Saturday, September 29
Manhattan, Kan.
7:30 PM
TCU
at
Kansas State
Preview: at Kansas State
9/28/2018 4:03:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
After a bye, TCU will resume Big 12 action on the road at Kansas State.
MANHATTAN, Kan. – After a bye to start the second week of Big 12 action, the TCU volleyball team will resume conference play by traveling to Manhattan, Kan., to take on Kansas State on Saturday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m.
The 13th meeting all-time between the Horned Frogs (9-4, 1-1 Big 12) and the Wildcats (10-4, 0-3 Big 12) will air live on ESPN3 with Brian Smoller and Liz Wegner-Busch on the call.
Match Quick Hits
-After taking its first bye of the conference season, TCU returns to action by hitting the road for the second straight weekend with a match at Kansas State
-In the opening week of Big 12 action, the Frogs went 1-1 with a sweep of Oklahoma at home before snapping a five-match winning streak with a four-set loss at Kansas
-élan McCall continues to be one of the best hitters in the conference and the nation at 5.04 kills per set and 5.61 points per set
-McCall has been ranked in the top two of kills and points since the very first week and is ranked fifth and sixth in the nation in the categories, respectively
-The freshman has a streak of 13 straight double-digit kill matches to start her career and has also totaled seven double-doubles and 2.93 digs per set
-The middle blocker duo of Anna Walsh and Sarah Swanson have been a consistent presence for the Frogs with Walsh second on the team in kills (3.17 k/s) while Swanson leads the team in blocks (1.13 b/s)
-Tori Dilfer leads the Big 12 in two categories, assists (11.91 a/s) and service aces (0.57 sa/s), and is pacing the Frogs to the top of the league with 14.07 kills per set
-The back row is being patrolled Lexi MacLean, Berklie Baker and Dani Dennison as the trio are picking up everything with 3.57, 2.67 and 2.57 digs per set, respectively
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: Kansas State
-Kansas State leads the all-time series against TCU with a 7-5 overall mark but the Frogs have pulled off the win in the last three matches
-This will be the seventh match all-time played in Manhattan with Kansas State holding a 5-1 mark in all the matches played
-Last fall, TCU swept the season series with Kansas State for the first time in program history with a 3-1 win in Fort Worth and 3-2 victory in Manhattan
-Since joining the Big 12 in 2012, TCU has split the season series in 2013, 2015 and 2016
-Under Jill Kramer's leadership, TCU has gone 4-2 against the Wildcats with a 3-0 mark at home and 1-2 mark in Manhattan
-For the first time in program history, TCU and Kansas State will be facing off in the month of September with the previous 12 matches being played in October or November
Scouting the Opponent: Kansas State
-Kansas State is looking for its first win in Big 12 action after dropping its first three matches to Texas (3-2), Oklahoma (3-0) and West Virginia (3-0)
-In nonconference action, the Wildcats went 10-1 and were on an eight-match winning streak headed into league action
-After going five-sets with Texas last week, K-State received votes in the AVCA poll this week
-Kylee Zumach is pacing K-State with 4.02 kills per set which is good for No. 4 in the league
-Three other Wildcats are helping shoulder the load with over 2.00 kills per set - Gloria Mutiri (2.90 k/s), Alyssa Schultejans (2.40 k/s) and Elle Sandbothe (2.00 k/s)
-Sarah Dixon is guiding the offense with 11.44 assists per set which ranks second in the Big 12 and No. 10 nationally
-Schultejans is serving up the aces for the Wildcats with 0.44 aces per set which ranks second in the league and No. 47 nationally
Recap: at Kansas
-Despite winning the opening set, the TCU volleyball team could not hold on as Kansas won the next three to take the 3-1 (28-30, 27-25, 25-21, 25-21) victory on Saturday afternoon
-The Horned Frogs and the Jayhawks battled hard from the very first point with two of the sets going extra points to decide a winner
-élan McCall led the team in kills for the 10th time in 2018 with 19 in the match and completed her seventh double-double with 12 digs
-Anna Walsh chipped in 12 kills with Sarah Swanson and Katie Clark complimenting the offense with six kills each
-On defense, Lexi MacLean and Dani Dennison each picked up 14 digs while Walsh led the team with 6.0 blocks
The 13th meeting all-time between the Horned Frogs (9-4, 1-1 Big 12) and the Wildcats (10-4, 0-3 Big 12) will air live on ESPN3 with Brian Smoller and Liz Wegner-Busch on the call.
Match Quick Hits
-After taking its first bye of the conference season, TCU returns to action by hitting the road for the second straight weekend with a match at Kansas State
-In the opening week of Big 12 action, the Frogs went 1-1 with a sweep of Oklahoma at home before snapping a five-match winning streak with a four-set loss at Kansas
-élan McCall continues to be one of the best hitters in the conference and the nation at 5.04 kills per set and 5.61 points per set
-McCall has been ranked in the top two of kills and points since the very first week and is ranked fifth and sixth in the nation in the categories, respectively
-The freshman has a streak of 13 straight double-digit kill matches to start her career and has also totaled seven double-doubles and 2.93 digs per set
-The middle blocker duo of Anna Walsh and Sarah Swanson have been a consistent presence for the Frogs with Walsh second on the team in kills (3.17 k/s) while Swanson leads the team in blocks (1.13 b/s)
-Tori Dilfer leads the Big 12 in two categories, assists (11.91 a/s) and service aces (0.57 sa/s), and is pacing the Frogs to the top of the league with 14.07 kills per set
-The back row is being patrolled Lexi MacLean, Berklie Baker and Dani Dennison as the trio are picking up everything with 3.57, 2.67 and 2.57 digs per set, respectively
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: Kansas State
-Kansas State leads the all-time series against TCU with a 7-5 overall mark but the Frogs have pulled off the win in the last three matches
-This will be the seventh match all-time played in Manhattan with Kansas State holding a 5-1 mark in all the matches played
-Last fall, TCU swept the season series with Kansas State for the first time in program history with a 3-1 win in Fort Worth and 3-2 victory in Manhattan
-Since joining the Big 12 in 2012, TCU has split the season series in 2013, 2015 and 2016
-Under Jill Kramer's leadership, TCU has gone 4-2 against the Wildcats with a 3-0 mark at home and 1-2 mark in Manhattan
-For the first time in program history, TCU and Kansas State will be facing off in the month of September with the previous 12 matches being played in October or November
Scouting the Opponent: Kansas State
-Kansas State is looking for its first win in Big 12 action after dropping its first three matches to Texas (3-2), Oklahoma (3-0) and West Virginia (3-0)
-In nonconference action, the Wildcats went 10-1 and were on an eight-match winning streak headed into league action
-After going five-sets with Texas last week, K-State received votes in the AVCA poll this week
-Kylee Zumach is pacing K-State with 4.02 kills per set which is good for No. 4 in the league
-Three other Wildcats are helping shoulder the load with over 2.00 kills per set - Gloria Mutiri (2.90 k/s), Alyssa Schultejans (2.40 k/s) and Elle Sandbothe (2.00 k/s)
-Sarah Dixon is guiding the offense with 11.44 assists per set which ranks second in the Big 12 and No. 10 nationally
-Schultejans is serving up the aces for the Wildcats with 0.44 aces per set which ranks second in the league and No. 47 nationally
Recap: at Kansas
-Despite winning the opening set, the TCU volleyball team could not hold on as Kansas won the next three to take the 3-1 (28-30, 27-25, 25-21, 25-21) victory on Saturday afternoon
-The Horned Frogs and the Jayhawks battled hard from the very first point with two of the sets going extra points to decide a winner
-élan McCall led the team in kills for the 10th time in 2018 with 19 in the match and completed her seventh double-double with 12 digs
-Anna Walsh chipped in 12 kills with Sarah Swanson and Katie Clark complimenting the offense with six kills each
-On defense, Lexi MacLean and Dani Dennison each picked up 14 digs while Walsh led the team with 6.0 blocks
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