tied for 10th in the conference standings, LCU faces a pivotal road weekend, opening Friday against UT Permian Basin at 6 p.m. inside Falcon Dome before traveling to San Angelo for a 2 p.m. Saturday matchup against No.5 Angelo State inside Junell Center.
   

LONE STAR CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL
OPPONENT	LOCATION	DAY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS
UTPB	Odessa, Texas	Fri., Oct. 30	6 p.m.	Video	Stats

  
LADY CHAP NOTES
- Lubbock Christian (11-13 overall and more importantly, 7-7 in LSC play) enters its final three Lone Star Conference matches tied for 10th, chasing one of nine LSC Championship berths. The Lady Chaps visit UT Permian Basin (Oct. 30), Angelo State (Oct. 31) and Midwestern State (Nov. 6). A sweep would put LCU at 10-7 but would not guarantee qualification, while a 9-8 finish requires favorable results elsewhere. LCU loses head-to-head tiebreakers against West Texas A&M, Western New Mexico and Oklahoma Christian, making those teams' remaining results pivotal. The Lady Chaps must win at least once to avoid elimination.
 
- LCU split the opening weekend of its five-match road swing, rallying for a dramatic 3-2 victory at Texas Woman's before falling 3-0 at second-place DBU. The Lady Chaps are 3-3 in conference road matches and 3-6 in true road contests overall, with LSC road victories over Sul Ross State, Cameron and Texas Woman's.
 
- Friday's victory at Texas Woman's produced one of LCU's most dramatic finishes of the season. The Lady Chaps trailed 13-10 in the fifth set and survived two match points before winning 17-15. Camdyn Sears erased the final match point with a kill before consecutive TWU attack errors completed the comeback. LCU improved to 1-0 in five-set matches this season and has won four consecutive five-set decisions dating to last season.
 
- Camdyn Sears remains at the center of LCU's late-season surge after recording three triple-doubles over a four-match span. Sears enters Friday with 605 assists, 235 digs and 103 kills while hitting .283. Her three triple-doubles rank second in the LSC and fourth nationally, while her 7.56 assists per set rank fifth in the conference.
 
-  Sears has also developed into an increasingly dangerous attacking option during conference play. She is hitting .311 against LSC opponents with 77 kills and just 11 attack errors on 212 attempts while also contributing 354 assists and 138 digs. Sears has 13 double-doubles this season and 36 during her LCU career.
 
- Freshman Kayson Reeves continues to anchor LCU at the net. Reeves has 86 total blocks and averages 1.08 per set, ranking fourth in the LSC and 47th nationally in blocks per set. Her 86 total blocks rank fifth in the conference. Reeves has also produced 160 kills while hitting .295, which ranks 11th in the LSC among qualified attackers.
 
- Freshman Shaylee Stevens has emerged as one of LCU's most efficient attacking options during conference play. Stevens has 51 kills while hitting .319 overall and is hitting .363 against LSC opponents with 45 kills in 24 sets. Her recent stretch includes a career-high 15 kills on a .500 hitting percentage in the five-set victory at Texas Woman's.
 
- Hope Gonsioroski continues to provide increased offensive production during the conference portion of the schedule. She has 104 kills overall, with 99 coming in LSC matches, where she averages 2.61 kills per set. Her six double-figure kill performances this season have all come during an eight-match stretch.
 
- Camryn Blair remains LCU's season leader with 215 kills and 243 points. Blair averages 2.79 kills per set overall and has 131 kills in conference play. She ranks 12th in the LSC in attacks per set at 8.66 and remains LCU's most-used offensive option.
 
- LCU's strongest team rankings continue to come from the service line and at the net. The Lady Chaps average 1.58 aces per set, ranking 10th in the LSC, and 1.90 blocks per set, ranking seventh. In conference play, LCU owns a 79-57 advantage in service aces and has committed 34 fewer attack errors than its opponents, 229-26.
 
- The Lady Chaps have generally been more efficient in LSC play than their overall season numbers indicate. LCU is hitting .201 in conference matches compared with .176 overall, while averaging 12.08 kills, 10.98 assists and 15.38 digs per set in league play. Opponents are hitting .204 in conference matches, leaving only a narrow separation in attack efficiency despite LCU's 7-7 league record.
 
- Saturday's loss at DBU represented an extreme statistical outlier. LCU was held to 15 kills and 17 points — both rally-scoring-era lows — and hit -.043, while DBU hit .494, the highest percentage by an LCU opponent during the program's NCAA era. The Lady Chaps now turn their attention to a UT Permian Basin squad entering the closing stretch on a three-match winning streak.
 
LOOKING AT UTPB
- The Lady Chaps and Falcons first squared off in 1995 and have met 55 times since (56 total meetings), with LCU owning a 45-11 series advantage over the Falcons. LCU, winners of five of the prior six meetings, had won 15 consecutive matches prior to 2019, but UTPB has won half (7) of the last 14 meetings. LCU and UTPB squared off twice last season, sweeping the regular season series (met in Oklahoma City for the LSC Challenge, and then the conference matchup in Lubbock) to extend the LCU win streak to three straight matches. The two programs are former Heartland Conference foes and LCU was 6-0 all-time in Heartland action against the Falcons.
 
- UT Permian Basin enters Friday's matchup at 8-11 overall and 3-10 in Lone Star Conference play, but the Falcons have found their best stretch of the season with three consecutive victories. UTPB has defeated Sul Ross State, West Texas A&M and Eastern New Mexico during the run, including a 3-2 road win at WT and a 3-1 victory at ENMU last Saturday. The Falcons remain below the nine-team LSC Championship cut line, but their recent surge has kept them mathematically alive entering the final four matches of the regular season.
 
-  Kaitlyn Salgado is UTPB's primary offensive threat, leading the Falcons with 212 kills and averaging 3.03 per set, which ranks 10th in the LSC. She also averages 9.71 attacks per set, fifth in the conference, while contributing 187 digs. Salgado has been especially productive during the Falcons' recent surge and recorded 12 kills and 15 digs at Eastern New Mexico for another double-double.
 
- Defense has been the Falcons' defining strength. UTPB leads the LSC and ranks 14th nationally with 17.92 digs per set, while also holding opponents to a .176 attack percentage, sixth-best in the conference. Their volume is reflected in 38.01 attacks per set, second in the LSC. In conference play, the Falcons average an even higher 18.20 digs per set, narrowly ahead of their opponents at 18.12.
 
- Nickilah Whatley gives UTPB production in multiple areas. She is hitting a team-best .263 with 130 kills, leads the Falcons with 29 service aces and has 59 total blocks. Her 0.40 aces per set rank fifth in the LSC. Whatley also had seven blocks in the win at Eastern New Mexico, while setters Kierra Freeman and Emma Gonzalez have operated a two-setter system and each posted double-doubles in the Falcons' latest victory.

HOW TO WATCH
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