Statistics Summary for 1996 
 

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
! 08/30/1996 CAMERON L 2-3 -
! 08/30/1996 SOUTH DAKOTA ST. L 0-3 -
! 08/31/1996 CO.STATE UNIVERSITY-PUEBLO L 1-3 -
! 08/31/1996 ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE L 1-3 -
* 09/06/1996 at Eastern N.M. L 0-3 -
* 09/07/1996 at West Texas A&M L 0-3 -
* 09/12/1996 ANGELO ST. W 3-2 -
* 09/14/1996 ABILENE CHRISTIAN L 0-3 -
09/17/1996 HENDERSON ST. L 0-3 -
* 09/20/1996 at Midwestern St. L 2-3 -
* 09/21/1996 at Tarleton St. W 3-0 -
09/24/1996 at Southern Ark. L 1-3 -
* 09/26/1996 CENTRAL OKLA. W 3-0 -
* 09/28/1996 at Texas Woman's L 1-3 -
~ 10/05/1996 vs Missouri Southern St. L 1-3 -
~ 10/05/1996 vs Drury W 3-1 -
~ 10/06/1996 vs North Alabama L 0-3 -
~ 10/06/1996 vs Ouachita Baptist W 3-1 -
* 10/11/1996 EASTERN N.M. L 1-3 -
* 10/12/1996 WEST TEXAS A&M W 3-1 -
* 10/15/1996 at Tex. A&M-Kingsville L 0-3 -
* 10/18/1996 at Angelo St. L 1-3 -
* 10/19/1996 at Abilene Christian L 2-3 -
10/22/1996 at Henderson St. L 0-3 -
# 10/25/1996 vs UC Davis L 0-3 -
# 10/25/1996 vs Bellarmine L 1-3 -
# 10/26/1996 vs CSU Bakersfield L 2-3 -
# 10/26/1996 vs Colorado Mesa L 0-3 -
* 10/31/1996 MIDWESTERN ST. L 1-3 -
* 11/02/1996 TARLETON ST. W 3-1 -
* 11/09/1996 at Central Okla. L 0-3 -
* 11/10/1996 TEXAS WOMAN'S L 1-3 -
* 11/11/1996 TEX. A&M-KINGSVILLE L 0-3 -
11/12/1996 SOUTHERN ARK. L 0-4 -
 
Head Coach: Larry Blackwell (First Season)
Overall Record:7-27
LSC Record:5-13

Honorable Mention All-LSC
Wendy Adams
Toni Skipalis (formerly Granberry)

Honorable Mention All-LSC Academic
Toni Skipalis (formerly Granberry)

Larry Blackwell took over for Terri Johnson in 1996, and his first season was by far his worst. The Lions finished just 7-27 (5-13 LSC), the worst record for any Lion volleyball team in the history of the program. The Lions did manage to take down West Texas A&M, the eventual LSC champions, but there weren't many other bright spots in a season that included losing streaks of three, four, six, and nine games. A&M-Commerce didn't even make an appearance in the LSC tournament.

Wendy Adams led the charge on offense, setting the pace with 389 kills. Kirsten Bush had 325 kills, finishing second. Toni Skipalis (formerly Granberry) had 940 assists, and Whitney Daniel and Heather Rose tied for second with 115 assists. Lisa Wilson had the most digs for A&M-Commerce with 399, and Adams had 383. Bush (126) and Skipalis (98) had the most total blocks.

Adams earned her first All-LSC nod with a spot on the Honorable Mention team, and Skipalis garnered her second Honorable mention and Academic Honorable mention.

* - Lone Star Coference Matches
! - East Texas Regional Challege (Commerce, Texas)
# - Cal State Bakersfield Tournament (Bakersfield, Calif.


Overall: 7-27
Conference: 5-13
Home: 4-11
Away: 1-10
Neutral: 2-6

Overall: 7-27
Conference: 5-13
Home: 4-11
Away: 1-10
Neutral: 2-6


Player gp-mp k k/g e ta pct a a/g sa sa/g se
Wendy Adams 123-34 389 3.16 194 1149 .170 19 0.15 57 0.46 49
Kirsten Bush 115-32 325 2.83 133 1808 .106 14 0.12 23 0.20 30
Amanda Rhoads 113-33 195 1.73 144 671 .076 12 0.11 37 0.33 24
Toni Granberry 123-34 155 1.26 91 463 .138 940 7.64 28 0.23 43
Rachel Hunter 90-26 148 1.64 83 485 .134 47 0.52 8 0.09 15
Krista Kent 96-32 132 1.38 59 363 .201 7 0.07 7 0.07 5
Whitney Daniel 70-23 40 0.57 38 179 .011 115 1.64 15 0.21 11
Stacy Bateman 28-16 37 1.32 43 144 -.042 3 0.11 0 0.00 5
Cassie Herron 43-20 34 0.79 29 134 .037 10 0.23 6 0.14 14
Lisa Wilson 126-34 14 0.11 14 76 .000 14 0.11 39 0.31 63
Heather Rose 29-12 12 0.41 5 41 .171 115 3.97 5 0.17 6
Team totals 0-0 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0
Opp totals 0-0 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0
 


Player dig d/g re bs ba tb b/g be bhe points pts/g
Wendy Adams 383 3.11 45 2 14 16 0.13 11 0 455.0 3.70
Kirsten Bush 321 2.79 38 37 89 126 1.10 17 1 429.5 3.73
Amanda Rhoads 213 1.88 42 1 31 32 0.28 6 0 248.5 2.19
Toni Granberry 378 3.07 9 13 85 98 0.80 17 5 238.5 1.93
Rachel Hunter 278 3.09 15 6 24 30 0.33 12 0 174.0 1.93
Krista Kent 63 0.66 7 13 53 66 0.69 21 1 178.5 1.85
Whitney Daniel 109 1.56 9 0 36 36 0.51 2 0 73.0 1.04
Stacy Bateman 53 1.89 8 0 3 3 0.11 0 0 38.5 1.36
Cassie Herron 35 0.81 13 3 32 35 0.81 11 1 59.0 1.37
Lisa Wilson 399 3.17 22 0 1 1 0.01 0 0 53.5 0.42
Heather Rose 68 2.34 2 0 2 2 0.07 2 2 18.0 0.62
Team totals 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00
Opp totals 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00