TCU Hits The Road For Two Matches
10/7/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Oct. 7, 2009
FORT WORTH, Texas - The TCU Horned Frogs will look to build on an impressive early showing in conference play when they head to Utah for a pair of league matches. On Thursday the Frogs will square off against Utah and will wrap up the road trip on Saturday at BYU. Both matches are slated for an 8 p.m. start. The BYU match can be seen live on BYU-TV.
TCU NOTABLES
• TCU improved to 4-1 in league play with a pair of conference victories this past weekend.
• Kourtney Edwards' efforts on the court garnered her her third MWC Player of the Week honor.
• Irene Hester tallied her second double-double of the season against San Diego State on Saturday.
• Edwards tallied the third-highest single match attack percentage (.789) against Air Force, finishing with 15 kills on 19 swings.
UTAH NOTABLES
• Utah sits atop the league standings, tied with Colorado State, with a 4-0 mark in league play.
• Karolina Bartkowiak leads the team with 2.96 kills per set and ranks second with an average of 2.39 digs per set.
• Defensively, Corinne Crump paces the team with an average of 3.78 digs per set, while Chelsey Sandberg is averaging 1.09 blocks per set.
UTAH SERIES HISTORY
• The Utes own a 10-2 advantage in the all-time series.
• The Frogs are 1-4 all-time in Salt Lake City.
• TCU's last win the series came in 2007 when the Horned Frogs won both meetings, including a 3-2 win in Salt Lake City.
BYU NOTABLES
• The Cougars enter the weekend with an 8-7 record to go along with a 3-1 league mark.
• Five of BYU's eight wins have come on its home court.
• Kayla Walker is the go-to offensive person with an average of 4.14 kills per set.
• Nicole Warner paces the team at the net with 1.27 blocks per set.
BYU SERIES HISTORY
• The Cougars lead the all-time series 12-1.
• TCU picked up its first-ever win over BYU a year ago in Fort Worth.
• The Frogs are 0-6 all-time in Provo.
