SAN ANGELO, Texas – The Angelo State volleyball team continues its road tour with dual matches in San Antonio on Friday, Oct. 23 where they will face St. Mary's at 3 p.m. and Dallas Baptist at 6 p.m.
Following a tough loss to conference leader Tarleton State on Wednesday night, ASU dropped to 19-5 overall and 8-2 in the Lone Star Conference. The Belles will take a break from conference play with a host of road matches beginning with Friday's matches.
Angelo State is 11-3 against non-conference opponents and 8-5 on the road this season. Head coach Chuck Waddington is 1-0 against Dallas Baptist and 2-0 against St. Mary's during his tenure at ASU. The DBU is currently sitting at 12-4 overall and 7-2 in the Heartland Conference and are boasting a six match winning streak. The Patriots are coming off a sweep of Oklahoma Panhandle State with their defense holding OPSU to a -.32 clip for the match.
Fellow Heartland Conference foe St. Mary's is 4-15 overall this season and 2-8 in conference play. The Rattlers are also coming off a conference match sweep, with a victory over University of Texas – Permian Basin in which the StMU defense tallied 11 total blocks and held the Falcons to a .046 hitting percentage.
The ASU attack will look to Brianna Sotello, Abbie Lynn, and Morgan Seaton to continue their steady point production. Sotello is boasting 292 kills (3.56 per set) which is second on the team, 14 service aces, and 27 assists. The sophomore has also been a force for the Belles defense of late, earning LSC Defensive Player of the Week honors last week.
Lynn follows close behind with 190 total kills on the year, 10 of which came in ASU's last match against Tarleton State. Seaton, a sophomore, has really established herself in the past five matches totaling 45 kills and having three matches with at least a .400 hitting percentage.
Circulating the ball for ASU will be nine time career player of the week Maggi Jo Keffury. The senior leads the team, the conference and the nation with 968 total assists, accruing 45 of those in the last match. She has 13 matches on the year with a minimum of 40 assists and four of those topping 50 total assists.
Solidifying the ASU defense is senior libero Katie MacLeay and junior middle blocker Zoey Hanrahan. MacLeay has produced a stellar 469 digs this year which averages her 5.65 digs per set. She is also no stranger to success from the service line with a team leading 18 aces in the 2015 campaign. Hanrahan, the team's total block leader, will look to build on the 58 blocks she has on the season. She has also is fourth on the squad with 173 total kills and sports a .279 hitting average.
Finally providing depth for Angelo State will be Alyssa Orr, Kelly Hasbrouck and Micheala Sifuentes. Orr tallied seven kills and a service aces against Tarleton State. Hasbrouck (15) and Sifuentes (12) have made significant defensive contributions in the digs category over the last two matches.
