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Preview: Wildcat Spring Challenge
4/3/2025 7:07:00 PM | Women's Beach Volleyball
TCU to face all Big 12 opponents in Arizona
TUSCON, Ariz. – No. 1 TCU Beach Volleyball (15-3) heads west this weekend to compete at the Wildcat Spring Challenge on Friday and Saturday. The Horned Frogs will go head-to-head with Pepperdine, followed by match ups against all their Big 12 Conference opponents: Utah, Arizona and No. 12 Arizona State. TCU has only seen the Sun Devils this season, which the Frogs won 4-1 on Feb. 21.
Heading into this weekend, the Sandy Frogs are sitting on top of the AVCA Coaches Poll with their first No. 1 ranking since 2023. TCU improved its overall record to 15-3 following last weekend's play, with three more ranked wins under its belt: No. 5 Stanford, No. 9 LBSU and No. 1 UCLA.
Allanis Navas and Sofia Izuzquiza swept the pair of the week accolades, notching both the national AVCA/CBVB and Big 12 Conference honors. The pairing has held a 10-0 record in the No. 3 position starting March 7 and have only dropped one set together since, which came on March 8 vs. Texas.
Individually, Navas and Anhelina Khmil are on the hunt for different career win milestones. After notching her 97th win against No. 1 UCLA, Navas has the potential to hit 100 career wins this weekend. Sitting at 72 wins, Khmil could notch her 75-career wins milestone.
Head Coach Hector Gutierrez has 203 career wins following the Death Volley Invitational. This weekend he could hit 207 wins since being named head coach in 2017.
Follow Along
Live stats are available for the weekend. Click here to access the links. Fans can also stay up to date with scores by visiting @tcubeachvb on X.
The times listed below are all in Central Standard Time.
Friday
Noon – vs. Pepperdine
4:00 p.m. – vs. Utah
Saturday
11:00 a.m. – vs. No. 12 Arizona State
Noon – vs. Arizona
Scouting the Opposition
Pepperdine (11-8) received one vote in the AVCA rankings this week to be included in the Top 20. In the all-time series versus TCU, the Waves hold the lead 5-4.
Utah (17-7) is second in the Big 12 and is coming off a 3-1 weekend. Last weekend, the Utes saw wins over UC Davis (3-2), Boise State (3-2) and Oregon (4-1), while falling to conference opponent Arizona (3-2). The meeting on April 4 is the first time TCU will face Utah.
Arizona (14-7) received one vote in the AVCA rankings this week to be included in the Top 20. The Wildcats went 3-0 last weekend at the Utah Invitational downing UC Davis (5-0), Oregon (3-2) and Utah (3-2). Against TCU, Arizona holds the all-time series lead 4-1.
No. 12 Arizona State (14-8) went 4-0 last week, taking down UAB (5-0), No. 19 Washington (4-1), UTEP (5-0), and South Carolina (4-1). TCU holds the lead in the all-time series, 4-3, against the Sun Devils.
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