MSU Volleyball Weekly

Midwestern State closes out its 2012 campaign with a pair of home matches this week at D.L. Ligon Coliseum.
 
The Mustangs renew the Red River Rivalry Tuesday night against Cameron before taking on Abilene Christian on Saturday. First serve for both matches is set for 7 p.m.
 

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MSU FAST FIVE

MUSTANGS OUT OF POSTSEASON CONTENTION:  The Mustangs are officially eliminated from LSC Postseason Tournament consideration and will miss the postseason for the first time since 2006. MSU has qualified for the LSC postseason tournament six times in Venera Flores-Stafford's nine seasons at the helm of the program after failing to advance to the tournament in its first eight seasons of LSC play.

SWEEPS STORY OF YEAR: The Mustangs claimed their second sweep of the season in Friday's win over Eastern New Mexico and are 2-14 in three-set matches this season. MSU is 3-7 in four-set matches this season and 1-1 in five-set affairs.

STEWART STRIKES 1,000: Senior outside hitter Shelbi Stewart became the seventh player in program history to amass, 1,000 kills on her first kill Saturday against West Texas A&M. Stewart ranks fifth on MSU's all-time kills list with 1,010 and needs four to pass Joni Martin, who had 1,013 from 2000-03.

WALLACE TURNS IN STELLAR WEEK: Wallace averaged 3.67 kills and 1.17 blocks per set while hitting a solid .348 to lead Midwestern State to a split of home matches against Eastern New Mexico and West Texas A&M last weekend at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. The junior middle blocker from Amarillo notched 12 kills with just three errors to hit .450 in Friday's 3-0 win over Eastern New Mexico to go along with six digs and three blocks. Wallace then battled to slam down 10 kills with just three errors to hit .269 against 11th-ranked West Texas A&M.

MSU IN LSC LEADERS: Junior middle blocker Caitlin Wallace ranks 13th in the LSC with a .247 attack percentage while teammate Shelbi Stewart is 17th at .232. Stewart jumped to 17th in the LSC with 2.67 kills per set and 20th with 2.97 points per set. Sophomore setter Kristan Aduddell rates fourth in the LSC with 0.31 service aces per set and is 10th with 5.88 set assists per set. Sophomore libero Casey Fletcher ranks ninth in the Lone Star Conference with 3.95 digs per set.
   

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SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION


CAMERON
// Tuesday, 11.06.2012 // 7 p.m. // D.L. Ligon Coliseum // Wichita Falls, Texas
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Cameron (10-20, 4-14) has won two of its last three matches to shake off a four-match skid. The Aggies sandwiched a sweep of Southeastern Oklahoma State and 3-1 win over Eastern New Mexico around a 3-0 setback to 11th-ranked West Texas A&M -- all at home. The Aggies are led on the attack by the one-two punch of freshmen outside hitters Kathryn Evans and Shannon Dulaney. Evans puts down 3.64 kills per set while Dulaney pounds out 3.14 kills per set. Junior setter Jenna Risoli quarterbacks an Aggie attack featuring a .144 kill rate with 9.93 set assists per set. Senior libero Julisa Ocasio leads back row efforts with 6.29 digs per set.

Previous Meeting: Junior middle blocker Caitlin Wallace put down 14 kills and hit .500 while Michelle Blount, Shelbi Stewart and Kasey Decker had eight kills each to lead Midwestern State to a 19-25, 25-19, 25-18, 25-23 win over Cameron on Oct. 2 at Aggie Gym. Rebecca Green and Kathryn Evans had 15 kills each to pace Cameron.

All-Time Series: Cameron leads 30-15.
  

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ABILENE CHRISTIAN
// Saturday, 11.10.2012 // 7 p.m. // D.L. Ligon Coliseum // Wichita Falls, Texas
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Abilene Christian (10-18, 6-12) has dropped six of its last seven matches since taking a stunning 3-0 win over West Texas A&M on Oct. 13. The Wildcats close the regular season with a pair of road contests this week. ACU hits the road to take on Cameron Friday in Lawton before closing the regular season Saturday night in Wichita Falls.  Sophomore middle blocker Sara Oxford leads the ACU attack with 3.15 kills per set while freshman outside hitter Jennie Loerch adds 2.85 kills per set. Freshman setter Sarah Siemans directs the Wildcats to a .147 team attack percentage with 10.44 set assists per set. Freshman libero Madison Hoover leads back row efforts with 4.69 digs per set.

Previous Meeting: ACU's Sara Oxford smashed for 17 kills and hit .485 to lead the Wildcats to a 25-14, 27-25, 25-23 win over Midwestern State on Oct. 5 at Moody Coliseum. Sophomore middle blocker Kasey Decker led the Mustangs with 11 kills as MSU committed 25 team attack errors to hit .047.

All-Time Series:  Abilene Christian leads 25-6.