WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State welcomes Arkansas-Fort Smith to D.L. Ligon Coliseum for the penultimate match of the season. UAFS has a three-match winning streak and has climbed to seventh in the LSC standings.
 

MIDWESTERN STATE (6-21, 4-10) vs. ARKANSAS-FORT SMITH (15-12, 7-7)

Friday, Nov. 4 | 6 p.m.

D.L. Ligon Coliseum | Wichita Falls

Series History | Arkansas-Fort Smith leads, 5-2

LAST MEETING | Arkansas Fort Smith prevailed in five sets, 19-25, 25-16, 25-19, 25-20, 15-10. Reagan Macha finished with 15 kills and 11 digs for the Lions. Hannah Holland hit .419 with 13 kills and no errors. Holland also had eight blocks in the victory. Alex Serna led the Mustangs with 12 kills and hit .308. Amy DeWalt had a match-high 32 digs, and Regan Willms served six aces. Autumn Roach had 33 assists in the five-set loss at D.L. Ligon Coliseum last year.

LAST TIME OUT | Aaliyah Burras continues to play sensational volleyball for Midwestern State, and she hit .375 at Texas A&M International on Saturday, but the Mustangs fell to the Dustdevils at the TAMIU Kinesiology and Convocation Building, 13-25, 20-25, 28-26, 16-25. The fifth-year senior, who transferred to MSU from Nicholls State, continues be a dominant presence in the middle for the Mustangs. In her last five matches, Burras is averaging 3.26 kills per set and is hitting an astounding .530 for the Mustangs. Burras led Midwestern with 12 kills and had one of the four service aces for the Mustangs, but it wasn't enough to topple TAMIU on its home floor. Both teams played at a high level in the fourth set, but TAMIU was exceptional. The Dustdevils hit .594 with 19 kills on 32 swings without an error in the frame. The Mustangs had their best attacking percentage of the day in the fourth set at .333. Midwestern had 14 kills on 33 swings with just three errors but could not keep pace with TAMIU. The Dustdevils won 11 of the final 16 points to close out the match. Emma Lade had 50 assists in the victory for TAMIU. Megan Menchaca had 18 kills and hit .469 to lead the Dustdevils, who hit .309 as a team.

TRACKING THE MUSTANGS | Midwestern State is 4-3 at home this season …MSU is 1-3 when hosting UAFS …Stephanie Radecki, who is in her first season at Midwestern State, is 383-261 in 20 years as a head coach… Mustangs are hitting .142 this season, while their opponents are hitting .211… MSU is second in the LSC and sixth in the nation with 39.53 attacks per set…Mustangs are fourth in the conference and 26th in the nation with 3,874 total attacks…Sadie Portmann is 11th in the conference with 819 total attacks…Portmann is 13th in the LSC with 8.62 attacks per set…MSU is sixth in the conference and 39th in the nation with 17.17 digs per set…Mustangs have 1,683 team digs, which is eighth in the LSC and 49th in the nation…Taygon Jones is second in the LSC and 26th in the nation with 5.17 digs per set…Jones is fourth in the LSC and 41st in the nation with 465 total digs…MSU is eighth in the conference with 11.55 assists per set and sixth in the LSC with 1,132 team assists…Autumn Roach is ninth in the conference with 6.00 assists per set and eighth in the league with 546 total assists…Regan Willms is 14th in the LSC with 5.04 assists per set and 16th in the conference with 449 total assists…MSU is eighth in the LSC with 12.28 kills per set… Aaliyah Burras leads MSU with 2.49 kills per set… Portmann averages 2.48 kills per set…Kelli Ell averages 1.94 kills per set…Burras is 19th in the LSC with 242 total kills…Portmann has 236 total kills…Ell has 169 total kills…Burras is 10th in the LSC with a .300 hitting percentage…Burras leads MSU with 57 blocks…Taylor Anderson, a fifth-year senior, has 634 career kills and averages 1.74 kills per set at MSU…

SCOUTING ARKANSAS-FORT SMITH | UAFS has a three-match winning streak and has won nine of its last 10 sets…Lions are 4-6 on the road and have lost their last two matches away from home…UAFS is 3-1 all-time at D.L. Ligon Coliseum…Lions have played five-set matches in each of their last three visits to Wichita Falls…Jane Sargent is 324-107 in 14 seasons as a head coach at UAFS and has never finished with worse than a .517 winning percentage…Hannah Holland is ninth in the LSC with a .305 hitting percentage…UAFS is sixth as a team in the conference with a .198 hitting percentage…Opponents are hitting .173 against the Lions…UAFS is fifth in the league with 38.15 attacks per set and third in the conference with 3,891 total attacks…Caelyn Gunn is fourth in the LSC and 31st in the nation with 10.54 attacks per set…Reagan Macha is 14th in the conference with 768 total attacks…UAFS is third in the conference with 11.69 assists per set and 1,192 total assists…Chloe Price is fourth in the LSC with 7.86 assists per set and 770 total assists…Holland leads the Lions with 69 blocks…Lauren Weber is third in the conference and 27th in the nation with 497 total digs…Weber is third in the league and 32nd in the nation with 5.07 digs per set…UAFS is fifth in the conference with 17.67 digs per set and 1,802 total digs…Holland is fourth in the conference with 37 aces in 97 sets…

UP NEXT | Midwestern State closes out the season by hosting Oklahoma Christian at D.L. Ligon Coliseum on Saturday afternoon. First serve is scheduled for 2 p.m.