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Lady Buffs Host Eastern New Mexico in Midweek LSC Action

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CANYON, Texas –
 The Lady Buffs wrap-up their Lone Star Conference homestand on Tuesday night as they host the rival Greyhounds of Eastern New Mexico with first serve set for 6 p.m. at the WTAMU Fieldhouse "The Box" in Canyon.
 
EASTERN NEW MEXICO
The Greyhounds enter the week with an overall record of 8-13 with a 6-7 mark in Lone Star Conference play following a five-set home loss to MSU Texas on Saturday afternoon at Greyhound Arena.
 
ENMU is guided by sixth year head coach Sia Poyer who currently ranks second in program history with 73 career victories. Poyer has led the Hounds to two-straight Lone Star Conference Tournament appearances.
 
The Greyhounds are led offensively by Jasmine Gannon who has registered 289 kills (3.44/set) on 740 swings with 143 errors to hit .197 on the season, Kaitlyn Kluna paces the ENMU offense with 461 assists to average 5.49 per frame while Alba Ontiveros leads the way defensively with 385 digs (4.58/set).
 
ENMU enters the week with 997 kills on 2,802 attempts to go along with 471 attack errors to hit .188 offensively as a team with 919 assists, 95 service aces, 1,214 digs and 144 total blocks to average 1.70 per frame so far this season.
 
THE SERIES VS. EASTERN NEW MEXICO
Tuesday night will mark the 82nd overall meeting on the court between the Lady Buffs and Greyhounds in a series dating back to the 1980 campaign. The Lady Buffs lead the all-time series, 66-15 with ENMU taking the first meeting this seaso back on Sept. 18th in Portales. The Hounds are 2-35 all-time inside of the WTAMU Fieldhouse in Canyon.
 
LAST MEETING (SEPTEMBER 18, 2018)
West Texas A&M sophomore libero Chandler Vogel finished the night with a career-high 31 digs but the Lady Buffs struggled offensively as they fell in five sets to the rival Greyhounds of Eastern New Mexico in Portales, New Mexico.
 
The Lady Buffs registered 50 kills on 172 attempts with 30 errors to hit .116 with 39 assists, four service aces, 75 digs and six blocks. WT was led offensively by Lindsey Smith with 15 kills on 34 swings with just one attack error to hit .412 on the night followed by Selena Batiste and Taylor Kress with eight kills each as Kress surpassed the 500 career kill milestone, Batiste registered another double-double with 22 assists and 12 digs while Vogel had a career-high 31 digs in the loss.
 
Eastern New Mexico finished the match with 53 kills on 169 swings with 27 attack errors to hit .154 as a team with 41 assists, five aces, 79 digs and 10 total blocks in the win. Jasmine Gannon had a career night for the Hounds as she tallied 19 kills with 17 digs for a double-double followed by Jennifer Martinez with eight kills, Kaitlyn Kluna dished out 24 assists to go along with 14 digs for a double-double while Alba Ontiveras led the way defensively with 25 digs.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M ran their win streak to four matches on Saturday afternoon as they used a balance attack for a straight-set victory over the visiting Aggies of Cameron in front of over 450 fans at the WTAMU Fieldhouse "The Box" in Canyon.
 
The Lady Buffs registered 38 kills on 81 attempts with 13 errors to hit .309 with 36 assists, three service aces, 40 digs and six blocks. WT was led offensively by Lindsey Smith and Destiny Jones with nine kills each followed by Selena Batiste with seven, Batiste dished out 20 assists followed by Gabby Emery with 13. Chandler Vogel led the way defensively for the Lady Buffs, tallying a match-high 21 digs in the win.
 
Cameron finished the match with 22 kills on 88 swings with 22 attack errors to hit .000 as a team with 21 assists, three aces, 27 digs and seven blocks in the loss. Cameron was led by Paige Dixon with eight kills on 19 attempts with two errors to hit .316 on the afternoon, Katherine Manning dished out 11 assists while Brittnee Altic had eight digs in the loss.
 
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 474-77 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 10th season at the helm of the Lady Buffs, carrying an overall career record of 407-102 (.802, 13th year) including a 271-82 (.771) 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 West Texas A&M Athletic Communications Department will provide live stats and a webstream for Tuesday night's Lone Star Conference action. For more information, visit the Volleyball Schedule Page at GoBuffsGo.com.
 
2018 LSC PRESEASON POLL
Angelo State picked up eight of the possible 30 first place votes for a total of 304 points to sit atop of the poll followed by the Lady Buffs who received 10 first place votes for a total of 282 points. Tarleton ranked third with 277 points (seven first place) followed by Texas A&M-Commerce (four first place, 263), Texas Woman's (197), Texas A&M-Kingsville (191), Eastern New Mexico (133), MSU Texas (100), Western New Mexico (98), Cameron (80) and UT Permian Basin (one first place, 55).
 
THE LONE STAR CONFERENCE
The Lone Star Conference will feature 11 volleyball playing institutions for the third straight season as each team will play a one-conference double round-robin scheduling model, in which each team plays a home and away match against each of the other teams for 20 LSC contests.
 
2,500 ASSIST CLUB
West Texas A&M junior setter Selena Batiste continues to make her way up the program's all-time assists leaderboard as the Portland, Oregon native joined the 2,500 Assist Club on Saturday, September 22nd in a sweep of Western New Mexico in Canyon. Batiste enters the week with 2,647 career assists to rank eighth all-time in program history as she sits 57 assists behind Wendy Ward (1994-95) for seventh place.

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Players Mentioned

Lindsey Smith

#17 Lindsey Smith

MB/RS
5' 11"
Freshman
Selena Batiste

#10 Selena Batiste

S/RS
5' 9"
Freshman
Taylor Kress

#11 Taylor Kress

OH
5' 9"
Freshman
Gabby Emery

#6 Gabby Emery

S/RS
5' 8"
Sophomore
Destiny Jones

#18 Destiny Jones

MB
6' 0"
Sophomore
Chandler Vogel

#12 Chandler Vogel

L/DS
5' 2"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Lindsey Smith

#17 Lindsey Smith

5' 11"
Freshman
MB/RS
Selena Batiste

#10 Selena Batiste

5' 9"
Freshman
S/RS
Taylor Kress

#11 Taylor Kress

5' 9"
Freshman
OH
Gabby Emery

#6 Gabby Emery

5' 8"
Sophomore
S/RS
Destiny Jones

#18 Destiny Jones

6' 0"
Sophomore
MB
Chandler Vogel

#12 Chandler Vogel

5' 2"
Sophomore
L/DS