Volleyball hosts UTRGV and Lamar on the weekend

Thursday, October 7

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Volleyball hosts UTRGV and Lamar on the weekend

10/6/2021 4:11:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

ABILENE - After opening WAC play on the road, the Wildcats return home to host Southwest Division foes, UTRGV and Lamar. The Wildcats will get their first look at a new team in the WAC when they host UTRGV on Thursday night in the Teague Center. The Vaqueros sit at 1-1 in conference play while Lamar is 0-1 with their only conference against coming last weekend against UTRGV.

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SERIES HISTORY

UTRGV

ALL-TIME | 3rd meeting (UTRGV leads, 2-0)
LAST MEETING | Sept. 16, 2016 (UTRGV won 3-2)
STREAK | UTRGV, W2
IN ABILENE | 0-0
IN NACOGDOCHES | 0-0
NEUTRAL | UTRGV 2-0

LAMAR

ALL-TIME | 11th meeting (ACU leads, 6-4)
LAST MEETING | Feb. 13, 2021 (ACU won 3-0)
STREAK | ACU, W2
IN ABILENE | ACU leads, 6-1
IN HUNTSVILLE | LU leads, 3-0

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ACU STORYLINES

Madison Rohre continues to lead the WAC in assists per set, averaging 10.35 per set.
The Wildcats had a couple of solid individual performances last weekend with Brea Box hitting .579 with 11 kills at SFA and Bryley Steinhilber with eight kills on a .381 hitting percentage at Sam Houston
ACU has four players ranked within the top 10 in the WAC in different categories: Lindsey Toney kills per set (2, 4.49), Madison Rohre assists per set (1, 10.35), Madison Lawler digs per set (6, 4.19), Breanna Box hitting percentage (5, .350)
Three different Wildcats have reached 100 kills on the season: Jada Birkel, Breanna Box, and Lindsey Toney. Toney leads the way with 184 on the year.

SCOUTING THE VAQUEROS

UTRGV comes into the weekend 9-6 on the season and 1-1 in conference play.
The team is fifth in the WAC in kills per set at 13.18 per set, just ahead of the Wildcats who average 13.12 per set.
Jandova leads UTRGV in hitting percentage at .321 on the season while Cruz leads the team in kills per set at 4.39.
The Vaqueros have had a balanced defense on the season with five different athletes totaling over 100 digs and averaging over two digs per set.

SCOUTING THE CARDINALS

Lamar comes into the weekend 4-11 on the season with an 0-1 conference record. Lamar's only conference competition was a loss against UTRGV last weekend.
The Cardinals will play Tarleton on Thursday night before making the trip to Abilene for the match on Saturday.
Junior Kaitlyn Gil is leading Lamar with 2.96 kills per set and 3.32 points per set.
Giselle Santini leads the team in digs with 173, averaging 3.33 per set.

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