TCU
Texas Tech
TCU Falls Short to Texas Tech
11/15/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Nov. 15, 2017
FORT WORTH, Texas - The TCU volleyball team fell short to Texas Tech on Wednesday night as they dropped a 3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-20) decision to the Red Raiders at The Rickle inside the University Recreation Center.
The Horned Frogs (11-15, 3-11 Big 12) could not overcome slow starts in each of the sets as the Red Raiders (15-12, 4-10 Big 12) captured the match in straight sets and swept the season series.
Anna Walsh led the team offensively with a match-best 12 kills against Texas Tech while Abigail Buckingham chipped in eight kills. Tori Dilfer and Lamprini Konstantinidou dished out the assists on Wednesday with 17 and 11, respectively. Dani Dennison picked up a match-high 19 digs while Berklie Baker was good for six digs. Walsh led the team defensively at the net as well with 4.0 blocks.
Stat of the Match
14 - Anna Walsh scored double-digit kills for the 14th time this season which is the most on the team.
Quotes of the Match
TCU Director of Volleyball Jill Kramer
Opening Statement
"First, I want to say thank you to our fans because we packed The Rickel again. We had close to 2,000 fans and I know everyone is working really hard to do that. I am not real happy with the way we performed today. We came in really flat and we needed to be better tonight for sure. It was not our best volleyball and I don't want to take anything away from Texas Tech. They came in ready to go and that is on us. We have to get them more prepared and just ready to go. At this point in the season, we need to be playing better volleyball and coming into every match fired up."
Notes
-TCU falls to 11-15 on the season and 3-11 in Big 12 matches with the loss on Wednesday to Texas Tech
-With the win by the Red Raiders, Texas Tech gets win No. 8 in the series but TCU still holds the overall series lead at 9-8
-TCU had a sell-out crowd for the seventh time this season with 1,879 fans in attendance at The Rickel
-Anna Walsh led the team in kills for the 10th time this season with 12 kills in the match
-Walsh scored double-digit kills for a team-best 14th time this season and led the team in blocks for the 17th time this season
-Walsh also served up the lone ace in the match
-Dani Dennison picked up double-digit digs for the 22nd time out of 26 matches played with a team-best 19 digs in the match
-Tori Dilfer got her first start of the season tonight and led the team in assists for the second time this season with 17 in the match
Up Next
TCU will wrap-up the regular season home slate by welcoming Iowa State on Saturday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. The match against the Cyclones is senior night and the final home match for Lamprini Konstantinidou, Kayla Scheevel and Kaylee Smith.
