Saturday, October 13
Ames, Iowa
Noon
TCU
at
Iowa State
Preview: at Iowa State
10/12/2018 1:09:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
TCU wraps-up week four of conference action with a road trip to Baylor.
FORT WORTH, Texas – The second straight road trip for the TCU volleyball team will take the Horned Frogs to Ames, Iowa to face Iowa State on Saturday, Oct. 13 at Noon inside the Hilton Coliseum.
The 13th meeting all-time between the Frogs (11-6, 3-3 Big 12) and the Cyclones (9-10, 2-4 Big 12) will air live on Cyclones.TV with Karl Schloerke and Mary Rominger on the call.
Match Quick Hits
-The week on the road for the TCU volleyball team will end with a quick trip to Ames to face Iowa State
-The Frogs are coming off a 3-1 loss at No. 24 Baylor on Wednesday and looking to rebound against the Cyclones in the 13th meeting all-time
-TCU is at the top of the Big 12 in two categories, assists (13.17 a/s) and service aces (1.37 sa/s), and is second in kills (13.84 k/s) and digs (15.54 d/s)
-The rookie pairing of élan McCall and Katie Clark have been nearly unstoppable with the duo combining for 87 kills, 9.67 kills per set and a .325 hitting clip last week in the two matches
-Clark's break-out week resulted in double the Big 12 honors - Offensive Player and Rookie of the Week
-McCall continues to be one of the best hitters in the conference and the nation at 5.05 kills per set and 5.55 points per set
-Tori Dilfer leads the Big 12 in two categories, assists (11.78 a/s) and service aces (0.44 sa/s), and is pacing the Frogs to being one of the best offensive teams in the league with 13.84 kills per set
-Senior Anna Walsh has been on top of her game offensively with 14 double-digit kill matches, including the last seven straight, and a .300 hitting clip
-The Frogs have been stout defenders from the back row with Lexi MacLean (3.54 d/s) leading the way with Berklie Baker (2.89 d/s) and Dani Dennison (2.43 d/s) helping shoulder the load
Season Quick Hits
-The 2018 season marks the 23rd season in the history of the TCU Volleyball program
-This season also marks the fourth under the helm of alumni and Director of Volleyball Jill (Pape) Kramer
-Kramer (1996-99) was the first scholarship volleyball player on the inaugural team in 1996 and still holds the
single-season and career school records in kills and total attacks
-Kramer has led TCU to three straight appearances in the postseason after the Horned Frogs made a run to the NIVC semifinals in 2017 and an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2015 and 2016
-A young team a year ago, TCU returns 13 letterwinners and four starters and the libero from a season ago and also welcome four newcomers including one transfer
-TCU brought in a stud of a freshmen class again which was ranked for the third straight year by
Prepvolleyball.com by coming in at No. 21
Series History: Iowa State
-Iowa State leads the overall series with TCU at 10-2
-Saturday's match marks the 13th meeting all-time between the teams and the seventh to take place in Ames
-TCU and Iowa State have split the series meetings in two of the seasons (2014 and 2016) with the Cyclones taking the sweep in the other four years
-In matches played in Ames, Iowa State leads the overall series at 5-1 with TCU's last win coming in 2016
-Since Jill Kramer has been in Fort Worth, TCU is 1-5 against the Cyclones
-TCU and Iowa State have only faced each other as conference opponents with the first match taking place in Ames in 2012
Scouting the Opponent: Iowa State
-Iowa State snapped a four-match losing streak in conference action by picking up a 3-1 victory over Kansas State on Wednesday
-The other conference victory that the Cyclones picked up came in the first match of league action at West Virginia
-Jess Schaben is pacing the Cyclone offense with 3.61 kills per set while also picking up 2.85 digs per set
-Grace Lazard (2.69 k/s), Josie Herbst (2.37 k/s) and Eleanor Holthaus (2.27 k/s) are also putting down the kill for Iowa State with Lazard leading the team with a .329 hitting clip
-Piper Mauck is in charge of guiding the Cyclone offense with 10.61 assists per set and is also picking up 1.78 digs per set
-Iowa State is leading the conference with 16.10 digs per set with reigning Big 12 Libero of the Year Hali Hillegas picking up a team-best 4.94 digs per set
Recap: at Baylor
-Despite winning the opening set, the TCU volleyball team could not hold on as No. 24 Baylor stormed back to take the 3-1 (18-25, 25-19, 25-15, 25-17) victory on Wednesday night
-Senior Anna Walsh propelled the Horned Frogs to the victory in the opening set against the Bears with eight of the 11 team kills and a .667 hitting clip
-TCU could not hold onto the momentum as Baylor was able to switch things up and used strong runs to control the final three sets and steal the match
-Walsh finished with 17 kills in the match to lead TCU while Katie Clark chipped in 10 kills and a team-best four blocks
-Defensively, four players finished in double-digits with Berklie Baker leading the way with 16 digs, while Lexi MacLean recorded 15 digs and Allye Beth Deaton and Dani Dennison finished with 11 and 10 digs, respectively
-TCU had at least four players score double-digit digs for the fifth time this season and second time in Big 12 Conference action
The 13th meeting all-time between the Frogs (11-6, 3-3 Big 12) and the Cyclones (9-10, 2-4 Big 12) will air live on Cyclones.TV with Karl Schloerke and Mary Rominger on the call.
Match Quick Hits
-The week on the road for the TCU volleyball team will end with a quick trip to Ames to face Iowa State
-The Frogs are coming off a 3-1 loss at No. 24 Baylor on Wednesday and looking to rebound against the Cyclones in the 13th meeting all-time
-TCU is at the top of the Big 12 in two categories, assists (13.17 a/s) and service aces (1.37 sa/s), and is second in kills (13.84 k/s) and digs (15.54 d/s)
-The rookie pairing of élan McCall and Katie Clark have been nearly unstoppable with the duo combining for 87 kills, 9.67 kills per set and a .325 hitting clip last week in the two matches
-Clark's break-out week resulted in double the Big 12 honors - Offensive Player and Rookie of the Week
-McCall continues to be one of the best hitters in the conference and the nation at 5.05 kills per set and 5.55 points per set
-Tori Dilfer leads the Big 12 in two categories, assists (11.78 a/s) and service aces (0.44 sa/s), and is pacing the Frogs to being one of the best offensive teams in the league with 13.84 kills per set
-Senior Anna Walsh has been on top of her game offensively with 14 double-digit kill matches, including the last seven straight, and a .300 hitting clip
-The Frogs have been stout defenders from the back row with Lexi MacLean (3.54 d/s) leading the way with Berklie Baker (2.89 d/s) and Dani Dennison (2.43 d/s) helping shoulder the load
Season Quick Hits
-The 2018 season marks the 23rd season in the history of the TCU Volleyball program
-This season also marks the fourth under the helm of alumni and Director of Volleyball Jill (Pape) Kramer
-Kramer (1996-99) was the first scholarship volleyball player on the inaugural team in 1996 and still holds the
single-season and career school records in kills and total attacks
-Kramer has led TCU to three straight appearances in the postseason after the Horned Frogs made a run to the NIVC semifinals in 2017 and an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2015 and 2016
-A young team a year ago, TCU returns 13 letterwinners and four starters and the libero from a season ago and also welcome four newcomers including one transfer
-TCU brought in a stud of a freshmen class again which was ranked for the third straight year by
Prepvolleyball.com by coming in at No. 21
Series History: Iowa State
-Iowa State leads the overall series with TCU at 10-2
-Saturday's match marks the 13th meeting all-time between the teams and the seventh to take place in Ames
-TCU and Iowa State have split the series meetings in two of the seasons (2014 and 2016) with the Cyclones taking the sweep in the other four years
-In matches played in Ames, Iowa State leads the overall series at 5-1 with TCU's last win coming in 2016
-Since Jill Kramer has been in Fort Worth, TCU is 1-5 against the Cyclones
-TCU and Iowa State have only faced each other as conference opponents with the first match taking place in Ames in 2012
Scouting the Opponent: Iowa State
-Iowa State snapped a four-match losing streak in conference action by picking up a 3-1 victory over Kansas State on Wednesday
-The other conference victory that the Cyclones picked up came in the first match of league action at West Virginia
-Jess Schaben is pacing the Cyclone offense with 3.61 kills per set while also picking up 2.85 digs per set
-Grace Lazard (2.69 k/s), Josie Herbst (2.37 k/s) and Eleanor Holthaus (2.27 k/s) are also putting down the kill for Iowa State with Lazard leading the team with a .329 hitting clip
-Piper Mauck is in charge of guiding the Cyclone offense with 10.61 assists per set and is also picking up 1.78 digs per set
-Iowa State is leading the conference with 16.10 digs per set with reigning Big 12 Libero of the Year Hali Hillegas picking up a team-best 4.94 digs per set
Recap: at Baylor
-Despite winning the opening set, the TCU volleyball team could not hold on as No. 24 Baylor stormed back to take the 3-1 (18-25, 25-19, 25-15, 25-17) victory on Wednesday night
-Senior Anna Walsh propelled the Horned Frogs to the victory in the opening set against the Bears with eight of the 11 team kills and a .667 hitting clip
-TCU could not hold onto the momentum as Baylor was able to switch things up and used strong runs to control the final three sets and steal the match
-Walsh finished with 17 kills in the match to lead TCU while Katie Clark chipped in 10 kills and a team-best four blocks
-Defensively, four players finished in double-digits with Berklie Baker leading the way with 16 digs, while Lexi MacLean recorded 15 digs and Allye Beth Deaton and Dani Dennison finished with 11 and 10 digs, respectively
-TCU had at least four players score double-digit digs for the fifth time this season and second time in Big 12 Conference action
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