Match 28 – Midwestern State (6-21, 0-12 LSC) at Texas A&M-Commerce (14-11, 6-7 LSC)
Friday, Nov. 6, 2015 | 6 p.m.
The Field House | Commerce, Texas
Live Stats: LionAthletics.com
Live Video: LionAthletics.com

Match 29 – Midwestern State (6-21, 0-12 LSC) at Texas Woman's (20-6, 9-4 LSC)
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015 | 2 p.m.
Kitty Magee Arena | Denton, Texas
Live Stats: TWUAthletics.com
Live Video: TWUAthletics.com
 
FOR STARTERS
Midwestern State makes its final road trip of the season this weekend to take on Texas A&M-Commerce and Texas Woman's in Lone Star Conference action.

The Mustangs first take the court against A&M-C on Friday at 6 p.m. before facing TWU in a 2 p.m. matchup Saturday in Denton.

Midwestern State went 1-1 last weekend, falling 3-0 to Cameron at home before registering a 3-0 sweep over Southern Nazarene (Okla.) in Bethany.

SCOUTING THE LIONS
– Texas A&M-Commerce is 14-11 on the season with a 6-7 mark in the LSC for sixth place in the league standings
– The Lions have dropped their last three matches with 3-1 setbacks to Harding (Ark.) and Tarleton State and a 3-0 defeat to Texas A&M-Kingsville
– Junior right side hitter Taryn Driver leads the Lions offense with 252 kills (2.80/set) on a .173 clip
– Sophomore setter Courtney Tate is fourth in the conference with 9.87 assists per set, recording 918 this season
– On the defensive end, junior libero Ashley Mireles is fifth in the league with 4.13 digs per set with 384
– Head coach Craig Case is in his sixth season with an 89-86 record at A&M-C
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
– Texas A&M-Commerce leads the all-time series with Midwestern State, 19-14
– The Lions are 11-6 at home versus the Mustangs
– A&M-C earned a 3-0 win over MSU on Oct. 3 in Wichita Falls
– The two teams split last season with the Lions pulling out a 3-2 win in Commerce before the Mustangs recorded a sweep at home
 
SCOUTING THE PIONEERS
– Texas Woman's is 20-6 on the season, having won five of its last six matches, with a 9-4 record in the LSC to sit in third place
– The Pioneers have held opponents to a .135 hitting percentage for 28th in the nation
– TWU also cracks the top 50 with 17.91 digs per set for 31st and 2.22 blocks per set for 39th
– Senior middle blocker Hillary Shaffer leads the LSC and ranks in the top 60 nationally with a .314 attack percentage
– Freshman outside hitter Makayla Mayfield leads the Pioneers with 244 kills (2.80/set) and has a team-best 28 service aces
– Shaffer (238) and junior middle blocker Sara Oxford (220) have also eclipsed the 200-kill plateau this season
– Shaffer and Oxford have led the Pioneers in blocks as Oxford has 93 with 1.03 per set while Shaffer is close behind with 91 for 1.01 per set
– Senior setter Joey Redwine is averaging 9.78 assists per set for 861 on the year
– Defensively, junior outside hitter Mallory Kuechle has a team-best 336 digs (3.73/set) while senior libero Torie Talkington has totaled 322 (3.58/set)
– Head coach Shelly Barberee is in her 13th season at TWU, carrying a career record of 230-183
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
– Texas Woman's holds a 27-15 record in the all-time series versus Midwestern State
– The Pioneers carry an 18-4 mark against MSU inside Kitty Magee Arena
– TWU recorded a 3-0 win over the Mustangs on Oct. 2 in Wichita Falls
– TWU swept Midwestern last season with a 3-1 win in Denton and a 3-2 victory in Wichita Falls
– Midwestern's last win over the Pioneers came in 2010 with a 3-1 win in Denton
 
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)
 
BETTIS, PORTER PACING MUSTANGS
– Sophomore outside hitter Meghan Bettis and senior outside hitter Hunter Porter have led the Mustangs offense this season with Bettis registering a team-high 228 kills while Porter is close behind with 221
– In her first season playing for the Mustangs in 2014, Porter tallied a team-best 2.48 kills per set for 223 on the year
– Bettis' numbers have increased drastically during her sophomore campaign after totaling just 78 kills as a freshman
 
ACE YOUR FACE
– Junior libero Madelyn Johnson has helped spark the Mustangs offense with her play at the service line this season
– Johnson ranks 55th nationally and second in the Lone Star Conference with 38 aces
– Johnson needs just nine more aces to climb into the single-season top 10 list in the MSU record books where she could become the first Mustang to accomplish the feat since Shay Velasquez set a single-season school record of 71 back in 2007
 
DISHING IT OUT
– Midwestern State has relied on true freshmen setters Hayden Blair and Kendall Chamberlain to set up the MSU attack this season
– Blair has posted a season-best 41 assists three times with a team-high 11 double-doubles in 24 starts this season
– Chamberlain has recently taken the reins of the MSU offense, recording a season-high 34 assists at West Texas A&M while posting a double-double with 22 assists and 11 digs in her first career start against Cameron last weekend
 
LOOKING AHEAD
– Midwestern State closes out the season with a three-match homestand beginning Tuesday with a 6 p.m. match against Lubbock Christian at D.L. Ligon Coliseum