KINGSVILLE, Texas -- Midwestern State embarks on its final road trip of the season and pays a visit to the Steinke Center for a Lone Star Conference clash with Texas A&M–Kingsville. The match gets underway Friday at 6 p.m.
 

MIDWESTERN STATE (6-19, 4-8) vs. TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE (16-8, 8-3)

Friday, Oct. 28 | 6 p.m.
Steinke Center | Kingsville, Texas

Series History | Texas A&M–Kingsville leads, 25-12

LAST MEETING | Texas A&M–Kingsville ended the Mustangs three-match winning streak overall with a 25-17, 26-24, 25-20 victory at Steinke Center last season. The Mustangs suffered their sixth-straight loss at Kingsville, where MSU has not won a match since 2013. Lauryn Bourne had a team-high 10 kills for Midwestern State, which hit .047 for the match. Bourne also led the Mustangs with eight digs. Regan Willms had 12 assists for Midwestern State, and Autumn Roach finished with 11 assists and two aces. Jackie Alanis had 11 kills and two blocks for the Javelinas, who hit .542 in the first set and finished the match hitting .303. Sydney Whitmire had 22 assists and seven digs in the victory for TAMUK. Nicole Murff had a match-high 18 digs for the Javelinas.

LAST TIME OUT | East Central's Nyah Walker finished with a game-high 15 kills to lead the Tigers to a 25-22, 27-25, 25-23 sweep over Midwestern State in a non-conference meeting Saturday afternoon at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. The senior from Bryant, Texas, committed a single error on 38 swings for a .368 hitting percentage to provide the different in three hotly contested sets. Senior Taylor Anderson paced the MSU attack with 11 kills while committing just three errors on 24 swings to finish with a .333 attack percentage, while Ell and Sadie Portmann had eight kills each. MSU freshman Taygon Jones led the Mustangs' backrow efforts with 22 digs, while Portmann had 17.

TRACKING THE MUSTANGS | Midwestern State is 0-8 on the road this season and has lost its last six matches at the Steinke Center…MSU is 3-12 when visiting Texas A&M-Kingsville…Stephanie Radecki, who is in her first season at Midwestern State, is 383-259 in 20 years as a head coach… Mustangs are hitting .143 this season, while their opponents are hitting .203… MSU is second in the LSC and sixth in the nation with 39.51 attacks per set…Mustangs are fifth in the conference and 33rd in the nation with 3,556 total attacks…Sadie Portmann is ninth in the conference with 788 total attacks…Portmann is 12th in the LSC with 8.76 attacks per set…MSU is sixth in the conference and 35th in the nation with 17.21 digs per set…Mustangs have 1,549 team digs, which is seventh in the LSC and 49th in the nation…Taygon Jones is second in the LSC and 26th in the nation with 5.15 digs per set…Jones is fifth in the LSC and 47th in the nation with 422 total digs…MSU is eighth in the conference with 11.59 assists per set and eighth in the LSC with 1,043 team assists…Autumn Roach is ninth in the conference with 6.02 assists per set and eighth in the league with 500 total assists…Regan Willms is 14th in the LSC with 5.02 assists per set and 16th in the conference with 412 total assists…MSU is seventh in the LSC with 12.32 kills per set…Portmann leads MSU with 2.53 kills per set…Aaliyah Burras averages 2.42 kills per set…Kelli Ell averages 1.98 kills per set…Portmann is 17th in the LSC with 228 total kills…Burras has 215 total kills…Ell has 166 total kills…Burras is 13th in the LSC with a .286 hitting percentage…Burras leads MSU with 52 blocks…Taylor Anderson, a fifth-year senior, has 625 career kills and averages 1.74 kills per set at MSU…

SCOUTING TEXAS A&M KINGSVILLE | Javelinas have a five-match winning streak…TAMUK is 6-0 at home this season and has a seven-match home winning streak dating back to last year…TAMUK has won its last six meetings with the Mustangs at the Steinke Center and 11 of the last 12 encounters overall…Tanya Allen is 209-147 in 12 seasons as a head coach at Texas A&M - Kingsville…TAMUK is first in the conference and 41st in the nation with 1,211 kills… Javelinas are second in the LSC and 24th in the nation with 13.76 kills per set…Jackie Alanis is sixth in the conference and 49th in the nation with 3.57 kills per set…Alanis is sixth in the LSC and 47th in the country with 314 total kills…TAMUK is first in the league and fifth in the nation with 18.61 digs per set… Javelinas have 1,638 total digs, which is the fourth-most in the LSC and 27th in the nation…Nicole Murff leads the conference and is 19th in the country with 484 digs…Murff leads the LSC with 5.50 digs per set, which is ninth in the nation…TAMUK is hitting .206, which ranks fifth-best in the LSC…Ayanna Jackson is third in the conference with a .347 hitting percentage…Jackson has 75 blocks, averaging 0.85 blocks per set…Javelinas lead the LSC with 1,122 assists and are second in the LSC with 12.75 assists per set, which is 21st in the nation…TAMUK leads the LSC and is fourth in the nation with 39.62 attacks per set…Javelinas are sixth in the league with 3,487 total attacks…Alanis is sixth in the LSC with 10.16 attacks per set…TAMUK averages 1.24 aces per set, which is 14th in the LSC…

UP NEXT | Midwestern State plays its final road match of the season as it travels to Laredo for a match against Texas A&M International. First serve at TAMIU Kinesiology and Convocation Building is scheduled for 2 p.m.