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Lady Buff Volleyball Concludes the Regular Season This Weekend on the Road

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CANYON, Texas – The Lady Buffs wrap-up the 2017 regular season this weekend as they hit the road for Lone Star Conference action with a Friday night matchup at Texas Woman's at 7 p.m. followed by a Saturday showdown with Texas A&M-Commerce at 2 p.m.
 
- SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
TEXAS WOMAN'S
The Pioneers are guided by first year head coach Jeff Huebner who came to Denton from Middle Tennessee State where he was most recently the Interim Head Women's Volleyball Coach after being hired as an assistant coach in January 2016.
 
TWU enters the weekend with an overall record of 13-16 with a 9-9 mark in Lone Star Conference play to sit in a tie for sixth place following a loss at Eastern New Mexico before rebounding with a sweep at Western New Mexico last weekend.
 
The Pioneers are led offensively by Briley Cole-Lewis who has registered 266 kills on 701 swings with 127 attack errors to hit .198 on the season. Katy Ranes paces the TWU offense with 1,162 assists (11.07/set) while Bailey French leads the way defensively with 524 digs (4.99/set).
 
Texas Woman's has registered 1,361 kills (13.0/set) on 3,985 attempts with 597 attack errors to hit .192 as a team so far this season. They average 12.2 assists and 1.0 service aces per set while tallying 1,727 digs (16.4/set) and 184 total blocks (1.8/set) on the season.
 
The Lady Buffs lead the all-time series against the Pioneers, 44-7 as WT claimed the last three meetings between the two teams. WT is 14-4 all-time in Denton.
 
LAST MEETING WITH TWU
West Texas A&M 3, Texas Woman's 0 (10/14/17)
West Texas A&M ended the afternoon on a 13-4 run as they swept past the Pioneers of Texas Woman's in Lone Star Conference action on Homecoming in front of over 400 fans.
 
The Lady Buffs hit .274 as a team with 47 kills on 117 swings with 15 attack errors to go along with 45 assists, five service aces, 53 digs and 5.5 total blocks in the win.
TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE
The Lions are guided by eighth year head coach Craig Case who has led TAMUC to 120 wins, the fourth most in program history. Case is the longest tenured head coach in Lion Volleyball history.
 
TAMUC enters the weekend with an overall record of 18-10 with a 13-5 mark in Lone Star Conference play to sit in second in the league standings following a loss at Western New Mexico and a win at Eastern New Mexico last weekend.
 
The Lions are led offensively by Layne Little with 270 kills on 882 swings with 92 errors to hit .202 on the year. Gabriela Rosa paces the TAMUC offense with 621 assists (5.86/set) while Savannah Rutledge leads the way defensively with 437 digs (4.16/set).
 
Texas A&M-Commerce has registered 1,380 kills (13.0/set) on 3,946 attempts with 602 attack errors to hit .197 as a team so far this season. They average 12.3 assists and 1.4 service aces per set while tallying 1,722 digs (16.2/set) and 250.0 total blocks (2.4/set) on the season.
 
The Lady Buffs lead the all-time series against the Lions, 40-13 with TAMUC claiming the first meeting this season. The Lions are 13-7 all-time in Commerce.
 
LAST MEETING WITH TAMUC
A&M-Commerce 3, West Texas A&M 2 (10/13/17)
In a match that saw 27 ties and 14 lead changes, the Lions of Texas A&M-Commerce picked up a hard fought five set win in a thriller in front of over 1,000 fans at the WTAMU Fieldhouse "The Box".
 
The Lady Buffs hit .140 as a team with 53 kills on 186 swings with 27 attack errors to go along with 51 assists, six service aces, 81 digs and 7.5 total blocks in the loss.
 
SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL RANKINGS
The Lady Buffs remained eighth in the NCAA Division II Volleyball South Central regional rankings announced on Wednesday afternoon.
 
Regis sits atop of the rankings followed by Tarleton State, Colorado School of Mines, Angelo State, Metro State, Arkansas-Fort Smith, Texas A&M-Commerce, WT, Texas A&M-Kingsville and Colorado Mesa.
 
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 467-74 at The Box since the 1980 season for an incredible winning percentage of 86.2%.
 
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 389-92 (.810, 12th year) including a 253-72 (.780) 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 TWU/TAMUC Athletic Communication Offices will provide live stats and video this weekend. For more information, visit the Volleyball Schedule Page at GoBuffsGo.com.
 
YOUTH MOVEMENT
The Lady Buffs have played in 104 sets during 30 matches so far during the 2017 season. True freshman Chandler Vogel has started 29 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 teams were 157-152 overall this season.  The squads are currently 15-17 combined versus Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference teams, and 13-6 against the Heartland Conference, which are the other leagues in the NCAA South Central Region
 
AVCA DIVISION II TOP-25 POLL (NOV. 6)
Concordia-St. Paul picked up 40 of the possible 48 first place votes in this week's AVCA Division II Top-25 Poll announced on Monday afternoon by the association's offices.
 
The Golden Bears sit atop of the poll with 1,191 points followed by Cal Baptist (7 first, 1,138), Lewis (1 first, 1.064), Southwest Minnesota State (1,029), Nebraska-Kearney (1,012), Minnesota Duluth (955), Northern State (915), Western Washington (885), Arkansas Tech (768) and Palm Beach Atlantic (727) to round out the top ten. The South Cental Region was represented by Regis (11th), Tarleton State (14th), Colorado School of Mines (16th), Angelo State (25th) and Metro State (RV).
 
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