DENVER, Colo. – No. 9 West Texas A&M (28-4, 16-0 LSC) is set to face the No. 22 Colorado School of Mines Orediggers (22-7, 15-3 RMAC) in the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Semifinals on Friday, Nov. 19, with first serve set for 5 p.m. MT inside of the Auraria Event Center on the campus of MSU Denver in Denver, Colo. 
 
WATCH PARTY
WT will host a watch party at the First United Bank Center following the women's basketball game against Southwestern Oklahoma State at 4 p.m. CT. 
 
LIVE COVERAGE
Live stats will be available for all seven regional matches provided by the MSU Denver Athletic Communications department. All seven volleyball championship games will be broadcast on roadrunnersall-access.com. 
 
Match Times/Schedule
Thursday, November 17
Match 1: 1 p.m. CT – No. 2 West Texas A&M 3, No. 7 UT Tyler 0
Match 2: 3:30 p.m. CT – No. 6 Colorado School of Mines 3, No. 3 Regis 2
Match 3: 6 p.m. CT –No. 1 MSU Denver 3, No. 8 CSU Pueblo 0
Match 4: 8:30 p.m. CT – No. 5 Colorado Mesa 3, No. 4 Dallas Baptist 2
 
Friday, November 18
Match 5: 6 p.m. CT – No. 2 West Texas A&M vs. No. 6 Colorado School of Mines
Match 6: 8:30 p.m. CT – No. 1 MSU Denver vs. No. 5 Colorado Mesa
 
Saturday, November 19
Match 7: 7 p.m. CT – Championship Match
 
SCOUTING MINES
Colorado School of Mines advanced to the semifinals after upsetting No. 3 seed Regis in a five set thriller with Mines securing the fifth set, 15-12. The Orediggers entered to the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive season as the No. 6 seed after finishing the regular season 22-7 and 15-3 in RMAC action.  Mines is led by 14^th-year head coach Jamie Magalei who has led the program to an overall record of 340-109.  
 
Orediggers setter Drew Stokes and outside hitter Rose Stuewe received D2CCA First and Second Team All-Region honors on Thursday evening. Stuewe leads the Orediggers with 368 kills on 857 swings with 140 attack errors to hit .266, averaging 3.57 kills per set while Stow has guided the offense with 1,225 assists and 11.78/set which ranks third in the nation. Shannon Perna has a team-high 29 aces on the season while Elle Duis leads with 481 digs (4.63/set) and Emily Knight has totaled 63.0 blocks. 
 
THE SERIES
Friday's match marks the fifth meeting between the two programs with WT leading the all-time series 5-0. In the last matchup, the Lady Buffs upset the Orediggers in a five set thriller in the South Central Regional Quarterfinals last season. The Lady Buffs fell behind in the first set before Mines evened the match 2-2 to force the fifth before WT took the match with a 15-13 set victory.  
 
A WIN WOULD
A win on Friday would advance the Lady Buffs to the regional finals on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 6 p.m. MT where they will face the winner of No. 1 MSU Denver and No. 5 Colorado Mesa. 
 
A LOOK AT THE BRACKET
MSU Denver (28-1) claimed the top seed and will host the regional tournament followed by WT (27-4), Regis (22-7), DBU (25-6), Colorado Mesa (21-6), Colorado School of Mines (21-7), UT Tyler (20-9), and Colorado State-Pueblo (19-8) rounding out the eight region selections.
 
WT defeated UT Tyler in the opening quarterfinal round while Colorado School of Mines upset Regis in five, MSU Denver defeated CSU Pueblo in three, and Colorado Mesa defeated DBU in five. 
 
WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE
The Lady Buffs will make the program's 29^th NCAA Tournament appearance on Thursday, after securing the Lone Star Conference's automatic bid as the league's tournament champion. WT has recorded 14 regional tournament titles, producing a 52-25 overall record during the tournament. 
 
ADDING TO THE RESUME
Torrey Miller and Taytum Stow were named to the D2CCA First Team All-Region selections on Thursday evening.  WT was the only school from the South Central Region to have two players receive First Team honors. 
 
Miller, the LSC Tournament MVP, was named First Team All-Region for the second consecutive year after helping the Lady Buffs to their second consecutive LSC Regular Season and Tournament title. The junior from Brownwood, Texas ranks fifth in the DII active career leaders in kills per set with 4.02 during her time at WT while ranking eighth overall in total kills with 1,511 which ranks fifth all-time at WT. 
 
Stow, a freshman from Hereford, Texas, has made an immediate impact for the Lady Buffs at the net with 119.0 total blocks in her collegiate debut. She leads the LSC in blocks per set with 1.23 which ranks ninth in DII, while standing 30^th in total blocks. Stow led the Lady Buff offense in the regional quarterfinals with 10 kills and five blocks. 
 
WT HEAD COACH KENDRA POTTS
Kendra Potts is in her fourth season at the helm of Lady Buff Volleyball with an overall 86-20 (.896) record and 53-10 (.841) in league play.  Potts has guided the program to its second consecutive LSC Tournament Title and second under Potts including the Lady Buffs 17^th undefeated league schedule with a perfect 16-0 record. She led her alma mater to the program's 14^th NCAA Elite Eight Appearance after capturing the South Central Regional title last season to become the sixth head coach in program history to guide WT to the Elite Eight. 
 
THE NUMBERS
WT is hitting .262 as a team which ranks second in the Lone Star Conference and 16^th in Division II while ranking eighth in the nation in blocks per set (2.50), 17^th in kills per set (13.99), 18^th in opponent hitting percentage (.133), 17^th assists per set (12.83) and 13^th in total blocks (260.0) 
 
In the individual races, Taytum Stow ranks ninth in DII in blocks per set (1.23), and 29^th in total blocks (114.0) while Torrey Miller is 27^th in points per set (4.41) and 35^th in kills per set (3.76). 
 
IN THE POLLS
RMAC Champions MSU Denver sits atop the national rankings with a 28-1 overall record followed by Wayne State (29-2), Concordia-St. Paul (26-5), Alaska Anchorage (27-2), and Tampa (27-3). Additional programs from the South Central Region represented in the standings include WT (9^th), Regis (14^th), Colorado Mesa (18^th) and Colorado School of Mines (22^nd). 
 
MAKE IT A DOUBLE-DOUBLE
Four players have recorded double-doubles this season with Abi Nash, Torrey Miller, Ainsley Malis, and Blair Moreland totaling 17.  Torrey Miller leads the category with nine on the season which includes 147 kills and 118 digs. Malis is second with six followed by Nash and Moreland each with one. 
 
THE LSC SHIP
The Lady Buffs swept their way to the program's 17^th Lone Star Conference Tournament title after defeating the No. 2 seed DBU Patriots. WT won nine straight sets in the tournament while Kayla Elliott, Abi Nash and Torrey Miller named to the All-Tournament team while Miller was tabbed the Tournament MVP.
 
WT .348 in the championship match with 43 kills on 92 attempts with 11 errors to go along with 39 digs, 39 assists, eight blocks and six service aces while DBU had 39 kills on 103 swings with 17 errors to hit .214 with 36 digs, 37 assists, six blocks and three aces. 
 
Miller led the Lady Buffs with 11 kills on 25 attempts to hit .320. Ainsley Malis paced the offense with 18 assists while Blair Moreland had a match-high two aces. Bryli Contreras registered 13 digs to lead the back row while Emma Becker and Taytum Stow each produced four blocks. 
 
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