ABILENE, Texas — Tarleton State Volleyball starts its pursuit of a WAC Tournament championship on Thursday, as the 3-seed Texans face off against the 6-seed California Baptist Lancers at 1 p.m. The WAC Tournament is hosted by Abilene Christian this season in Abilene at Moody Coliseum.
The Texans (15-9, 9-3 WAC) are 2-0 against the Lancers (7-17, 3-9 WAC) this season, with a 3-1 win at home most recently (Oct. 25) and a 3-1 win on the road on Sept. 25. In both matches, the Texans took a 2-0 lead to start and the Lancers won the third set to avoid being swept. Tarleton State outscored the Lancers 189-166 combined between the two matches.
Fans attending Tarleton State's match can purchase an all-session pass that gives access to all six matches throughout the three-day event for under $25 through the WAC at
https://tickets.acusports.com/event/2025-wac-volleyball-tournament-qkjxpt. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+
here, and live stats can be found
here.
This marks Tarleton State's second WAC Tournament appearance and first since 2023. That season, the Texans were a 6-seed and gave 3-seed UTRGV all the Vaqueros could handle before losing in five sets. The Texans are in search of their first conference tournament victory since 2019, when they defeated Texas Woman's in the second round of the Lone Star Conference Championship Tournament.
Tarleton State finished the 2025 regular season just a match behind the co-champions, Utah Valley and Utah Tech. The Texans won seven of eight matches to close the regular season, including a six-match winning streak, their longest run since Sept. 12-23, 2023.
With a win on Thursday, Tarleton State will match its D1 record number of wins in a season at 16. The Texans already have their most conference wins in a single-season in their D1 era, their most since 2019. The Lancers enter Thursday's match with two straight losses and six losses out of their last seven contests. They just played in Abilene in their most recent match, falling 3-0 at ACU on Thursday.
Other Notes
- Morgan Carter received WAC Libero of the Year and is currently third in the conference for digs with 372.
- Alyssa Dinh received WAC Freshman of the Year and is currently leading the conference in hitting percentage at .326.
- Emma Burke and Madison Frank received All-WAC Second Team nominations.
- Madison Rice-Locket and LaNeah Lara led the attack against CBU last time with 15 kills apiece.
- Megan Hodges had 32 assists in the Texans' latest appearance against the Lancers, her season-high.
- In their first matchup, Madison Frank had a career-high performance with 18 kills.
- Teya Nguyen is currently eighth in the WAC for service aces with 27.
- LaNeah Lara is currently eighth in the WAC for kills with 215.
