TEXAS WOMAN'S (2-0) vs. HARDING (0-2)
Saturday, Sept. 3 at 11:30 a.m.
Kitty Magee Arena (Denton, Texas)
All-time series: HU leads 9-8
 
TEXAS WOMAN'S (2-0)  vs. LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (1-1)
Saturday, Sept. 3 at 4:30 p.m.
Kitty Magee Arena (Denton, Texas)
All-time series: LCU leads 2-0
 
Last meeting between Pioneers and Lady Bisons
DENTON, Texas (Sept. 4) – The TWU volleyball team opened the 2015 season with two wins at the Hilton Garden Inn Classic in Kitty Magee Arena.  The Pioneers were led by newcomers junior Sara Oxford and freshman Makayla Mayfield.
 
TWU swept Arkansas at Monticello in straight sets, 25-20, 25-15 and 25-19 and then defeated Harding in four sets, 27-25, 25-22, 19-25 and 25-15.
 
Against Harding the Pioneers used a balance attack with five players reaching double digit kills.  Four players also recorded double-doubles.  Senior Hillary Shaffer led the team with 14 kills while sophomore Haley Collins added 13 kills.  Oxford had 12 kills while Mayfield finished with 11 kills and junior Mallory Kuechle chipped in 10 kills.  Senior setter Joey Redwine ran the offense and posted 52 assists.
 
Kuechle led five players in digs with 20 while Mayfield added 19, Talkington chipped in 14 and Oxford and Redwine finished with 12 each.
 
Last meeting between Pioneers and Lady Chaps
TWU and LCU last faced each other during the 1988 season with the Lady Chaps taking a 3-0 victory.
 
A sweep and five-set win launches 2016 volleyball season
DENTON, Texas (Sept. 2, 2016) – Kerstin Jenkins, Anna McGee and Sara Oxford of Texas Woman's University each produced a pair double-digit kill performances versus Newman and Colorado State-Pueblo at the Hilton Garden Inn Classic Friday in Kitty Magee Arena to lift the Pioneers to a 2-0 season start.
 
Mary Kate Hyde tallied game-highs in assists with 43 and 56, respectively, in the three-set win (26-24, 25-23, 25-20) over the Jets and five-set victory (15-25, 25-18, 23-25, 25-13, 15-13) against the Thunderwolves. All-around performances by Jenkins led to two double-doubles in kills and digs, and Emma Petolick notched team-highs in digs with 17 and 24.
 
Volleyball Picked Third, Oxford Named Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
DENTON, Texas (Aug. 16, 2016) - Coming off a 24-win season and a third-place finish in the Lone Star Conference (LSC), Texas Woman's has been tapped to remain in the third spot for the upcoming 2016 campaign.  Senior middle blocker Sara Oxford has been chosen LSC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.  The voting was conducted among the league's head coaches, sports information directors and various media representatives from throughout the region.
 
TWU earned 239 votes, finishing behind Angelo State, the defending LSC tournament champion and South Central Region runner-up, and Tarleton State, the regular-season LSC champion.
TWU qualified for its 13th consecutive conference tournament appearance last year where they swept past Texas A&M-Commerce in the first round before falling to eventual champion Angelo State in a tight four-set battle.  TWU earned an at-large bid to the NCAA South Central Regional Tournament for the second time in three years.  As the fifth seed, the Pioneers took on fourth-seeded Colorado School of Mines, falling in three sets.
 
Last season in her first year in maroon and white, Oxford was named both LSC Newcomer and Defensive Player of the Year as well as All-Conference First Team and All-Region First Team.  The Decatur native led the Pioneers in total blocks (118) while finishing second on the team in points (362.5) and total kills (283).  Her defensive efforts at the net placed her fifth in school history for block assists (111) in a season, while her average of 1.06 blocks per set placed her third in the conference.
 
TWU Volleyball Earns Ninth Straight AVCA Award for Academic Excellence
DENTON, Texas (July 29, 2016) - For the ninth consecutive year the TWU Volleyball team earned American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award honors for posting a team grade point average of 3.570 during the 2015-16 academic year.
 
During this past year, the Pioneers posted the top volleyball team GPA in the Lone Star Conference, highlighted by senior All-America middle blocker Hillary Shaffer being named an LSC Scholar-Athlete of the Year.  Shaffer, along with fellow departing senior Torie Talkington, junior Mallory Kuechle, and sophomores Baylie Barnes and Briley Cole, all earned perfect 4.0 GPA's.  Overall, 13 of the 15 volleyball student-athletes recorded a GPA of 3.30 or better.   
 
The AVCA Team Academic Award, which was initiated in 1992-93, honors collegiate and high school volleyball teams that display excellence in the classroom during the school year by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade point average on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale.  During the 2015-16 academic year a record 113 NCAA Division II teams were honored.  TWU led a group of four LSC schools that included Angelo State, Eastern New Mexico and Texas A&M-Commerce.
 
Fifteen Home Games, Trip to The Sunshine State Highlight Volleyball Schedule
DENTON, Texas  (June 10, 2016) - A trip to Florida, a six-team home tournament to start the season and 15 home games highlight the 2016 TWU volleyball schedule.  The Pioneers will play a total of 29 regular season games including 15 home games, 11 away games and three contests on a neutral site.
 
TWU will open the season at home with its annual Hilton Garden Inn Classic on Sept. 2-3.  The Pioneers will face Newman and Colorado State-Pueblo on the opening day on Friday, Sept. 2 before playing Harding and Lubbock Christian on Saturday, Sept. 3.
 
The following week TWU will travel to Lakeland, FL, to play in the Florida Southern/Terrace Hotel Classic on Sept. 9-10.  The Pioneers will take on LIU Post, Florida Southern, UC-Colorado Springs and Rollins.
 
TWU will play 20 of the remaining 21 regular season games against Lone Star Conference opponents.  The lone non-conference game will be against Dallas Baptist on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at home.  The home-and-home LSC schedule against the 10 conference teams will be played between Sept. 16-Nov. 12.  This year's LSC schedule will also include two newcomers to the league, UT Permian Basin and Western New Mexico.
 
The top eight teams in the final conference standings will earn a berth in the 2016 LSC Championship Tournament.  The top-seed will host the tournament on Nov. 17-19.