LCU Chaps Volleyball

Goings Claims All-American Honors

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:35:00 -0600

LUBBOCK, Texas (December 6, 2011) - Setter Jordan Goings earned a series of postseason honors, claiming NAIA All-American honors and American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American and All-Region accolades.

She became the fourth player in program history to claim at least three NAIA All-American honors and the first since Mandy Moffitt claimed four NAIA All-American honors from 2001-2004. Goings closed out her LCU career with 3,892 assists, which ranks fourth all-time in LCU program history. The Aledo, Texas native had 1,054 assists this season, surpassing 1,000 assists for a third consecutive season, and she ranked 14^th in the NAIA with 10.8 assists per game.

The AVCA endorses the NAIA All-American honors and Goings was part of the 2010 and 2009 honorees list. She claimed Third Team honors in 2009 and was Honorable Mention the past two seasons. Goings becomes the 22^nd All-American in the LCU volleyball program and the seventh under head coach Jennifer Lawrence, who has coached at LCU since 2004.

Match Worth Digging

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:00:00 -0600

SHAWNEE,Okla. (November 12, 2011) - Kristin Pressley had 21 kills and 18 digs for a double-double and No.20 Oklahoma Baptist University claimed their first Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament title with a 3-0 victory (25-20, 25-19, 31-29) in the tournament championship game over Lubbock Christian University Saturday night at Noble Complex. The win gives OBU an automatic berth to the 2011 NAIA Volleyball National Championship and LCU will have to await an outside chance when the NAIA announces their at-large bids Sunday. The match was hard fought with several long rallies. LCU set a program record for a three-set match with 107 digs. Their prior high for the season in a three-set match was 82. Despite compiling 107 digs, OBU, the NAIA leading team in digs, posted 118. LCU will look back at the third set in the match and wonder what could have been if they had capitalized with their opportunities to claim the set. LCU opened the set with a 10-2 lead and led 24-21, only to allow OBU to storm back. The Lady Chaps had set point during eight serves, but OBU was able to get the equalizer to keep the set going and closed the match with three straight points to claim the set and the match. The Lady Chaps received a double-double from Jordan Goings, who had 36 assists and 20 digs. The three-time SAC Setter of the Year could have possibly played in her final match, and she would close her LCU career with 1,054 assists on the season and 3,892 in her career. She ranks fourth all-time in program history in assists. LCU was co-led in kills in the match by Caitlin Kender and Brittany Johnson, who each had 12 kills. OBU had double-doubles from Pressley and Sabra Clark (39 assists, 18 digs). Cami Weimer led OBU with a match high 31 assists. OBU improved to 31-10 on the season, while LCU moves to 24-8.

LCU Moves Into Title Match

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:31:00 -0600

SHAWNEE, Okla. (November 11, 2011) - The Lubbock Christian University Lady Chaparrals defeated both Oklahoma City University (3-2) and Southern Nazarene University (3-1) to advance into the championship game of the Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament, where they will face top-seeded and host Oklahoma Baptist University at 7 p.m. on Saturday. Senior setter Jordan Goings surpassed 1,000 assists on the season with 91 on the afternoon as part of a pair of double-doubles on the day. In the opening match against Oklahoma City, Goings had 48 assists and 22 digs. LCU won despite being out-hit 64-55 in kills. OCU had four players with at least 10 kills, led by 14 by Raissa Santos and Torrie Flynn. Bailey Jones led LCU in the match with 16 kills. Brittany Johnson and Caitlin Kender each produced 12 kills for LCU, with Johnson also adding six blocks. The Lady Chaps had seven aces and 13 blocks in the win. Goings contributed 43 assists and 20 digs for the double-double in the win over Southern Nazarene. Teammate Abby White also contributed a double-double with a match-high 16 kills and 12 digs. Jones and Johnson each had 14 kills to help LCU produce 57 kills. Libero Nikki Ralston had a team high 25 digs for LCU. SNU received a double-double from Kaylee Piatt, who had 39 assists and 11 digs, and Natalia Oliveira, who had 14 digs and 12 assists. The Crimson Storm were plagued by 27 attack errors in the loss to LCU. LCU improved to 24-7 with the pair of wins. They will face Oklahoma Baptist University, who went 14-0 in SAC play. The winning team will receive an automatic berth to the NAIA National Championship. LCU, who last claimed the SAC Tournament title in 2009 when they defeated OBU in the title match, is seeking their eighth trip to the national tournament. OBU is aiming for their first SAC Tournament title and first national tournament berth.

Six Players Earn All-SAC Honors

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:24:00 -0600

OKLAHOMA CITY (November 11, 2011) - The Sooner Athletic Conference announced postseason honors for volleyball and leading the way for Lubbock Christian University, who had six players honored, was First Team recipients Jordan Goings, Brittany Johnson and Bailey Jones. Goings was also honored as the Setter of the Year and Abby White claimed Freshman of the Year accolades. Goings, a senior from Aledo, Texas, heads into the SAC Tournament 13^th in the NAIA in assists per set with a SAC leading mark of 10.8. She also heads into the tournament with 927 assists on the season (73 shy of 1,000) and with 3,765 in her LCU career, which ranks fourth all-time in program history. Goings claimed six SAC Setter of the Week honors this season. She will leave LCU as a three-time First Team All-SAC member and three-time SAC Setter of the Year recipient. Johnson, who claimed Second Team honors as a sophomore, claims First Team honors as a junior. The middle blocker from Lubbock heads into the SAC Tournament leading the SAC in blocks per set (1), and she ranked second in conference matches with 55 blocks. She is also ranking fourth in the SAC in hitting (.272) and sixth in kills per set (2.9). Johnson has 288 kills and 100 blocks on the season. She is a two-time SAC Hitter of the Week and received Player of the Week honors once. Opposite side hitter Jones claimed Hitter of the Week honors last week and joins the First Team list after ranking fifth in the SAC with a .266 hitting percentage. The junior from Lubbock, Texas ranks tied for fifth in blocks per set (.8) in the SAC. She was a Second Team member last season. Middle blocker Caitlin Kender was named to the Second Team All-SAC list and libero Nikki Ralston received Honorable Mention honors. Kender, a junior from Lubbock, heads into the tournament with a team-leading .276 hitting percentage, which is third in the SAC. Ralston, a Second Team member last season, ranks fifth in the SAC in aces (34) and is seventh in digs per set (4.1). The junior from Bakersfield, Calif. and Amarillo Tascosa High School graduate leads LCU with 430 digs. White claimed conference Freshman of the Year honors. The Amarillo native has appeared in 23 matches and has produced 175 digs and 143 kills. She is an outside hitter and also has 19 blocks.

Goings and Jones Honored

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:07:00 -0600

OKLAHOMA CITY (November 8, 2011) - Lubbock Christian University setter Jordan Goings has been named Sooner Athletic Conference Volleyball Player and Setter of the Week in the final weekly awards for the sport, Oct. 31-Nov. 6. In addition to Goings, LCU teammate Bailey Jones was named Hitter of the Week. Goings, a senior from Aledo, Texas, averaged a double-double in wins over Southern Nazarene and Oklahoma City to seal the No. 3 seed in the upcoming SAC Tournament. She averaged 11.63 assists and 3.88 digs per set with 47 assists and 14 digs against SNU and 48 assists and 17 digs against OCU - all fresh off an injury. She also had 14 kills, four blocks and an ace on the week. Jones, a junior from Lubbock, Texas, averaged 4.88 kills and had a .270 attack percentage for the Lady Chaps. She also had 11 digs and four blocks. Jones connected on a career high 21 kills against Southern Nazarene. It is the sixth time Goings has received SAC Setter of the Week honors and her first SAC Player of the Week honor. The honor for Jones is her first.

Lady Chaps Finish Third in SAC

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:24:00 -0500

LUBBOCK, Texas (November 5, 2011) - Bailey Jones had a second consecutive top performance with 18 kills to lead Lubbock Christian University to a 3-1 win (25-16, 23-25, 25-21, 25-16) over Oklahoma City University to conclude the regular season. With Southern Nazarene defeating Wayland Baptist University, LCU completes the regular season with a third place finish in the Sooner Athletic Conference. Jones, coming off a career-best 21 kill performance Friday against SNU, had another big match to lead LCU in kills. She was joined by Brittany Johnson, who had 14 kills. Senior Jordan Goings, who joined teammate Chelsea Lyons playing in her last home match, produced a double-double with 46 assists and 17 digs. LCU had 92 digs led by 23 from libero Nikki Ralston. Taylor Rowton led OCU with 11 kills. LCU concludes the regular season with a 22-7 overall record and a 10-4 SAC record. OCU finishes with a 12-24 overall mark and a conference record of 5-9. LCU will serve as the three-seed at the SAC Tournament, which begins Friday at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Okla.

Jones Calms Storm

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:35:00 -0500

LUBBOCK, Texas (November 4, 2011) - Bailey Jones posted a career-best 21 kills and Lubbock Christian University kept their hopes of finishing second in the Sooner Athletic Conference alive Friday night inside Rip Griffin Center with a thrilling 3-1 victory (25-20, 17-25, 25-23, 25-21). Jones snapped her previous high of 18 kills (Oct. 20, 2009 vs. West Texas A&M) and it was the highest individual kill total for a Lady Chaps member since Elissa Loynes had 23 kills in a five-set match against Wayland Baptist at the 2010 SAC Tournament (Nov. 12, 2010). The junior opposite-side hitter had 14 kills over the final two sets, with eight coming in the final set. She helped LCU out-kill SNU 61-47 in the contest. Jordan Goings produced an impressive double-double for LCU with 47 assists and 14 digs. She was three kills shy of a triple-double. Both setters had double-doubles in the match, as Kaylee Piatt of SNU had 36 assists and 16 digs. Brittany Johnson had 11 kills and five blocks for LCU. LCU had an 86-74 advantage in digs, with Tori Velasquez collecting a career high 21 digs. Jamie Hope (11), Ellen Martin (10) and Taylor Jacobs (10) each had double figures in kills for SNU. The match was tightly played with the score tied on 20 occasions and 11 lead changes. The fourth set featured the score knotted up 10 times and seven lead changes. LCU improved to 21-7 overall and 9-4 in the SAC. SNU is 28-6 overall and they dropped to 10-3 in the SAC. Here is a breakdown of scenarios leading into the Lady Chaps contest Saturday against Oklahoma City University: If LCU defeats OCU and Wayland Baptist defeats SNU 3-0, then LCU will finish second place in the SAC. If LCU defeats OCU and Wayland Baptist defeats SNU 3-1 or 3-2, then LCU will finish in third place in the SAC. If LCU falls to OCU or SNU defeats WBU, then LCU will finish in third place in the SAC. The match between LCU and OCU beings at 1 p.m. inside Rip Griffin Center and is the final regular season contest of the season. The SAC Tournament will be hosted by Oklahoma Baptist University, who finished the season with a perfect 14-0 conference mark.

Lady Chaps Reach 20 Again

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:24:00 -0500

SHAWNEE, Okla. (October 29, 2011) - Lubbock Christian University has posted 20 wins in five consecutive seasons and in seven of the eight seasons head coach Jennifer Lawrence has guided the Lady Chaparrals, as the Lady Chaps notched their 20^th win of the season with a 3-0 victory (25-23, 25-19, 25-18) over St. Gregory's University Saturday afternoon. LCU benefitted off 41 kills and 75 digs in the victory. Abby White (9), Caitlin Kender (9), Bailey Jones (8) and Brittany Johnson (8) led to the balance attack by the Lady Chaps, who had four players with nearly double figures in kills. Lexie Renteria led SGU with a match high 10 kills and Alli McKeon had a match-high 23 digs. The Lady Chaps struggled with 11 attack errors in the first set, but they quickly corrected the issue with just two errors in the second set. The Lady Chaps improved to 20-7 overall and 8-4 in the Sooner Athletic Conference, while SGU fell to 7-20 overall and 0-12 in conference. The Lady Chaps return home for their final regular season matches, hosting Southern Nazarene Friday and Oklahoma City University Saturday inside Rip Griffin Center.

LCU Falls To Ranked OBU

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:52:00 -0500

SHAWNEE, Okla. (October 28, 2011) - Jordan Goings produced a double-double and Brittany Johnson led Lubbock Christian University with 11 kills, but No.21 Oklahoma Baptist University defeated LCU 3-0 (25-17, 25-23,25-19) Friday night in Sooner Athletic Conference play. LCU had a 6-3 lead in the opening set, a 5-1 in the second set and an 8-3 lead in the final set, but ended up losing all three sets. Goings finished with her tenth double-double of the season, as she posted 34 assists and 16 digs. Kristin Pressley of OBU had an impressive double-double herself with 20 kills and 21 digs. Teammate Sabra Clark posted 41 assists. Johnson had 11 kills and Caitlin Kender had 10 kills in the losing cause for LCU. The Lady Chaps loss places them with a 7-4 conference mark and a 19-7 overall record. The Lady Bison remain perfect in SAC play with an 11-0 mark and are 25-10 overall. LCU remains in Shawnee Saturday and will face St. Gregory's at 11 a.m.

This Week's Preview

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:17:00 -0500

SHAWNEE, Okla. (October 28, 2011) - Lubbock Christian University heads to Shawnee, Okla. this week for a pair of Sooner Athletic Conference matches and the Lady Chaparrals will attempt to complete a feat that no SAC team has been able to do this season and that is defeat No.21 Oklahoma Baptist University in conference play at 6 p.m. Friday night. WATCH ONLINE / LIVE SCORING / THIS WEEK’S GAME NOTES LCU faces OBU Friday evening and then follows the match Saturday morning facing St. Gregory's University. LCU enters the weekend in third place in the conference and three games out of first place behind OBU. REWIND LCU completed a busy homestand last week going 3-1 with the lone loss coming to NCAA Div. II No.14 West Texas A&M. The Lady Chaps completed a pair of SAC matches last week, defeating Mid-America Christian University 3-0 and John Brown University 3-2 in a five-set thriller. NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL Jordan Goings, a senior from Aledo, Texas, is the Lady Chaps only player in the national rankings. She is 11th in the NAIA with an average of 10.8 assists per set. DIG THIS Lady Chaps libero Nikki Ralston had a big week last week. She recently surpassed 1,000 career digs and enters the week with 1,184, and against MACU last week, she recorded a career-high five aces in the match. HOLDING THE COMPETITION Lubbock Christian University opponents are attacking at a .143 attack percentage for the season. LCU has held opponents under a .200 attack percentage for five consecutive matches and 16 of their last 17 played. The highest attack percentage for a Chaps opponent this season was a .314 on Oct. 8 against Southern Nazarene. LCU is 19-2 when leading in kills and attack percentage in a match this season. K-MART The last five consecutive SAC Player of the Week honors have been awarded to someone with a first name beginning with a "K." LCU has two players with a first name beginning with "K" (Kacey Deterding and Kristin Fellows). Deterding compiled 31 kills in four matches last week for LCU. OPENING SET SUCCESS Lubbock Christian is 18-0 this season when they win the opening set and they are 1-6 when they lose the opening set of play. FACING OBU The Lady Chaps may lead the all-time series 6-4, but the last six meetings over the combined prior two seasons have alternated the winner each time. Three of the last four meetings have ended in five sets, including the prior meeting, which OBU won 3-2 on Oct. 1st. LCU won in their last trip to Shawnee. OBU fell to 24-10 earlier in the week after a 3-0 loss to NCAA Div. II Arkansas-Fort Smith. The Lady Bison lead the SAC with a 10-0 mark. They lead the NAIA in digs (2,575) with Cami Weimer ranking third in the NAIA with 710. OBU also ranks fifth in kills (1,600) and eighth in assists (1,431). Kristin Pressley is fifth in the NAIA in kills (475) and Cami Weimer is ninth in digs per set (5.8).