WTAMU has went five consecutive seasons without dropping a conference match for a winning streak of 80 straight matches over league opponents.
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 night.
Action starts on Thursday at 12 p.m. with No. 3 Angelo State against No. 6 Central Oklahoma followed by No. 2 Abilene Christian versus No. 7 Texas Woman’s at 2:30 p.m., No. 4 Midwestern State against No. 5 Tarleton State at 5 p.m. and No. 1 WTAMU versus No. 8 Incarnate Word at 7:30 p.m.
In addition to winning the conference crown, the LSC champions will receive the league’s automatic berth into the NCAA Division II Championship tournament.
All the championship games will be aired live via internet video streaming (http://www.lonestarconference.org/video). The webcasts are available free of charge. Each webcast includes both video and audio, with viewers needing only a computer with a high-speed DSL or cable modem connection to the internet. Veteran broadcaster Chris Needham has the call for all the games.
WTAMU won the 2009 LSC volleyball championship with a 3-1 victory over ACU in Canyon, Texas.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSIVE
Zuela Adom, University of Central Oklahoma, SR, Euless, Texas, Trinity HS
Adom led UCO to a pair of closing regular season wins that clinched an LSC Tournament berth for the Bronchos, hitting .338 with 29 kills and just seven errors in 65 attacks. The senior outside hitter hit .400 with 14 kills in a three-set sweep of Southeastern Oklahoma and followed that with a 15-kill effort against East Central while adding four assisted blocks.
Ashley Davis, West Texas A&M University, FR, Amarillo, Texas, Randall HS
Davis looked more like a seasoned-veteran than a true freshman this past week - all with a regular-season championship on the line. The Amarillo native pounded out 24 kills on .391 hitting while leading the Lady Buffs to a pair of wins over ACU and ASU on the road. Playing in front a massive crowd at Moody Coliseum on Thursday, Davis just put all of that behind her and recorded a team-high 11 kills on .450 hitting to lead WT to the 3-0 sweep. She followed it up with a 13-kill performance in San Angelo on Saturday, collecting seven kills in the first set, which led to the Lady Buffs downing the Rambelles in straight sets as well.
DEFENSIVE
Kendra Coulson, Texas Woman’s University, SR, Abilene, Texas, Abilene HS
Coulson helped the Pioneers to two conference wins last week and clinch a spot in the LSC Tournament for the eighth consecutive year. She had a team-high 55 digs and 5.00 digs per set. In the two crucial conference games against Incarnate Word and Texas A&M-Kingsville, Coulson recorded 20 digs in each game and 0 receiving errors. For the third straight season she led the team on defense with a team-high 509 digs. Coulson posted 15 plus digs in 24 games this season including 20 plus in 12 games. She is the all-time leader in digs at TWU with 1,741 and counting.
Caroline Cleveland, Angelo State University, SO, Abilene, Texas, Abilene HS
Cleveland was solid on defense for Angelo State last week. The sophomore from Abilene, Texas, collected 28 digs in two matches, averaging a team-high 4.67 digs per set. Cleveland notched a season-high 19 digs in the ‘Belles’ match against West Texas A&M. The libero was consistent in the back row for the Rambelles as she helped limit Eastern New Mexico to a .111 hitting percentage. Over the weekend, Cleveland’s defensive prowess held ASU’s opponents to a .191 hitting percentage. Cleveland is tied for the team-lead with 3.17 digs per set on the year.
SETTER
Erika Dupree, West Texas A&M University, JR, Mesquite, Texas, Poteet HS
Dupree averaged 9.83 assists per set this past week as she dished out a total of 59 assists in two matches over ACU and ASU. With WT running a 6-2 primary offense, Dupree still managed to average near 10 assists and lead the Lady Buffs offense to a .272 hitting percentage against two of the toughest defenses in the conference. She collected her team-leading 19th and 20th double-doubles of the season in the process as well and finished the week with 12 kills, 27 digs and having a hand in four blocks.
Fleming Smurthwaite, University of Central Oklahoma, FR, Decatur, Texas, Decatur HS
Smurthwaite helped lead UCO to two season-ending wins that clinched an LSC Tournament berth for the Bronchos, dishing out 72 assists in wins over Southeastern Oklahoma and East Central. The freshman setter had 33 assists, five kills, three aces and two assisted blocks in a three-set sweep of Southeastern Oklahoma, then came back two days later with 39 assists, two kills and two assisted blocks in a sweep of East Central.
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