MSU Volleyball Weekly
Midwestern State kicks off its final home stand of the regular season with a pair of Lone Star Conference matches this weekend at D.L. Ligon Coliseum.
The Mustangs take on Eastern New Mexico Friday afternoon at 5:30 p.m. before playing host to West Texas A&M Saturday at 2.
MSU FAST FIVE
LSC POSTSEASON TOURNAMENT CHANCES: The Mustangs trail Incarnate Word by 2 1/2 games and Abilene Christian by three with four matches to play for the final two berths in the 2012 Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament. Midwestern has qualified for the last five LSC Postseason Tournaments and has appeared in postseason play in six of
Venera Flores-Stafford's eight seasons after failing to qualify for the tournament in the seven previous seasons after joining the league in 1997.
STEWART NEARS 1,000 KILLS: Senior outside hitter
Shelbi Stewart needs six kills to become the seventh player in program history to amass 1,000 kills. The Pflugerville native leads the MSU attack with 2.67 kills per set while posting 10-or-more kills in 14 matches this season.
MUSTANGS AMONG LSC LEADERS: Junior middle blocker
Caitlin Wallace ranks 13th in the LSC with a team-best .248 hitting percentage. Senior outside hitter
Shelbi Stewart rates 20th in the LSC with a .213 hitting percentage and leads the team with 2.67 kills per set.
Stewart notched her 13th and 14th double-figure kill matches with 14 at Eastern New Mexico and matched a campaign high with 16 against TWU. Sophomore setter
Kristan Aduddell ranks 10th in the LSC with 5.82 set assists per set and recorded her 13th match with 20-or-more assists with 28 at Eastern New Mexico and 20 versus Texas A&M-Commerce.
Aduddell is third in the LSC with 0.33 service aces per set and matched a season-high with three aces Friday at TWU. Sophomore libero
Casey Fletcher is eighth in the LSC at 4.11 digs per set.
BAD RECEPTION: Texas A&M-Commerce's first four serves resulted in aces Saturday night as Midwestern State finished the night with a season-high 11 reception errors. It was the most since Nebraska-Omaha notched 12 service aces against the Mustangs on Sep. 4, 2010. It was the second most committed by a Lone Star Conference squad this season. Eastern New Mexico yielded 13 reception errors to Texas Woman's on Sep. 21.
DEFENSE, DEFENSE: Midwestern State is 4-0 when it limits the opposition to worse than a .200 team hitting percentage this season.
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION
EASTERN NEW MEXICO
// Friday, 11.02.2012 // 5:30 p.m. // D.L. Ligon Coliseum // Wichita Falls, Texas
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The Zias (6-19, 1-14) ride a seven-match skid into Friday's match at Midwestern State. Eastern New Mexico is 0-10 on the road this season and has suffered sweeps in five of its last seven. Junior outside hitter
Lindsey Barron, a transfer from Central Arkansas, leads the ENMU attack with 3.37 kills per set while junior middle blocker
Kaitlyn Maddams adds 2.17 kills per set. Sophomore setter
Kennedi Catano notches 8.05 assists per set piloting the Zia offensive to a .106 team attack percentage. Junior libero
Hayley Couch leads back row efforts with 5.03 digs per set.
Previous Meeting: Shelbi Stewart and Caitlin Wallace combined for 27 of MSU's 37 kills to lead the Mustangs to a 25-20, 25-22, 21-25, 25-18 win over Eastern New Mexico on Oct. 23 in Portales.
All-Time Series: Eastern New Mexico leads 14-11.
WEST TEXAS A&M
// Saturday, 11.03.2012 // 2 p.m. // D.L. Ligon Coliseum // Wichita Falls, Texas
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The Lady Buffs (22-4, 12-3) have rolled off two-straight victories and have six of their last seven. WT boasts a trio of offensive threats in junior outside hitter
Halie Harton (3.39 k/s, .239 atk pct.), sophomore outside hitter
Kameryn Hayes (3.14 k/s, .214 atk pct.) and senior middle blocker
Erin Dougherty (2.91 k/s, .358 atk pct.) paced by LSC Preseason Setter of the Year
Lacy Hayes (11.80 assists per set). The Lady Buffs boast a .260 team attack percentage, but are even better at the net.
Dougherty (1.36 b/s) and junior middle blocker
Laura Iwuchukwu (1.03 b/s) lead a block party which averages 2.61 blocks per set. Senior libero
Lauren Beville leads back row efforts with 5.08 digs per set.
Previous Meeting: Karemyn Hayes put down 14 kills and Erin Dougherty added 10 kills without an error to lead West Texas A&M to a 25-20, 25-18, 25-16 win over Midwestern State on Sep. 25 in Canyon. Shelbi Stewart had eight kills to lead the Mustangs.
All-Time Series: West Texas A&M leads 24-0.
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