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Horned Frogs Fall in Heartbreaker
FORT WORTH, Texas – After going down 2-0 in the match, the TCU volleyball team battled back to force a decisive fifth set but No. 4 Texas proved to be too much as they took a 3-2 (25-23, 25-22, 20-25, 18-25, 15-12) victory on Wednesday night in front of a sold-out crowd at The Rickel inside the University Recreation Center.
The Horned Frogs (10-5, 2-2 Big 12) did not falter after the Longhorns (9-3, 4-0 Big 12) took the 2-0 lead and used strong hitting by a pair of rookies, a season-high team digs and nine service aces to take the next two sets and force the fifth set. After a kill by Katie Clark to put TCU up 12-10 in the final set, Texas used its experience to rattle off five straight points to steal the set and take the match.
Despite the loss, TCU beat Texas in four statistical categories including kills (62 to 61), assists (62 to 60), service aces (9 to 6) and digs (87 to 77). TCU held Texas to its lowest hitting percentage of the season (.210) as the Frogs' nine service aces and 87 digs were both season-highs. Three players scored double-digit kills for TCU with élan McCall leading the way with 24 kills, with Clark chipping in 17 and Anna Walsh finishing with 10. McCall recorded double-double No. 9 with 17 digs in the match with Lexi MacLean and Berklie Baker leading the way with 18 digs and Dani Dennison good for 16 digs.
Stats of the Match
1,007 – Anna Walsh became the 11th player in program history to surpass 1,000 career kills and now has 1,007.
Quotes from the Match
Head Coach Jill Kramer
Opening Statement
"I think our team fought really hard tonight especially after being down 0-2 and coming back. We had to get back to ourselves because we missed a ton of serves the first couple of sets and that is a big part of our game. In the first set especially, I kept telling them that the tough things and the hard rallies we are doing really well and we kind of dropped the ball on some easy stuff. We cleaned that up a little bit and started serving a lot tougher and looking like ourselves. We had a lot of great performances out of a lot of people and I like how we stuck with it and kept fighting. We had a really good time and a lot of fun playing together and getting the most out of each other. We just have to go back to video tonight and tomorrow and get better from it and come back and play Saturday."
Notes
-TCU moves to 10-5 on the season and 2-2 in Big 12 play with the loss on Wednesday
-Texas moves to 15-1 all-time against the Frogs with the win as the match on Wednesday marked the first time the teams battled to five sets
-élan McCall scored her ninth double-double of the season and fifth straight with 24 kills and 17 digs
-The 24 kills by McCall marked the 15th straight match she has recorded double-digit kills. The streak is now tied with Anna Vaughn who had 15 to start the 2006 season for the most in program history.
-McCall also record 20+ kills for the sixth time this season
-Katie Clark recorded double-digit kills for the first time in her career with 17 against Texas
-Clark also had a .424 hitting clip to mark the fifth time recording a .300 hitting percentage or better in a match
-Anna Walsh put down 10 kills in the match to mark the 12th time in 2018 recording double-digit kills
-Lexi MacLean led the defense for the eighth time with 18 digs for her 11th double-digit dig match of the season
-Tori Dilfer dished out 50 assists to mark the fifth time in her career with 50+ assists in a match
-Berklie Baker finished with a career-high 18 digs for her eighth double-digit dig match of the season
-TCU served up nine aces against Texas to mark the ninth time in 2018 and third time in Big 12 play with 5+ team service aces in a match
-The 2,018 fans in attendance were the most in 2018 and the ninth most in program history
-TCU sold-out the match for the sixth time this season
Up Next
TCU will finish up its week at home by hosting Texas Tech on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 1 p.m., with the match set to air live on FOX Sports Southwest Plus.
Horned Frogs Fall in Heartbreaker
FORT WORTH, Texas – After going down 2-0 in the match, the TCU volleyball team battled back to force a decisive fifth set but No. 4 Texas proved to be too much as they took a 3-2 (25-23, 25-22, 20-25, 18-25, 15-12) victory on Wednesday night in front of a sold-out crowd at The Rickel inside the University Recreation Center.
The Horned Frogs (10-5, 2-2 Big 12) did not falter after the Longhorns (9-3, 4-0 Big 12) took the 2-0 lead and used strong hitting by a pair of rookies, a season-high team digs and nine service aces to take the next two sets and force the fifth set. After a kill by Katie Clark to put TCU up 12-10 in the final set, Texas used its experience to rattle off five straight points to steal the set and take the match.
Despite the loss, TCU beat Texas in four statistical categories including kills (62 to 61), assists (62 to 60), service aces (9 to 6) and digs (87 to 77). TCU held Texas to its lowest hitting percentage of the season (.210) as the Frogs' nine service aces and 87 digs were both season-highs. Three players scored double-digit kills for TCU with élan McCall leading the way with 24 kills, with Clark chipping in 17 and Anna Walsh finishing with 10. McCall recorded double-double No. 9 with 17 digs in the match with Lexi MacLean and Berklie Baker leading the way with 18 digs and Dani Dennison good for 16 digs.
Stats of the Match
1,007 – Anna Walsh became the 11th player in program history to surpass 1,000 career kills and now has 1,007.
Quotes from the Match
Head Coach Jill Kramer
Opening Statement
"I think our team fought really hard tonight especially after being down 0-2 and coming back. We had to get back to ourselves because we missed a ton of serves the first couple of sets and that is a big part of our game. In the first set especially, I kept telling them that the tough things and the hard rallies we are doing really well and we kind of dropped the ball on some easy stuff. We cleaned that up a little bit and started serving a lot tougher and looking like ourselves. We had a lot of great performances out of a lot of people and I like how we stuck with it and kept fighting. We had a really good time and a lot of fun playing together and getting the most out of each other. We just have to go back to video tonight and tomorrow and get better from it and come back and play Saturday."
Notes
-TCU moves to 10-5 on the season and 2-2 in Big 12 play with the loss on Wednesday
-Texas moves to 15-1 all-time against the Frogs with the win as the match on Wednesday marked the first time the teams battled to five sets
-élan McCall scored her ninth double-double of the season and fifth straight with 24 kills and 17 digs
-The 24 kills by McCall marked the 15th straight match she has recorded double-digit kills. The streak is now tied with Anna Vaughn who had 15 to start the 2006 season for the most in program history.
-McCall also record 20+ kills for the sixth time this season
-Katie Clark recorded double-digit kills for the first time in her career with 17 against Texas
-Clark also had a .424 hitting clip to mark the fifth time recording a .300 hitting percentage or better in a match
-Anna Walsh put down 10 kills in the match to mark the 12th time in 2018 recording double-digit kills
-Lexi MacLean led the defense for the eighth time with 18 digs for her 11th double-digit dig match of the season
-Tori Dilfer dished out 50 assists to mark the fifth time in her career with 50+ assists in a match
-Berklie Baker finished with a career-high 18 digs for her eighth double-digit dig match of the season
-TCU served up nine aces against Texas to mark the ninth time in 2018 and third time in Big 12 play with 5+ team service aces in a match
-The 2,018 fans in attendance were the most in 2018 and the ninth most in program history
-TCU sold-out the match for the sixth time this season
Up Next
TCU will finish up its week at home by hosting Texas Tech on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 1 p.m., with the match set to air live on FOX Sports Southwest Plus.
