The Opponent: Eastern New Mexico (6-8, 0-4 LSC) | Sept. 29 at 7 p.m.
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Looking back: A late match rally by the Aggies paved the way for a non-conference victory over Southern Nazarene (25-27, 23-25, 25-15, 25-12, 15-6) on Saturday afternoon to remain undefeated at 11-0 on the season.
Cameron was led by sophomore
Cristina Viera, who broke the school record for digs in a match with 45. Offensively, freshman
Jordan Williams led the Black and Gold in kills with 15, followed by freshman
Jenna Gillean who added 12. Freshman
Kayla Allen and senior
Kat Evans each had ten kills, while Evans contributed 17 digs to record her seventh double-double this year. Freshman
Tori Luckenbill had 41 assists for the Ags.
Setting the stage: The meeting on Tuesday will be the 39th between the Aggies and Greyhounds, with Cameron leading the series 20-18 overall. In Lawton the Aggies are 8-5, and the last time the Greyhounds beat Cameron at home was in 2013.
About Eastern New Mexico: Entering Tuesday's match the Greyhounds have dropped their last two matches on the road at Angelo State and Tarleton State; in LSC play they are 0-4 and have dropped their last 10 sets in a row. Eastern New Mexico has used 17 players this season with the majority of hits coming from Lauren Frye who has 203 kills and a .257 attack percentage. As a team, ENMU is hitting .169 at the net and is averaging 13.3 digs per set. Brookyln Biel leads the Greyhounds with 62 total blocks and the team is averaging two blocks per set.
The rest of the league: Tuesday night is relatively quiet in the LSC with West Texas A&M visiting Midwestern State as the only other league contest. Texas A&M-Kingsville is playing a non-conference match at St. Mary's, and the rest of the LSC is off for the night.
By the numbers:
1 –
Kat Evans is the lone senior of the Aggie squad and is one of nine CU volleyball players to surpass 1,000 kills. The Pearland, Texas native has played in 103 matches and has 1,177 kills, she needs one kill to move take sole possession of seventh all-time at Cameron.
1 – Cameron is leading in the nation in average digs per set at 20.37.
5 – The Aggies are one of five remaining schools in the nation that are undefeated.
13 – Youth will be the theme of the 2015 season for the Aggies with 13 freshman on the roster
15 – Cameron's roster consists of players from two states and one international, with 15 out of the 17 hailing from the state of Texas.
37 – This is the 37th overall season for the Aggie volleyball program which ran from 1972-81, and was reestablished in 1987.
45 –
Cristina Viera broke the school record for digs in a match on Saturday against Southern Nazarene.
51 – The number of assists
Tori Luckenbill had in three sets during a victory against Harding, that number in a national high.
243 – Head Coach
Qi Wang's number of wins in 11 seasons.
On the horizon: Cameron will host Texas A&M-Commerce at 5:30 p.m. on Friday and Texas Woman's on Saturday at 2 p.m. to conclude their five match homestand.
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