TCU
Minnesota
Preview: TCU at Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge
8/24/2023 8:08:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
MATCH INFORMATION
TCU at Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge
When: Aug. 25-26
Where: Minneapolis, Minn.
TV: Big Ten Network
Live Stats: gophersports.com
TCU NOTABLES
• TCU opens the season receiving votes on the AVCA Preseason Poll. The Frogs come in at No. 35 with 20 votes.
• TCU was picked to finish fourth in the Big 12 Preseason Poll.
• The Horned Frogs return 69 percent of their offensive production, highlighted by Julia Adams and Audrey Nalls at outside hitter.
• TCU welcomes three key transfers to the roster: Riley Buckley (Missouri), Bri Green (Denver) and Melanie Parra (Texas).
• Seven freshmen also join the Horned Frogs this season.
• TCU will face six opponents throughout 2023 ranked in the AVCA Preseason rankings.
• TCU's schedule also features six teams that are receiving votes in the AVCA Preseason rankings.
• Additionally, the Frogs will go head-to-head with 14 2022 NCAA Tournament teams this season.
• Nalls, a unanimous 2022 All-Big 12 First Team selection, was named to the 2023 Preseason All-Big 12 Team.
• TCU won its first NCAA Tournament game since 2016 with the 3-1 win over Washington (12/2/22).
• TCU finished third in the Big 12 last season, the highest final standing since joining the conference in 2022.
• TCU's 11 Big 12 wins in 2022 were also a program best.
• TCU finished with its best-ever No. 39 final RPI ranking in 2022.
• TCU was the only Power Five school to double their overall win total and quintuple their conference victories from 2021.
• The Frogs posted a perfect 6-0 record at home during Big 12 Conference play
• TCU earned multiple First Team All-Big 12 selections (Nalls, Callie Williams) for the first time since 2018.
• Nalls was also named AVCA All-Southwest Region, the fifth Horned Frog in program history to receive the honor.
• Nalls' 424 kills was the most by a TCU player in a single season since 2003.
• Nalls led the Big 12 last season with four Big 12 Player of the Week honors.
• Adams ranks eighth in TCU history in all-time kills (1,095) and kills per set (3.00).
• Cecily Bramschreiber returns to the Frogs after being sidelined due to injury for most of the 2022 season.
• Adams, Green and Nalls are all electing to take their COVID year and will be with the Frogs for their fifth year.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
• Wisconsin advanced to the NCAA Final Four, while Minnesota made it all the way to the Sweet 16.
• Wisconsin has won four consecutive Big Ten Championships.
• Wisconsin has four players (Carter Booth, Sarah Franklin, Devyn Robinson, Temi Thomas-Ailara) on the Preseason All-Big Ten team.
• Three Golden Gophers (Kylie Murr, Melani Shaffmaster, Taylor Landfair) earned Preseason All-Big Ten honors.
• TCU is 0-4 all time against the Gophers and 0-3 against the Badgers.
• Last season, TCU faced Wisconsin twice – at the Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge and in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
