TCU Sweeps Kansas

Saturday, November 17

Fort Worth, Texas

1:00 PM

TCU

15-11, 7-8

Kansas

15-10, 8-6

Kansas

TCU

11/17/2018 4:43:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score TCU 3, Kansas 0 (PDF)Photo Gallery

The Horned Frogs scored their second straight victory on Saturday.

FORT WORTH, Texas – A pair of offensive rookies combined with strong serving pushed the TCU volleyball team to a 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-16) victory over Kansas on Saturday afternoon in front of a sold-out crowd at The Rickel inside the University Recreation Center.

The Horned Frogs (15-11, 7-8 Big 12) were in control of the match from the very start against the Jayhawks (15-10, 8-6 Big 12) as TCU used big runs at the beginning of each set to get the sweep. The Frogs totaled 41 kills and six service aces in the match and held Kansas to only 28 kills and a season-low .075 hitting clip.

Freshman élan McCall put on a performance on both sides of the ball for the second straight match as she led the team with 16 kills and 16 digs on a .429 hitting clip. Fellow rookie Katie Clark chipped in offensively with 11 kills and a .421 hitting percentage while seniors Anna Walsh and Lexi MacLean each finished with four kills. Tori Dilfer was superb from behind the service line with four aces to lead TCU and also dished out 32 assists and picked up three digs.

Stats of the Match
.075 – TCU held Kansas to its lowest hitting percentage of the season and only 28 kills in the match. The number of kills was the least amount recorded by an opponent in Big 12 play this season for TCU.

Notes
-TCU moves to 15-11 on the season and 7-8 in Big 12 play with the win on Saturday
-The win also marks the 13th at home which is the second most in program history
-The Frogs get win No. 3 in the all-time series with Kansas but the Jayhawks still have the advantage at 12-3
-The victory marked the first for head coach Jill Kramer over Kansas in her career
-The win snapped a seven-match winning streak by the Jayhawks in the series with TCU and was the first win for the Frogs over Kansas since 2014
-élan McCall led TCU with 16 kills and posted her 13th double-double of the season with 16 digs
-McCall hit .429 in the match to mark her second straight match with hitting .400 or better
-Katie Clark put down 11 kills for her seventh double-digit kill match of 2018
-Clark also hit .421 in the match for her eighth match hitting .300 or better this season
-TCU totaled six service aces in the match to mark the 13th time this season with five or more service aces in a match and the seventh Big 12 match
-There were 2,007 fans in attendance at the match on Saturday to mark the 10th sold out match this season

Up Next
TCU will finish out the regular season at home as they welcome Kansas State on Wednesday, Nov. 21 at 1 p.m., at The Rickel inside the University Recreation Center. This will serve as the final home match for the Frogs' four seniors – Lexi MacLean, Ashleigh Martin, Paty Valle and Anna Walsh.