Midwestern State (5-22, 3-16 LSC) at Texas A&M-Kingsville (16-13, 8-10 LSC)
Friday, Nov. 2 | 6 p.m.
Steinke Center | Kingsville, Texas
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Series History: TAMUK leads 22-11 | Last Meeting: MSU Texas lost 3-1 at home on Oct. 6, 2018
Trend: Mustangs have won lost last nine meetings
Player to Watch: Sr., RS Madison Brabham – leads NCAA DII in triple-doubles
 
WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Midwestern State travels to Texas A&M-Kingsville for its final match of the season on Friday. The Mustangs and Javelinas meet for the 34th time at the Steinke Center in Kingsville. First serve is slated for 6 p.m.
 
Storylines
Bringing Home The Bacon
Texas A&M-Kingsville claimed a 3-1 win in the first meeting this season at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. Junior Erin Richburg put down a season-high 17 kills on a .260 hitting percentage while freshman Samantha Manio racked up one of her best performances of the year with 23 digs. TAMUK's Madison Brabham finished with a triple-double with 19 kills, 20 assists and 16 digs.
 
Conference Outlook
Midwestern State was mathematically eliminated from the Lone Star Conference Tournament with its loss on Saturday to No. 11 Tarleton State.
 
Building Blocks
The 16.0 blocks by the Mustangs in the 3-0 loss to UTPB on Oct. 20 matched the second-most in program history and fifth-most in an NCAA Division II three-set match this season. MSU Texas lost all three sets to the Falcons by two points. Junior Sarah Eakin set a career-high with the fifth-most blocks in a three-set match, tallying eight rejections including four of the solo variety.
 
Can You Dig It?
Freshman libero Samantha Manio has come on strong in the last month of the season. The Allen native has posted double-digit digs in 11 of her last 15 matches, including a pair of contests with 20+ digs. She leads the Mustangs with 2.98 digs per set this season.
 
Manio has proved to be a weapon from the service line with nine aces in the last eight matches.
 
Glawe Hits 1,000
Sophomore setter Sarah Glawe hit her 1,000^th career assist in Tuesday's loss to Cameron. She ranks 12th in MSU Texas history and is 374 behind Kimberly Jeffrey's 11th-place mark of 1,374.
 
Glawe's career 7.31 assists per set is the ninth best in school history, matching Sarah Rosinke (2013-14) and trails Kristan Aduddell (2011-12, 16-17) by 0.49.
 
Block Party
Junior Sarah Eakin anchored the middle of the defense for the Mustangs with 17 blocks against UTPB and WNMU. Eakin matched a season-high with seven rejections against WNMU before breaking her own mark with eight against UTPB.
 
Her eight blocks against UTPB matched the fifth most in a three-set match in school history while her seven in the match with WNMU tied the 10th most in a three set contest.
 
Eakin's LSC leading 25 solo blocks and 84 assisted blocks each rank 15th on the MSU Texas single season list while her 109 total blocks rank 14th all-time.
 
The junior's 1.28 blocks per set this season would be a new program record and is the second-best in the LSC this year as well as the 15^th best in NCAA DII. Eakin has tallied seven or more blocks in five matches this season, including four of her last seven outings.
 
Hammerin' Honeycutt
Freshman Lauren Honeycutt has at least six kills in eight of her last 11 matches. The Round Rock native has gone for at least 10 kills in three of the four outings, hitting at a season-high .500 on 20 swings against the TexAnns.
 
Rich Get Richer
Junior Erin Richburg needs 48 kills to join the 500 kill/500 dig club with MSU Texas after earning her 500^th career dig in Tuesday's match against TWU. The Rowlett native has 12 matches with at least 10 kills this season, adding on six double-doubles. Richburg has racked up double-digit kills in nine of the last 13 matches.
 
That's So Raven
Sophomore Raven Presley has followed up her frosh campaign with big-time performances in year two. The Richardson product averages 2.29 kills per set and 10 matches with at least 10 kills.