Saturday, September 21
Houston, TX
2:00 PM
TCU
at
Rice
PREVIEW: TCU at Rice
9/20/2019 3:03:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Horned Frogs close out non-conference schedule on the road against Rice
FORT WORTH – TCU volleyball (5-4) looks to finish the non-conference season on a high note as the Horned Frogs travel down to Houston to battle Rice (10-1) Saturday afternoon inside Tudor Fieldhouse. First serve is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
Match Information
Last Match
-TCU is coming off a Wednesday evening loss to SMU, 3-0.
-Freshman outside hitter Julia Adams led the team with nine kills in the match but the match fell in favor of the Mustangs.
- TCU was efficient from the service line, once again. The Frogs are averaging just one service error per set in each of their last six sets played.
- Berklie Baker secured the lone TCU ace, extending her current streak to three-straight matches with a service ace. She has now hit at least one ace in eight of the nine matches played in 2019.
Nalls Well That Ends Well
-Freshman outside hitter Audrey Nalls was named Big 12 Rookie of the Week for her efforts last week (25 kills, six blocks and 10 digs).
-Nalls leads all Big 12 freshman in kills (114), kills per set (3.53) points (129) and points per set (4.0). She is sixth overall in the conference in kills per set and sixth in points per set through nine matches.
-The Waxahachie native has been the Horned Frogs primary offensive weapon all season as she leads the team in kills, attacks and points, playing all six rotations.
Power 5 Prowess
-Last weekend saw multiple career highs set by some of the veteran members of the team as TCU hosted Miami and Auburn.
-Sarah Langs set her new career-best against Auburn for blocks in a single match (seven), this came just two days after she set a then-career-best of six blocks against Miami.
-Sarah Swanson set a career mark in hitting percentage when she put up 10 kills on 11 attacks with no errors (.909 hitting pct.).
-In that same match, Ashley Waggle set her best hitting percentage, when she collected seven kills on 11 attacks without committing an error (.727 hitting pct.,).
-The Frogs showed marked improvement on the service line against Auburn, going the whole fourth and fifth sets without committing a service error, they only committed one in the final three sets of the match.
Afedo Manyang: Ace Queen
-Despite missing the three matches to injury, freshman middle blocker Afedo Manyang still leads the Big 12 in aces (14) and aces per set (0.82).
-She is the only Big 12 player to record more than three aces in a three-set match, having done so twice – four vs. High Point and five vs. Colorado St.
-As a team, TCU leads the Big 12 in aces per set, averaging 1.62 in the 29 sets played this season.
Freshmen Phenoms
-The Freshman Horned Frogs have provided plenty of evidence to back up their ranking as the fifth best recruiting class in the nation as TCU is led by freshmen in kills (Nalls), total attacks (Nalls), assists (Uçar), aces (Manyang) blocks/set (Manyang) and points (Nalls).
-Four Frogs have scored more than 50.0 points this season, three of which are freshman: Nalls (129.0), Julia Adams (80.0) and Manyang (53.5) The lone veteran among them is sophomore Katie Clark, who is second on the team, accounting for 83.0 points through nine matches.
-The Freshmen have accounted for 229 of TCU's 369 kills (62.1 percent) and 288.5 of the Horned Frogs 489 team points (59 percent).
Scouting the Opponent: Rice
-The Owls enter the match after securing one their biggest regular season wins in program history, a 3-2 victory over No. 3 Texas.
-The win advanced Rice's record to 10-1 this season with its lone loss coming on Sept. 14 against Stephen F. Austin.
-The Owls are led by their junior outside hitter, Nicole Lennon. Lennon is averaging 5.31 kills per set, including an average of 27 kills per match over her last three contests.
-This will be the 15th meeting all-time between TCU and Rice. The Owls lead the series 8-6, despite TCU winning each of the last two matchups.
For more information on TCU Volleyball visit GoFrogs.com and follow @TCUVolleyball on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
Match Information
| TCU at Rice | Saturday, September 21 | 2 p.m. | Watch |
Last Match
-TCU is coming off a Wednesday evening loss to SMU, 3-0.
-Freshman outside hitter Julia Adams led the team with nine kills in the match but the match fell in favor of the Mustangs.
- TCU was efficient from the service line, once again. The Frogs are averaging just one service error per set in each of their last six sets played.
- Berklie Baker secured the lone TCU ace, extending her current streak to three-straight matches with a service ace. She has now hit at least one ace in eight of the nine matches played in 2019.
Nalls Well That Ends Well
-Freshman outside hitter Audrey Nalls was named Big 12 Rookie of the Week for her efforts last week (25 kills, six blocks and 10 digs).
-Nalls leads all Big 12 freshman in kills (114), kills per set (3.53) points (129) and points per set (4.0). She is sixth overall in the conference in kills per set and sixth in points per set through nine matches.
-The Waxahachie native has been the Horned Frogs primary offensive weapon all season as she leads the team in kills, attacks and points, playing all six rotations.
Power 5 Prowess
-Last weekend saw multiple career highs set by some of the veteran members of the team as TCU hosted Miami and Auburn.
-Sarah Langs set her new career-best against Auburn for blocks in a single match (seven), this came just two days after she set a then-career-best of six blocks against Miami.
-Sarah Swanson set a career mark in hitting percentage when she put up 10 kills on 11 attacks with no errors (.909 hitting pct.).
-In that same match, Ashley Waggle set her best hitting percentage, when she collected seven kills on 11 attacks without committing an error (.727 hitting pct.,).
-The Frogs showed marked improvement on the service line against Auburn, going the whole fourth and fifth sets without committing a service error, they only committed one in the final three sets of the match.
Afedo Manyang: Ace Queen
-Despite missing the three matches to injury, freshman middle blocker Afedo Manyang still leads the Big 12 in aces (14) and aces per set (0.82).
-She is the only Big 12 player to record more than three aces in a three-set match, having done so twice – four vs. High Point and five vs. Colorado St.
-As a team, TCU leads the Big 12 in aces per set, averaging 1.62 in the 29 sets played this season.
Freshmen Phenoms
-The Freshman Horned Frogs have provided plenty of evidence to back up their ranking as the fifth best recruiting class in the nation as TCU is led by freshmen in kills (Nalls), total attacks (Nalls), assists (Uçar), aces (Manyang) blocks/set (Manyang) and points (Nalls).
-Four Frogs have scored more than 50.0 points this season, three of which are freshman: Nalls (129.0), Julia Adams (80.0) and Manyang (53.5) The lone veteran among them is sophomore Katie Clark, who is second on the team, accounting for 83.0 points through nine matches.
-The Freshmen have accounted for 229 of TCU's 369 kills (62.1 percent) and 288.5 of the Horned Frogs 489 team points (59 percent).
Scouting the Opponent: Rice
-The Owls enter the match after securing one their biggest regular season wins in program history, a 3-2 victory over No. 3 Texas.
-The win advanced Rice's record to 10-1 this season with its lone loss coming on Sept. 14 against Stephen F. Austin.
-The Owls are led by their junior outside hitter, Nicole Lennon. Lennon is averaging 5.31 kills per set, including an average of 27 kills per match over her last three contests.
-This will be the 15th meeting all-time between TCU and Rice. The Owls lead the series 8-6, despite TCU winning each of the last two matchups.
For more information on TCU Volleyball visit GoFrogs.com and follow @TCUVolleyball on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
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