LUBBOCK, Texas (October 9, 2026) – Lubbock Christian University opened its final homestand of the season Friday with a 3-0 loss to UT Tyler (25-19, 25-14, 25-22 ) in Lone Star Conference play inside Rip Griffin Center.
The Lady Chaparrals fell to 8-10 overall and 4-4 in LSC play, while UT Tyler improved to 14-3 and 5-2.
UT Tyler held LCU to a .076 attack percentage and 30 kills while producing 46 kills at a .277 clip. The Patriots also finished with nine total blocks.
Camdyn Sears recorded her ninth double-double of the season and 32nd of her LCU career, finishing with 24 assists and 10 digs.
Ramsey Clark also collected 10 digs, while
Camryn Blair led the Lady Chaps offensively with seven kills.
Kristyn Grantham added six kills, while
Hope Gonsioroski and
Aubree Lundberg each finished with five. Gonsioroski and Lundberg also contributed four blocks apiece.
LCU led 15-14 in the opening set before UT Tyler used a 7-0 run to take control. The Lady Chaps battled through 10 ties in the third and pulled within 23-21 late before the Patriots closed out the sweep.
Miley Myers led UT Tyler with 11 kills, while Kailey Manes added 10 kills on a .400 hitting percentage and six blocks. Ava Collins finished with 20 assists and 12 digs for a double-double, and Anna Arceneaux led the Patriots with 16 digs.
Game Notes
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Camdyn Sears registered 24 assists and 10 digs for her ninth double-double of the season and 32nd of her LCU career. Sears added a pair of kills and a block as well.
» LCU fell to 6-8 in straight-set decisions, as 14 of LCU's 18 matches this season have resulted in 3-0 decisions.
» The match opened a five-match homestand for the Lady Chaps, who drop to 2-2 at home this season.
» UT Tyler, who completed their 14
th game this season (of 17) away from home, improved to 7-1 all-time against LCU in the all-time series. They are also 3-0 all-time inside Rip Griffin Center against the Lady Chaps.
How It Happened
SET 1 | UTT 25, LCU 19
- The Lady Chaps scored the first two points on a
Camryn Blair kill and a block by
Aubree Lundberg and
Camdyn Sears, and after the set reached 11-11, three UT Tyler errors helped the Lady Chaps move ahead 14-11.
- UT Tyler answered with kills from Maya Jones and Miley Myers to tie the set at 14-14 before Blair put the Lady Chaps back in front 15-14.
- UTT then scored seven straight points, including three Kailey Manes kills, to move ahead 21-15.
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Kristyn Grantham stopped the run with a kill and
Haley Wheeler added an ace to make it 22-18, but UT Tyler closed the set 25-19 on a Manes kill.
- Manes paced the UTT attack with five kills in the set.
SET 2 | UTT 25, LCU 14
- UT Tyler built an early 6-2 lead with kills from Melanie Merrill and Kailey Manes and a Mia Cross ace, before the Lady Chaps took consecutive points on a service error and a block by Lundberg and
Hope Gonsioroski to make it 6-4.
- UT Tyler pushed the margin back out through the middle of the set, using Miley Myers kills and Lady Chaps attack errors to move ahead 12-6, then reaching 16-8 after another Myers kill capped a 10-4 offensive surge for the Patriots.
- The Lady Chaps pulled to 16-10 on a Lundberg kill and a UT Tyler attack error, but UT Tyler answered with three straight points, including a Cross ace, to go up 19-10.
- Gonsioroski, Lundberg and Grantham added late kills, but UT Tyler reached 24-13 on a Kaitlyn Davis ace and closed the set 25-14.
SET 3 | UTT 25, LCU 22
- After UT Tyler scored the opening point, the Lady Chaps moved in front 3-1 behind a
Kayson Reeves-
Camryn Blair block and a Blair kill.
- The set stayed even through the middle stages, with
Leigh Jespersen tying it at 15-15 and Sears answering at 16-16 before UT Tyler used kills from Maya Jones and Miley Myers to move ahead 20-16 on a 4-0 run.
- The UTT run would build to a 6-1 run before the Lady Chaps cut a 22-17 deficit to 23-21, helped by a Lundberg-Gonsioroski block and a
Ramsey Clark ace, but UT Tyler held on to take the set 25-22.
- The Patriots had a whopping 20-12 advantage in kills in the set, with Myers and Jones each with five kills to combine for half the totals in the frame.
What's Next
The five-match homestand continues Saturday at 2 p.m. inside Rip Griffin Center, as UT Dallas makes their inaugural visit to Lubbock for a Lone Star Conference contest.
