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CANYON, Texas – The Lady Buffs continue their Lone Star Conference road trip this weekend as they travel to Silver City, New Mexico to take on the Mustangs of Western New Mexico followed by a Saturday night matchup with the rival Greyhounds of Eastern New Mexico in Portales.
 
- SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
WESTERN NEW MEXICO
The Mustangs are guided by 20th year head coach Jim Callendar who holds over 700 career victories while leading WNMU to three NCAA Postseason appearances.
 
WNMU enters the weekend with an overall record of 2-10 with a 2-2 mark in Lone Star Conference play following a four set LSC win over Midwestern State last weekend on the road before falling to Cameron in four sets in Lawton.
 
The Mustangs are led by Kalie Lyle who has registered 130 kills (3.71/set) on 338 swings with 57 attack errors to hit .216 on the season. Cristal Carrizoza paces the WNMU offense with 249 assists (5.93/set) while Ashley Mataele leads the way defensively with 181 digs (4.21/set).
 
WNMU has registered 491 kills (11.42/set) on 1,559 attempts with 281 attack errors to hit .135 as a team so far this season. They average 10.88 assists and 0.81 service aces per set while tallying 633 digs (14.72/set) and 68.5 total blocks (1.59/set) on the season.
 
The Lady Buffs lead the all-time series against the Mustangs, 11-2 in a series dating back to the 1981 season. The two teams split the pair of meetings last season with each home team picking up the victory. The Lady Buffs are 3-1 all-time in Silver City.
 
LAST MEETING VS. WNMU
- Western N.M. 3, West Texas A&M 1 (11/1/16)
Senior libero Lauren Britten continued her march up the program's all-time career digs list as the Amarillo native became just the fourth Lady Buff in history to surpass the 2,000 career digs mark in a five set loss at Western New Mexico (25-20, 19-25, 25-19, 21-25, 12-15).
 
The Lady Buffs were led offensively by Cori Haley with 16 kills on 57 swings with 12 attack errors to hit .070 on the night, Selena Batiste paced the WT offense with a match high 37 assists with 11 digs followed by Kyli Schulz with 24 assists and 12 digs for double-doubles.
 
EASTERN NEW MEXICO
The Greyhounds are led by fourth year head coach Sia Poyer who has led ENMU to 34 wins during his time in Portales with an appearance in the LSC Tournament the last three seasons.
 
ENMU enters the weekend with an overall record of 4-9 with a 2-2 mark in Lone Star Conference play following a four set win at Cameron on Friday night before falling at Midwestern State in straight sets on Saturday in Wichita Falls.
 
The Greyhounds are led by Sarah Tuioti-Mariner who has registered 152 kills (2.92/set) on 452 swings with 63 attack errors to hit .197 on the season. Alexis Aguirre paces the ENMU offense with 273 assists (5.25/set) while Andrea Aguilar leads the way defensively with 222 digs (4.27/set).
 
ENMU has registered 598 kills (11.50/set) on 1,782 attempts with 344 attack errors to hit .143 as a team so far this season. They average 10.80 assists and 1.30 service aces per set while tallying 732 digs (14.10/set) and 79.0 total blocks (1.50/set) on the season.
 
The Lady Buffs lead the all-time series against ENMU, 65-13 in a rivalry series dating back to 1980. The two teams split their pair of meetings last season. WT is 25-10 all-time in Portales.
 
LAST MEETING VS. ENMU
- Eastern N.M. 3, West Texas A&M 0 (10/18/16)
WT hit just .198 as a team as they suffered their first straight set loss to the rival Greyhounds of Eastern New Mexico (20-25, 24-26, 24-26) in 12 years.
 
The Lady Buffs were led offensively by Elisa Bentsen with 11 kills on 21 swings with just two attack errors to hit .429 on the night to go along with four blocks, Batiste paced the WT offense with 20 assists followed by Kyli Schulz with 11 while Lauren Britten led the Lady Buffs with 16 digs on the night.
 
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 378-86 (.813, 12th year) including a 242-67 (.781) 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 WNMU/ENMU Athletic Communications Departments will proviode live stats and a webstream this weekend. For more information, visit the Volleyball Schedule Page at GoBuffsGo.com.
 
YOUTH MOVEMENT
The Lady Buffs have played in 47 sets during 14 matches so far during the 2017 season. True freshman Chandler Vogel has started 13 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 68-75 overall this season. The squads are currently 15-17 combined versus Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference teams, and 6-5 against the Heartland Conference.
 
AVCA DIVISION II TOP-25 POLL (SEPT. 25)
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 first place, 1,151), Lewis (1,089), Palm Beach Atlantic (1.044), Nebraska-Kearney (990), Minnesota Duluth (923), Cal Baptist (895), Ferris State (873), Central Oklahoma (741) and Western Washington (670) to round out the top ten. The South Central Region was represented by Regis (11th), Tarleton State (15th), Angelo State (16th) and Colorado School of Mines (23rd).