Horned Frogs set for tussle with Bears Wednesday
10/24/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Oct. 24, 2007
FORT WORTH, Texas - The TCU Horned Frog volleyball squad will play its final non-conference match of the season when it hosts Baylor Wednesday night at the University Rec Center. The Frogs are coming off a 1-1 conference trip that saw them beat Air Force and fall to Wyoming. Match time is set for 7 p.m.
TCU vs. Baylor Match Notes
TCU Horned Frogs
• The Frogs have surpassed their win total from last year and now sit at 18-8 on the season entering tonight's match.
• TCU will play its final non-conference opponent of the season when it hosts Baylor. The Frogs are 13-3 against non-conference opponents, including an 8-1 mark at home.
• Kourtney Edwards leads the Frogs with 326 kills on the season and 116 blocks.
• For the third straight season, Nirelle Hampton surpassed the 1000 assist mark. She is currently second all-time on the career assists chart.
Baylor Bears
• Baylor enters the match on a two-game winning streak after back-to-back five-set victories at Kansas and against Colorado.
• The Bears are led by Katie Sanders' 4.24 kills per game and Anna Breyfogle's 1.61 blocks per game.
• Defensively Sarah Grace is the leader, averaging 4.49 digs per game.
• Taylor Barnes runs the offense as the primary setter, averaging 11.85 assists per game.
The TCU vs. Baylor Series
• Wednesday's meeting will be the fourth in the series.
• The Bears lead the series 3-0.
• The Frogs and the Bears have not met on the court since the 2000 campaign with Baylor winning 3-0.
• Associate Head Coach Jason Tanaka was an assistant at Baylor the last time the Bears traveled to Fort Worth.
• Baylor won the meeting, 3-1, the only such meeting in Fort Worth.
• The Bears also took a 3-0 win in Denton back in 1996.
