{"id":441465,"date":"2026-09-19T23:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T23:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/441465\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T23:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T23:06:13","slug":"lady-chaps-fall-short-in-silver-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/441465\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Chaps Fall Short In Silver City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tStory Links&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n   &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/StMarysAthleticsadj200.png\" alt=\"St. Mary's\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Match:<\/p>\n<p> St. Mary&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>9\/25\/2026 | 6:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Sep. 25 (Fri) \/ 6:00 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/StMarysAthleticsadj200.png\" alt=\"St. Mary's\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0St. Mary&#8217;s&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/opponent-history\/st-mary-s\/148\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    SILVER CITY, N.M.\u00a0(September 19, 2026)\u00a0\u2013 Lubbock Christian University suffered its first Lone Star Conference loss of the season Saturday, falling to Western New Mexico 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-22) inside Drag&#8217;s Court.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Lady Chaparrals fell to 5-7 overall and 1-1 in LSC play, while Western New Mexico improved to 7-6 and 2-1.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/camdyn-sears\/4744\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4744\" target=\"_blank\">Camdyn Sears<\/a> recorded her sixth double-double of the season and 29th of her LCU career with 18 assists and 12 digs. It marked her fourth consecutive match with a double-double.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/tatum-fleitman\/4737\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4737\" target=\"_blank\">Tatum Fleitman<\/a> led LCU offensively with seven kills on a .333 hitting percentage, while <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/camryn-blair\/4733\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4733\" target=\"_blank\">Camryn Blair<\/a> added six kills and <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/hope-gonsioroski\/4743\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4743\" target=\"_blank\">Hope Gonsioroski<\/a> supplied five. <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/shaylee-stevens\/5169\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5169\" target=\"_blank\">Shaylee Stevens<\/a> added two kills on five attempts and recorded a solo block.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nLCU hit .114 for the match with 29 kills, while Western New Mexico finished with 47 kills and a .256 attack percentage. The Mustangs also recorded nine solo blocks.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Lady Chaps battled back from an early deficit to tie the opening set at 17-17 before Western New Mexico pulled away. LCU made another push in the third, using a 7-1 run to turn a 10-6 deficit into a 13-11 advantage before the Mustangs recovered to close the sweep.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe loss ended LCU&#8217;s nine-match winning streak against Western New Mexico, giving the Mustangs their first victory in the series since 1993.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nGame Notes<br \/>\n\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/camdyn-sears\/4744\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4744\" target=\"_blank\">Camdyn Sears<\/a> registered 18 assists and 12 digs for her sixth double-double of the season and 29th\u00a0of her LCU career. It is her fourth consecutive match with a double-double (she has five over a six-match span). \u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00bb\u00a0LCU&#8217;s road loss places them with a 1-4 road record on the season.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00bb\u00a0LCU dropped to 4-6 in straight-set decisions this season, as 10 of their 12 matches have been decided in three sets.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00bb\u00a0LCU and Western New Mexico were meeting for the 18th time all-time, marking the eighth meeting as conference foes. The loss ended LCU&#8217;s streak of nine straight wins over the Mustangs, as the Mustangs top LCU for the first time since 1993 (Nov. 13, 1993). LCU still leads the all-time series 10-8, but falls to 4-2 all-time in matches played in Silver City against WNMU. \u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nHow It Happened<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSET 1 | WNMU 25, LCU 20<br \/>\n&#8211; WNMU moved ahead 6-1 behind a run that included two Hailey Meeks kills, but the Lady Chaparrals answered with five straight points and tied the set 6-6 on a <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/kayson-reeves\/5168\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5168\" target=\"_blank\">Kayson Reeves<\/a> kill.<br \/>\n&#8211; The Mustangs rebuilt their advantage to 16-9 before the Chaparrals worked back into the set, using a <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/leigh-jespersen\/5167\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5167\" target=\"_blank\">Leigh Jespersen<\/a> ace and three <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/tatum-fleitman\/4737\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4737\" target=\"_blank\">Tatum Fleitman<\/a> kills during the stretch.<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/ramsey-clark\/4734\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4734\" target=\"_blank\">Ramsey Clark<\/a> added an ace and <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/camryn-blair\/4733\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4733\" target=\"_blank\">Camryn Blair<\/a> followed with a kill to pull the Lady Chaparrals even at 17-17.<br \/>\n&#8211; WNMU responded with three straight points and stayed in front the rest of the way, taking the set 25-20.<br \/>\n&#8211; Blair and Fleitman each had three kills in the set for LCU.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSET 2 | WNMU 25, LCU 18<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Next Match: St. Mary&#8217;s 9\/25\/2026 | 6:00&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-441465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}