TCU Stifles the Sooners

Friday, March 26

Norman, Okla.

7 PM

TCU

3-15,2-11Big 12

Oklahoma

4-13,3-10Big 12

TCU

Oklahoma

3/26/2021 10:08:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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The Horned Frogs rack up 11 blocks and hit .280 to earn their first conference victory of the spring

NORMAN, Okla. -- TCU volleyball dominated the final two sets of a 3-1 victory over Oklahoma on Friday night inside McCasland Field House in Norman Oklahoma. The Horned Frogs racked up nine blocks and four aces to win the final two sets in runaway fashion, winning their second road match of the spring: 25-20, 17-25, 25-15, 25-13.

The Horned Frogs played one of their most compete matches of the season, racking up 51 kills on .280 hitting as a team and siding out at a 67.6 percent clip for the match. The Frogs held Oklahoma to -.017 hitting in the final two sets to secure their first victory in Norman since 2017.

TCU NOTABLES:

TCU set a new season high, hitting .280 as a team with 51 kills.
The Horned Frogs have hit over .250 with at least 50 kills in back-to-back matches for the first time since 2016 (Sept. 21-25 vs. TTU and at ISU).
Julia Adams led the team with 18 kills on .295 hitting.
It was the 10^th time this season she has delivered 10 or more kills, the most on the team.
Eight of Adams' kills came in the first set.
Adams has now hit 207 kills this season, her second 200 kill season in as many years.
Katie Clark posted another in a string of strong performances this spring, finishing with 11 kills and 5 blocks on .389 hitting.
Her five blocks are the most ever by a Horned Frog against Oklahoma in a four-set match.
Over her last three matches, Clark is averaging 3.54 kills/set on .407 hitting with 1.38 blocks/set.
Afedo Manyang hit .300 tonight with nine kills, her third .300+ hitting match of the year and the eighth such match of her career.
McKenzie Nichols set a new career high with three aces tonight and no errors. That is tied for the second most aces any Horned Frog has ever achieved against the Sooners and the most in a four-set match.
Nichols added 44 assists and eight digs. It was her third straight 40+ assist match and her ninth overall this season.
Nichols has averaged 11 assists/set in half of her matches this season when she has been starting in the 6-1 rotation system.
For the third straight match, Kate Georgiades led the team in digs, with 17.
Georgiades is now averaging 4.61 digs/set in the three matches she has played at libero.
Dennison finished with 11 digs, extending her career total to 1,322.
She holds the third most digs in program history, 12 digs behind 2nd place (Katelyn Blackwood).
Ashley Wehrstein recorded an ace to clinch the third set. She has recorded an ace in three-straight matches for the first time in her career.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
Set 1 (TCU, 25-20): When TCU needed a kill, Julia Adams was the solution as TCU seized momentum by stringing together a couple of runs in the middle of the set to take the advantage. With the score tied, 9-9, The Frogs rattled off a 9-4 run fueled by kills and a solo block from Adams along with an ace from Dennison, to go in front, 18-13. TCU would nurse that lead to a five-point set victory thanks to a total of eight kills from Adams on 13 swings. Clark was a terrific second option in the offensive arsenal, delivering four kills on five swings down the middle, adding a block for good measure. Dennison was the stalwart on the back row, leading the team with four digs and successfully receiving all six serves sent her way.
Set 2 (OU, 25-17): The Sooners jumped in front, 12-5, and TCU never managed to get the score much closer as OU won the second set. The Sooners offense found plenty of holes in the Horned Frog defense this set, giving Jill Kramer plenty to talk about in the five-minute break before the third.

Set 3 (TCU, 25-15): The Horned Frogs came into the third set with renewed energy and answered the defensive challenges of the previous set with a dominant third set performance. TCU went on a 14-4 run to turn a 5-5 score into a 19-7 blowout thanks to three kills from Katie Clark, a good run of serves from Georgiades and a pair of blocks from Manyang, Clark and Audrey Nalls. The set was clinched by an ace from Wehrstein to give TCU it's most lopsided set victory of the spring, that is, until the fourth set result came in. Clark, Adams and Manyang combined for 10 kills and MyKayla Myers, Nalls and Manyang each posted two blocks in the set.

Set 4 (TCU, 25-13): With the victory in sight, the Frogs pounced, once more going on a big run at the 5-5 mark to go ahead, 12-6. The TCU block was unavoidable as Clark led the Frogs to five blocks as a team, forcing OU into difficult attacking positions and forcing plenty of Sooner errors. Manyang and Adams led the team with three kills each as Clark added two kills and three blocks. Georgiades was all over the back row, seeking out seven digs to give TCU plenty of chances. By the end of the set, TCU had hit .308 with 11 kills while holding Oklahoma to -.094 hitting to reset the mark for the largest margin of victory in a set this spring.

UP NEXT
The Horned Frogs will go for the series sweep tomorrow when TCU takes on Oklahoma at 4 p.m. inside McCasland Field House.

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