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CANYON, Texas – The Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M hit the road for South Texas this weekend to continue Lone Star Conference crossover action as they take on the Javelinas of Texas A&M-Kingsville on Friday night at the Steinke Center followed by a Saturday afternoon showdown with Texas A&M International in Laredo.
 
TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE
Tanya Allen is now in her ninth season at the helm of the Texas A&M-Kingsville volleyball program as she holds the TAMUK all-time wins mark at 166-122. Allen has led the Javelinas to eight straight LSC Tournaments with a pair of All-Americans.
 
The Javelinas enter the weekend with an overall record of 16-10 with a 7-35 mark in LSC action following road losses at Midwestern State and Texas Woman's to run their losing streak to three contests. WT holds the 52-13 all-time series advantage as the Lady Buffs are 23-5 inside of the Steinke Center.
 
Melanie Casteel leads the way offensively for the Javelinas with 196 kills on 497 swings with 89 attack errors to hit .215 on the season to average 2.84 kills per frame. Lauren Kadilis paces the TAMUK offense with 446 assists (5.72/set) while Nicole Murff leads the way defensively with 542 digs on the season to average 5.47 per frame.
 
TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL
The Dustdevils are led by fifth year head coach Susie Jangada who holds an overall record of 22-95 during her time in Laredo. Prior to her time at TAMIU, Jangada was an assistant coach at Arkansas State University from 2013-2015.
 
TAMIU enters the weekend with an overall record of 4-15 with a 2-10 mark in Lone Star Conference action following a 1-1 road weekend as they fell to Texas Woman's in four sets on Friday night before topping Midwestern State in Wichita Falls on Saturday afternoon. The Lady Buffs are a perfect 2-0 all-time against the Dustdevils including a straight set victory during the Skyhawk Volleyball Classic earlier this season, Saturday marks WT's first trip to Laredo.
 
Mackenzie Catalina leads the way with 232 kills on 655 swings with 76 attack errors to hit .238 on the season to average 3.68 kills per set. Maison Kosse guides the TAMIU offense with 498 assists to average 8.30 per frame to go aling with 20 service aces while Hannah Semons leads the way on the back row with 274 digs to average 4.22 per frame.
 
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
The Lady Buffs currently lead the Lone Star Conference in assists per set (13.05) while ranking second in kills per set (13.86) and third in attack percentage (.251). Freshman Torrey Miller leads the league in kills (313), kills per set (4.29), total points (353.0) and points per set (4.84) while teammate Chandler Vogel leads the league in digs per set (5.60) while sitting second in total digs (409).
 
AVCA DIVISION II TOP-25 POLL (OCT. 28)
Cal State San Bernardino picked up 45 of the possible 46 first place votes to remain atop of the poll with 1,149 points followed by Nebraska-Kearney (one first place, 1,104), Minnesota Duluth (1,015), Washburn (1,006), Western Washington (957), Concordia-St. Paul (918), Northern State (909), Lewis (772), Central Missouri (714) and Regis (654) to round out the top ten. The South Central Region was represented by Regis (10th), Angelo State (18th), Texas A&M-Commerce (23rd), MSU Denver (RV), Tarleton (RV), Colorado School of Mines (RV) and Arkansas-Fort Smith (RV).
 
WELCOME TO THE BOX
West Texas A&M is fortunate to have one of the best home environments in all of NCAA Volleyball. 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 boasts one of the best home winning records in the NCAA on any level of competition. The Lady Buffs are 487-81 at The Box since the 1980 season for an incredible winning percentage of 85.8%.
 
A NEW ERA BEGINS
For the first time since the 2009 season, the Lady Buffs are under the guidance of a new head coach as former WT All-American Kendra Potts was introduced as the 15th head coach in program history back on December 10th.
 
Potts spent four seasons as an assistant in Canyon from 2005-2008 where the Lady Buffs went 131-27 during that span with a pair of appearances in the NCAA Division II National Semifinals. WT went an incredible 43-2 in league action during her four seasons on the sideline with three undefeated Lone Star Conference Championships and three LSC Tournament titles. The Amarillo High product registered a standout collegiate career for the Lady Buffs, becoming a three time All-American and the LSC's all-time assists leader with 6,087.
 
STAPLE IN THE BACK ROW
Reigning Lone Star Conference Libero of the Year Chandler Vogel has registered 1,632 career digs as the Hereford High School product is on pace to challenge Lauren Beville's (2009-12) all-time career mark of 2,423. Vogel has seen time in 327 sets for the Lady Buffs over the last three seasons in Canyon as she has started 89 matches in the back row over that span.
 
NEW LOOK LSC
The Lone Star Conference welcomed Arkansas-Fort Smith, Dallas Baptist, Lubbock Christian, St. Edward's, St. Mary's, Texas A&M International and UT Tyler. The LSC is utilizing a divisional scheduling model, in which each team will play one match home and away against each of the other teams within their six-team division, and a single game versus eight other conference teams.
 
The LSC divisional champions will be determined by regular season games within the division, while the postseason tournament winner is designated as LSC Champion and earns the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Postseason. Twelve teams will qualify for the LSC Championship with the opening round on campus Tuesday, Nov. 19, and the final eight teams at the No. 1 seed on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 21-22-23.