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CANYON, Texas – West Texas A&M Volleyball opens up Lone Star Conference action this weekend as they host Angelo State on Friday night followed by a Saturday showdown with Lubbock Christian in a Rivalry on the Range matchup at the WTAMU Fieldhouse "The Box" in Canyon.
 
ANGELO STATE
The Belles enter the weekend with an overall record of 8-1 following a strong showing at the UCCS Mountain Lion Invitational with wins over UC-Colorado Springs, Emporia State and Minot State before falling to Colorado School of Mines in the tournament finale. 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 282-102 with a run to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight in 2016.
 
ASU is led offensively by Kailyn Gilbreath who has registered 76 kills on 153 swings with 17 attack errors to hit .386 on the season, Lindsey Ledyard has dished out a team-high 129 assists to average 5.61 per frame while Makenna Hanssen has tallied 79 digs on the year to average 3.16 per set.
 
LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN
Interim Head Coach Mandy Polk is in her first season at the helm in Lubbock following seven seasons at the program's top assistant. The Lady Chaps enter the weekend with an overall mark of 5-3 following wins over Southwestern Oklahoma State, Pittsburg State and Black Hills State while falling to Dixie State in last weekend's Chap Classic at the Rip Griffin Center. LCU takes on Eastern New Mexico in their LSC opener on Friday night in Portales.
 
Hannah Thomas leads the Lady Chaps with 101 kills on 310 swings with 39 attack errors to hit .200 on the season as the senior averages 3.26 kills and 3.65 points per set. Bradi Marshall paces the LCU offense with 315 assists (10.16/set) to go along with 13 aces while Maddie McGuire leads the way defensively with 142 digs in the back row to average 4.58 per frame.
 
AVCA DIVISION II TOP-25 POLL (SEPT. 16)
Cal State San Bernardino picked up 35 of the possible 45 first place votes to move atop of this week's AVCA Division II Top-25 Poll followed by Western Washington (6), Washburn (3), Minnesota Duluth (1), Lewis, Concordia St. Paul, Nebraska-Kearney, Northern State, Southwest Minnesota State and Ferris State to round out the top ten. The Lone Star Conference was represented by Tarleton (11th), Texas A&M-Commerce (20th) and Angelo State (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 482-79 at The Box since the 1980 season for an incredible winning percentage of 85.9%.
 
LONE STAR CONFERENCE PRESEASON POLL
Reigning South Central Regional Champion Tarleton picked up 39 of the possible 45 first place votes for a total of 802 points to sit atop of the poll followed by Texas A&M-Commerce (two first place, 755), Angelo State (two first place, 717), West Texas A&M (628) and Arkansas-Fort Smith (one first place, 586) to round out the top five.
 
Lubbock Christian (550) was tabbed sixth followed by Texas Woman's (526), Texas A&M-Kingsville (479), St. Mary's (426), St. Edward's (410), UT Permian Basin (one first place, 363), Eastern New Mexico (307), Dallas Baptist (295), UT Tyler (239), Western New Mexico (205), Midwestern State (201), Texas A&M International (105) and Cameron (101).
 
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 1,346 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 274 sets for the Lady Buffs over the last three seasons in Canyon as she has started 76 matches in the back row over that span.
 
NEW LOOK LSC
The Lone Star Conference expanded to 18 volleyball playing institutions back on July 1st as the league 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.