TCU Hits Road For Non-Conference Tilt
11/1/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Nov. 1, 2010
FORT WORTH, Texas - The TCU volleyball team will take a break from conference play when they head south for a non-conference tilt at Prairie View A&M Tuesday night. First serve is slated for 7 p.m.
TCU NOTABLES
• A nasty flu swept through the team over the weekend, but the Frogs fought hard at UNLV, only to come up short in a 3-2 loss.
• The Frogs fell to 1-5 in matches that go the distance this season.
• The Frogs did tally a road victory at Air Force, handing the Falcons a 3-0 loss.
• Christy Hudson became the first Horned Frog to notch her second triple-double in one season. She has two in her career, tying her with Nirelle Hampton for the most in school history.
• Jordan Raines notched two double-doubles on the weekend, bringing her season total to seven.
• Kay Lin Connolly racked up 19 digs in the three-set win at Air Force.
• The Frogs totaled 60 digs alone in the Air Force match and lead the league with an average of 16.65 per set.
• TCU improved its blocking, picking up 24 in eight sets played.
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M NOTABLES
• Prairie View enters Tuesday night with a 9-16 overall record, however they are tops in the SWAC with a perfect 7-0 mark.
• The Panthers saw a six-match winning streak come to an end with back-to-back losses over the weekend.
• Sharonda Marshall is the leading attacker, averaging 2.57 kills per set. She also paces the team with 0.80 blocks per set.
• Defensively, Jasmine Hales leads the team with an average of 3.67 digs per set.
• As a team they are averaging 10.7 kills per set and 12.4 digs per set.
THE SERIES
• The Frogs and the Panthers will be meeting for just the fifth time.
• TCU has dominated the series, winning all four previous meetings.
• The Frogs have yet to drop a set to Prairie View.
• TCU is making its second trek to the home of the Panthers as it tallied a 3-0 win on Sept. 9, 2003.
• The Frogs and the Panthers last met on Sept. 6, 2008 in Edinburg, Texas.
