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GoFrogs: NCAA First Round vs. No. 22 Florida State Preview
Match Information
NCAA First Round
TCU (16-14, 8-10 Big 12) vs. No. 22 Florida State (23-8, 16-2 ACC)
Friday, Dec. 1 • 4:30 p.m.
Fayetteville, Ark. • Barnhill Arena
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TCU Notables
• TCU advanced to its second straight NCAA Tournament. It's the fifth NCAA Tournament appearance in program history.
• Melanie Parra (First Team), Jalyn Gibson (Second Team) and Audrey Nalls (Second Team) all earned 2023 All-Big 12 honors.
• It's the first time since 2018 that TCU has produced three All-Conference honorees.
• Parra became the 11th player in program history to tally 400 kills in a single season – she currently has 445.
• Her 445 kills this season is currently eighth on TCU's all-time single season kills list.
• Parra is a two-time Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (9/19, 10/3) and earned AVCA National Player of the Week honors (9/19).
• Parra is 13th in the NCAA in points p/set (5.18) and 17th in kills p/set (4.36). She finished second in both categories in the Big 12.
• Parra is the first player in program history to have two 34-kill matches in her career.
• 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).
• Jalyn Gibson ranks second on the team with 3.21 kills p/set and third on the team with 2.32 digs p/set.
• Gibson posted a career-high 23 kills in TCU's 3-1 win at UCF (10/27).
• One of the most consistent players on TCU's roster, Gibson has tallied double-digit kills in 21 matches this season.
• Audrey Nalls is the 13th player in program history to eclipse 1,000 career kills against Texas Tech (9/29).
• Nalls currently ranks sixth on TCU's all-time kills list with 1,223.
• Nalls has recorded 10+ kills in 16 matches this season while making 22 starts.
• Combined, Gibson, Nalls and Parra have tallied 31 double-doubles this season.
• TCU ranks 30th nationally and third in the Big 12 with 2.57 blocks p/set.
• TCU's 22 blocks at Oklahoma (10/11) were the most by a Big 12 school in a single match this season.
• Sarah Sylvester is sixth in the Big 12 in blocks p/set (1.18) and Brianna Green is seventh (1.15).
• 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, Bri Green became the eighth player in TCU history to tally 12 blocks in a match.
• TCU also ranks third through Big 12 play, averaging 14.96 digs p/set.
• Cecily Bramschreiber is fifth in Big 12 play averaging 3.82 digs p/set.
• In her first career start, Lily Nicholson tallied 56 assists and 13 digs against No. 6 Texas (10/18).
• Jaylen Clark, Lily Nicholson, Lydia Seymour and Megan Walsh have all made their TCU debuts this season.
• Against No. 6 Texas, TCU set a new volleyball attendance record with 7,142 spectators.
NCAA Tournament Notables
• TCU qualified for back-to-back NCAA Tournaments for the second time in program history (2015-16, 2022-23).
• TCU is 3-4 all time in the NCAA Tournament.
• TCU won its first round game over Washington, 3-1, in 2022.
• The Washington win was the first NCAA win for TCU since 2016.
• TCU first advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 2009 when the Frogs defeated Rice, 3-0 (12/3/09).
• TCU has never faced an ACC team in the NCAA Tournament.
• TCU has never advanced past the second round.
• TCU played Florida State earlier this season (Sept. 15) and won in four sets.
