Horned Frogs Come Up Short at No. 1 Texas

Friday, October 15

Austin, TX

7 PM

TCU

7-9,1-5Big 12

Texas

15-0,6-0Big 12

TCU

Texas

Horned Frogs Come Up Short at No. 1 Texas

10/15/2021 10:13:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score TCU at Texas 10:15

Manyang hits seven kills in the third set as TCU falls to Texas

AUSTIN – TCU Volleyball battled the top-ranked Texas Longhorns but ultimately fell short, 3-0, on Friday night inside Gregory Gymnasium. Junior Afedo Manyang made seven kills in a hotly contested third set before Texas claimed the win.

"Although we were competitive early in each set, we did not pass as well tonight and gave up too many point runs to stay in it," head coach Jill Kramer said. "We created a lot of opportunities with our block and defense, but needed to be more aggressive in our transition offense to close points out. Overall, we made some improvements as a team in this series and are looking forward to getting back in the gym this week to prepare for Kansas State."

TCU NOTABLES:

TCU served three aces tonight for a combined 11 aces over the series – the most aces against Texas in a single season in program history.
Senior Dani Dennison led the team with 11 digs, her 73^rd career double-digit dig performance.
She finished the weekend with 20 digs, for a new career-total of 1,461, the most digs in program history.
Manyang and junior Audrey Nalls led the Frogs with eight kills each. Manyang made seven kills on nine swings (.667%) in the third set.
TCU hit .348 against Texas in the final set.
Manyang finished with eight kills and two blocks – her fourth straight match with at least five kills and two blocks.
Freshman Cecily Bramschreiber served an ace in the third set, improving her ace streak to three matches.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
Set 1 (UT, 25-13): TCU started off strong as Dennison made four digs in the first nine points to boost TCU to a 6-3 lead but Texas tied the score, 7-7. The surge from Texas ended in an 8-2 scoring run, putting Texas in front ,11-8. The Longhorns never relinquished the lead from that point on, winning the set by 12. Six Frogs made kills in the set, Dennison led the defense with five digs.

Set 2 (UT, 25-14): TCU went in front, 3-1, thanks to an ace from Dennison but Texas responded with a 15-4 scoring run and would take the set by 11 points. Nalls became the go-to attacker for the Frogs in the set, finding success with her hard swings tooling the Texas block. She finished with four kills while Dennison led the defense with three digs.

Set 3 (UT, 25-22): The Frogs jumped in front early once again, this time because of the strong play of Manyang on the right side. The Fort Worth native provided a surge of offense with five kills in the early stages of the set as TCU led Texas 15-11 at the media timeout. Four straight Longhorn aces fueled a 6-0 Texas run after the timeout putting the lead in UT's favor for the remainder of the match. TCU cut the lead to just one point, 21-22, but Texas closed out the set for its 15^th win of the season. TCU hit .348 against Texas in the final frame, its highest hitting percentage of the weekend in a single set.

UP NEXT:
The Horned Frogs (7-9, 1-5) return to Fort Worth to prepare for next week's home series against Kansas State. The Frogs will host the Wildcats next Thursday (Oct. 21) and Friday (Oct. 22) inside Schollmaier Arena.

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