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CANYON, Texas – The West Texas A&M Lady Buffs will begin the second half of Lone Star Conference action on Tuesday night as they head to Portales, New Mexico for a matchup with the rival Greyhounds of Eastern New Mexico with first serve set for 7 p.m. CT.
 
EASTERN NEW MEXICO
The Greyhounds are led by fourth year head coach Sia Poyer who has led ENMU to 34 victories entering this season including leading the Greyhounds to last year's Lone Star Conference Tournament.
 
Eastern New Mexico enters the weekend with an overall record of 10-12 with a 5-5 mark in LSC play following losses to Tarleton State and #11 Angelo State last weekend.
 
The Hounds are led offensively by reigning Lauren Frye with 339 kills on 707 attempts with 125 attack errors to hit .303 on the season and average 4.35 kills per frame, Alexis Aguirre paces the ENMU offense with 525 assists (6.73/set) while Andrea Aguilar leads the way defensively with 320 digs to average 4.85 per frame.
 
The Lady Buffs lead the all-time series against the rival Greyhounds, 65-12 with WT taking the last meeting between the two teams in straight sets back on October 1^st in Canyon.  The Lady Buffs are 24-9 all-time in Portales as the Greyhounds snapped a nine-game home losing streak against the Lady Buffs with a four set win inside of Greyhound Arena last season.
 
- A LOOK BACK
TAMUC RECAP
The Lady Buffs dropped the opening two frames and hit .080 as a team on Friday night as they fell in a four set decision to the Lions of Texas A&M-Commerce (21-25, 17-25, 25-23, 15-25) inside of the TAMUC Fieldhouse in Commerce, Texas.
 
WT was led offensively by Cori Haley with 11 kills on 37 swings with three attack errors to hit .216 on the night followed by Elisa Bentsen and Libby Strickland with eight kills each, Selena Batiste paced the WT offense with 28 assists to go along with 10 digs for the double-double while Lauren Britten returned to the court with 28 digs on the night. The Lady Buffs registered 36 kills on 136 swings with 23 attack errors to hit just .080 on the night with 32 assists, 71 digs and just three total blocks in the loss.

TWU RECAP
WT committed 25 attack errors and hit just .171 as a team but a strong fifth set lifted WT to a thrilling win over the Pioneers of Texas Woman's (25-19, 13-25, 25-21, 10-25, 15-13) on Saturday afternoon in Denton, Texas.
 
The Lady Buffs were led offensively by Cori Haley with 15 kills on 57 swings with seven attack errors to hit .140 on the afternoon with 21 digs for a double-double followed by Libby Strickland with 12 kills, Selena Batiste dished out 47 assists in the win while Lauren Britten tallied 27 digs followed by Haley with 21 and Kyli Schulz with 18. WT tallied 58 kills on 193 swings with 25 attack errors to hit .171 on the afternoon with 57 assists, 91 digs and six total blocks.
 
HOME DOMINANCE
West Texas A&M is fortunate to have one of the best home environments in all of NCAA Volleyball, in any division. The WTAMU Fieldhouse is more affectionately known as "The Box," is home to 19 Lone Star Conference Championships, 13 Regional Titles and three NCAA Division II National Championships. The WTAMU Fieldhouse "The Box" boats one of the best home winning records in the NCAA on any level of competition. The Lady Buffs are 449-71 at The Box since the 1980 season for an incredible winning percentage of 86.7%.
 
WT HEAD COACH JASON SKOCH
WT head coach Jason Skoch, a four-time Lone Star Conference Coach of the Year, is now in his eighth season at the helm of the Lady Buffs, carrying an overall career record of 364-75 (.834, 12th year including a 228-55 (.813) mark in Canyon. Skoch has led the Lady Buffs to seven appearances in the NCAA Postseason with three South Central Regional Titles and a National Runner-Up finish in 2009.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
The Eastern New Mexico Athletic Communications Department will provide live stats and video for Tuesday night's matchup in Portales. Fans can follow the Lady Buffs by visiting the volleyball schedule page at GoBuffsGo.com.
 
MOVING ON UP
Senior libero Lauren Britten is making her way up the program's all-time digs list as the Amarillo High School alumni currently sits in fourth place in the WT record books with 1,896 career digs. She is one of only nine Lady Buffs in history with atleast 1,500 career digs and the Amarillo native currently sits 254 digs behind Brittani Bell (2,150 / 2002-05) for third place all-time.