This is an installment in a series of reviews for each of Midwestern State's 13 varsity intercollegiate athletics programs competing in NCAA Division II and the Lone Star Conference.

SEASON IN REVIEW

Midwestern State battled its way to a 9-20 record finishing ninth in the Lone Star Conference with a 3-13 mark.
 
The Mustangs got off to a hot start claiming wins in three of four matches at the MSU Hampton Inn-vitational rolling to victories over Colorado State-Pueblo, Fort Lewis (Colo.) and Southwestern Oklahoma State before falling in five sets to eventual Great American Conference champion Arkansas Tech.
 
Midwestern improved to 4-1 rallying from two sets down to beat Dallas Baptist in five sets on the road.
 
The Mustangs would lose the next eight matches and dropped 10 consecutive contests on the road.
 
Junior Hunter Porter paced the MSU attack with 2.48 kills per set while junior Nicole Marzik added 2.27 kills per set and sophomore Sarah Garfield put down 2.16 kills per set with a team-best .237 attack percentage.
 
Sophomore setter Sarah Rosinke ranked third in the Lone Star Conference with 0.33 service aces per set and was fifth in the league at 8.15 set assists per set.
 
Senior defensive specialist Casey Fletcher rated third in the conference with 4.97 digs per set. She finished the season with 581 total digs (fourth most in program history) to move up to fifth on the school's all-time digs list with 1,461.
 
Garfield was 10th in the LSC with 0.97 blocks per set.

POSTSEASON HONORS

Midwestern State placed three players on the All-Lone Star Conference team as sophomore Sarah Garfield was named to the second team while senior Casey Fletcher and sophomore Sarah Rosinke earned honorable mention.

COACHING CHANGE

Natalie Rawson, who served as an assistant coach at Midwestern State from 2010-12, took over the reins of the program in the spring and begins her third season as a head collegiate volleyball coach.
 
She was named the eighth head coach in program history on March 24, 2015 after serving two years leading the Newman (Kan.) volleyball squad.
 
Rawson compiled a 30-26 record over the last two season at Newman, which is located in Wichita, Kan., posting a 15-12 mark in 2013 then matched the win total last fall leading the Jets to their first Heartland Conference postseason appearance since 2010 with a 9-7 league mark.
 
She coached two All-Heartland Conference selections and mentored the league's Freshman of the Year in 2013.
 
Rawson served as a first assistant at MSU from 2010-12 helping the Mustangs to three consecutive Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament appearances.

TOP MOMENTS

MUSTANGS START STRONG AT MSU HAMPTON INN-VITATIONAL
Midwestern State hinted a deep, talented attack for the 2014 season by opening with three convincing wins at the MSU Hampton Inn-vitational. Three different girls paced the attack as the Mustangs rolled to a five-set win over Colorado State-Pueblo, a four-set victory over Fort Lewis (Colo.) and a sweep of Southwestern Oklahoma State. Freshman Addison Semer put down 15 kills to lead a group of five players with 10-or-more kills against CSU-P in the opener before fellow frosh Meghan Bettis slammed down 13 to lead a quartet of players with double-figure kills against Fort Lewis. Sophomore Sarah Garfield paced the attack with 10 kills versus SWOSU. Senior Casey Fletcher got the back line off to an outstanding start posting 20-or-more digs in each of the three matches with a high of 36 against Colorado State-Pueblo. She averaged an impressive 7.08 digs per set to set the defensive tone in the three wins.
 
GARFIELD SPURS COMEBACK WIN AS MSU STUNS SOUTHERN NAZARENE
Sophomore middle blocker Sarah Garfield put down a career-high 22 kills and notched six total blocks to lead Midwestern to a 19-25, 18-25, 25-14, 31-29, 15-9 comeback win over Southern Nazarene to send the Red Storm to 18-8 on Oct. 30 at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. The Mustangs fought off two match points to take the fourth set 31-29 before sealing the win with a strong fifth frame. MSU received solid efforts from junior Hunter Porter (13 kills, 7 digs), senior Kat Molloy (11 kills, 21 digs) and redshirt freshman Angel Summers (9 kills, 5 blocks).
 
MUSTANGS THROW BLOCK PARTY AT EASTERN NEW MEXICO
Midwestern State matched a team record with 30 block assists and amassed the fourth most total blocks in a match before falling to Eastern New Mexico in five sets on Sept. 23, 2014 at Greyhound Arena. The Mustangs piled up 18.0 block assists against ENMU which was the most since the 1998 squad put 18.5 against Arkansas Tech. Redshirt-freshman Angel Summers paced Midwestern at the net with a school record 11 block assists to finish with the third most total blocks (11.0) in single match and the most since Sesley Graves had 11 against Angelo State on Oct. 30, 2008.  Nicole Marzik, Sarah Garfield and Addison Semer pitched in five total blocks each while Hunter Porter had four.