TCU
Depaul
VolleyFrogs Lose Final Home Match
11/10/2001 12:00:00 AM
Nov. 10, 2001
Fort Worth, Texas - The TCU volleyball team (7-21, 3-13 C-USA) dropped its final home match of the season to DePaul (20-8, 11-5 C-USA).
DePaul blasted out to a big lead early in game one, leading by as many as 13 midway through (18-5). The Frogs made a run to pull within eight (26-18) on a service ace from junior Stephanie Watson, however, that was as close as TCU could get. The Blue Demons took the game 30-20. Senior Marci King had four kills on five attacks with no errors to hit .800 during the first game.
Game two was chock full of ties and lead changes as the teams traded points back and forth. DePaul finally broke out at the 24-24 mark when they scored six of the last seven points to win 30-25.
Keyed by a run started by three straight service aces from senior Jennifer Sebastian, the Frogs jumped out to a five point lead before DePaul got back into tgame. The teams stayed close throughout the game, but the Frogs helped by kills from seniors Allison Lynch, Lindsay Hayes, Sebastian and King as well as juniors Jenn Cuca and Stephanie Watson took the win 30-26.
Sebastian ripped off three more aces in game four - giving her six for the night and five off of Blue Demon Stephanie Bishop. Despite the huge efforts by the Frogs, they were unable to hold off DePaul as the Blue Demons took the game 30-28 and the match 3-1.
"Our seniors, and the rest of our team, played well tonight, especially after intermission" said head coach Sandy Troudt. "I wish we could've pulled out the win tonight, but we didn't finish it off. Marci played well tonight and so did Jenn (Cuca) and Stephanie (Watson). We'll miss our seniors next year, but we're looking forward to watching our underclassmen improve in the future."
King led the Frogs with 16 assists on 36 attacks. Sebastian's six aces were a new career high, and she added six blocks. Watson added 15 digs. Hayes tacked on 25 assists for the night.
Senior Marci King ends her career as the all-time digs leader with 1,197. Senior Lindsay Hayes leaves with the all-time assists mark of 4,118.
