STEPHENVILLE, Texas – The Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M will now put their postseason fate in the hands of the NCAA Division II Volleyball Selection Committee as they fell in straight sets to the #15 TexAnns of Tarleton State in front of 800 fans at Widsom Gym South during the Lone Star Conference Semifinals on Friday night in Stephenville, Texas.
 
THE BASICS:
 - Score: #15 Tarleton State 3, West Texas A&M 0 (19-25, 13-25, 24-26)
 - Records: WT (21-13, 12-8 LSC) / TSU (27-5, 18-2 LSC)
 - Location: Stephenville, Texas
 - Venue: Wisdom Gym South
 - Series (Streak): Lady Buffs lead 43-9 (L1)
 
LEADING THE WAY (Double-Digit Statistical Leaders):
 - Kills: Hailey Roberts (TSU, 22 Kills), Adriana Darthuy (TSU, 15 Kills, Erin Clark (WT, 10 Kills)
 - Assists: Jordyn Keamo (TSU, 33 Assists), Selena Batiste (WT, 18 Assists), Bianca Izquerido (TSU, 10 Assists)
 - Digs: Adrianna Knutson (TSU, 21 Digs), Chandler Vogel (WT, 13 Digs), Bianca Izquerido (TSU, 13 Digs), Selena Batiste (WT, 11 Digs), Hailey Roberts (TSU, 10 Digs)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Lady Buffs hit .113 as a team with 32 kills on 124 swings with 18 attack errors to go along with 29 assists, one service ace, 54 digs and seven total blocks in the loss.
- Tarleton State registered 54 kills on 137 attempts with 17 errors to hit .270 on the night with 49 assists, four aces, 65 digs and eight blocks on the night.
- Freshman Erin Clark led the way offensively with 10 kills on 31 swings with four errors to hit .194 on the night followed by Taylor Kress with six kills, Selena Batiste paced the WT offense with 18 assists to go along with 11 digs for a double-double while Chandler Vogel led WT with 13 digs.
 
UP NEXT:
- The Lady Buffs now await the NCAA Division II Volleyball Selection Show on Monday, November 20^th at 6:30 p.m. CT to see if they will be selected as an at-large bid into the Division II Postseason. WT entered the weekend as the eighth and final seed in the postseason race as they topped ninth-seeded Texas A&M-Kingsville in the LSC Quarterfinals. Winners of the LSC, Heartland and RMAC Tournament receive an automatic bid into the NCAA Postseason while the remaining five seeds are selected by the NCAA Committee.
 
2017 Lone Star Conference Championship
Hosted by Tarleton State - Wisdom Gym South – Stephenville, Texas
 
Thursday, November 16^th (Quarterfinals)
Game 1: (6) Texas Woman's 3, (3) Angelo State 1
Game 2: (2) Texas A&M-Commerce 3, (7) Western New Mexico, 2
Game 3: (5) West Texas A&M 3, (4) Texas A&M-Kingsville, 1
Game 4: (1) Tarleton State vs. (8) Eastern New Mexico, 7:30 p.m.
 
Friday, November 17^th (Semifinals)
Game 5: (6) Texas Woman's 3, (2) Texas A&M-Commerce 2
Game 6: (1) Tarleton State 3, (5) West Texas A&M 0
 
Saturday, November 18^th (Championship)
Game 7: (1) Tarleton State vs. (6) Texas Woman's, 3 p.m.