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CANYON, Texas – The Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M hit the road again this weekend as they open up their 2018 Lone Star Conference schedule against the Cameron Aggies and MSU Texas Mustangs starting on Friday night at 5:30 p.m. at Aggie Gym in Lawton, Oklahoma.
 
CAMERON
The Aggies enter the weekend with an overall record of 2-8 following a 1-3 showing at the Pitt State Gorilla Classic with a win over Chadron State while falling to Christian Brothers, Pitt State and Northwestern Oklahoma State followed by a five set loss to Southern Nazarene on Tuesday night in Bethany, Oklahoma.
 
Cameron is guided by second year head coach Tatiana Booth who came to Lawton following three seasons as the head coach at Vernon College, compiling a record of 76-40. Booth was a standout student-athlete at East Central University where she was a two-time All-Great American Conference selection.
 
The Aggies are led offensively by Paige Dixon who has registered 109 kills (2.53/set) on 349 swings with 43 errors to hit .189 on the season, Katherin Manning paces the CU offense with 247 assists to average 5.74 per frame while Brittne Altic leads the way defensively with 226 digs (5.26/set).
 
THE SERIES VS. CAMERON
The Lady Buffs lead the all-time series against the Aggies, 50-3 with WT claiming the last four meetings between the two teams in a series dating back to the 1988 campaign. The Lady Buffs claimed both meetings during the 2017 season against the Aggies including a four-set win in Lawton on October 21st.
 
LAST MEETING (OCTOBER 21, 2017)
WT freshman Erin Clark registered 21 kills and 17 digs as the Lady Buffs topped Cameron in four sets during Lone Star Conference action at Aggie Gym in Lawton, Oklahoma.
 
The Lady Buffs hit .182 as a team with 61 kills on 192 swings with 26 attack errors to go along with 61 assists, two service aces, 87 digs and 10.0 blocks in the win.
 
MSU TEXAS
The Mustangs enter the LSC's opening weekend with an overall mark of 2-6 following an 0-4 showing at the Rosella Meier UNK Fall Classic in Kearney, Nebraska. MSU fell to Newman, South Dakota School of Mines, Minot State and the host #5 Lopers. MSU Texas hosts Eastern New Mexico at D.L. Ligon Coliseum on Friday night.
 
MSU is guided by first year head coach Valerie Armstrong who was named the ninth head coach in program history back on May 12th. Armstrong served as the head coach at Vernon College from 2009-2012 followed by a stint as an assistant at Alabama State and Glenn Kiriyama at Binghamton.
 
MSU Texas is led offensively by Addy Cook who has registered 84 kills (3.00/set) on 278 attempts with 66 errors to hit .065 on the season, Sarah Glawe has dished out a team-high 142 assists to average 5.07 per frame while Erin Richburg has tallied a team-high 63 digs for an average of 2.25 per set.
 
THE SERIES VS. MSU TEXAS
The Lady Buffs lead the all-time series against the Mustangs, 25-1 in a series dating back to 1980. WT claimed the first 25 meetings in the series before MSU picked up their first ever win against the Lady Buffs on October 20th of last year.
 
LAST MEETING (OCTOBER 20, 2017)
The Mustangs picked up their first victory over West Texas A&M in program history at D.L. Ligon Coliseum in Wichita Falls as the Lady Buffs fell in straight sets during Lone Star Conference action.
 
The Lady Buffs hit just .082 as a team with 34 kills on 122 swings with 24 attack errors to go along with 32 assists, three service aces, 49 digs and three total blocks on the afternoon. Michaela Montgomery led the way offensively for the Lady Buffs with nine kills on 25 swings with four errors to hit .071 on the afternoon, Selena Batiste dished out a team-high 26 assists while Chandler Vogel led the Lady Buffs with 10 digs.
 
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 398-98 (.802, 13th year) including a 262-78 (.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 Cameron and MSU Texas Athletic Communications Departments will provide live stats and a 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.