TCU Set To Host No. 8 Texas Tuesday Night
9/19/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Sept. 19, 2011
FORT WORTH, Texas - Fresh off their fourth straight tournament title, the TCU Horned Frogs returns home to play host to 8th-ranked Texas Longhorns on Tuesday night. First serve is slated for 6:30 p.m. at the University Rec Center. The match will be aired live on The Mtn. (DIRECTV 616).MARKETING PROMOTIONS
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MATCH INFORMATION
6:30 p.m. - TCU vs. No. 8 Texas
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TCU NOTABLES
• TCU remained perfect on the season with a 3-0 weekend at the Seton Hall Invitational.
• The Frogs improved to 13-0 on the season, tying them with two other schools in the country for the most wins so far this season.
• TCU is one of just eight undefeated teams in the country.
• Megan Munce was named the MVP of the tournament, while Kristen Hester was named to her fourth all-tournament team this season.
• Munce was named the MW Player of the Week for her outstanding performance in the tournament.
• Kristen Hester and Meghan Horio have played in 78 consecutive matches, tying them for ninth all-time with Stacy Olsen who played in 78 straight from 1996-98.
• Yvonne Igodan had a career day against Seton Hall, tallying a career-high 16 kills against the Pirates. She also matched her career high with seven blocks.
• Jordan Raines tallied her seventh double-double of the season in the win over Seton Hall.
• Sarah Joeckel tallied 20-plus digs in all four matches last week and has six straight matches of 20-plus digs.
TEXAS NOTABLES
• Texas is riding a four-match winning streak after suffering through a three-match losing streak.
• The streak includes a five-set victory over then-No. 2 Penn State, sweeps of Santa Clara and SMU and a four-set win over UTSA.
• All three of the Longhorns' losses have come to ranked opponents (twice to No. 11 Minnesota and a five-set loss to No. 7 Florida).
• Texas is 0-2 on an opponent's home court this season (both losses coming at No. 11 Minnesota).
• Texas uses its height at the net and is averaging 2.87 blocks per set, a mark that puts them in the top 15 in the country.
• Two Longhorns (Rachael Adams and Haley Cameron) are averaging over a block per set.
• Haley Eckerman is the offensive leader, averaging 3.21 kills per set.
• In the back row, Sydney Yogi leads the squad with an average of 3.35 digs per set.
TEXAS NOTABLES
• TCU and Texas are meeting for just the third time on the volleyball court.
• The Longhorns are 2-0 with a pair of sweeps against the Frogs.
• Both previous meetings came in Austin.
• Texas won 3-0 in the last meeting on Aug. 27, 2010.
STREAKING!
The volleyball team is off to an impressive 13-0 start to the campaign, tying them with two other schools (San Diego and California) for the most wins this season.
The Horned Frogs are one of just eight undefeated teams in the country (San Diego, California, Illinois, Northern Arizona, Purdue, Bowling Green and Michigan).
Dating back to last season, the Horned Frogs have won 15 straight matches.
The 13-0 start to the season breaks the previous school record of 9-0 for best start to a season. It's just the second time in school history the team has opened with better than a 4-0 record.
The Horned Frogs have dropped just nine sets the entire season and have tallied five sweeps. The Frogs have won the opening set in all but two matches this season (SMU and Seton Hall).
PARTY AT THE REC
Frog fans packed the Rec over the first weekend of the season as TCU posted two of the top three attendance marks in school history.
The season-opener against Texas Tech saw 1,706 fans pack the stands, which at the time was the second-largest crowd in school history. The Saturday match against Connecticut demolished the old record of 1,875 fans when 2,166 Horned Frog faithful crowded into the Rec Center.
Over the course of the three matches, the Frogs averaged 1,686 fans, a mark that ranks 20th nationally.
DEFENSIVE PROWESS
Sarah Joeckel has pushed her game to another level as she leads the league and ranks in the top 10 nationally with an average of 6.04 digs per set.
If Joeckel stays on this pace, she will demolish the school record for digs per set. Talaya Whitfield holds the mark, averaging 5.09 digs per set during the 2004 campaign.
Additionally, the Frogs rank in the top 10 nationally as a team, averaging 19.06 digs per set. The school record for digs per set in a season is 16.72 set during the 1997 season.
