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CANYON, Texas – The Lady Buffs return to the friendly confines of the WTAMU Fieldhouse "The Box" this weekend for South Central Region action as they host the Lady Patriots of Dallas Baptist on Friday night at 6 p.m. followed by a Saturday afternoon LSC matchup with Texas A&M-Kingsville.
 
- SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
DALLAS BAPTIST
The Lady Patriots are guided by 15th year head coach Cathy Kokel who has led DBU to a pair of NCAA Postseason appearances and two Heartland Conference Tournament Titles.
 
DBU enters the weekend with an overall record of 6-8 with a 2-2 mark in Heartland Conference action following a straight set loss to Texas Woman's in South Central Regional action on Tuesday night in Dallas.
 
The Lady Patriots are led by Sidnee Jo Fitzpatrick who has registered 115 kills (2.05/set) on 297 swings with 34 attack errors to hit .273 on the season. Merci Perry paces the DBU offense with 342 assists (6.00/set) while Lauren Nicks leads the way defensively with 283 digs (4.96/set).
 
DBU has registered 626 kills (11.00/set) on 2,181 attempts with 295 attack errors to hit .152 as a team so far this season. They average 10.10 assists and 1.10 service aces per set while tallying 1,016 digs (17.80/set) and 131.5 total blocks (2.30/set) on the season.
 
The Lady Buffs lead the all-time series against the Lady Patriots, 11-0 in a series dating back to the 2000 season. DBU is 0-6 all-time at the WTAMU Fieldhouse "The Box" in Canyon.
 
LAST MEETING VS. DBU
- West Texas A&M 3, Dallas Baptist 0 (9/4/15)
West Texas A&M picked up their 1,100 victory as a program in the 2015 season opening sweep of Dallas Baptist (25-22, 25-23, 25-21) in front of over 500 fans at The Box in Canyon during the BritKare Lady Buff Classic.
 
The Lady Buffs were led offensively by senior middle blocker Lexi Davis who started off her final year in a WT uniform with 12 kills on 14 swings to hit an impressive .714 on the afternoon to go along with 2.5 total blocks. Junior transfer Elisa Bentsen tallied eight kills on 16 swings followed by freshman Dalaney Tuholski (6 kills) and junior Cori Haley (5 kills).
 
TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE
The Javelinas are led by seventh year head coach Tanya Allen who led Kingsville to the program's first ever NCAA South Central Regional Tournament appearance in 2016.
 
TAMUK enters the weekend with an overall record of 10-7 with a 3-3 mark in Lone Star Conference play following a pair of five set losses to #16 Angelo State and #15 Tarleton State last weekend in Kingsville.
 
The Javelinas are led by Krystal Faison who has registered 170 kills (2.58/set) on 545 swings with 57 attack errors to hit .207 on the season. Casey Klobedans paces the TAMUK offense with 628 assists (9.52/set) while Jasmine Jasinto leads the way defensively with 290 digs (4.53/set).
 
TAMUK has registered 825 kills (12.50/set) on 2,328 attempts with 321 attack errors to hit .216 as a team so far this season. They average 11.70 assists and 1.50 service aces per set while tallying 1,126 digs (17.10/set) and 120.0 total blocks (1.80/set) on the season.
 
The Lady Buffs lead the all-time series against TAMUK, 49-11 in a series dating back to 1980. The Javelinas are 5-26 all-time in Canyon and TAMUK has claimed the last three meetings between the two teams.
 
LAST MEETING VS. TAMUK
- Texas A&M-Kingsville 3, West Texas A&M 2 (11/17/16)
WT dropped the opening two sets and battled back to force a fifth and deciding frame but the Javelinas kept their 2016 season alive (21-25, 22-25, 26-24, 25-12, 15-12) in the LSC Quarterfinals in San Angelo.
 
The Lady Buffs were led offensively by Cori Haley with 17 kills followed by Taylor Kress with 12, Selena Batiste dished out 36 assists while Lauren Britten ended her storied WT career with 19 digs to run her career total to 2,086 for fourth place all-time in program history.
 
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 Box" boats one of the best home winning records in the NCAA on any level of competition. The Lady Buffs are 460-73 at The Box since the 1980 season for an incredible winning percentage of 86.3%.
 
WT HEAD COACH JASON SKOCH
WT head coach Jason Skoch, a four-time LSC Coach of the Year, is now in his ninth season at the helm of the Lady Buffs, carrying an overall career record of 378-89 (.811, 12th year) including a 242-69 (.778) 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 WT Athletic Media Relations office will provide live stats and a free webstream this weekend. For more information, visit the Volleyball Schedule Page at GoBuffsGo.com.
 
YOUTH MOVEMENT
The Lady Buffs have played in 54 sets during 16 matches so far during the 2017 season. True freshman Chandler Vogel has started 15 of those matches at libero while four other freshman have made appearances in the starting lineup so far this season for the Lady Buffs.
 
THE LONE STAR CONFERENCE
Entering the week, LSC volleyball teams were 81-86 overall this season. The squads are 15-17 combined versus RMAC teams, and 8-5 against the Heartland Conference, which are the other leagues in the NCAA South Central Region.
 
AVCA DIVISION II TOP-25 POLL (OCT. 2)
Southwest Minnesota State picked up 47 of the possible 48 first place votes in this week's American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division II Top-25 Poll announced on Monday afternoon by the association's offices.
 
The Mustangs sit atop of the poll with 1,199 total points followed by Concordia-St. Paul (1,149), Lewis (1,089), Palm Beach Atlantic (1.048), Cal Baptist (1 first place, 964), Minnesota Duluth (939), Ferris State (882), Central Oklahoma (858), Nebraska-Kearney (798) and Regis (707) to round out the top ten. The South Central Region was represented by Regis (10th), Tarleton State (15th), Angelo State (16th) and Colorado School of Mines (22nd).