Wildcats Ready for Tuesday Home Opener

ACU vs. Texas A&M-Commerce 6 PM | Tuesday | Moody Colisemum

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ABILENE – Abilene Christian plays its first home volleyball match on Tuesday, hosting Texas A&M-Commerce at 6 p.m. in Moody Coliseum.
 
ACU comes into the contest at 1-1 after knocking off Southland Conference preseason favorite Houston Christian in four sets and losing to Texas Tech in four sets in Tech's Under Armour Challenge.
 
Texas A&M-Commerce comes in at 1-2 on the season with a win over Texas Southern and setbacks to Missouri State and Texas-San Antonio. ACU Storylines
 
IJ ERA ROCKS: The college head coaching debut of Ijeoma Moronu Alstrup began in style with a 3-1 win over Houston Christian. HCU had pushed Texas Tech to five sets the previous night but was frustrated all day by the Wildcats' defense.
 
KILLA: ACU got impressive numbers on the attack from Ashli Edmiston and Bryley Steinhilber. Edmiston averaged 4.13 kills and Steinhilber contributed 3.13. Braden Bossier provided solid numbers as well at 2.88.
 
GUFFY ON THE ASSIST: Madeline Guffy took the bulk of the setter work on the weekend and had big numbers to show for it. Guffy averaged 11.38 assists per game. She also had five aces in the two matches.
 
DIGGIN' SARA: Sara Carrizales earned a spot on the Under Armour Challenge All-Tournament team with her five digs per set over the weekend. She also had a .972 serve reception percentage. Freshman Abby Christian had a solid debut in the digs column herself, getting 2.88 per set.
History with Texas A&M Commerce

• ACU leads the series, 3-2
• Current streak: TAMU-C, 2 wins
• Last ACU win: 2011 in Abilene, 3-0
• Last TAMU-C win: 2012 in Commerce, 3-1

Scouting the Lions

• TAMU-C is 1-2 this season under first-year head coach Joe Morales. The Lions were 11-23 last season in their first year at the Division I level.
• The Lions were picked to finish seventh in the Southland Conference.
• Reese Fetty leads the Lions with 2.8 kills per set to go with six aces.
• Commerce's strength over the weekend was defensively at the net where Jade Smith averaged 1.13 blocks per set and Avery Wilks checked in at 1.10.