Preview: vs. Iowa State

Friday, November 3

Fort Worth, Texas

6:00 PM

TCU

Iowa State

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11/2/2023 9:28:00 AM | Women's Volleyball

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Both matches begin at 6 p.m. on Big 12 Now on ESPN+

Match Information
TCU vs. Iowa State
Friday, Nov. 3 • 6 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 4 • 6 p.m.
Fort Worth, Texas • Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena
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TCU Notables
• Against No. 6 Texas, TCU set a new program attendance record with 7,412 spectators (10/18).
• It was also the highest attended women's sporting event in TCU athletics history.
• After defeating UCF 3-1 (10/27), TCU moved up to No. 36 in the RPI Ranking.
• TCU ranks 10th nationally with 2.75 blocks p/set.
• As a team, TCU ranks second in the Big 12 with 2.64 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.
• Sarah Sylvester is fourth in the Big 12 in blocks p/set (1.28) and Brianna Green is seventh (1.20).
• 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, 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 seventh in the NCAA in points p/set (5.37) and 12th in kills p/set (4.54). She is atop the Big 12 in points p/set as well.
• 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).
• Nalls has tallied 20+ kills in three of the past five matches and 10+ kills in 10 of the past 11 matches.
• Jalyn Gibson posted a career-high 23 kills in TCU's 3-1 win at UCF (10/27).
• One of the most consistent players, Gibson has tallied double-digit kills in 10 of the past 11 matches.
• In her first career start, Lily Nicholson tallied 56 assists and 13 digs against No. 6 Texas (10/18).
• Cecily Bramschreiber is eighth in the Big 12 averaging 3.65 digs p/set.
• Julia Adams currently ranks sixth on TCU's all-time kills list (1,150).
• 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.