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No. 25 Belles Ready to Celebrate Senior Class With Two Weekend Matches

SAN ANGELO – The No. 25 Angelo State volleyball team closes out its regular season as it hosts Eastern New Mexico on Friday, November 10 and Western New Mexico for Senior Day on Saturday, November 11.

The Belles, who are currently in a three-way tie for third place in the conference with West Texas A&M and Texas A&M –Kingsville, are sitting at 19-8, 11-7 LSC on the season. Angelo State will start the weekend's slate with the Greyhounds at 7 p.m. Friday evening. It will then move on to honor its seniors at 2 p.m. on Saturday. The ASU attack remains second in the conference with a .236 clip on the season and an average of 14.21 kills per set. The Belles have done a great job distributing the rock as they head the LSC with 14.22 assists per set. Finally the team's defensive efforts have been conference leading with an average of 17.60 digs per set.

ENMU will enter the Stephens Arena at the Junell Center with a 12-16 overall record and a 9-9 record in the LSC. The Greyhounds, who downed the Belles in five sets during the last meeting between the two teams, will be seeking to rebound after a sweep at the hands of Texas A&M –Commerce. ENMU is currently 2-9 when visiting other teams.

WNMU, a team that also took ASU to a five set loss this season, is currently 9-17, 9-9 overall on the season. The Mustangs will also be looking to bounce back from a loss in its last match, which came in the form of a sweep by Texas Woman's. Western New Mexico has also struggled on the road as it is 2-8 when traveling.

The Belles will be honoring five members of the senior class during Saturday's match in Brianna Sotello, Abbie Lynn, Morgan Seaton, Leiyona Young and Jenna Markey. Sotello has led the Belles this season on both sides of the ball while engraving her name in the programs record books. With 1,531 career kills the San Antonio native has solidified herself in program history as she is second all-time in the category.  On the defensive side of the ball, she has racked up 1,424 career digs placing her sixth all-time in ASU history. The 2016 AVCA All-American second team selection has lead the team this season with 14 double-doubles and four matched with at least 20 kills.  

Right side hitter, Lynn, has also secured her spot in the history books as she surpasses the 1,000 career kill mark with 1,005 total. This placed her 16th on the all-time career kill list. The 2016 All-Conference second team selection also assisted the defense with 181 career blocks, 25 of which came this season

Heading the Belles along the net and currently ninth all-time in program history, Seaton, crossed the 300 total block milestone this season. The middle blocker out of Big Spring has a total of 308 career blocks to her name, 92 of which she has accrued this season. Seaton was recently selected as the LSC defensive player of the week. She paced the team along the net with 12 total blocks averaging her 1.20 blocks per set to hold opponents to a .124 hitting percentage. She not only turned in a team high four blocks against Texas A&M-Kingsville, but also in the Belles last match against Midwestern State. In addition, the middle blocker tallied 11 total digs. With a .311 attack percentage, she also contributed 26 kills during the trio of matches placing her second in the category for the week.

Young and Markey will round out the honorees. Hailing from Las Cruses, New Mexico, Young has turned in 15 multi-block matches during her two years at ASU. This included a three block match against Alaska Anchorage in last season's NCAA Elite Eight match. The middle blocker has totaled 83 kills during her time as a Belle. Markey has provided great depth on the right side for ASU as she has recorded kills in 12 matches. She has also aided the Belles defense with 18 total blocks in her career.

Handling the brunt of the distribution for Angelo State will be Meghan Parker. The sophomore was recently selected as LSC setter of the Week as she recorded 128 assists on the week in wins over Texas A&M-Kingsville, Cameron and Midwestern State. This averaged the setter 12.80 assists per set as the Belles hit .257. She also put in some serious work from the service line as she led ASU with seven total aces. Defensively, Parker averaged 2.50 digs per set as she totaled 25 digs. Upon completion of the week she also had five kills and a pair of blocks to her name.

Also leading the Belles onto the court this weekend will be Bailey Mulder, Anna Graham and Sundara Chinn. Mulder will continue her role at the libero spot. The freshman is averaging 3.02 digs per set and has amassed a team third 242 on the season. With 22 aces she is third on the squad from the service line. Graham has been a force on both sides of the ball checking in with a team second 212 kills on the season and a 2.47 kill per set average. She has also tallied 74 total blocks on the year, placing her second on the squad. Finally, Chinn is averaging a team second 2.59 kills per set and has recorded 42 blocks on the year from the right side.    

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Players Mentioned

Jenna Markey

#4 Jenna Markey

RS
6' 2"
Junior
Meghan  Parker

#10 Meghan Parker

S
5' 7"
Freshman
Leiyona  Young

#20 Leiyona Young

MB
6' 1"
Junior
Abbie Lynn

#7 Abbie Lynn

RS
5' 10"
Junior
Morgan Seaton

#2 Morgan Seaton

MB
5' 10"
Junior
Brianna Sotello

#8 Brianna Sotello

OH
5' 10"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Jenna Markey

#4 Jenna Markey

6' 2"
Junior
RS
Meghan  Parker

#10 Meghan Parker

5' 7"
Freshman
S
Leiyona  Young

#20 Leiyona Young

6' 1"
Junior
MB
Abbie Lynn

#7 Abbie Lynn

5' 10"
Junior
RS
Morgan Seaton

#2 Morgan Seaton

5' 10"
Junior
MB
Brianna Sotello

#8 Brianna Sotello

5' 10"
Junior
OH