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CANYON, Texas – The Lady Buffs return to the friendly confines of the WTAMU Fieldhouse this weekend as they host a pair of big regional matchups in Lone Star Conference action. The #20 TexAnns come to Canyon on Friday night (6 p.m.) during a Maroon Out at The Box followed by a showdown with Angelo State on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m.
 
TARLETON
The #20 TexAnns enter the weekend with an overall record of 9-2 with a 3-0 mark in Lone Star Conference play following wins over Texas Woman's and then #17 Texas A&M-Commerce last weekend in Stephenville followed by a four-set win over Angelo State on Tuesday night at home.
 
Tarleton is guided by 14th year head coach Mary Schindler who led TSU to the 2017 Lone Star Conference Regular Season and Tournament Titles before falling in the opening round of the South Central Regional Tournament to WT.
 
The TexAnns are led offensively by Adriana Darthuy who has registered 130 kills (3.17/set) on 376 swings with 36 errors to hit .250 on the season, Blanca Izquierdo paces the TSU offense with 253 assists to average 6.17 per frame while Adrianna Knutson leads the way defensively with 188 digs (4.59/set).
 
THE SERIES VS. TARLETON
The Lady Buffs lead the all-time series against the TexAnns, 44-9 in a series dating back to the 1993 season. The two teams split their four meetings last season as the Lady Buffs ended Tarleton's season in the S.C. Regional Quarterfinals in Denver back on November 30th in four sets. TSU is 4-22 all-time at The Box in Canyon.
 
LAST MEETING (NOVEMBER 30, 2017)
The Lady Buffs lived to play another day as they topped the second seeded and rival #12 TexAnns of Tarleton State in four sets during the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Quarterfinals at the Regis Fieldhouse in Denver, Colorado.
 
The Lady Buffs hit .215 as a team with 57 kills on 172 swings with 20 attack errors to go along with 55 assists, seven service aces, 89 digs and 11 total blocks in the win.
 
Sophomore Taylor Kress led the way offensively with 15 kills on 46 swings with two attack errors to hit .283, Selena Batiste paced the WT offense with 39 assists to go along with 11 digs for a double-double while Chandler Vogel led all players with 29 digs in the win.
 
ANGELO STATE
The Belles enter the weekend with an overall mark of 9-4 including a 2-1 record in LSC action following home wins over Texas Woman's and then #17 Texas A&M-Commerce last weekend before falling to #20 Tarleton State in Stephenville on Tuesday night in four sets.
 
Chuck Waddington is in his 11th year at the helm of the ASU Volleyball Program, leading the Belles to seven straight NCAA Tournaments including the 2016 Elite Eight.
 
ASU is led offensively by Audrey Fragniere who has registered 122 kills (2.77/set) on 357 attempts with 57 errors to hit .182 on the season, Meghan Parker has dished out a team-high 445 assists to average 9.47 per frame while Makenna Hanssen has tallied a team-high 134 digs for an average of 2.85 per set.
 
THE SERIES VS. ANGELO STATE
Saturday afternoon will mark the 78th meeting between the two teams dating back to 1980. WT leads the all-time series, 57-20 with the two teams splitting a pair of meetings last season. The Belles are 5-29 all-time at the WTAMU Fieldhouse "The Box".
 
LAST MEETING (OCTOBER 27, 2017)
West Texas A&M hit .224 as a team and had three different players with double-digit kills as the Lady Buffs raced past the rival #21 Belles of Angelo State..
 
The Lady Buffs hit .224 as a team with 52 kills on 156 swings with 17 attack errors to go along with 47 assists, three service aces, 70 digs and 9.5 blocks in the win.
 
Senior Kamille Jones led the Lady Buffs with 12 kills followed by Crystal Thomas and Erin Clark with 11 each. Selena Batiste led all players with 36 assists while Chandler Vogel tallied 19 digs followed by Carissa Henning with 12 and Clark with 10 for a double-double.
 
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 470-75 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 400-98 (.802, 13th year) including a 264-78 (.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 free webstream for this weekend's Lone Star Confernce action. The webstream is free of charge and can be viewed on mobile devices. 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).
 
Texas A&M-Kingsville's Madison Brabham was named the league's Preseason Offensive Player of the Year while Texas A&M-Commerce junior Shelley Chapron was tabbed the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year. Angelo State's Meghan Parker was honored as the league's Preseason Setter of the Year. The poll is voted on by the league's 11 head volleyball coaches, sports information directors and select media representatives from around the region.
 
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.