Saturday, November 16
Austin, TX
7:00 p.m.
TCU
at
Texas
Preview: TCU at No. 1 Texas
11/15/2019 12:44:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Horned Frogs embrace road test against top-ranked Texas
FORT WORTH – TCU volleyball (9-13, 4-8) carries a two-match win streak into Austin for a 7:00 p.m. contest with the No. 1 ranked Texas Longhorns (18-2, 12-0). The Horned Frogs have boasted one of the best offensive attacks in the conference over the last two matches. They will hope to continue that trend this weekend, in Austin. Saturday's match will be broadcasted on the Longhorn Network from inside Gregory Gymnasium.
Match Information
Quick Facts
-This will be the second meeting of the season between TCU and Texas.
-It will be the second chance for TCU to knock off the No. 1 ranked team, lost 3-0 to No. 1 Baylor on Oct. 12. TCU is 0-3 all-time against No. 1 ranked teams - 3-0 at Penn State (8/29/14) and 3-0 at Texas (10/30/13).
-The Horned Frogs are looking for its first victory inside the Gregory.
-TCU is coming off a 3-1 victory on the road over West Virginia on Wednesday
-McCall secured her first double-double of the season: 20 kills and 21 digs. It was her first 20/20 match of 2019 and second of her career – also vs. Louisiana (Sept. 7, 2018).
-She led the team in both kills and digs, marking her second career 20+ dig match.
McCall also led the team in hitting percentage (.356) her best mark of the season.
-Freshman Julia Adams stayed hot after earning Big 12 Offensive Player and Rookie of the Week on Monday. She finished with 17 kills, two digs and two blocks.
-Sophomore Katie Clark delivered double digit kills for the fourth consecutive match, finishing with 12. She also led the team in blocks, with four.
Freshman McKenzie Nichols put up her third straight double-double and sixth in 12 conference matches, posting 49 assists and 10 digs in the win. She has now tallied at least 40 assist and 10 digs in each of her last three matches.
Her 49 assists set a new career-high in a four-set match.
-Junior Dani Dennison earned 15 digs in the libero role. She has finished with at least 10 digs in four consecutive matches and five of her last six.
As a team, TCU delivered 62 kills, its second straight match to hit 60+ kills in a four-set match.
The Horned Frogs are averaging 15.75 kills/set in their last two matches.
The TCU defense tallied 65 digs, its most in a victory this season.
-Freshman McKenzie Nichols polished off her seventh double-double and fourth in her last five matches: 49 assists and 10 digs.
-She has now posted four double-doubles in conference play with at least 40 assists, the second most in the conference.
12-Carat Jewel
-Julia Adams exploded for a season-best 23 kills on .500 hitting with six blocks last saturday against Kansas.
-All three numbers were career high marks for the Plano native.
-Her output earned her Big 12 offensive player and rookie of the week honors (Nov. 3-9). Becoming the first Big 12 OPOW this season for TCU and third ROW.
-Her 23 kills in four sets ranks fourth in the Big 12 this season, first among freshman.
-She is the only player in the Big 12 this season to hit 20+ kills while maintaining a hitting percentage above .400 in a four-set match.
- Her 26.5 points is tied for the sixth most points collected in a single match by a Big 12 student-athlete this season and tied for second in four-set matches.
-She is the only freshman in the Big 12 to earn more than 25 points in a match this season.
-She followed that performance with 17 kills at WVU.
-She is now averaging 5.00 kills/set in her last two matches
Tough as Nalls
-Audrey Nalls leads all Big 12 freshman in points per set (3.40).
-She is tenth overall in the conference points per set through 22 matches.
-Nalls has emerged as one of the great all-around talents in the Big 12. She is the only freshman in the Big 12 with over 100 kills, 90 digs and 25 blocks in conference matches.
-At K-State, she tallied career-bests in aces (5), blocks (5.0) and digs (15), helping TCU set a Big 12 program record with 13 aces.
-She set a career-high in hitting percentage, collecting 13 kills on 23 attacks (.391 hitting percentage) against No. 6 Texas.
-Nalls has delivered at least eight kills in 18 of her 21 career college matches.
-She reached 200 career kills in just 61 sets, one of the fastest rates in program history, behind some familiar faces McCall (40 sets – 2018) and Jill Kramer (37 sets - 1996).
Nichols Drops Dimes
-Since taking over the setting duties before the Texas match, McKenzie Nichols has shown tremendous strides, setting a new career-best with 59 assists against Texas Tech (10/6) while tallying over 30 assists in eight of the last 10 matches, including 40+ assists in four of her last five.
-She is averaging 10.6 assists/set since taking over primary duties.
-She earned Big 12 Rookie of the Week honors after dropping 91 assists over the course of eight sets (11.38 assists/set) at the start of the month (10/2-10/6).
-Her 59 assists against Tech were the sixth most assists by a freshman in a single match in program history, the most recorded by a freshman in the 25-point set, rally scoring era.
-Her 59 assists stand as the most by a setter in Big 12 play this season and is tied for the second-most assists in a single match by a Big 12 setter this season.
-She has posted six double-doubles in Big 12 play, second most in the conference by a setter. She tallied 40 or more assists in four of those performances (including three straight), only Zerwas (WVU) has more 40+ assist double-doubles in Big 12 play this season.
Last Match vs Texas:
-TCU recorded the sixth highest attendance in program history, with 2,171 in attendance inside The Rickel.
-Freshman Audrey Nalls finished with 13 kills on a season-best .391 hitting percentage in the loss.
-She also led the team in digs, finishing with eight.
-Redshirt junior outside hitter Ashley Waggle had another strong performance offensively, finishing with nine kills. The second in a stretch of seven straight matches with at least nine kills.
-She entered conference play with a career-high of nine kills, a mark she met or surpassed in each of her last two matches (10 vs. K-State and 9 vs. Texas).
-Freshman setter McKenzie Nichols set a then-season-best with 32 assists tonight, her first 30+ assist match as a Horned Frog.
-Sophomore élan McCall delivered her first point of the season from the back row, securing TCU's lone ace of the evening.
Scouting the Opponent: Texas
-Texas enters play with an unblemished 12-0 record in conference play.
-The Longhorns have not lost a home match in conference play since Oct. 25, 2014 (3-0 vs Oklahoma) when current TCU Graduate Assistant Julia Doyle delivered 30 assists to help the Sooners sweep UT.
-Texas leads the nation in hitting percentage, terminating attacks at a .333 clip.
-They are led by Micaya White (4.01 kills/set) and Logan Eggleston (3.62 kills/set), both of whom are hitting over .300 this season.
-The longhorns took the previous match in Fort Worth in three sets - October, 2.
-UT leads the all-time series 17-1 with the lone TCU win coming back in 2015, a three-set sweep in Fort Worth.
For more information on TCU Volleyball visit GoFrogs.com and follow @TCUVolleyball on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
Match Information
| TCU at UT | Saturday, November 16 | 7 p.m. | Longhorn Network | Live Stats |
Quick Facts
-This will be the second meeting of the season between TCU and Texas.
-It will be the second chance for TCU to knock off the No. 1 ranked team, lost 3-0 to No. 1 Baylor on Oct. 12. TCU is 0-3 all-time against No. 1 ranked teams - 3-0 at Penn State (8/29/14) and 3-0 at Texas (10/30/13).
-The Horned Frogs are looking for its first victory inside the Gregory.
-TCU is coming off a 3-1 victory on the road over West Virginia on Wednesday
-McCall secured her first double-double of the season: 20 kills and 21 digs. It was her first 20/20 match of 2019 and second of her career – also vs. Louisiana (Sept. 7, 2018).
-She led the team in both kills and digs, marking her second career 20+ dig match.
McCall also led the team in hitting percentage (.356) her best mark of the season.
-Freshman Julia Adams stayed hot after earning Big 12 Offensive Player and Rookie of the Week on Monday. She finished with 17 kills, two digs and two blocks.
-Sophomore Katie Clark delivered double digit kills for the fourth consecutive match, finishing with 12. She also led the team in blocks, with four.
Freshman McKenzie Nichols put up her third straight double-double and sixth in 12 conference matches, posting 49 assists and 10 digs in the win. She has now tallied at least 40 assist and 10 digs in each of her last three matches.
Her 49 assists set a new career-high in a four-set match.
-Junior Dani Dennison earned 15 digs in the libero role. She has finished with at least 10 digs in four consecutive matches and five of her last six.
As a team, TCU delivered 62 kills, its second straight match to hit 60+ kills in a four-set match.
The Horned Frogs are averaging 15.75 kills/set in their last two matches.
The TCU defense tallied 65 digs, its most in a victory this season.
-Freshman McKenzie Nichols polished off her seventh double-double and fourth in her last five matches: 49 assists and 10 digs.
-She has now posted four double-doubles in conference play with at least 40 assists, the second most in the conference.
12-Carat Jewel
-Julia Adams exploded for a season-best 23 kills on .500 hitting with six blocks last saturday against Kansas.
-All three numbers were career high marks for the Plano native.
-Her output earned her Big 12 offensive player and rookie of the week honors (Nov. 3-9). Becoming the first Big 12 OPOW this season for TCU and third ROW.
-Her 23 kills in four sets ranks fourth in the Big 12 this season, first among freshman.
-She is the only player in the Big 12 this season to hit 20+ kills while maintaining a hitting percentage above .400 in a four-set match.
- Her 26.5 points is tied for the sixth most points collected in a single match by a Big 12 student-athlete this season and tied for second in four-set matches.
-She is the only freshman in the Big 12 to earn more than 25 points in a match this season.
-She followed that performance with 17 kills at WVU.
-She is now averaging 5.00 kills/set in her last two matches
Tough as Nalls
-Audrey Nalls leads all Big 12 freshman in points per set (3.40).
-She is tenth overall in the conference points per set through 22 matches.
-Nalls has emerged as one of the great all-around talents in the Big 12. She is the only freshman in the Big 12 with over 100 kills, 90 digs and 25 blocks in conference matches.
-At K-State, she tallied career-bests in aces (5), blocks (5.0) and digs (15), helping TCU set a Big 12 program record with 13 aces.
-She set a career-high in hitting percentage, collecting 13 kills on 23 attacks (.391 hitting percentage) against No. 6 Texas.
-Nalls has delivered at least eight kills in 18 of her 21 career college matches.
-She reached 200 career kills in just 61 sets, one of the fastest rates in program history, behind some familiar faces McCall (40 sets – 2018) and Jill Kramer (37 sets - 1996).
Nichols Drops Dimes
-Since taking over the setting duties before the Texas match, McKenzie Nichols has shown tremendous strides, setting a new career-best with 59 assists against Texas Tech (10/6) while tallying over 30 assists in eight of the last 10 matches, including 40+ assists in four of her last five.
-She is averaging 10.6 assists/set since taking over primary duties.
-She earned Big 12 Rookie of the Week honors after dropping 91 assists over the course of eight sets (11.38 assists/set) at the start of the month (10/2-10/6).
-Her 59 assists against Tech were the sixth most assists by a freshman in a single match in program history, the most recorded by a freshman in the 25-point set, rally scoring era.
-Her 59 assists stand as the most by a setter in Big 12 play this season and is tied for the second-most assists in a single match by a Big 12 setter this season.
-She has posted six double-doubles in Big 12 play, second most in the conference by a setter. She tallied 40 or more assists in four of those performances (including three straight), only Zerwas (WVU) has more 40+ assist double-doubles in Big 12 play this season.
Last Match vs Texas:
-TCU recorded the sixth highest attendance in program history, with 2,171 in attendance inside The Rickel.
-Freshman Audrey Nalls finished with 13 kills on a season-best .391 hitting percentage in the loss.
-She also led the team in digs, finishing with eight.
-Redshirt junior outside hitter Ashley Waggle had another strong performance offensively, finishing with nine kills. The second in a stretch of seven straight matches with at least nine kills.
-She entered conference play with a career-high of nine kills, a mark she met or surpassed in each of her last two matches (10 vs. K-State and 9 vs. Texas).
-Freshman setter McKenzie Nichols set a then-season-best with 32 assists tonight, her first 30+ assist match as a Horned Frog.
-Sophomore élan McCall delivered her first point of the season from the back row, securing TCU's lone ace of the evening.
Scouting the Opponent: Texas
-Texas enters play with an unblemished 12-0 record in conference play.
-The Longhorns have not lost a home match in conference play since Oct. 25, 2014 (3-0 vs Oklahoma) when current TCU Graduate Assistant Julia Doyle delivered 30 assists to help the Sooners sweep UT.
-Texas leads the nation in hitting percentage, terminating attacks at a .333 clip.
-They are led by Micaya White (4.01 kills/set) and Logan Eggleston (3.62 kills/set), both of whom are hitting over .300 this season.
-The longhorns took the previous match in Fort Worth in three sets - October, 2.
-UT leads the all-time series 17-1 with the lone TCU win coming back in 2015, a three-set sweep in Fort Worth.
For more information on TCU Volleyball visit GoFrogs.com and follow @TCUVolleyball on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
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