SAN ANGELO, Texas – Midwestern State makes it final road trip of the regular season this week as it visits No. 5-ranked Angelo State and UT Permian Basin. The Mustangs meet the Rambelles at Junell Center on Friday night at 6 p.m. and face the Falcons at UTPB Gym Complex on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Midwestern State (14-11, 9-5) is 4-5 on the road this season and is coming off back-to-back losses at Dallas Baptist and Texas Woman's last week.

Midwestern State is third in the Lone Star Conference in assists and fifth in kills per set. The Mustangs are averaging 12.4 assists and 13.1 kills per set. Macy Scheer is fourth in the league with 9.1 assists per set. Isabella Dickens leads the Mustangs and is 12th in the conference with three kills per set.

The Mustangs are sixth in the LSC with a hitting percentage of .215, led by Jaiden Wright and Dickens. Wright is hitting .329, which is sixth in the LSC, and Dickens is seventh in the league with a hitting percentage of .326.

The Stangs are sixth in the conference with 15.7 digs per set. Redding is sixth in the league with 4.1 digs per set. The Mustangs are 17th in the conference with 1.4 blocks per set, and Wright leads the team with total blocks and 0.67 blocks per set. Opponents are hitting .227 against MSU.

Scheer leads the Mustangs with 29 service aces, and MSU is averaging 1.4 aces per set, which is 12th in the league.   

Angelo State (23-1, 13-0)

Angelo State has won its last 29 matches against Midwestern State and leads the all-time series, 43-11, including three consecutive straight-set wins at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. The Mustangs last visit to the Junell Center was in 2022, when the Mustangs forced a fifth set but fell 3-2 (25-21, 17-25, 17-25, 25-22, 16-18).

The Rambelles have a 15-match winning streak overall, and they have won their last 27 matches against conference opponents.  Angelo State is 12-0 at home this season, extending their home winning streak to 41 matches. 

Angelo State has its last 19 sets and is coming off back-to-back straight-set wins at Eastern New Mexico and West Texas A&M.

The Rambelles lead the conference with a .260 hitting percentage, 14.2 kills per set and 13.1 assists per set. Sydney Thornton is hitting .333 to lead the Rambelles, while Alli Kirkpatrick is hitting .277 and Julia Hopkins is hitting .268. Hopkins is averaging three kills per set.  Gabi Ashcraft averages 5.7 assists per set, and Olivia Pena averages 4.9 assists per set.

Angelo State is eighth in the league with 1.9 blocks per set, led by Thornton and Hannah Barnhill with 0.8 blocks per set.  The Rambelles are third in the league with 17 digs per set. Allie Duitsman is averaging nearly four digs per set and Madi Parrish average a little more than three digs per set.

Parrish and Duitsman lead the Rambelles in service aces, and the team is fourth in the league with 1.9 aces per set. Parrish is fourth in the conference with 33 total aces, and Duitsman is ninth in the LSC with 31 total aces. 

Chuck Waddington boasts a record of 459-149 (.755) in his 19 seasons as the head coach at Angelo State.

UT Permian Basin (8-11, 3-10)

Midwestern State leads the all-time series with UT Permian Basin, 13-11, but snapped a seven-match losing streak in the series last season with a 3-0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-10) victory over the Falcons at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. MSU is 3-5 as the visiting team in the series and has not won at UTPB Gym Complex since 2017.

UT Permian Basin has a three-match winning streak following back-to-back wins on the road at West Texas A&M and Eastern New Mexico. The Falcons are 3-6 at home this season.

The Falcons lead the conference and are 14th in the nation with 17.9 digs per set. Kierra Freeman leads the team with 2.9 digs per set, while Kaitlyn Salgado and Giselle Orellana are averaging more than 2.5 digs per set for UTPB.

UT Permian Basin averages 1.8 blocks per set, led by Nickilah Whatley and Precious Johnson, who both averaging 0.8 blocks per set.

The Falcons have a hitting percentage of .171 which is 14th in the LSC, but opponents are only hitting .176 against UTPB, which is sixth-best in the LSC. The Falcons are second in the league with more than 38 attacks per set, but they are 12th among conference schools with 12.2 kills per set.

Salgado leads the team with 9.7 attacks and three kills per set, while Whatley has the team's highest hitting percentage at .263. Kierra Freeman averages 4.9 assists per set for the Falcons, who average 11.1 as a team.

UP NEXT

Midwestern State wraps up the regular season at home against Lubbock Christian on Nov. 6. at 6 p.m.