ALPINE, Texas (September 17, 2026) – Lubbock Christian University opened Lone Star Conference play with a straight-set road victory Thursday, defeating Sul Ross State 25-11, 25-22, 25-17 inside the Gallego Center behind a trio of double-double performances.
 
The Lady Chaparrals improved to 5-6 overall and 1-0 in LSC play, while Sul Ross State fell to 0-11 and 0-1. The victory marked LCU's first road win of the season and improved the Lady Chaps to 26-6 all-time in conference openers.
 
LCU hit .339 with 53 kills and placed four players in double figures in digs while totaling 62, its season high for a three-set match.
 
Camryn Blair led the offense with 15 kills on a .429 hitting percentage and added a career-high 10 digs for her first collegiate double-double. Leigh Jespersen recorded her first double-double as a Lady Chap with 12 kills and 10 digs.
 
Camdyn Sears added another double-double with 40 assists and 11 digs, giving her five this season and 28 for her LCU career. Kayson Reeves contributed nine kills while hitting .471, and Aubree Lundberg finished with seven kills on eight attacks for a .750 hitting percentage.
 
LCU won despite not recording a block, marking its first complete match without one since Oct. 19, 2012, at Arkansas-Fort Smith.
 
The Lady Chaps pulled away with a six-point run to close the opening set and later used a 9-0 run in the third to turn a one-point advantage into a 22-12 lead.
 
Game Notes
» The victory improved LCU to 26-6 all-time in conference openers and 5-3 in Lone Star Conference openers. It was also the Lady Chaps' first victory when opening LSC play on the road since defeating Eastern New Mexico in 2019. LCU had dropped its previous two road conference openers before Thursday. The Lady Chaps went 15-2 in LSC play last season after consecutive 9-7 conference campaigns in 2023 and 2024.
 
» Camdyn Sears registered 40 assists and 11 digs for her fifth double-double of the season and 28^th of her LCU career. It is her third consecutive match with a double-double (she has four over a five-match span).  

» LCU claimed the win despite not registering a block. A statistical anomaly, the match without a block by LCU matches a program record and it is the first time LCU went a complete match without a block since October 19, 2012 at Arkansas – Fort Smith (UAFS).
 
» The Lady Chaps hit .339 in the match, placing LCU's top two attack percentages on the season each against SRSU, as they hit .376 in the prior match against SRSU (Aug. 28) this season.
 
» Lubbock Christian had a season-high for a three-set match with 62 digs, with four players in double-figures in digs. Ramsey Clark and Sears each had 11 digs, while Leigh Jespersen and Camryn Blair (career high) each had 10 digs.
 
» Leigh Jespersen recorded her first double-double as a member of the Lady Chaps with   12 kills and 10 digs. It marks her 15^th career double-double, as she had 14 in two seasons (11 last season) with Hardin-Simmons. Her 12 kills matches her LCU-high and it is her third double-figure performance in kills with LCU and the 15^th of her collegiate career.
 
» Camryn Blair's double-double of 15 kills and 10 digs completes her first career double-double. The 15 kills was her 11^th career double-figure kill performance and fifth of the season.  
 
» The road win was the first of the season for the Lady Chaps, who improve to 1-3 in road play on the season.
 
» LCU improved to 4-5 in straight-set decisions this season, as nine of their 11 matches have been decided in three sets.
 
» The meeting completed the 52^nd all-time meeting and LCU's win completed the 22^nd straight win in the head-to-head series, which LCU leads 41-11. LCU is also 2-0 against SRSU this season and the 3-0 win marked the 11 consecutive straight-set win by the Lady Chaps against the Lobos, who have not defeated LCU since Nov. 6, 1993. The game in Alpine marked LCU's first trip to Gallegos Center since 1995.
 
How It Happened
 
SET 1 | LCU 25, SRSU 11
- After the Lobos scored the first point, Camryn Blair answered with a kill and Sienna Cavalier added an ace as the Chaparrals moved ahead 2-1.
- The Lady Chaparrals kept building through the middle of the set, getting kills from Kayson Reeves, Aubree Lundberg and Leigh Jespersen to push the advantage to 10-5 and later 15-8.
- SRSU reached 19-11, but the Chaparrals closed the set with six straight points on Reeves' serve, including kills from Jespersen, Blair and Lundberg, to take the set 25-11.
- Blair (6), Jespersen (5) and Reeves (5) combined for 16 of LCU's 19 kills in the set.
 
SET 2 | LCU 25, SRSU 22
- The set stayed even through 12-12 before the Lobos scored three straight, including an Arianne Nieto ace, to move ahead 15-12.
- The Lady Chaps answered with kills from Lundberg, Camryn Blair and Ramsey Clark to tie it at 15-15, and a Jespersen ace later put the Lady Chaps in front 17-16.
- The Lady Chaps moved from an 18-18 tie to a 23-20 lead, and after SRSU pulled within 23-22, Jespersen delivered the final two Lady Chaps kills to close the set 25-22.
- Blair (6) and Jespersen (5) combined for 11 kills, as they led the way for LCU in the frame.
 
SET 3 | LCU 25, SRSU 17
- The Lady Chaps built an 8-4 lead behind a Reeves kill and ace, but the Lobos answered with six straight points to move ahead 10-8 before Camryn Blair and Tatum Fleitman kills tied the set at 10-10.
- After SRSU moved back in front 11-10, the Lady Chaps used kills from Sears, Fleitman and Lundberg to take a 13-11 lead.
- With the set at 13-12, Fleitman started a nine-point Lady Chaps run with a kill, and Ramsey Clark served through the final eight points of the stretch as the Lady Chaps pushed the lead to 22-12.
- The Lobos trimmed a 24-14 margin to 24-17, but Jespersen ended the set with a kill to give the Lady Chaps a 25-17 win.
- Tatum Fleitman (4) and Aubree Lundberg (4) co-led LCU in kills during the set.
 
What's Next
The Lady Chaps remain on the road and head to Silver City, N.M. to face Western New Mexico Saturday at 1 pm (CT) inside Drag's Court.