LSC VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
The teams are set for the annual Lone Star Conference Volleyball Championship Tournament, which begins Thursday in Canyon, Texas.
West Texas A&M earned the right to host the event with the program’s 19th LSC Championship with a perfect 16-0 record to mark the second straight year and 16th time overall they have finished the league season unbeaten since 1986. WT has won 22 straight including taking their last 36 league matches dating back to last season.
The eight-team, single-elimination tournament consists of four first-round matches on Thursday, followed by two semifinal games on Friday evening and the championship match on Saturday at 5 p.m.
The top eight teams in the LSC will compete for the 2014 tournament championship. In addition to winning the title, the LSC tournament winner will receive the league’s automatic berth into the NCAA Division II Volleyball Championship.
The WT Athletic Media Relations Department will provide live stats and live video for the championship games, the webstream is powered by Stretch Internet and is available on mobile devices.
Action starts on Thursday at 12 p.m. with No. 3 Angelo State against No. 6 Eastern New Mexico followed by No. 2 Texas Woman’s versus No. 7 Cameron at 2:30 p.m., No. 4 Tarleton State against No. 5 Texas A&M-Kingsville at 5 p.m. and No. 1 WT versus No. 8 Texas A&M-Commerce at 7:30 p.m.
WT won the 2013 LSC volleyball tournament championship with a 3-2 victory over ASU in Canyon, Texas.
LSC VOLLEYBALL
LSC volleyball teams are 147-111 overall this season. The squads are currently 15-13 combined versus Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference teams, and 20-14 against the Heartland Conference, which are the other leagues in the NCAA South Central Region.
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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSIVE
Kat Evans, Cameron University, JR, Pearland, Texas, Pearland HS
Evans guided the Aggies from a 2-0 hole at Texas A&M-Kingsville to a stunning five-set victory with a career high 26 kills while having an attack percentage at .305, and scoring 29.5 points. She was a force in the final three points of the match with CU trailing 14-13 in the fifth set; Evans had the tying kill, a service ace to take the lead, and the assist to score the winning point against TAMUK. The 26 kills on Saturday put her 11 short of 1,000 in her career at Cameron with one regular season match remaining.
DEFENSIVE
Kenya Alexander, Tarleton State University, JR, Fort Hood, Kan., Wyandotte HS
Alexander, the national leader in blocks per set, posted her third double-figure block effort of the season with a career-high 13 blocks against the Rambelles Friday. She also added nine kills and a dig for Tarleton.
SETTER
Kayla Hebert, Cameron University, SO, McKinney, Texas, Heritage HS
Hebert was a critical asset for Cameron in their 2-0 comeback at Texas A&M-Kingsville on Saturday. She netted 47 total assists, 39 in sets three through five after the Aggies switched from a 6-2 to a 5-1 offense. CU responded and hit .277 during that time span compared to .057 in first two sets. She also provided 18 digs for her seventeenth double-double of the season, and had the game winning point for the Aggies in Saturday’s match.