Wednesday, October 10
Waco, Texas
6:00 PM
TCU
at
#24 Baylor
Preview: at #24 Baylor
10/9/2018 6:07:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
TCU will spend the week on the road with the first match taking place at Baylor on Wednesday.
WACO, Texas – The fourth week of Big 12 Conference action will have two road matches for the TCU volleyball team with the Horned Frogs first traveling to No. 24 Baylor for a showdown on Wednesday, Oct. 10 at 6 p.m., inside the Ferrell Center.
The 21st meeting all-time between the Frogs (11-5, 3-2 Big 12) and the Bears (10-6, 2-3 Big 12) will air live on FOX Sports Southwest with John Morris and Katie Staiger on the call.
Match Quick Hits
-TCU will spend Week 4 of Big 12 action on the road as the Frogs first travel to Waco to face No. 24 Baylor
-The Frogs went 1-1 in Week 3 of league play with a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to Texas before rebounding with a 3-1 victory over Texas Tech to hand the Red Raiders their first loss in conference play this season
-TCU is at the top of the Big 12 in three categories - assists (13.36), kills (14.05) and service aces (1.44)
-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
-McCall has been ranked in the top two of points and kills since the very first week and is ranked seventh and sixth in the nation, respectively, in the categories
-Tori Dilfer leads the Big 12 in two categories, assists (11.92 a/s) and service aces (0.47 sa/s), and is pacing the Frogs to the top of the league with 14.05 kills per set
-TCU is second in the Big 12 in digs (15.32 d/s) and the main reason is the three main defenders in Lexi MacLean, Berklie Baker and Dani Dennison
-The trio, along with McCall, combine for 77% of the defensive pickups and 11.85 digs per set
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: Baylor
-Baylor leads the all-time series at 13-7 with the Bears taking three of the last four matches played including a sweep of the series a year ago
-Wednesday's match marks the 10th meeting all-time that will be played in Waco with Baylor leading the series at 7-2
-Baylor won the first seven meetings between the teams before TCU was able to pick up the first win in 2011
-Since joining the Big 12 in 2012, TCU and Baylor are tied in the all-time series record at 6-6
-In the six years the teams have been conference opponents, at least one of the programs has swept the series four times
-The Frogs and the Bears have split the series meetings twice - 2014 and 2016
-The last time TCU was able to pick up the victory in Waco came in November 2015 when the Frogs came away with a sweep
Scouting the Opponent: Baylor
-Baylor, who is ranked No. 24 in the latest AVCA poll, is off to a slow start to conference play with only two wins against Iowa State (3-2) and Oklahoma (3-1)
-The Bears are hoping to get back to the win column after dropping a 3-1 decision on the road to Kansas on Saturday
-Yossiana Pressley is pacing Baylor on offense with 5.13 kills per set to go along with a .248 hitting clip and 2.10 digs per set
-Shelly Fanning and Aniah Philo are also helping out on offense with 2.75 and 2.74 kills per set, respectively
-Hannah Lockin is dishing out the assists for the Bears with 10.45 assists per set while also putting down 21 kills this season and picking up 1.98 digs per set
-The defense is controlled in the backrow by Tara Wulf with 3.68 digs per set and Philo at 3.28 digs per set
Recap: Texas Tech
-A pair of rookies with stellar offensive performances along with a stout defensive effort led the TCU volleyball team to a 3-1 victory over Texas Tech on Saturday afternoon
-After the Horned Frogs and the Red Raiders split the first two sets, TCU turned up the offense and hit over .300 in the final two sets to hand Texas Tech its first conference loss this season
-The largest crowd of the season was on hand for the match-up as the Frogs put down 62 kills on a .295 hitting clip while also picking up 57 digs
-The TCU freshmen duo of élan McCall and Katie Clark paced the offense with 20+ kills a piece with McCall finishing with 21 and Clark knocking down 20
-Anna Walsh was the most efficient hitter for the Frogs with 11 kills and a .409 hitting clip to go along with a team-best three blocks
-McCall led the defensive effort with 17 digs for her 10th double-double of the season while Berklie Baker picked up 15 digs
-Tori Dilfer guided the offense to its best hitting percentage in conference play with 53 assists to go along with eight digs
The 21st meeting all-time between the Frogs (11-5, 3-2 Big 12) and the Bears (10-6, 2-3 Big 12) will air live on FOX Sports Southwest with John Morris and Katie Staiger on the call.
Match Quick Hits
-TCU will spend Week 4 of Big 12 action on the road as the Frogs first travel to Waco to face No. 24 Baylor
-The Frogs went 1-1 in Week 3 of league play with a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to Texas before rebounding with a 3-1 victory over Texas Tech to hand the Red Raiders their first loss in conference play this season
-TCU is at the top of the Big 12 in three categories - assists (13.36), kills (14.05) and service aces (1.44)
-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
-McCall has been ranked in the top two of points and kills since the very first week and is ranked seventh and sixth in the nation, respectively, in the categories
-Tori Dilfer leads the Big 12 in two categories, assists (11.92 a/s) and service aces (0.47 sa/s), and is pacing the Frogs to the top of the league with 14.05 kills per set
-TCU is second in the Big 12 in digs (15.32 d/s) and the main reason is the three main defenders in Lexi MacLean, Berklie Baker and Dani Dennison
-The trio, along with McCall, combine for 77% of the defensive pickups and 11.85 digs per set
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: Baylor
-Baylor leads the all-time series at 13-7 with the Bears taking three of the last four matches played including a sweep of the series a year ago
-Wednesday's match marks the 10th meeting all-time that will be played in Waco with Baylor leading the series at 7-2
-Baylor won the first seven meetings between the teams before TCU was able to pick up the first win in 2011
-Since joining the Big 12 in 2012, TCU and Baylor are tied in the all-time series record at 6-6
-In the six years the teams have been conference opponents, at least one of the programs has swept the series four times
-The Frogs and the Bears have split the series meetings twice - 2014 and 2016
-The last time TCU was able to pick up the victory in Waco came in November 2015 when the Frogs came away with a sweep
Scouting the Opponent: Baylor
-Baylor, who is ranked No. 24 in the latest AVCA poll, is off to a slow start to conference play with only two wins against Iowa State (3-2) and Oklahoma (3-1)
-The Bears are hoping to get back to the win column after dropping a 3-1 decision on the road to Kansas on Saturday
-Yossiana Pressley is pacing Baylor on offense with 5.13 kills per set to go along with a .248 hitting clip and 2.10 digs per set
-Shelly Fanning and Aniah Philo are also helping out on offense with 2.75 and 2.74 kills per set, respectively
-Hannah Lockin is dishing out the assists for the Bears with 10.45 assists per set while also putting down 21 kills this season and picking up 1.98 digs per set
-The defense is controlled in the backrow by Tara Wulf with 3.68 digs per set and Philo at 3.28 digs per set
Recap: Texas Tech
-A pair of rookies with stellar offensive performances along with a stout defensive effort led the TCU volleyball team to a 3-1 victory over Texas Tech on Saturday afternoon
-After the Horned Frogs and the Red Raiders split the first two sets, TCU turned up the offense and hit over .300 in the final two sets to hand Texas Tech its first conference loss this season
-The largest crowd of the season was on hand for the match-up as the Frogs put down 62 kills on a .295 hitting clip while also picking up 57 digs
-The TCU freshmen duo of élan McCall and Katie Clark paced the offense with 20+ kills a piece with McCall finishing with 21 and Clark knocking down 20
-Anna Walsh was the most efficient hitter for the Frogs with 11 kills and a .409 hitting clip to go along with a team-best three blocks
-McCall led the defensive effort with 17 digs for her 10th double-double of the season while Berklie Baker picked up 15 digs
-Tori Dilfer guided the offense to its best hitting percentage in conference play with 53 assists to go along with eight digs
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