MATCH 11: Texas State at UTSA
Time / Date	7 p.m. / Tuesday, September 11
Location	San Antonio, Texas
Arena	UTSA Convocation Center
Live Stats	Statbroadcast | SIDEARM
Online	Facebook Live
Audio	None
Match Notes	Texas State
Series History	Texas leads 57-14

SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State volleyball team heads back out on the road for a midweek clash with rival UTSA.

The Bobcats (5-5) and Roadrunners (7-2) are set to lock up at 7 p.m. Sept. 11 inside Convocation Center in San Antonio. TXST will then close out the non-conference portion of the season with a road trip to Arizona State for the 2018 Sparky Classic.

The contest with UTSA is the first of six-straight matches away from home, which is the longest-such stretch this season. The two teams met earlier this year, with Texas State defeating UTSA 3-1 (25-17, 20-25, 25-21, 25-23) in San Marcos on Aug. 30.

AMERICA'S LONGEST-TENURED STAFF
•    The Texas State full-time coaching staff consists of head coach Karen Chisum, associate head coach Tracy Smith and assistant coach Sean Huiet.
•    The trio has been at Texas State for a combined 69 years (39/17/13), a mark which is by far the highest in the nation for any coaching staff. The next closest is Bryant at just 52 years, while St. John's and Northern Iowa are tied for third at 49 combined seasons.

A LOOK AT TEXAS STATE
•    Texas State owns an even record of 5-5 so far this season.
•    The Bobcats had a five-match win streak snapped this past week when they ran into No. 6 Texas and No. 16 Kentucky.
•    Statistically, TXST ranks second in the Sun Belt in assists (12.61) and digs (16.03), while slotting into fourth in kills (13.08). The Bobcats are also sixth in both hitting percentage (.209) and blocks (2.21).
•    Senior Amy Pflughaupt is fourth in the Sun Belt in kills (3.37), freshman Emily DeWalt is fourth in assists (8.92), senior Madison Daigle is fifth in blocks (1.26) and junior Micah Dinwiddie is sixth in digs (3.94).
•    In her 39 years leading the Bobcats, Karen Chisum has 30 winning seasons and 24 campaigns with at least 20 victories.

A LOOK AT UTSA
•    UTSA (7-2) is off to its best start in program history after rattling off victories over San Francisco, Quinnipiac, Army, Abilene Christian, Incarnate Word, Houston and Houston Baptist.
•    The lone setbacks have been to Texas State and, in the team's most-recent outing, Cornell.
•    The Roadrunners won the Army Invitational before finishing second at both Texas State's Creeds & Crests Classic and the Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup.
•    UTSA tallied a 12-16 record a season ago and was picked sixth in the preseason C-USA coaches' poll.
•    Texas State leads the all-time series 57-14 after splitting a pair of matches last season. The maroon and gold won 3-2 in San Marcos and lost 3-2 on neutral grounds in Waco.

BATTLE TESTED
•    Four of Texas State's five setbacks this season have come against teams who are currently ranked in the AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll (No. 6 Texas, No. 15 Baylor, No. 16 Kentucky, No. 25 Marquette).
•    The fifth loss was to an LSU program that was receiving votes in the national poll.
•    The rest of the Sun Belt Conference has combined for just two matches against ranked opponents all season (Georgia Southern vs. No. 3 Minnesota / Arkansas State vs. No. 15 Creighton).
•    The Bobcats also own victories over James Madison, who was ranked No. 13 in the VolleyballMag.com Mid-Major Poll, and Rice, who is receiving votes in the same poll.

THE LAST TIME OUT
•    Texas State fell 3-1 (22-25, 27-25, 25-20, 25-21) to No. 16 Kentucky on Sept. 8 inside Strahan Arena.
•    Amy Pflughaupt registered a team-best 15 kills, Cheyenne Huskey posted 14 of her own and Janell Fitzgerald tallied 12 kills on a team-leading .348 attack percentage. Emily DeWalt (31 assists, 11 digs) and Brooke Johnson (11 digs, 10 assists) both finished with double-doubles, while Micah Dinwiddie added a match-high 13 digs.
•    Kentucky had match highs in kills (66-56), attack percentage (.333-.279), assists (62-52), and digs (58-55). Texas State led in blocks (9-6), and both sides finished with five service aces.
•    This was the first meeting between the two programs.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE MACHINES
    Four different members of the maroon and gold have recorded at least one double-double this season.
•    Emily DeWalt - The true freshman has registered at least 10 assists and digs against UTSA, James Madison, Incarnate Word, Abilene Christian, Rice, and Kentucky.
•    Cheyenne Huskey - The junior transfer has logged double-digit kills and digs against UTSA, James Madison and Rice.
•    Amy Pflughaupt - The senior ended the match against Rice with season highs in both kills (18) and digs (15).
•    Brooke Johnson - The sophomore collected 11 digs and 10 assists against Kentucky.

2018 TXST AWARD WATCH LIST
    Below is a list of all awards won by Bobcats in 2018.
•    Madison Daigle (3) - Preseason All-SBC / Creeds & Crests Classic All-Tournament Team / SBC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 3)
•    Emily DeWalt (3) - Creeds & Crests Classic MVP / SBC Setter of the Week (Sept. 3) / SBC Freshman of the Week (Sept. 3)
•    Micah Dinwiddie (2) - SBC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year / Preseason All-SBC
•    Janell Fitzgerald - Creeds & Crests Classic All-Tournament Team
•    Amy Pflughaupt - Preseason All-SBC
•    Megan Porter - Preseason All-SBC

2018 CAREER-HIGH PERFORMANCES
    Below is a list of all Bobcat returners who have registered new single-match career highs in 2018.
•    Madison Daigle - 4 assists (UTSA), 6 digs (James Madison)
•    Brooke Johnson - 3 aces (Kentucky)
•    Konner Wood - 3 assists (UTSA)

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