TCU Drops Opener at No. 2 Wisconsin

Friday, August 27

Madison, Wis.

6 PM

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TCU Drops Opener at No. 2 Wisconsin

8/27/2021 9:22:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Madi Cole Leads Match with 4 Blocks in Collegiate Debut

MADISON, Wisc. -- TCU volleyball (0-1) fell to No. 2 Wisconsin on Friday night at the Wisconsin Field House in Madison, Wisc. Sophomore middle blocker Madi Cole led all players with four blocks in her first collegiate match, the most blocks by a Horned Frog in their debut match in the Big 12 era.

"It was good to start the season playing in front of a great environment like this," head coach Jill Kramer said. "We have missed competing in front of fans. We had some keys coming into this match that we needed to do a better job of. Our serve and pass game wasn't where we wanted it to be and we needed to be much more aggressive offensively. I thought McKenzie [Nichols] gave our attackers some good looks. Madi Cole had an outstanding performance in her first live match in her third year in the program. She started tonight and hit .600, leading the whole match in blocks. Cecily [Bramschreiber] made her first start at libero for us and made some great plays. We are looking forward to competing again tomorrow against Minnesota."

TCU NOTABLES:

Redshirt sophomore Madi Cole led all players in the match with four blocks – the most blocks by a Horned Frog playing in their collegiate debut in the TCU/Big 12 era.
Cole registered three kills on five swings (.600 hitting) to lead the team as well.
Junior middle blocker MyKayla Myers led TCU with 11 kills on .381 hitting.
It was her sixth double-digit kill performance of her career and her 11^th .300+ hitting performance.
Freshman Cecily Bramschreiber made her first-career start at libero, delivering a team-best 10 digs, tied for the most in the match on either side of the net.
Super senior Dani Dennison finished with five digs tonight, bringing her career total to 1,337 – the second most in program history. She is now 96 digs shy of tying the program record.
Junior McKenzie Nichols finished with 21 assists tonight.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
Set 1 (UW, 25-13): The Badgers used the momentum from their home crowd to jump in front, 6-1, forcing a TCU timeout. After the timeout Myers rattled off a pair of kills back-to-back to bring the Horned Frogs back into the set. Wisconsin responded with a 7-1 run, extending the margin to 14-5 and eventually take the set by 12 points. Myers and Raiola led the team with three kills each while Dennison, Bella Swafford and Bramschreiber paced the defense with three digs apiece.

Set 2 (UW, 25-15): TCU took its first lead of the match (3-2) when Bramschreiber showed off her athleticism, diving to save a ball off a would-be Badger block, leading to a kill from Nichols. Wisconsin reclaimed the lead over the next two points, a lead it would hold onto for the remainder of play. Myers and Raiola brought TCU to within two points (8-10) with a physical block up the middle, but the Badgers rattled off an 8-1 run to go in front for good, eventually claiming a 24-11 advantage. TCU fought off four set points thanks to a kill and a block from Cole but UW took the set, 25-15. Myers led the Horned Frogs with three kills once again while Bramschreiber posted five digs in the middle frame.

Set 3 (UW, 25-18): The Badgers vaulted themselves to an 8-2 advantage to start the third set. TCU found its rhythm on offense later in the set, going on a 5-2 run capped off by a solo block from Cole up the middle to close the gap to 22-15 but UW closed out the set to claim the victory. Myers, once again, led the team in kills this set, posting five. Cole dished out a pair of blocks, while Nichols delivered her highest assist total in a set for the match, with nine.

UP NEXT:
The Horned Frogs will play in day two of the Big Ten/ Big 12 Challenge on Saturday night, when they face off with No. 7 Minnesota at 8:30 p.m. CT on the B1G Network.

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