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CANYON, Texas – The Lady Buffs will make their 27th appearance in the NCAA Division II Volleyball Postseason starting on Thursday afternoon as they take on the rival #12 Belles of Angelo State in the South Central Regional Quarterfinals at the Regis Fieldhouse in Denver, Colorado with first serve set for 1:00 p.m. CT.
 
ANGELO STATE
The #12 Belles enter the regional tournament with an overall record of 28-2 as they finished a tough LSC schedule with a mark of 17-1, entering Thursday on a nine-match win streak. ASU topped UT Permian Basin, Arkansas-Fort Smith and Tarleton to claim the LSC Tournament Title.
 
Chuck Waddington is now in his 12th season at the helm in San Angelo as he has led the Belles to an overall mark of 302-103 with eight consecutive trips to the NCAA Postseason including a run to the Elite Eight in 2016. Waddington picked up his third LSC Coach of the Year accolade earlier this postseason as the Belles claimed the LSC Tournament Title for the league's automatic bid.
 
ASU is led offensively by LSC Offensive Player of the Year Kailyn Gilbreath who has registered 364 kills on 743 swings with 84 attack errors to hit .377 on the season, averaging 3.47 kills and 3.93 points per match so far this season. LSC Academic Player of the Year Meghan Parker paces the ASU offense with 546 assists to average 5.20 per frame while Makenna Hanssen leads the way in the back row with 424 digs (4.08/set).
 
THE SERIES
The Lady Buffs lead the all-time series against the Belles, 57-23 with Angelo claiming the last four meetings between the two rivals including a pair victories this season. Thursday will mark the fifth meeting between the two in the NCAA Tournament with WT claiming the first four matchups, the last coming back on December 7, 2013 in Canyon as the Lady Buffs picked up a four-set win on their way to the National Semifinals in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
 
LADY BUFFS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
The 27 appearances by the Lady Buffs is the fifth most all-time as they carry an overall winning percentage of .689 into the 2019 South Central Regional Championship which is third best in DII history. West Texas A&M has registered 51 program victories (51-23) in the NCAA Tournament which is third in history with 13 Elite Eight appearances and three Division II National Championships, which is tied for third all-time with Barry and Tampa trailing Portland State (4) and Concordia-St. Paul (9).
 
LSC POSTSEASON AWARDS
Torrey Miller and Chandler Vogel were named to the All-LSC First Team while senior captain Selena Batiste picked-up Second Team honors, fellow senior Lindsey Smith was named an Honorable Mention All-LSC performer while also earning Academic All-Conference accolades.
 
Miller becomes the ninth Lady Buff to claim LSC Freshman of the Year accolades and the first since 2017 as she joins Erin Clark (2017), Ambra Clark (2003), Shannon Stroud (1999), Holly Morgan (1995), Ana Carolina Pereira (1990), Kristi Gray (1987), Julie Myatt (1986) and current head coach Kendra Morgan (2000).
 
Vogel is just the third player in program history to be named the LSC Libero of the Year and the fourth student-athlete in the league's history to win the award in consecutive seasons, joining Central Oklahoma's Lacie Allen (2006-07), Texas A&M-Commerce's Lauren Flynn (2008-09) and Midwestern State's Kiara Jordan (2010-11).
 
AVCA DIVISION II TOP-25 POLL (NOV. 25)
Cal State San Bernardino picked up 39 of the possible 46 first place votes to remain atop of the poll with 1,143 points followed by Nebraska-Kearney (seven first place, 1,111), Concordia-St. Paul 1,005), Western Washington (964), Washburn (934), Minnesota Duluth (897), St. Cloud State (857), Northern State (822), Central Missouri (768) and Hillsdale (698) to round out the top ten.
 
The South Central Region was represented by Regis (11th), Angelo State (12th), Colorado School of Mines (RV), Arkansas-Fort Smith (RV), Tarleton (RV) and Texas A&M-Commerce (RV).
 
A NEW ERA
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 has become just the fourth head coach in program history to lead the Lady Buffs to the NCAA Tournament in their first season at the helm, joining Jim Giacomazzi (1991, National Champions), Tony Graystone (1999, National Semifinals) and Jason Skoch (2009, National Runner-Up).
 
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
Two-time reigning Lone Star Conference Libero of the Year Chandler Vogel has registered 1,809 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 356 sets for the Lady Buffs over the last three seasons in Canyon as she has started 97 matches in the back row over that span.