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\n Sep. 12 (Sat) \/ 2:00 PM
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\n at\u00a0Angelo State
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<\/p>\n SAN ANGELO, Texas\u00a0(September 11, 2026)\u00a0\u2013 Lubbock Christian University opened play at the Lone Star Conference Challenge Friday with a 3-0 non-conference loss to “Rivalry on the Range”\u00a0rival West Texas A&M (25-19, 25-23, 25-22) inside Junell Center. \u00bb\u00a0WTAMU was held to a .148 attack percentage, but they found success with 11 blocks, which is the most by an LCU opponent this season.
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\nThe Lady Chaparrals fell to 4-5, while West Texas A&M improved to 5-6.
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\nLCU struggled offensively, finishing with 25 kills and a .017 attack percentage, but kept the match competitive behind its defensive play. The Lady Chaps recorded 54 digs, their second-highest total in a three-set match this season, while holding the Lady Buffs to a .148 hitting percentage.
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\nCamdyn Sears<\/a> registered her third double-double of the season and the 26th of her LCU career, finishing with 20 assists and a season-high 16 digs. Leigh Jespersen<\/a> added eight kills and a season-high 14 digs for her first double-figure dig performance as a Lady Chap.
\nTatum Fleitman<\/a> finished with six kills on a .250 hitting percentage and recorded two solo blocks, while Kayson Reeves<\/a> added four kills and two blocks.
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\nLCU led 22-22 late in the second set before West Texas A&M took three of the final four points. The Lady Chaps also rallied from a 15-12 deficit in the third, using a 5-0 run to take a 17-15 lead before the Lady Buffs closed the match by winning five of the final seven points.
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\nWest Texas A&M finished with 11 total blocks, the most by an LCU opponent this season.
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\nGame Notes
\n\u00bb The Lady Chaps produced 54 digs, which was their second-highest dig total in a three-set match this season. Camdyn Sears<\/a> led LCU with a season-high 16 digs. Leigh Jespersen<\/a> produced 14 digs, which is her highest total as a Lady Chaps member and her first in double figures. She had 8 kills, coming two shy of a double-double. \u00a0
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\n\u00bb\u00a0Camdyn Sears<\/a> registered 20 assists and 16 digs for her third double-double of the season and 26th\u00a0of her LCU career. She also had a serving ace in the match. \u00a0<\/p>\n
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\n\u00bb\u00a0The loss places LCU at 4-3 this season in neutral site matches.
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\n\u00bb\u00a0The two squads were meeting for the 55th time all-time and for the first time in a neutral site setting since Sept. 9, 2002 (also in San Angelo). WT improved to 42-12-1, as they claimed their seventh consecutive head-to-head meeting.
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\nHow It Happened
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\nSET 1 | WT 25, LCU 19
\n– Camryn Blair<\/a> had three early kills and Lauren Hanson<\/a> added an ace as the Lady Chaparrals moved ahead 7-5.
\n– After the Lady Chaparrals pushed the lead to 12-9 on a Leigh Jespersen<\/a> kill, WTAMU scored the next 10 points, including three Casey Loewer kills and two Skyler Massey kills, to go in front 19-12.
\n– Tatum Fleitman<\/a> helped the Lady Chaparrals pull within 19-15 with two kills during a three-point stretch, and a late Kayson Reeves<\/a> kill and Haley Wheeler<\/a> ace made it 23-19 before the Lady Buffs took the final two points to close the set 25-19.
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\nSET 2 | WT 25, LCU 23
\n– After an even start reached 6-6, the Lady Chaparrals scored four straight points, including a Jespersen kill, which capped a 7-2 LCU run to move ahead 10-6.
\n– The Lady Buffs worked back to tie the set at 12-12, then moved in front 15-13 before a Tatum Fleitman<\/a> kill, a Ramsey Clark<\/a> ace and a Reeves block helped the Lady Chaparrals regain a 16-15 lead.
\n– The teams traded points to 17-17 before WT scored three straight to go up 20-17 and later held a 22-19 edge.
\n– The Lady Chaparrals used a 5-2 run and a Camdyn Sears<\/a> ace to tie the set at 22-22, but WTAMU scored the next two points, including a Hailey Baker ace, and closed the set 25-23 on a Bromli Watson kill.
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\nSET 3 | WT 25, LCU 22
\n– The Lady Buffs moved in front 6-2 behind kills from Skyler Massey and Anna Ruter, and the Lady Chaparrals worked back within 6-5 before the visitors later pushed ahead 15-12.
\n– Haley Wheeler’s<\/a> serve helped the Lady Chaparrals flip the set, with two Jespersen kills, a WT attack error and a Wheeler ace (part of a 5-0 LCU run) moving the Lady Chaparrals ahead 17-15.
\n– After the Lady Buffs tied it at 17-17, Sears put down a kill and the Lady Chaparrals moved back in front 19-17 before the visitors answered to go ahead 20-19.
\n– Tatum Fleitman<\/a> tied the set at 20-20, but WTAMU won five of the final seven points and closed the set 25-22 on a Massey kill.
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\nWhat’s Next
\nThe Lady Chaps have their final conference tune-up Saturday at 2 p.m. inside Junell Center, as they close their play in the LSC Challenge facing No.9 Angelo State.
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