WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State looks to extend its home winning streak as it hosts Texas A&M International and Texas A&M-Kingsville this weekend at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. The Dustdevils visit the Mustangs on Friday night for a 6 p.m. match, and the Javelinas square off with MSU at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

Head coach Stephanie Radecki celebrated her 400th career victory on Tuesday night as the Mustangs swept East Central at D.L. Ligon Coliseum, 25-11, 25-21, 25-22. Midwestern State improved its overall record to 12-11 with the non-conference victory and extended its home winning streak to four matches. MSU has won 12 consecutive sets under the dome, and its home record this season is 7-3.

Midwestern State has won five of its last six matches overall and is 4-7 in conference play with a 3-2 record at home against conference opponents.

Midwestern State is leading the conference and is 18th in the nation with 39.03 attacks per set, but the Mustangs are hitting .196 for the season. However, the Stang Gang has hit .234 over its last six matches and hit .259 in its win over East Central.


Isabella Dickens leads the team and is 11th in the conference with a hitting percentage of .318, and Gabrielle Oos is hitting .284 for the Mustangs.

Riley Rabedeaux leads Midwestern State and is 10th in the conference with 9.24 attacks per set, while Demi Stauffenberg is 13th in the league with 9.08.

Rabedeaux is 14th in the league with 3.18 kills per set and is hitting .233 for the Mustangs.

The Mustangs are averaging 12.18 assists per set, led by Alayna Guerrero and Brooke Parker. Guerrero is ninth in the league with 7.05 assists per set, and Parker is 13th in the conference with 5.63 assists per set.

Midwestern State is averaging the sixth-most digs per set in the Lone Star Conference with 16.19. Amy DeWalt is averaging 3.28 digs per set, while Demi Stauffenberg is averaging 3.05, and Jenna Redding is averaging 2.93. All three women are among the top-25 in the LSC.

Oos is 15th in the league with 0.84 blocks per set. Dickens has 58 total blocks and is averaging 0.74 blocks per set. Dickens has 24 blocks in conference matches to lead the Mustangs. Oos has 15 total blocks against LSC opponents.
 

TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL

Midwestern State leads the all-time series with Texas A&M International, 6-5, but has lost its last three meetings with the Dustdevils, including a 3-0 setback at D.L. Ligon Coliseum last season. TAMIU has won two of its three visits to MSU and five of the last six encounters overall.

Texas A&M International is 7-12 overall this season with a 4-6 conference record. The Dustdevils have a three-match losing streak overall and are 2-5 on the road this season following a 3-2 loss at Oklahoma Christian.

TAMIU won its first four five-set matches this season but has since lost five-set decisions at Lubbock Christian and Oklahoma Christian.

Mia Molina leads the Dustdevils with and is fifth in the conference with 3.68 kills and 4.02 points per set. Aryanna Ledet is 11th in the league with 3.35 kills per set, and Anna Ligart is recording 2.74 kills per set.

The Dustdevils are hitting .184 for the season, and Emma Lade is sixth in the LSC with 9.92 assists per set.

Molina had 12 kills, and Lade had 35 assists in the Dustdevils' 25-16, 25-15, 25-17 sweep of Midwestern State at D.L. Ligon Coliseum last year. Rabedeaux put down eight kills and matched a season high with three total blocks to lead Midwestern State.

Abby Buenrostro is third in the league with 1.05 blocks per set, and eighth in the LSC with 62 total blocks this season.

Texas A&M International is only averaging 14.24 digs per set, which is 15th in the conference. Lixai Perez is eighth in the league with 4.30 digs per set.
 

TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE

Texas A&M-Kingsville leads the all-time series with Midwestern State, 27-12, and has won 13 of the last 14 meetings. The Mustangs last win in the series was a 3-1 triumph at D. L. Ligon Coliseum in 2019. The Javelinas have won the last three encounters, including a 3-1 victory under the dome last season.

In the match last season, Arianna Fields had 10 kills and hit .333 for MSU. Isabella Dickens hit .250 — finishing the match with nine kills and four blocks. Meghan Stiefer led TAMUK with 13 kills on 25 swings with one attack error and hit .480 for the match. The Javelinas hit .234 as a team, while Midwestern State hit .150. Brooke Parker had 31 assists for the Mustangs.

TAMUK visits Texas Woman's on Friday and enters the weekend with an 11-10 overall record. The Javelinas are 3-7 in conference play and have lost five of their last six matches. TAMUK improved to 2-6 on the road with a 3-0 win at Cameron on Oct. 19 but is coming off back-to-back straight-set losses at home to UT Tyler and Dallas Baptist.

The Javelinas are 1-4 in five-set matches this season.

Opponents are hitting .210 against the Javelinas, who are 10th in the conference with an attack percentage of .212.

Ayanna Jackson leads the conference and is sixth among NCAA Division II players with a hitting percentage of .421. Jackson averages 2.83 kills per set and is 10th in the league with 3.68 points per set.

Texas A&M-Kingsville is third in the conference with 2.22 blocks per set. Jackson is the second-leading blocker in the LSC with 1.14 blocks per set, and Natalee Rush is 14th in the league with 0.85 blocks per set.

TAMUK is 16th in the LSC with 14.19 digs per set and Isabel Rodriguez averages 3.96 digs per set, which is 11th-best in the conference.

Midwestern State completes its four-match homestand with Senior Day as UT Tyler visits the Mustangs on Nov. 6. First serve is scheduled for 6 p.m.