Preview: at West Virginia

Saturday, October 14

Morgantown, W. Va.

1:00 PM

TCU

West Virginia

Preview: at West Virginia

10/13/2023 5:30:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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Horned Frogs face the Mountaineers on Saturday at 1 p.m. CT

MATCH INFORMATION
TCU at West Virginia
Saturday, Oct. 14 • 1 p.m. CT
Morgantown, W. Va. • WVU Coliseum
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TCU NOTABLES
• TCU is No. 33 in the current RPI rankings.
• Led by Sarah Sylvester (1.54) and Brianna Green (1.37), TCU ranks fourth nationally as a team with 3.07 blocks p/set.
• Sylvester (3rd) and Green (21st) make TCU the only school to have two players ranked in the Top 25 nationally in blocks p/set.
• As a team, TCU ranks first in the Big 12 with 3.33 blocks p/set in conference play.
• TCU's 22 blocks at Oklahoma (10/11) were the most by a Big 12 school in a single match this season.
• TCU is the only school in the Big 12 to tally 20+ blocks in a match this season, and the Frogs have done it twice this season.
• TCU also ranks first in the Big 12 in conference play, holding opponents to just a .152 hitting percentage.
• Through Big 12 play, Sylvester and Green rank first and second in the Big 12 in blocks p/set, respectively.
• Sylvester earned Big 12 Defensive POTW honors after tallying a career-best 13 blocks in TCU's win over USU (9/8).
• Her 13 blocks set the school record for the most blocks in a three-set match and are the second most in a match in TCU history.
• With a career-best 12 blocks at Texas A&M, Brianna Green became the eighth player in TCU history to tally 12 blocks in a match.
• Melanie Parra won her second Big 12 Offensive POTW honor behind 6.38 kills p/set in TCU's season sweep of Texas Tech (10/3).
• Parra is fourth in the NCAA in points p/set (5.58) and sixth in kills p/set (4.71). She is atop the Big 12 in both categories.
• Parra is the only player in the NCAA this season to have two matches with 33+ kills.
• Parra is the first player in program history to have two 34-kill matches in her career.
• She also earned AVCA National Player of the Week (9/19).
• Parra became the first TCU player since 2000 to tally 20+ kills and 20+ digs in a single match at Kansas State (22 kills, 21 digs).
• Audrey Nalls became the 13th player in program history to eclipse 1,000 career kills against Texas Tech (9/29).
• Jalyn Gibson has tallied her first six career double-doubles this year and has started 15 matches at outside hitter.
• Riley Buckley (9.00) ranks ninth in the Big 12 in assists p/set.
• Cecily Bramschreiber is 10th in the Big 12 averaging 3.34 digs p/set.
• With five kills at Oklahoma (10/11), Julia Adams is now sixth on TCU's all-time kills list with 1,129.
• TCU welcomes three key transfers (Buckley, Green, Parra) from Division I schools.
• Jaylen Clark, Lily Nicholson, Lydia Seymour and Megan Walsh have all made their TCU debuts this season.
• TCU was picked to finish fourth in the Big 12 Preseason Poll.
• TCU won its first NCAA Tournament match since 2016 with the 3-1 win over Washington (12/2/22).
• Adams, Green and Nalls are all electing to take their COVID year and will be with the Frogs for their fifth year.