St. Mary's (7-4, 1-3) at Western New Mexico (2-10, 1-2)
Thursday, September 30 • 6 p.m. • Silver City, N.M. (Drag's Court)
St. Mary's (7-4, 1-3) at Texas Permian Basin (7-4, 2-1)
Saturday, October 2 • 2 p.m. • Odessa, Texas (Falcon Dome)
First Serve
•St. Mary's heads on its second Lone Star road trip, playing at Western New Mexico on Thursday and Texas Permian Basin on Saturday. Both matches will be streamed live on the Lone Star Conference Network and live stats are available on the St. Mary's volleyball schedule page (rattlerathletics.com).
•The freshmen and sophomores in the lineup are responsible for 57.7 percent of the team's kills in 2021.
•Senior MB Julia Deais currently ranks 10th in the Lone Star stats, hitting .322, while fellow senior OH Alissa Tolbert is 11th with 3.19 kills per set and junior L Gabi Sandoval is ninth at 4.40 digs per set.
•Sophomore DS Isabella Dena saw her first action of the season against Texas A&M Commerce and now all 16 student-athletes on the roster have played in multiple sets in 2021.
•In each of the four Lone Star Conference matches, the Rattlers have either equaled or out-blocked the opposition. They have increased their block production from 1.07 per set against non-league foes to 1.77 in Lone Star play.
