Midwestern State (3-15, 1-9 LSC) vs. #22 Texas A&M-Commerce (16-4, 8-2 LSC)
Tuesday, Oct. 9 | 6 p.m.
D.L. Ligon Coliseum | Wichita Falls, Texas
Live Stats: MSUMustangs.com | Watch: Mustangs Digital Network
Series History: A&M-C leads 25-15 | Last Meeting: MSU Texas lost 3-0 on the road on Sept. 22, 2018
Trend: Lions have won six of last seven meetings
Player to Watch: Fr., RS Celeste Vela – five triple doubles this season
 
WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Midwestern State begins the second half of Lone Star Conference play on Tuesday against No. 22 Texas A&M-Commerce. First serve against the Lions is set for 6 p.m. at D.L. Ligon Coliseum.
 
Storylines
Snapping The Funk
The Mustangs snapped a 13 match losing streak with an impressive all-around win over Cameron last Tuesday as the top four hitters set season-highs for the Maroon and Gold.
 
Lauren Honeycutt, Erin Richburg and Taylor Anderson each logged 13 kills while Raven Presley added 12. Setter Sarah Glawe handed out a career-best 49 helpers.
 
Defensively, Samantha Manio, Richburg, Glawe and Jaycie Fuller tallied double-digit digs, led by Manio with a season-high 19. Sarah Eakin continued to be a wall in the middle, rejecting six shots.
 
Richburg and Manio Coming Off Season Highs
Junior Erin Richburg logged her fourth-straight match with double digit kills, going for a season-high 17 with a .260 hitting percentage and freshman libero Samantha Manio racked up a career-best 23 digs in the Mustangs 3-1 loss to Texas A&M-Kingsville on Saturday.
 
Shot of Youth
Of the 12 players to see action through the first 18 matches of the season, 10 are underclassmen, including six freshmen. Juniors Sarah Eakin and Erin Richburg are the lone upperclassmen on the roster.
 
Glawe Climbing Up The Charts
Redshirt sophomore Sarah Glawe cracked the top 15 for career assists with the 49 dime outburst on Tuesday against Cameron and a 37-assist performance on Saturday against the Javelinas. The Allen native needs 37 to match Hayden Blair's mark of 749 set in 2015 for the 13^th-most in program history.
 
Glawe moved into the top-10 on career assists per set after playing in her 100^th set on Saturday. The sophomore's 6.91 mark is the 10^th-highest in program history.
 
Brick Wall
Junior Sarah Eakin is in the midst of one of the best defensive seasons in program history. The Wichita Falls native ranks 30^th in NCAA DII and third in the LSC with 1.13 blocks per set, the third-highest mark in MSU Texas' single season history. The Florida Atlantic transplant needs 12 more blocks to pass Shelbi Stewart (2009-12) for 14^th on the all-time list with 180. Her career 1.02 average blocks per set is the third-best in program  history, trailing only Candice Main's 1.04 in 2005 and Lauren Bayer's 1.14 from 2009-10.
 
Up Next
MSU Texas hits the road once again this weekend, travelling to West Texas A&M on Friday and Eastern New Mexico Saturday.