WICHITA FALLS, Texas (Nov. 6, 2026) – Lubbock Christian University's postseason push came to an end Friday night, as the Lady Chaparrals battled through 31 ties before Midwestern State pulled away for a 3-1 Lone Star Conference victory (30-28, 28-26, 19-25, 25-16) inside D.L. Ligon Coliseum.
LCU closed the season at 12-15 overall and 8-9 in LSC play, while Midwestern State improved to 16-12 and 11-6. The Lady Chaps entered the regular-season finale needing a victory to remain alive for one of nine LSC Championship berths.
Camdyn Sears capped her sophomore season with another historic performance, recording 25 assists, 18 digs and 11 kills for her fourth triple-double of the season. The performance also marked her 16th double-double of the season and 39th of her LCU career.
Senior
Camryn Blair added 14 kills and 10 digs for her second career double-double, while freshmen
Hope Gonsioroski and
Kayson Reeves finished with 11 and 10 kills, respectively.
LCU produced a season-high 93 digs, with six Lady Chaps reaching double figures.
The Lady Chaps held late leads in each of the opening two sets, including 28-27 in the first and 26-25 in the second, but Midwestern State answered with three straight points both times.
Isabella Dickens and Nyle Mathis each finished with 19 kills for the Mustangs. Setter Macy Scheer recorded 61 assists and 11 digs for a double-double, while Jenna Redding collected a match-high 25 digs.
Game Notes
» LCU produced a season high in digs with 93. Six (6) players finished in double figures in digs, with
Camdyn Sears leading LCU with 18 digs.
Leigh Jespersen (13),
Ramsey Clark (12),
Haley Wheeler (12, career high),
Sienna Cavalier (10) and
Camryn Blair (10) joined Sears in double figures.
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Camdyn Sears posted 25 assists, 18 digs and 11 kills for her 16
th double-double this season (and 39th of her career) and her fourth triple-double of the season. Sears has double-doubles in eight of the last 11 matches, and she has double-figure kill performances in six of her last eight matches (did not have a double-figure kills performance in her college career prior to Oct. 16). The sophomore, who also added an ace in the match, became the fourth player in NCAA Div. II play to reach four triple-doubles this season. She concludes the season 12 assists shy of her 2,000
th career assist.
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Camryn Blair was one of three Lady Chaps that are seniors that celebrated Senior Day (in Lubbock) and potentially played in their final collegiate match Friday. Blair finished with 14 kills and10 digs for her 11
th performance with at least 10 kills this season and 17
th of her career. The double-double was her second of the season and of her LCU career. She finishes the season with 420 career kills in 62 matches played. Other seniors included
Tatum Fleitman (had five kills and two blocks to finish with 263 career kills and 93 total blocks in 64 career matches) and
Ramsey Clark (907 career digs and 73 career aces in 112 career matches played).
» Freshman
Kayson Reeves notched her fifth match of the season finishing in double figures in kills, as she posted 10 in the match.
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Hope Gonsioroski matched a career high with 11 kills (fifth time this season she has finished with 11 kills), which marks the seventh time she has finished with at least 10 kills in a match this season and in her collegiate career.
» The score was tied on 31 occasions throughout the match, which a season high involving LCU this season.
» LCU dropped to 3-5 in matches decided in four sets on the season.
» The Lady Chaps, who closed out their regular season on a five-match road match, fell to 4-8 in road play on the season.
» MSU claims their first win over LCU since Oct. 10, 2017, ending a six-match win streak by the Lady Chaps. LCU falls 34-18 overall against MSU and 13-9 all-time in Wichita Falls (against MSU).
How It Happened
SET 1 | MSU 30, LCU 28
- The teams traded points through the opening stretch, with the Lady Chaps pulling even at 7-7 on a
Hope Gonsioroski kill and again at 11-11 on a
Camdyn Sears ace.
- MSU turned a 14-13 Lady Chaps lead into a 20-15 advantage, getting a Macy Scheer ace and kills from TaNia Penn, Emerson Reedy and Remi Madison during the stretch.
- The Lady Chaps answered with three straight points to get within 20-18, then kept pressing late as
Camryn Blair delivered consecutive kills to tie the set at 24-24.
- Sears later put the Lady Chaps ahead 28-27 with back-to-back kills, but the Mustangs scored the final three points to take the set 30-28.
- The teams combined for 41 kills in the set, with MSU leading the way with 23 kills (7 from Isabella Dickens).
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Camryn Blair led LCU with 6 kills in the set
SET 2 | MSU 28, LCU 26
- MSU won four of the first five points and later led 10-6 before the Lady Chaps pulled within 10-9 behind a
Camryn Blair kill, a
Leigh Jespersen ace and a
Kayson Reeves block.
- LCU stayed close through the middle of the set, tying it at 20-20 on a Gonsioroski kill before moving ahead 22-21 on a block by
Shaylee Stevens and Blair.
- The teams traded points past 25, with Reeves giving LCU a 26-25 lead before the Mustangs scored the final three points to take the set 28-26.
- MSU had another set with at least 20 kills, finishing with 20 (7 from Dickens).
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Kayson Reeves led LCU in the frame with five kills.
SET 3 | LCU 25, MSU 19
- LCU and MSU traded points through the middle of the set, with Stevens putting the Lady Chaps ahead 10-8 before the teams later moved through ties at 12, 13, 14 and 15.
- The Lady Chaps went up 17-15 on kills by Sears and
Tatum Fleitman, but the Mustangs answered with two points to tie the set at 17.
- Sears put LCU back in front, and
Haley Wheeler served the next five points, including two aces, as the Lady Chaps moved ahead 23-17.
- MSU scored twice to get within 23-19, but Stevens followed with a kill and
Ramsey Clark served an ace to close the set 25-19.
- Sears led LCU in the set with five kills, as LCU had a 15-10 advantage over in MSU in the set in kills.
SET 4 | MSU 25, LCU 16
- After the Lady Chaps took the first point on a service error, MSU won five straight to move ahead 5-1 behind three Nyle Mathis kills.
- Sears answered with a kill and the Lady Chaps pulled within 5-4, but the Mustangs later stretched the lead to 10-4 with kills from Emerson Reedy, Remi Madison and TaNia Penn plus a service ace.
- Gonsioroski helped the Lady Chaps cut the margin to 11-7, and a block by
Tatum Fleitman and Stevens started a push that brought LCU within 15-12 after Fleitman's kill and two MSU attack errors.
- The Mustangs responded with kills from Isabella Dickens and Mathis to move back ahead 18-12, then closed the set with Penn's kill for a 25-16 finish.
- Gonsioroski led LCU with three kills in the set.
