LAWTON, Okla. – Cameron University's volleyball team hosts Red River Rival Midwestern State University of Texas on Tuesday for their final home match of the 2018 season.
Cameron vs. MSU Texas | Oct. 30 at 5:30 p.m. | Aggie Gym |
Live Stats |
Live Video
Halloween Match:
- Cameron Athletics is encouraging fans to dress up in their favorite spooky/fun costume for Tuesday's match in celebration of Halloween on Wednesday. There will be a costume contest, with winners recognized between sets two and three and will receive Cameron swag as a prize. Please make sure costumes are appropriate and family friendly.Â
Â
First Serve:
- Cameron and MSU Texas have met up 56 times in program history, with CU holding the advantage with a 34-22 record, however, MSU has won four of the last five.
- CU's libero
Brittnee Altic is just 16 digs away from being the eighth recorded player in program history to reach 1,000 career digs.
-
Katherine Manning has had 20 or more assists in four of the Aggies' last five matches, and averages 5.24 assists per set this season.
- The Mustang's Sarah Eakin is second in the LSC with 1.28 blocks per set and has 105 total blocks in 2018.
- Sarah Glawe is third in the conference with 7.42 assists per set this season, totaling 668 helpers in 90 sets played.
About the Aggies:
- Cameron enters the match on a four match skid with a 3-25 overall record and a 1-17 LSC mark.
- CU averages 10.4 kills and 9.7 assists while hitting .148 as a team on the attack, while on defense, they record 15.7 digs and 2.1 blocks per set, which is third best in the conference.
-
Paige Dixon leads the Black and Gold with 265 kills, while
Brandy Carr has 198 and
Shantalle Demirjian,
Ashleigh McFatridge, and
Brittany Lawson each have over 120.
- Altic is not only ranked in the top-3 in the league in digs, but is also second with 43 service aces on the season.
- Carr, who has 121 total blocks, leads a CU team that is one of the top blocking team's in the LSC, with McFatridge chipping in 61 rejections and Dixon and
Jazmin Luster adding 56 each.
Scouting the Mustangs:
- MSU Texas has also lost their last four contests, entering the match with a 5-21 overall record, while going 3-15 against the LSC.
- The Mustangs average 10.4 kills and 9.7 assists per set, while attacking at a .095 percentage, and also record 13.9 digs and 1.9 blocks per frame.
- Four MSU players have over 100 kills on the season, with Erin Richburg leading the way with 230 and Raven Presley chipping in 202.
- Five Mustangs average of 2.00 digs per set, as Samantha Manio averages a team best 2.91 digs and Jaycie Fuller adds 2.75 per set.
Last time out:
- Cameron and MSU played on Oct. 2 in Wichita Falls, Texas for their first meeting of the season.
- CU tied the match with a 29-27 win in set two, before the Mustangs went on to win 25-18 in the third and 25-20 in set four.
- The Aggies hit .159 as a team with 47 kills, while Demirjian led the way with 12 kills and Manning had 25 assists.
- MSU Texas totaled 61 kills on a .208 percentage in the win, with Lauren Honeycutt, Richburg, and Taylor Anderson each totaling 13 kills and Glawe leading the team with 49 assists.
Up Next:
- The Aggies will close out their season on the road at Texas A&M-Kingsville, Saturday, Nov. 3 with first serve set for 2 p.m.