CANYON, Texas – The No. 5 Lady Buffs swept the Midwestern State Mustangs (25-12, 15-13, 25-17) in front of a booming pink crowd at home in The Box Friday night in celebration of the 'Paint the Floor Pink' Breast Cancer Awareness match. 

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Lady Buffs started strong in the first two sets taking an early lead in each. WT would go on to outscore the Mustangs and reach 20 points before their opponents made it to 10. The first set was clean on both sides with serve receive passing well but offensively the Lady Buffs outpaced the Mustangs in kills hitting .429 against .083. 
 
The third set saw more action with MSU taking an early lead at 4-6 against the Lady Buffs before coming back to tie at 9-9. WT saw action from all 20 players in the match with everyone contributing in some way on the court. Junior middle blocker Angelina Oliver had a block while junior Ashlyn Vinyard put up an assist for teammate Carly Evetts. Three Lady Buffs put up 5 plus kills with zero errors on the night those being Brynne Wright (9 kills), Camy Jones (7 kills) and Kelsey Carpenter (6 kills). 
 
The Lady Buffs outscored in every statistical category against the Mustangs with only six errors as a team on 98 attempts hitting .469 altogether. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS
Sophomore Emma Becker led in kills for the Lady Buffs with 11 on 16 attempts and 1 error to hit .625. Ainsley Malis led the offense with 27 assists and Bryli Contreras led defensively with 17 digs. Emma Patterson had two aces for WT and Torrey Miller had three blocks to lead the front line.  
 
MILESTONES

• WT leads the series all-time against the Mustangs (42-1)
• This is the first match since Aug. 26, 2022 (vs. Adams State) that the Lady Buffs hit over .400 as a team (.469) 
• Brynne Wright had a personal best in hitting percentage (.563) with zero erros on 16 attempts 
• Camy Jones had a personal best in hitting percentage (.700) with zero errors on 10 attempts
• Kelsey Carpenter had a personal best in hitting percentage (.545) with zero errors on 11 attempts

COMING UP
The Lady Buffs will take on the Texas Woman's Pioneers tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 p.m. in The Box.

TOTAL BLOCKS
The Lady Buffs have had 73 blocks at home in The Box presented by Great Clips.