TCU
UTSA
TCU Rolls Past UTSA, 3-0
9/17/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Sept. 17, 2010
FORT WORTH,Texas - The TCU volleyball team opened up play in the Nike Invitational with a 3-0 (25-17, 28-26, 25-19) victory over UTSA Friday afternoon. The Horned Frogs were paced by Meghan Horio's seventh double-double of the season. Jordan Raines and Irene Hester also notched double-doubles in the contest.Horio tallied 36 assists and 10 digs, while Raines tied for the team lead with 11 kills and posted 11 digs. Kristen Hester knocked down 11 kills. Irene Hester posted her fifth double-double of the season with 10 kills and 13 digs. Kay Lin Connolly led the Frogs defensively with 18 digs, while Christy Hudson pitched in with 10. At the net, Kristen Hester tallied a match-high four blocks.
The Frogs took control of the set early behind the serving of Irene Hester. She served the Frogs to a 7-4 lead and TCU never looked back en route to the 25-17 victory. During the rally, Hudson and Raines dropped in kills around a service ace from Irene Hester.
TCU milked the three point lead until back-to-back hitting errors by the Roadrunners gave the Frogs a 14-10 advantage. Horio extended the lead with an ace to put the Frogs up 15-10. The Frogs kept the pressure on and pushed the lead to eight, 21-13, on kills from Hudson and Raines. A blast from Fort gave the Frogs set point and the eighth hitting error in the set by UTSA locked up the first set victory.
It was a different story in the second set as the Roadrunners took the early control and did everything they could to stave off the Frog rally. After falling behind five, 15-10, the Frogs fought back to get the set tied at 17. Kristen Hester was instrumental in the rally, picking up two kills and a block.
The Roadrunners weathered the storm and opened up a 23-20 lead on the Frogs, but a blast from Hudson turned the set around. A kill from Raines tied the set a 24. After wasting two set points, Irene Hester finished the set with a blast to the middle of the court for the 28-26 set two victory.
It was all Horned Frogs in the third set as they took the 25-19 victory to complete the sweep. Holding on to a one point lead at 11-10, a block in the middle by Hannah Fort and Irene Hester got the Frogs going in the right direction. Back-to-back service aces from Fort and a block by Hudson and Kristen Hester gave the Frogs a 16-11 lead, forcing a Roadrunner timeout.
Raines, Kristen Hester and Fort kept the momentum firmly in the Frogs' court as the lead grew to seven, 22-15. A kill from Raines gave the Frogs match point and a blast from Kristen Hester locked up the win.
TCU improves to 7-4 with the victory. The Frogs will next play UAB at 7 p.m. Friday night in a nationally televised match. The Mtn. can be found on DIRECTV channel 616.
