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Media Credit: Jeff Sammons LCU volleyball coach Jennifer Lawrence instructs her team before they take the floor.

A week after a strong showing at the Bahia Mar Resort-South Padre Island Invitational Volleyball Tournament, the Lubbock Christian University Lady Chap volleyball team is set to open the home portion of the schedule as it co-hosts the Coca-Cola Classic with Wayland Baptist University this weekend.

The Lady Chaps will play a pair of matches on both Friday and Saturday against opponents who vary in affiliation from NAIA to NCAA Division II.

On Friday, LCU will open at 2:00 pm versus NAIA Region VI rival St. Thomas University (TX), a squad competing in volleyball for just the second year. The Lady Celts head to Lubbock 0-1, having lost their season opener to Houston Baptist 0-3.

At 7:00 pm on Friday, the Lady Chaps will take on NCAA Division II Oklahoma Panhandle State University, who went 0-4 at the Lady Buff Classic, hosted by West Texas A&M University.

On Saturday, Lubbock Christian will face a pair of teams, who are opening their seasons this weekend in Region VI opponent Southwest Assemblies of God University at 11:00 am, and NCAA Division III Mary Hardin-Baylor at 3:00 pm.

A week ago, the Lady Chaps went 1-3 in South Padre as they squared off against three NAIA Top 20 opponents, beating #17 Bellevue University and falling to #9 Hastings College and #10 Savannah College of Art & Design, before dropping a match to the University of Texas - Brownsville.

This is the fourth consecutive year Lubbock Christian has co-hosted the Coca-Cola Classic, which includes both high school and college teams. Only college matches will be played at the Rip Griffin Center, and the complete collegiate tournament schedule is as follows:

Thursday

Hutcherson Center - Plainview, Texas
7:00 pm - Wayland vs. Southwest Assemblies of God

Friday

Rip Griffin Center - Lubbock, Texas
2:00 pm - LCU vs. St. Thomas
7:00 pm - LCU vs. Oklahoma Panhandle State

Hutcherson Center - Plainview, Texas
11:00 am - Southwest Assemblies of God vs. Sul Ross State
1:00 pm - Oklahoma Panhandle State vs. Sul Ross State
3:00 pm - Wayland vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor
5:00 pm - Southwest Assemblies of God vs. St Gregory's
7:00 pm - Wayland vs. St. Thomas

Saturday

Rip Griffin Center - Lubbock, Texas
11:00 am - LCU vs. Southwest Assemblies of God
1:00 pm - Southwest Assemblies of God vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor
3:00 pm - LCU vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor

Hutcherson Center - Plainview, Texas
10:00 am - Wayland vs. Sul Ross State
12:00 pm - St. Thomas vs. Oklahoma Panhandle State
2:00 pm - St. Gregory's vs. Sul Ross State
4:00 pm - St. Gregory's vs. St. Thomas
6:00 pm - Wayland vs. Oklahoma Panhandle State

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