Match 25 – Midwestern State (5-19, 0-10 LSC) vs. Eastern New Mexico (10-13, 3-8 LSC)
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015 | 6 p.m.
D.L. Ligon Coliseum | Wichita Falls, Texas
Live Stats: MSUMustangs.com
Live Video: MSUMustangs.tv


FOR STARTERS
Midwestern State continues Lone Star Conference play Tuesday when the Mustangs play host to Eastern New Mexico in a 6 p.m. match at D.L. Ligon Coliseum.

The Mustangs recently dropped a 3-1 decision Friday to Texas A&M-Kingsville at Ligon Coliseum. Midwestern jumped out to an early 1-0 lead with a dominant 25-17 first set win before the Javelinas claimed the next three games to earn the season sweep over the Mustangs.

SCOUTING THE GREYHOUNDS
– Eastern New Mexico is 10-13 this season, sporting a 3-8 record to tie for seventh in the LSC
– Junior right side hitter Lauren Frye leads the Greyhounds with 339 kills for 3.85 per set while hitting a team-best .238
– Frye ranks in the top 35 nationally in kills and kills pet set
– Sophomore setter Alexis Aguirre is averaging 7.85 assists per set to pace the ENMU offense while sophomore libero Andrea Aguilar has totaled 376 digs (4.27/set) to lead the defense
– Head coach Sia Poyer is in his third season with the Greyhounds with a 31-51 career record
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
– Midwestern State is 14-17 all-time against Eastern New Mexico with the Greyhounds holding a 6-5 advantage in Wichita Falls
– The Greyhounds earned a 3-1 win over the Mustangs on Oct. 17 in Portales
– The two teams split last season with ENMU earning a 3-2 win in Portales before the Mustangs collected a 3-0 sweep in Wichita Falls
 
RAWSON ERA BEGINS
– Former Midwestern State assistant coach Natalie Rawson was tabbed the eighth head volleyball coach in program history back on Mar. 24, 2015
– Rawson spent the last two seasons as the head coach at Newman (Kan.), leading the Jets to a 30-26 record and their first Heartland Conference postseason appearance in four years in 2014
– Rawson spent three seasons as an assistant coach at MSU from 2010-12
 
MUSTANGS SPORT YOUTHFUL ROSTER IN 2015
– Rawson returns to a young roster in her first season back at Midwestern State
– The Mustangs' roster features nine newcomers with eight true freshmen and one junior college transfer on the 17-player roster
– Midwestern's roster includes one lone senior and just four upperclassmen
– With a couple of injuries to the Mustangs upperclassmen, the newcomers have seen a considerable amount of court time this season
– The Mustangs have started at least three freshmen in all but three matches this season with five appearing in the starting lineup against Lubbock Christian (Sept. 26), Texas A&M-Commerce (Oct. 3), Dallas Baptist (Oct. 3), Angelo State (Oct. 9) and Tarleton State (Oct. 10)
 
PORTER PACING MUSTANGS
– Following a career-high 16 kills in Midwestern State's win over Southern Nazarene, senior outside hitter Hunter Porter became the Mustangs' kills leader this season
– Porter has totaled 204 kills for 2.40 per set on a .142 hitting percentage
– In her first season playing for the Mustangs in 2014, the Red Oak native tallied a team-best 2.48 kills per set for 223 on the year
 
DIX CLIMBING RECORD BOOKS
– Freshman libero Matti Dix has recorded seven 20-plus dig performances this season with a career-best 32 coming against West Texas A&M back on Sept. 29
– Dix also had a 31-dig outing come in a win over Southern Nazarene on Oct. 6
– With 396 digs currently to her name, Dix looks to be on her way to climbing inside the top 10 for single-season digs in the Midwestern State record books, needing just 98 more to reach the mark of 494 set by Kelli Ridenhour in 1994
– The Bushland native could become the first freshman to appear on the single-season digs list since Shay Velasquez recorded 572 in her freshman season back in 2005
 
DISHING IT OUT
– True freshman setter Hayden Blair has had to adjust to the college game pretty quickly, appearing in 88 sets and making 23 starts to lead the Mustangs offense
– The McKinney product has posted a season-best 41 assists three times in wins over Pace (N.Y.), Southwestern Oklahoma State and Southern Nazarene (Okla.) and has totaled a team-best 11 double-doubles
 
LOOKING AHEAD
– Midwestern State wraps up a three-match homestand Friday with a 5:30 p.m. contest against Cameron at Ligon Coliseum