LSC Volleyball Championship


CANYON, Texas – The Angelo State Belles and West Texas A&M Lady Buffs meet for the second consecutive season in the Lone Star Conference Volleyball Championship finals at 7 p.m. on Saturday at the WTAMU Fieldhouse.

Angelo State (30-4) advanced to the championship match with a 3-1 semifinals win over Abilene Christian, while the top-seeded Lady Buffs (32-4) eliminated Tarleton State in straight sets in the Thursday nightcap. The Belles are making their ninth finals appearance and WTAMU is making its 14th. ASU has won six LSC championships and the Lady Buffs have claimed 12 – including 10 of the last 12 tournaments played. The Lady Buffs won 3-1 last year in the championship match over ASU.

The Belles are playing for their first LSC title since 1992 where they beat Texas Woman's 3-1 in San Angelo a year after beating Eastern New Mexico 3-0 for the championship. ASU has LSC trophies from 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1991, and 1992.  

West Texas A&M has won the first two matches played between the two universities this season in five sets.  The Lady Buffs are nationally ranked at No. 13, while the Belles are No. 18. ASU is 30-9 all-time and WTAMU 35-4 in LSC tournament play.

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Here's A Quick Look Back At The First Two Contests


OCTOBER 29, 2011
West Texas A&M wins, 23-25, 26-28, 25-19, 25-23, 15-9

CANYON - Celeste Bonter had 20 kills for the Belles and added three digs and two blocks. Chelsea Gibson had 13 kills while Debbie Ohl and Maddie Huth had 12 kills each. Setter Alex Woolsey had a career-high 60 assists for the Belles to go along with 21 digs. Four other players – Shelby Wilt (30), Kaelen Valdez (26), Kayla Smith (21), Debbie Ohl (15) – had 15 or more digs for Angelo State.

West Texas A&M improved to 27-2 on the year and 17-1 in the LSC breaking away from the Belles in the conference standings. Ashley Davis had 18 kills for the Lady Buffs while setter Lacy Hayes had 55 assists.


September 24, 2011
West Texas A&M wins, 13-25, 25-12, 25-16, 22-25, 15-7

SAN ANGELO - Debbie Ohl led the Belles with 13 kills and added 13 digs, while Celeste Bonter contributed 10 kills and five digs. Shelby Wilt paced the team with 28 digs, while reining LSC Setter of the Week Alex Woolsey finished with 39 assist.

Stormi Lancaster led the Lady Buffs with 12 kills, while Lacy Harris had 38 assists in West Texas A&M's win. Lauren Beville and Halie Horton led the Lady Buffs with 27 and 20 digs, respectively.

“It was a very evenly matched game where we took turns beating each other up,” ASU head coach Chuck Waddington said after the match in September. “It was a game of adjustments throughout. That's what a great match is all about. I would have liked to see us execute better in the fifth set. We put ourselves in a tough situation with the errors we were making and we couldn't get going there in the end.”