SAN ANGELO – The Angelo State volleyball team will play its Dig Pink match at 6 p.m. on Wednesday when it hosts St. Edward's in a non-conference contest at the Junell Center.

The Belles (17-6, 9-3 LSC) have won their last five matches and are 8-3 in non-conference play this season. ASU is also 10-1 at home and is coming off four-set wins last weekend over Cameron and Midwestern State. The Hilltoppers come into San Angelo with a 9-13 overall record, but on a two-match winning streak after topping St. Mary's and Texas A&M-International last week. Click for Belle Notes

Angelo State will also host Texas A&M-Kingsville at 7 p.m. on Friday in a match which will be Senior Day for Maddie Huth, Leah McWilliams, Kaelen Valdez and student manager Evan Case.
 
ABOUT DIG PINK
ASU is raising donations through an initiative started by the Side-Out Foundation by selling Dig Pink t-shirts, an auction for the match-worn pink game jerseys and a raffle for a handmade scarf and a wood cutting board crafted by Loyd Moore. The program's website, www.asuvolleyball.com, is active and accepting bids for items and shirts are currently being sold at the ASU Athletic Offices.  
 
BELLE PLAYER SUMMARY
Shelby Wilt established herself as the Angelo State volleyball program's all-time digs leader last weekend and enters this week with 1,638 career digs and 404 this season. The junior is averaging 4.64 digs per set and has also provided 22 ace. She is a two-time LSC Defensive Player of the Week this season and is the reigning LSC Libero of the Year.

Maggi Jo Keffury enters this week with 917 assists (10.92 per set) and a team-leading 23 aces. The junior is a three-time LSC Setter of the Week winner and has also provided 227 digs this season.

Maddie Huth leads the Belles this season with 272 kills (3.16 per set) and 80 blocks in her senior year. Huth, who is a three-time LSC Offensive Player of the Week and a reigning all-American, has 1,029 kills in her career and 352 blocks. Kaelen Valdez is only 73 kills away from 1,000 in her career and also is fourth in program history with 1,425 digs in her career. She established a career-high 29 digs in a match earlier this season against West Texas A&M. Fellow senior Leah McWilliams has 154 kills this season and 16 blocks.

Defensive specialist Katie MacLeay has added 291 digs this season with Haley Bianco contributing 245 digs in their sophomore seasons. MacLeay is averaging 3.34 digs per set with Bianco at 2.92 per set for the Belles. Arielle Bond is second on the team with 227 kills (2.91 per set) with freshman Courtney Bartusiak leading the team with a .281 hitting percentage and supplying 156 kills and 43 blocks which is second on the team. Cerbi Ritchey, who had a career-high 14 kills in the Belles' win over Midwestern State last Saturday, has 134 kills and 32 blocks in her redshirt freshman season.

Belle Single-Match Highs
Blocks: 8 (2- 6) Maddie Huth vs. Southwest Minn. St. (Sep 14, 2013 in Denver, CO)
Attacking Percentage: .667 (13- 1-18) Courtney Bartusiak vs. CSU-Pueblo (Sep 06, 2013)
Kills 3-Set: 16 (16- 3-34) Leah McWilliams vs. Cameron (Sep 21, 2013)
Kills 4-Set: 16 (16-4-33) Maddie Huth vs. A&M-Commerce, West Texas A&M, Cameron
Kills 5-Set: 24 (24- 5-55) Arielle Bond vs. Midwestern State (Sep 20, 2013)
Assists: 57 (5s) Maggi Jo Keffury vs. A&M-Commerce (Oct. 18, 2013)
Digs: 32 (5s) Shelby Wilt vs. A&M-Commerce (Oct. 18, 2013)
Aces: 4 –  Maggi Jo Keffury vs. A&M-Commerce (Oct. 18, 2013)
 
 
COACH QUOTES

Head coach Chuck Waddington (Sixth season at Angelo State, 135-58 record)

On playing against St. Edward's:
"They are coming off a couple of big wins in their conference and I expect them to be playing with a lot of confidence coming into our place. It's a battle every time we play them. We tend to match up pretty well against each other and I think it's going to be another tough match. It should be fun."

On how the Belles are playing coming into Wednesday's match:
"I feel like we are starting to clean up our side of the net a little bit. We are decreasing our mental mistakes and errors. Those are the things that keep us from being successful on the court and we're doing a much better job in those areas. It was nice to see us play cleaner last weekend and we want to carry that over to this week."

On Dig Pink:
"We are happy to partner with the Sideout Foundation to help raise both awareness and funds to support a great cause. Breast cancer affects millions of families around the world every year, and we are happy to do our part."
 
Angelo State vs. St. Edward's Hilltoppers
St. Edwards is coming off a pair of Heartland Conference wins last week over St. Mary's and Texas A&M-International to improve to 7-5 in its conference play. The Hilltoppers are 0-3 against LSC schools this season with four-set losses to Texas Woman's, Texas A&M-Kingsville and Tarleton State. The match will be the final non-conference contest of the regular season for St. Edward's this season.

Mary Koehler leads St. Edward's this season with 233 kills (2.99 per set), while Hannah Rauch has 159 kills and Anna Aycock has 150. Defensively, Kelly Jimenez leads the team with 360 digs (4.50 per set) with Koehler adding 244 and Ashley Rappaport contributing 213. Loren Kelley has 371 assists with Jaclyn Billie adding 286.  
St. Edward's is 2-8 this season away from Austin.

The Belles will host St. Edward's in a non-conference match on Wednesday  in a match in the middle of Lone Star Conference play. ASU owns a 16-9 all-time advantage over the Hilltoppers, including earning a sweep last season at the St. Mary's Invitational in San Antonio. The Belles and Hilltoppers also met in the 2011 NCAA DII South Central tournament in Warrensburg, Mo. with ASU taking a five-set win to advance to the semifinals. St. Edward's is coming off an 18-10 record last season and went 10-4 in Heartland Conference play.