DENTON, Texas (Oct. 24, 2016) – Texas Woman's University hosts Texas A&M-Commerce at 7 p.m. Tuesday inside Kitty Magee Arena.
 
TEXAS WOMAN'S (7-15, 3-10 LSC) vs. TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE (13-11, 7-6 LSC)
Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m.
Kitty Magee Arena (Denton, Texas)
 
About the Pioneers
Last week the Pioneers notched their third Lone Star Conference win with a 3-2 victory at Cameron on Tuesday, but fell to the 10^th-ranked Rambelles of Angelo State Friday night and to Tarleton State Saturday afternoon. With seven matches remaining during the regular season, TWU sits two games back of Midwestern State for the final slot in the conference tournament.
 
About the Lions
TAMUC sits in sixth place within the Lone Star standings with a 9-4 mark in league play and is 19-6 overall. Ashley Mireles leads the conference in digs with a total of 480 and 5.11 per set.
 
History between Texas Woman's and Texas A&M-Commerce
The Pioneers and Lions are in a dead 35-35 heat in a series that dates back to 1996. Before TWU's 3-1 loss to TAMUC this season on Sept. 20, the Pioneers had swept the last five contests over the Lions including a win in last year's conference tournament.
 
Last meeting of TWU and TAMUC
COMMERCE, Texas (Sept. 20, 2016) – Game-highs of 14 kills from Anna McGee and seven blocks by Sara Oxford along with a season-best 11 team blocks was not enough by Texas Woman's University to overtake Texas A&M-Commerce Tuesday night at The Field House as the Pioneers dropped a four-set match to the Lions.
 
Ten service errors delivered by TWU (3-8, 0-3 LSC) did not help the cause, although TAMUC (6-6, 1-2 LSC) struggled with six of their own. The Pioneers struggled offensively in the four set loss (20-25, 25-21, 12-25, 19-25) with an overall hitting percentage of .051 and season-worst 31 attack errors.
 
Trio of 25-17 sets trouble TWU against Tarleton State
DENTON, Texas (Oct. 23, 2016) – Texas Woman's University fell to Tarleton State in three sets by the same score each time (17-25, 17-25, 17-25) Saturday afternoon inside Kitty Magee Arena in Lone Star Conference action.
 
Sara Oxford recorded a team-high nine kills, one shy of a double-double to go along with 10 digs. Courtney Noel added eight kills and Kerstin Jenkins had seven for the Pioneers (7-15, 3-10 LSC).
 
A kill on a slide from Oxford tied set one at 4-4 before the TexAnns (18-4, 10-3 LSC) answered with three straight kills. A TSU kill and block extended the lead to 16-11, but the Pioneers made a run while trailing 19-13 as Noel and Jenkins delivered kills, and Katy Ranes placed two serves short and then long for a pair of service aces to pull TWU to within 19-17. Hailey Roberts from TSU then went to work by throwing down four kills during a 6-0 TexAnn run to end the frame.
 
Haley Collins knotted the second set at two apiece on a kill, but two TWU errors turned the favor towards the TexAnns. TSU grew a 10-6 lead, but kills by Jenkins and Noel along with a block by Collins and Oxford tied the set at 11-11. The TexAnns took advantage of three Pioneer errors to go ahead 17-12, but TWU was able to sneak within three after a kill by Akins. A kill by Jenkins made it a 20-16 set, but four straight points by the TexAnns placed the set at match point before a final kill gave TSU a 2-0 match lead.
 
The TexAnns opened set three on a 4-1 run, but a block by Ranes and Noel along with a kill by Akins tied the set at 6-all. Four straight points handed TSU a 10-6 advantage until a kill by Noel and an ace by Makayla Mayfield cut the deficit in half. The TexAnns slowly grew a 21-14 lead until Jenkins delivered a kill. Three straight points by TSU placed match point up until the TexAnns notched a kill to conclude the match.