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1. LONE STAR CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL
WEEKLY RELEASE | NOVEMBER 11, 2014
Contact: Melanie Robotham | Assistant Commissioner | Office: 972-234-0033 x. 103 |
E-mail: melanie@lonestarconference.org | www.lonestarconference.org | Twitter: @LoneStarConf
LSC STANDINGS
School Conf CPct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral
West Texas A&M 16-0 1.000 30-3 0.909 W22 11-2 13-0 6-1
Angelo State 11-5 0.688 19-7 0.731 L1 10-3 6-4 3-0
Texas Woman’s 11-5 0.688 18-9 0.667 L2 9-1 5-5 4-3
Tarleton State 10-6 0.625 20-7 0.741 L2 10-2 6-4 4-1
Texas A&M-Kingsville 7-9 0.438 18-12 0.600 L1 9-4 6-8 3-0
Cameron 5-11 0.313 13-14 0.481 W1 5-5 4-8 4-1
Eastern New Mexico 5-11 0.313 13-17 0.433 W1 7-5 2-9 4-3
Texas A&M-Commerce 4-12 0.250 7-22 0.241 L1 4-11 2-8 1-3
Midwestern State 3-13 0.188 9-20 0.310 L1 7-9 2-11 0-0
LSC VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
The teams are set for the annual Lone Star Conference Volleyball Championship Tournament, which begins
Thursday in Canyon, Texas.
West Texas A&M earned the right to host the event with the program’s 19th LSC Championship with a
perfect 16-0 record to mark the second straight year and 16th time overall they have finished the league season
unbeaten since 1986. WT has won 22 straight including taking their last 36 league matches dating back to last
season.
The eight-team, single-elimination tournament consists of four first-round matches on Thursday, followed by
two semifinal games on Friday evening and the championship match on Saturday at 5 p.m.
The top eight teams in the LSC will compete for the 2014 tournament championship. In addition to winning
the title, the LSC tournament winner will receive the league’s automatic berth into the NCAA Division II
Volleyball Championship.
The WT Athletic Media Relations Department will provide live stats and live video for the championship
games, the webstream is powered by Stretch Internet and is available on mobile devices.
Action starts on Thursday at 12 p.m. with No. 3 Angelo State against No. 6 Eastern New Mexico followed
by No. 2 Texas Woman’s versus No. 7 Cameron at 2:30 p.m., No. 4 Tarleton State against No. 5 Texas A&M-Kingsville
at 5 p.m. and No. 1 WT versus No. 8 Texas A&M-Commerce at 7:30 p.m.
WT won the 2013 LSC volleyball tournament championship with a 3-2 victory over ASU in Canyon, Texas.
LSC VOLLEYBALL
LSC volleyball teams are 147-111 overall this season. The squads are currently 15-13 combined versus Rocky
Mountain Athletic Conference teams, and 20-14 against the Heartland Conference, which are the other
leagues in the NCAA South Central Region.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSIVE
Kat Evans, Cameron University, JR, Pearland, Texas, Pearland HS
Evans guided the Aggies from a 2-0 hole at Texas A&M-Kingsville to a stunning five-set victory with a career high
26 kills while having an attack percentage at .305, and scoring 29.5 points. She was a force in the final three
points of the match with CU trailing 14-13 in the fifth set; Evans had the tying kill, a service ace to take the lead,
and the assist to score the winning point against TAMUK. The 26 kills on Saturday put her 11 short of 1,000 in
her career at Cameron with one regular season match remaining.
DEFENSIVE
Kenya Alexander, Tarleton State University, JR, Fort Hood, Kan., Wyandotte HS
Alexander, the national leader in blocks per set, posted her third double-figure block effort of the season with a
career-high 13 blocks against the Rambelles Friday. She also added nine kills and a dig for Tarleton.
SETTER
Kayla Hebert, Cameron University, SO, McKinney, Texas, Heritage HS
Hebert was a critical asset for Cameron in their 2-0 comeback at Texas A&M-Kingsville on Saturday. She
netted 47 total assists, 39 in sets three through five after the Aggies switched from a 6-2 to a 5-1 offense. CU
responded and hit .277 during that time span compared to .057 in first two sets. She also provided 18 digs for
her seventeenth double-double of the season, and had the game winning point for the Aggies in Saturday’s
match.
OTHER TOP PERFORMERS
Brianna Sotello, Angelo State University, established a new career-high with 24 kills in a five-set win over
Tarleton State last Friday at the Junell Center and finished the week with 38 kills for the Belles. Sotello has
emerged as an offensive threat for the Belles over the last month and enters the postseason with 182 kills and
189 digs. She finished last week with 4.75 kills per set against TSU and Lubbock Christian and also supplied 37
digs, four blocks and two aces.
FIRST SERVE
• West Texas A&M is ranked 21st in the AVCA
poll (Nov. 10).
THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE
LSC Volleyball Championship, Canyon, Texas
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Match 1: No. 3 Angelo State vs. No. 6 Eastern New
Mexico, 12 p.m.
Match 2: No. 2 Texas Woman’s vs. No. 7 Cameron,
2:30 p.m.
Match 3: No. 4 Tarleton State vs. No. 5 Texas A&M-Kingsville,
5 p.m.
Match 4: No. 1 West Texas A&M vs. No. 8 Texas A&M-Commerce,
7:30 p.m.
Friday, November 14, 2014
Match 5: Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 2, 5 p.m.
Match 6: Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4, 7:30
p.m.
Saturday, November 15, 2014
Match 7: Winner Match 5 vs. Winner Match 6, 5 p.m.
All times are CST; * denotes LSC game
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Complete results at lonestarconference.org.
WEEKLY AWARDS
Offensive
S-9 Hailey Roberts, Tarleton State
S-16 Abbie Lynn, Angelo State
S-23 Amy Davault, Texas A&M-Commerce
S-30 Lauren Bevan, West Texas A&M
O-7 Hailey Roberts, Tarleton State (2)
O-14 Elizabeth Pennington, Texas Woman’s
O-21 Elizabeth Pennington, Texas Woman’s (2)
O-28 Hailey Roberts, Tarleton State (3)
N-4 Lauren Bevan, West Texas A&M (2)
N-11 Kat Evans, Cameron
Defensive
S-9 Casey Fletcher, Midwestern State
S-16 Kenya Alexander, Tarleton State
S-23 Morgan Wilson, Texas Woman’s
S-30 Brett Zaccardo, Texas A&M-Kingsville
O-7 Kenya Alexander, Tarleton State (2)
O-14 Ashley Mireles, Texas A&M-Commerce
O-21 Shelby Wilt, Angelo State
O-28 Katie Covell, Tarleton State
N-4 Shelby Wilt, Angelo State (2)
N-11 Kenya Alexander, Tarleton State (3)
Setter
S-9 Alexa Johnson, Angelo State
S-16 Kameryn Hayes, West Texas A&M
S-23 Joey Redwine, Texas Woman’s
S-30 Kameryn Hayes, West Texas A&M (2)
O-7 Kameryn Hayes, West Texas A&M (3)
O-14 Joey Redwine, Texas Woman’s (2)
O-21 Emily Medlin, Tarleton State
O-28 Alexa Johnson, Angelo State (2)
N-4 Kameryn Hayes, West Texas A&M (4)
N-11 Kayla Hebert, Cameron
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2. LONE STAR CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL WEEKLY RELEASE 2
Hailey Roberts, Tarleton State University, ended
her freshman regular season with a 20-kill effort
in last week’s game against Angelo State. Roberts
had 22 kills against the Rambelles on a .213 hitting
percentage to go along with 18 digs for her team-leading
15th double-double of the season.
Lauren Bevan, West Texas A&M University, had
another strong weekend for the Lady Buffs as they
ran their season win streak to 22 matches with
home wins over Texas Woman’s and Texas A&M-Commerce
to conclude the regular season. The
Ventura, California native registered 22 kills in six sets
to average 3.67 per frame to go along with a service
ace, 14 digs and four total blocks (1 solo, 3 assisted).
The senior outside registered her 14th double-double
of the season on Saturday afternoon in a Senior Day
week of A&M-Commerce with 10 kills on 31 swings to
hit .290 along with 10 digs and two total blocks.
Shelby Wilt, Angelo State University, had 6.00 digs
per set with 24 digs in a five-set win over Tarleton State
before also having 24 digs a three-set loss to Lubbock
Christian in a non-conference match on Saturday at
the Junell Center. Wilt finished the weekend with 48
digs and now has 527 digs this season and 2,389 digs
in her record-setting career at ASU. Wilt is averaging
5.55 digs per set coming into the postseason for the
Belles.
Agatha Gibbons, Eastern New Mexico University,
had 14 blocks and averaged 1.17 b/s defensively
for Eastern New Mexico. She set a career-high with
eight block assists and tied her career-best of 16
kills in the Zias upset win over Texas Woman’s in the
regular season finale to clinch the sixth seed in the
LSC Tournament. She also had four blocks at New
Mexico Highlands and two rejections against Texas
A&M-Commerce. Gibbons had 39 kills, averaged 3.25
k/s and recorded a team-high .232 attack percentage
in the three matches as well.
Alexa Johnson, Angelo State University, supplied
54 assists to help lead the Belles to a five-set win
over Tarleton State last Friday in their LSC finale and
then had 30 assists in a loss to Lubbock Christian on
Saturday. Johnson averaged 10.50 assists per set for
the Belles during the week and enters the postseason
with 962 assists this season with a 11.32 assists per
set average.
Kameryn Hayes, West Texas A&M University,
continued to guide the powerful WT offense
this past week as they finished the Lone
Star Conference schedule unbeaten for the
second straight season with home wins over
Texas Woman’s and Texas A&M-Commerce.
The Cypress, Texas native registered 21 kills on 48
swings to hit .354 on the weekend with 45 assists
(7.50/set), a service ace, 13 digs and two total blocks
in the pair of sweeps. Hayes registered her 16th
double-double of the season on Saturday afternoon
as the senior registered 12 kills on 29 swings to hit
.310 to go along with 22 assists and seven digs. The
Lady Buffs hit .262 as a team.
Emily Medlin, Tarleton State University, had a
30-kill effort for Tarleton State against Angelo last
weekend. The freshman setter also had a career-best
17 digs en route to her second career double-double.
LSC NOTES (Submitted by LSC SID’s)
Angelo State
The Belles earned a five-set win over Tarleton State
last Friday in their LSC finale, but dropped a three-set
match to Lubbock Christian on Saturday to finish
the regular season with a 19-7 overall record and an
11-5 conference mark. ASU is the third set in this
week’s LSC tournament and will play ENMU at 12
p.m. on Thursday. The Belles have made the last four
LSC Championship finals and the past three NCAA
DII South Central Championships. ASU enters the
postseason having won seven of its last nine matches.
Cameron
1-0 last week.
Eastern New Mexico
Eastern New Mexico ended the regular season with a
1-2 week. The lone victory was a major one for them
as they shocked Texas Woman’s in five sets. Along
with Texas A&M-Commerce’s loss at West Texas
A&M, the Zias clinched the sixth seed in the Lone
Star Conference Tournament. Agatha Gibbons was a
standout both offensively and defensively. She led the
team with 39 kills, 3.25 k/s, .232 attack percentage,
14 blocks and 1.17 b/s. In the match against the
Pioneers, Gibbons set a career-high with eight block
assists and matched her career-best of 16 kills. Bree
Anna Lucero was second on the team with 28 kills,
2.33 k/s, 11 blocks and four service aces. Karra Day
paced the team with 61 assists while Kennedi Catano
added 53. Courtney Lawson had a team-high five
assists during the week and tied her career-high of 23
digs in the five-set win over TWU. This week ENMU
plays at 11 a.m. MT in the LSC Tournament against
3rd seed Angelo State. Should the Zias win, they
would face the winner of Texas Woman’s/Cameron at
4 p.m. MT on Friday.
Midwestern State
0-1 last week.
Tarleton State
Tarleton State dropped its regular season finale to
Angelo State in a five-set match last Friday. The
TexAnns finish the regular season with a record of 20-7
and earned the No. 4 seed in the LSC Tournament.
Texas A&M-Commerce
2-1 last week.
Texas A&M-Kingsville
1-1 last week.
Texas Woman’s
The TWU volleyball team finished the regular season
with a 18-9 overall record and 11-5 in the Lone Star
Conference. For the second straight season the
Pioneers tied for second in the LSC standings and
advanced to their 12th straight and 17th overall
appearance in the conference championship
tournament. TWU will be the second seed in the
tournament after winning the tiebreaker over Angelo
State. Freshman Elizabeth Pennington leads the team
with 338 kills, .320 hitting percentage, 42 service
aces and 131 total blocks. Senior Jaqueline Santos is
second kills (295) and total blocks (91). Sophomore
Mallory Kuechle is third in kills (282) and service aces
(23) and second in digs (321). Senior Morgan Wilson
is the leaders in digs with 572 and second in service
aces with 25. Junior Joey Redwine has a team-best
922 assists.
West Texas A&M
The #23 Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M concluded
their regular season in style this past weekend as
they swept past Texas Woman’s and Texas A&M-Commerce
in Canyon to move to 30-3 overall with a
perfect 16-0 mark in the LSC. It marks the 16th time
since 1986 and the second straight campaign that
the Lady Buffs have finished with an unblemished
record in league play. WT enters this weekend’s
LSC Tournament in Canyon as the top overall seed,
carrying a 22 match win streak into the event. The
Lady Buffs will face-off with the eighth seeded Lions
of Texas A&M-Commerce on Thursday night at 7:30
p.m. inside of the WTAMU Fieldhouse “The Box” in
Canyon.
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