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Thursday, November 15 |
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Match-Ups |
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Quarterfinal One |
No. 3 Tarleton State wins 3-2 over No. 6 Texas A&M-Kingsville |
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Quarterfinal Two |
No. 2 West Texas A&M wins 3-0 over No. 7 Abilene Christian |
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Quarterfinal Three |
No. 4 Texas Woman's wins 3-1 over No. 5 Texas A&M-Commerce |
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Quarterfinal Four |
No. 1 Angelo State wins 3-0 over No. 8 Incarnate Word |
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Friday, November 16 |
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Semifinal One |
West Texas A&M wins 3-0 over Tarleton State |
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Semifinal Two |
Angelo State wins 3-2 over Texas Woman's |
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Saturday, November 17 |
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Championship |
West Texas A&M wins 3-2 over Angelo State |
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TOURNAMENT RECAP
No. 9 West Texas A&M claimed its 14th overall and seventh straight Lone Star Conference Tournament Championship on Saturday afternoon in a five set thriller over the host and No. 11 Angelo State (25-19, 23-25, 18-25, 25-22, 15-12) in front of over 1,300 fans at the Junell Center in San Angelo, Texas.
The win lifts the Lady Buffs to 14-1 all-time in the LSC Tournament finals and it also hands the Belles the first loss of the season at the Junell Center.
A Halie Harton kill started off the scoring in the match followed by both teams using the momentum of the crowd to trade blows before back-to-back kills by the Belles forced a WT timeout with Angelo leading 12-10. The Lady Buffs responded after the break with a small run highlighted by a block by Lexi Davis and Stormi Lancaster to force a Bell timeout with WT leading 16-15.
With the match tied at 18-18, the Lady Buffs used a kill on the slide play by Erin Dougherty followed by a block by Dougherty and Lacy Hayes to force another timeout by ASU's Chuck Waddington with WT leading 20-18. Dougherty connected on a kill following the break to continue the Lady Buff run, an Angelo attack error was followed by another block by Dougherty and Ashley Davis. Davis connected on a kill down the line to force set point before Angelo responded with an Alex Woolsey setter dump before an ASU attack error ended the set with WT finishing off a 7-1 run with a 25-29 win.
The second set started off just like the first with the two teams battling back and forth before back-to-back kills by ASU's Emily Booth forced a timeout by Jason Skoch with the Belles leading 9-7. Angelo's defense stepped up after the break to extend the ASU lead to 19-14 to force WT's last timeout. A solo block by Booth after the timeout extended the ASU run but the potent Lady Buff offense battled back to cut the ASU lead to 21-19 and force a timeout.
Dougherty connected on the slide play after the timeout followed by two straight Rambelle points followed by a Harton kill and a block error by ASU to cut the Belle lead to 23-22. A pair of Leah McWilliams kills ended the WT rally and gave the Belles the second set, 25-23.
The third set started off with the Lady Buffs offense taking control with an early 7-4 lead before a 3-0 run by the Rambelles tied the match at 7-7 and forced a WT timeout. The Belles continued to hit on all cylinders after the break to go on an 8-5 run to force another WT timeout with ASU leading 15-12. The Rambelle defense stepped up big after the break to extend their lead to 22-16 with numerous blocks at the net; a blocking error by the Lady Buffs followed by a Huth kill forced set point for the Belles. A Dougherty kill on the slide play cut the ASU lead to 24-18 but Huth kill on the slide gave the Belles the 25-18 win.
The Belles started off the fourth set with the momentum as they registered seven of the first nine points of the set to force an early WT timeout as the Belles led 7-2. Lancaster registered three big kills after the break to cut the Angelo lead to 10-6 but a pair of kills by ASU's Huth stretched the Belle lead to 14-7. A pair of Lady Buff attack errors were followed by back-to-back blocks by Lancaster, a service ace by Lauren Beville forced an ASU timeout with the Belles leading 17-13.
The two teams traded blows once again with Lady Buffs using a back-to-back Dougherty kills on the slide play to cut the ASU lead to 21-20 and force a timeout by Chuck Waddington, Dougherty connected on the slide once again to tie the match at 21-21 before a McWilliams kill forced a WT timeout with ASU leading 22-21.
The Lady Buffs continued to use the slide play by Dougherty to tie the match followed by a Hayes attack to the back corner of the court for the lead once again, Harton connected on back-to-back kills to win the fourth set 25-22.
The Belles jumped out to an early 6-3 lead in the fifth and deciding set before a Lancaster kill down the line sparked a 3-0 Lady Buff run to tie the match at 6-6 and force an ASU timeout. Dougherty went to the slide play once again for the lead followed by a block by Dougherty and Kameryn Hayes to take the 8-6 lead as the two teams switched sides of the court.
A Beville service ace after the switch extended the WT lead to 9-6 followed by a monster kill by ASU's Goode. Lancaster connected on a kill down the line to get the service back to the Lady Buffs followed a setting error by LSC Setter of the Year Alex Woolsey forced another ASU timeout with the Lady Buffs leading 11-7.
A huge block by Angelo State gave the Belles the serve after the timeout, Dougherty connected on the slide play once again to extend the WT lead to 12-8. Angelo responded with a Woolsey setter dump followed by another Dougherty kill, ASU's Huth connected on the slide play followed by a solo block by Goode to force a WT timeout with the Lady Buffs leading 13-11.
A Harton killed forced set point for the Lady Buffs followed by a Huth kill to give the serve back to the Belles, a kill by Harton ended the match and gave the Lady Buffs their seventh consecutive and 14th overall LSC Tournament Championship.
The Lady Buffs were led offensively by Stormi Lancaster with 18 kills and 23 digs followed by Tournament MVP Erin Dougherty who finished the match with 17 kills, Halie Harton registered a double-double with 15 kills and 19 digs. Lacy Hayes was named to the All-Tournament team with her third double-double of the tournament with 56 assists and 11 digs along with fellow All-Tournament team member Lauren Beville with a match leading 31 digs. The Lady Buffs hit .221 as a team with 23 attack errors and 12 total blocks.
The Rambelles were led by Maddie Huth with a match high 23 kills followed by Shelbi Goode with 13 while teammates Emily Booth and Leah McWilliams with 12 kills each. Alex Woolsey dished out a match high 59 assists on the afternoon while Shelby Wilt registered 25 digs followed by Haley Bianco with 24. The Belles hit .201 as a team with 27 attack errors and 11 total blocks.
The Lady Buffs, who entered the week in sixth place in the South Central Regional rankings, claim the league's automatic bid into the NCAA Division II National Tournament, the complete bracket will be announced on Sunday night on NCAA.com starting at 9 p.m.
2012 LSC Volleyball All-Tournament Team
Lydia Werchan, Incarnate Word
Rachel Robertson, Texas A&M-Commerce
Kalinda Graves, Texas A&M-Kingsville
Madison Hoover, Abilene Christian
Nikki McNorton, Tarleton State
Emily Klein, Tarleton State
Viktorija Jablonska, Texas Woman’s
Marcela Alves, Texas Woman’s
Maddie Huth, Angelo State
Alex Woolsey, Angelo State
Emily Booth, Angelo State
Lacy Hayes, West Texas A&M
Lauren Beville, West Texas A&M
Erin Dougherty (MVP), West Texas A&M
Going into the Lone Star Conference Championship
The 2012 Lone Star Conference Volleyball Championship is being held at Stephens Arena inside the Junell Center this week in San Angelo for the first time in 20 years.
Angelo State (27-4, 18-2 LSC) earned the right to host the single-elimination tournament as the league's champion for the first time since 1992. The tournament field includes No. 2 West Texas A&M (29-4, 17-3 LSC), No. 3 Tarleton State (23-9, 15-5 LSC), No. 4 Texas Woman's (23-8, 15-5 LSC), No. 5 Texas A&M-Commerce (20-11, 11-9 LSC), No. 6 Texas A&M-Kingsville (17-14, 9-11 LSC), No. 7 Abilene Christian (12-19, 8-12 LSC) and No. 8 Incarnate Word (10-21, 7-13 LSC).
Click for quotes from the coaches going into the tournament.
West Texas A&M is the six-time defending champion after winning the 2011 LSC volleyball tournament championship with a victory over Angelo State in Canyon. Click for Lone Star Conference Championship history.
Tickets
Tickets for the Lone Star Conference Volleyball Championship are being sold through the Angelo State Ticket Office. Fans can purchase a Tournament Pass for $15 or single-day tickets for $6. Youth/Student (5 and under) will get into the tournament for $3 per day.
All Angelo State student and Lone Star Conference students with their school's official student identification will get into the tournament for free.
For information on tickets, call 325-942-BLUE (2583) or e-mail tickets@angelo.edu.
Lone Star Conference Volleyball Banquet
The Lone Star Conference Volleyball Banquet was held at the C.J. Davidson Conference Center located inside the Houston Harte University Center on the Angelo State campus. Conference awards were presented at the banquet. Click here for the all-conference awards.
Video Streaming/Live Stats
All the championship matches will be aired live via internet video streaming at www.FoxSportsSouthwest.com.
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. Live stats for each match will also be provided free of charge and can be found through the links above.
Veteran broadcaster Chris Needham has the call for all the matches at the Junell Center.
Stephens Arena | Junell Center
The Junell Center is one of the most recognizable buildings on the Angelo State University campus and is home to one of the finest playing courts in NCAA Division II – Stephens Arena.
The facility provides a first-class setting for educational, cultural, social and athletic events. Accommodating audiences up to 5,600, the Junell Center has allowed the university to bring commencement activities, previously staged in the city’s coliseum, home to the campus. The Junell Center also serves as home to ASU’s athletic staffs, offering a support complex with offices, conference rooms and classrooms – many of which are designed to serve multiple uses.
The center is on university-owned property on Varsity Drive, just off of Jackson Street and north of the Multipurpose Sports Complex.
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