TCU Aces Oklahoma for Sweep

Wednesday, September 19

Fort Worth, Texas

7:00 PM

TCU

9-3, 1-0

Oklahoma

8-5, 0-1

Oklahoma

TCU

TCU Aces Oklahoma for Sweep

9/19/2018 11:12:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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

The Horned Frogs opened Big 12 action with a 3-0 win over the Sooners.

FORT WORTH, Texas – A season-high nine service aces paved the way for the TCU volleyball team to pick up the 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-20) victory over Oklahoma on Wednesday night to open Big 12 Conference action for the 2018 season at The Rickel inside the University Recreation Center.

After a slow start to the match, the Horned Frogs (9-3, 1-0 Big 12) found themselves trailing by four and out of timeouts. TCU used a kill from Lexi MacLean to spark a 7-2 run that included three service aces to take back the lead and never look back as they took the opener against the Sooners (9-5, 0-1 Big 12). The Frogs never trailed again in the match as they finished with 45 kills, 52 digs and 5.0 team blocks.

élan McCall continued her offensive streak with her 12th straight double-digit kill match and her sixth double-double of the season with 16 kills and 14 digs. Anna Walsh put down 12 kills for the Frogs, while Katie Clark chipped in seven kills and a .385 hitting clip. MacLean led TCU with three service aces while also finishing with 13 digs and five kills.

Stats of the Match
9 – TCU was bringing the heat from behind the service line with a season-high nine team service aces to mark the seventh time this season serving up five or more in a match. The Frogs continue to lead the league with 1.50 service aces per set.

Quotes from the Match
Head Coach Jill Kramer
Opening Statement
"Our marketing department did a great job of packing the house for us. We had a lot of fans in the stands and they were live the whole time.

"In the first set, our team stayed really composed. We were down four or five points when I called my last timeout and we just stayed really composed. I didn't think there was one ounce of doubt in anyone's mind and it showed me that our heads were in the right place and we had a lot of confidence in one another. To come back and get on it and stay on it in sets two and three is very tough. Especially in the first conference match when everyone is battling and we executed the game plan really well. I can tell they did work on their own and they did a really good job of being students of the game this week. The last two days we have put our best two days of practice in a row together since school started and it showed tonight. We have talked about effort and making sure we put in the work every day so we know we are prepared and we have confidence in our preparation and it really showed tonight. I am proud of them."

Notes
-TCU moves to 9-3 on the season and 9-0 in home matches with the win over Oklahoma
-The Frogs won their sixth match all-time against the Sooners and their second straight, but Oklahoma still leads the all-time series record at 12-6
-TCU won its Big 12 opener for only the third time in program history and first time since 2016
-The win over Oklahoma on Wednesday marked the fourth all-time to take place in The Rickel
-élan McCall scored her 12th straight double-digit kill match which ranks third all-time in program history to start a season
-McCall finished with her sixth double-double of the season with 16 kills and 14 digs which ranks second in the Big 12
-McCall led the team in digs for the third time this season
-Anna Walsh put down double-digit kills for the ninth time this season and second straight match
-The nine service aces were a season-high for the Frogs and marked the seventh time in the last eight matches with five or more in a match
-TCU had more aces than errors for the fifth time this season

Up Next
TCU will hit the road for the first time in conference play as they travel to Lawrence, Kan., to face Kansas on Saturday, Sept. 22 at 1 p.m., at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center.