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CANYON, Texas – The Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M will try and end their home schedule on a high note on Tuesday night as the rival Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds come to Canyon for a Senior Night matchup at the WTAMU Fieldhouse "The Box" with first serve set for 6 p.m.
WEST TEXAS A&MThe West Texas A&M Lady Buffs dropped their fifth straight match on Saturday night including their third straight five set thriller as they fell to the Lone Star Conference leading TexAnns of Tarleton State (25-18, 14-25, 25-21, 24-26, 10-15) in front of over 400 fans at the WTAMU Fieldhouse "The Box" in Canyon. The Lady Buffs fall to 11-15 (3-11 LSC) while the TexAnns continue to hold a one game lead in the league with a record of 21-5 (11-1 LSC).
HOME DOMINANCEThe WTAMU Fieldhouse "The Box" boats one of the best home winning records in the NCAA on any level of competition. The Lady Buffs are 443-68 at The Box since the 1980 season for an incredible winning percentage of 87.3%. The Lady Buffs are no-stranger to starting off the season on a high-note, WT is 31-5 all-time in season opening games including an impressive 27-1 when the Lady Buffs open-up the season at home including a sweep of Dallas Baptist earlier this season.
WT HEAD COACH JASON SKOCHWT head coach
Jason Skoch, the 2014 Lone Star Conference Coach of the Year, is now in his seventh season at the helm of the Lady Buffs, carrying an overall career record of 347-65 (.870, 12th year) including a 211-45 (.865) mark in Canyon.
LIVE COVERAGEThe West Texas A&M Athletic Media Relations Department will provide live stats and a free webstream of Tuesday's Senior Night matchup that can be viewed on mobile devices. For links, please visit the Lady Buff Volleyball schedule page at GoBuffsGo.com. Fans can also follow the Lady Buffs on social media by searching @WTVolleyball or WTAMU Volleyball to get an inside look at the program.
THE LONE STAR CONFERENCEEntering last Tuesday, LSC volleyball teams were 127-82 overall this season. The squads were currently 20-7 combined versus Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference teams, and 21-9 against the Heartland Conference, which are the other leagues in the NCAA South Central Region. Texas A&M-Commerce's Veronika Baric was named the LSC Offensive Player of the Week while Tarleton State's Kenya Alexander picked up the Defensive honors, TWU's Joey Redwine was tabbed the league's Setter of the Week last Tuesday afternoon by the LSC offices located in Richardson, Texas.
EASTERN NEW MEXICOThe Greyhounds enter the week with an overall record of 12-15 with an 4-10 mark in Lone Star Conference play as they carry a two match losing streak into Tuesday night's matchup with WT. ENMU is led by second year head coach Sia Poyer who led ENMU to the LSC Tournament during his first season in 2014. Eastern New Mexico is led offensively by Lauren Frye with 406 kills (3.94/set) on 916 swings with 187 attack errors to hit .239 on the season followed by Brooklyn Biel with 211 kills (2.05/set), Alexis Aguirre guides the ENMU offense with 863 total assists this season to average 8.38 per frame while Andrea Aguilar leads the way defensively for the Greyhounds with 442 digs on the season to average 4.29 per set. ENMU is hitting .178 as a team with 1,284 kills (12.47/set) on 3,588 swings with 646 attack errors to go along with 1,195 assists, 152 service aces, 1,437 digs and 183 total blocks (1.78/set) on the season.
THE SERIES VS. ENMUThe Lady Buffs lead the all-time series against the rival Greyhounds, 63-12 with ENMU snapping an 18 match win streak by the Lady Buffs in a four set decision in Portales back on October 6. ENMU is 2-32 all-time in Canyon with the last Hounds win coming during the 2004 season for nine straight wins by the Lady Buffs.
A LOOK BACK (ASU RECAP)The Lady Buffs were led offensively by
Elisa Bentsen with 13 kills on 17 swings while Courntee Curl (11) and
Cori Haley (10) all tallied double-digit kills for the Lady Buffs,
Jessica Jackson guided the WT offense with 34 assists while
Kyli Schulz registered 15 to go along with nine digs while Haley led the team with 18 digs for the double-double. The Lady Buffs hit .251 as a team with 61 kills on 175 swings swings 17 attack errors to go along with 59 assists, 80 digs, five service aces and 13 total blocks on the night.
Lexi Davis registered 10 assisted blocks in the match to rank 10th in the WT record books to tie Erin Dougherty (2011), Kelly Culley (2006), Lauren Purdy (2009) and Laura Iwuchukwu (2012).
A LOOK BACK (TSU RECAP)The Lady Buffs were led offensively by Davis with 12 kills on 33 swings with five attack errors to hit .212 on the night while Curl and Haley both tallied 10 kills, Jackson guided the WT offense with 39 assists in the match while
Lauren Britten led the team with 15 digs on the night. WT hit .116 as a team with 52 kills on 172 swings with 32 attack errors to go along with 50 assists, two service aces, 61 digs and 14 total blocks on the night.
MOVING ON UPJunior libero
Lauren Britten is making her way up the program's all-time digs list as the Amarillo native currently sits in ninth place in the WT record books with 1,499 career digs. She is currently 39 digs away from eighth place held by former WT standout Kacie Hyatt (2000-03).
BLOCK PARTYSenior
Lexi Davis is making her mark on the WT record books as well, the Dumas native currently has 370 total career blocks to sit in ninth place all-time as she has already passed Laura Iwuchukwu (369, 2009-13) and Sarah Butler (367, 1997-99). Kimberly James (1999-02) currently sits in seventh place with 403 total blocks.