DENTON, Texas (Sept. 26, 2016) – Texas Woman's University hosts Dallas Baptist in non-conference action Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. inside Kitty Magee Arena.
 
TEXAS WOMAN'S (3-9, 0-4 LSC) vs. DALLAS BAPTIST (3-10, 1-1 HEARTLAND)
Tuesday, Sept. 26 at 6 p.m.
Kitty Magee Arena (Denton, Texas)
 
About the Pioneers
TWU takes a break from Lone Star Conference action with a midweek match against Dallas Baptist, a member of the Heartland Conference. The Pioneers are looking to get back on the winning track as the squad has dropped the last seven matches.  
Current interim head coach Jessica Beener holds a Pioneer program record that occurred against DBU in 2007. Beener, formerly Crow, totaled 14 setter kills in a 3-1 TWU victory.
 
About the Patriots
DBU had a rough start to the season with four losses at the Oredigger Classic in Colorado before notching their first with against Southeastern Oklahoma State Sept. 9. Overall, the Patriots have compiled a 3-10 record and have gone 1-1 in Heartland play.
 
History between Texas Woman's and Dallas Baptist
TWU holds a slight all-time edge over DBU with 14 wins compared to 11 losses. The teams first met during the 1998 season with the Pioneers taking a 3-2 win. TWU has won the last three matchups.
 
Last meeting between Pioneers and Patriots
DALLAS, Texas (Oct. 27, 2016) – Freshman outside hitter Makayla Mayfield recorded a double-double to help the Pioneers to a 3-0 victory over the host Dallas Baptist in their final non-conference game of the season.  TWU won, 25-23, 25-17, and 25-19, to improve its record 19-5 on the season.
 
 Mayfield led the team with 11 kills and 11 digs to record her ninth double-double of the season.  Junior Sara Oxford also had 11 kills while posting a .478 hitting percentage.  Junior Mallory Kuechle recorded eight kills and 11 digs.  Senior Joey Redwine had 32 assists and seven kills on just 10 attempts.
 
Pioneers control match early but fall to Javelinas
DENTON, Texas (Sept. 24, 2016) – Texas Woman's University volleyball dominated set one against Texas A&M-Kingsville but was unable to keep the momentum throughout the rest of the match as the Javelinas defeated the Pioneers in four sets Saturday afternoon inside Kitty Magee Arena.
 
Sara Oxford had a notable performance for TWU (3-9, 0-4 LSC) with a double-double, her third on the season, of 16 kills and 11 digs while Anna McGee added a dozen kills throughout the four-set loss (25-14, 15-25, 15-25, 22-25). The Pioneers recorded a .500 hitting percentage during their rout in the first set but followed it up with a negative mark in set two and finished the day at .132. The Javelinas (11-3, 3-1 LSC) did not fare much better at an overall clip of .151 but compiled 10 team blocks compared to three by TWU.
 
A 6-0 run early in the contest gave TWU a 9-2 advantage and was upped to 11-3 on a kill by Kerstin Jenkins. A backrow kill by Oxford put the lead at 15-8 and a strike by Briley Cole down the middle put the Pioneers in control at 17-9. Three kills by Oxford and a block alongside Jenkins carried TWU to the set one victory.
 
The Javelinas quickly rebounded in set two by jumping to a 4-0 lead, but the Pioneers crept back after four straight TAMUK errors to go ahead 11-10. The Javelinas took advantage of three Pioneer mishaps and delivered an ace and three kills to reclaim the lead at 19-13 before finishing with a win to tie up the match.
 
Three kills early on in set three by Cole kept the Pioneers in contention while trailing at 5-4. A Javelina attack error knotted things at 9-9, but four TAMUK points pushed the visitors ahead 13-9. Another string of four straight widened the gap to 22-13 as the Javelinas finished the set with the 10-point victory.
 
A kill by Oxford in the fourth set allotted the Pioneers a 5-1 lead, and a TAMUK attack error put TWU in front at 9-4. The Javelinas climbed back and tied the set at 13-all on a kill and took the lead at 17-16. The teams battled within one point until a TAMUK kill and block extended the gap to 22-19. A kill by Oxford and block by Courtney Noel and Mary Kate Hyde closed TWU to within 22-21. A kill by McGee kept the Pioneers to within one at 23-22, but the final two attempts from the Pioneers were unsuccessful to put an end to the match.