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FORT WORTH – No. 22 TCU volleyball hits the road for its final two matches of the regular season. The Horned Frogs will take on West Virginia on Wednesday, Nov.
GoFrogs: TCU VB at West Virginia and Cincinnati Previews
FORT WORTH – No. 22 TCU volleyball hits the road for its final two matches of the regular season. The Horned Frogs will take on West Virginia on Wednesday, Nov. 27, at 6 p.m. CT and Cincinnati on Friday, Nov. 29 at 1 p.m.
TCU NOTABLES
• TCU is coming off its best two serving matches of the season. The last time it had 10+ aces in back-to-back matches was November 2016 (12 vs. Texas Tech and 10 vs. WVU).
• The Horned Frogs are eying their first 20-win season since 2011 (25-7).
• TCU's 11 wins in Big 12 play this season are tied for its most since joining the conference.
• Sarah Sylvester recorded her 300th career block last week. The junior's 126 total rejections this year are the 10th most in a single season in school history.
• Setter Lily Nicholson became the eighth Horned Frog in program history to record 1,000 assists in a single season. The sophomore ranks 28th nationally this year with 10.44 assists per set.
• Melanie Parra is just 12 kills away from passing Ellen Rehme (501 in 2004) for the most kills in a single season in the Rally Scoring Era. Last week, she broke her own single season points program record with her 570th of the year.
• Parra is the first player in Division I women's volleyball history to win back-to-back AVCA/GameChanger Player of the Week honors (Sept. 10 & 17).
• Ranked for the 12th straight week, TCU is holding strong at No. 22 in the AVCA/TARAFLEX Coaches' Poll.
• With a win over Iowa State on Nov. 1, Jason Williams secured his 50th career win to become the fastest coach in TCU volleyball history to achieve the milestone.
• The Frogs boast the No. 15 RPI in the country coming into the week.
REWRITING THE RECORD BOOK
• Melanie Parra is rewriting the record books at TCU, breaking her own program record set last year for most points in a single season.
• The senior has 570.0 and counting through 26 contests, topping her 569.0 in 29 matches played last season.
• She also is on track to tally the most kills by Horned Frog in a single season in the rally scoring era, just 12 away from passing Ellen Rehme (501 in 2004).
SENIOR SENDOFF
• With emotions running high on senior day, TCU swept Texas Tech in front of 3,012 fans, the sixth-largest crowd in program history.
• Ashlyn Bourland, Cecily Bramschreiber, Melanie Parra and Stephanie Young earned starts in their final regular season match at home.
• They were heavily involved, combining for 19 kills, 20 assists and 16 digs on the night.
• Further, all four seniors recorded an ace in the win, led by Bramschreiber, who tied her career-high with four.
• From ranked victories to receiving their first national ranking in school history, the senior class will leave a lasting impact for years to come.
CHASING 1,000
• Entering the match with 983 kills, Melanie Parra tallied 22 on a .362 clip to collect her 1,000th career kill on Oct. 19.
• What makes the feat even more impressive is how quickly Parra reached the milestone.
• In three seasons at Texas, she only totaled 169 kills across 171 sets played.
• Since transferring to TCU in 2023, she has seen her production skyrocket, racking up 972 kills in 208 sets to eclipse 1,000 in her career.
• Just 28 kills away from 1,000 in her Horned Frog career, Parra looks to become the become the 14th player in TCU history with 1,000 kills.
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