TCU
#5 Texas
TCU Topped by No. 5 Texas
10/8/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Oct. 8, 2017
FORT WORTH, Texas - The largest crowd of the season of over 2,000 fans were in attendance on Sunday with the No. 5 Texas Longhorns ultimately coming out on top over the TCU volleyball team with a 3-0 (25-22, 25-12, 25-21) victory inside The Rickel at the University Recreation Center.
The Horned Frogs (9-7, 1-4 Big 12) and the Longhorns (12-2, 4-0 Big 12) had a tight battle to start the match but a late run proved to be the difference as Texas took the opening set. After going up 2-0 with a win in set two, TCU fought back after being down four to take the lead in the third set at 19-16. Texas did not back down and used a 9-2 run to close out the set and take the match in straight sets.
Abigail Buckingham led the TCU offense with 11 kills and a .400 hitting clip with Anna Walsh chipping in eight kills. Dani Dennison was good for 12 digs in the match with Berklie Baker picking up nine digs. Lamprini Konstantinidou and Kaylee Smith guided the offense with 19 assists and 13 assists, respectively.
Stat of the Match
2,019 - The number of fans in attendance at the match against Texas which was the sixth largest crowd in program history and the largest of the season.
Quotes of the Match
TCU Director of Volleyball Jill Kramer
Opening Statement
"First of all, I would like to thank our fans for packing the gym today. From my understanding, it was the sixth largest crowd in program history and the largest one this year. Thank you for your time and for being loud and thank you for your support. I thought the first set and the third set our team fought really hard. We played really aggressive at the majority of the time in those sets. In the second set, I don't think we were aggressive enough in the beginning and we talked about that as a group. You have to be and you have to sustain that for an entire match to give yourself the best chance to compete especially against a team like Texas. They came into a really loud environment and they did a good job. It was a well-played match by them. Lots of different parts of the match were played well by us, but just not enough. We talked about being better for longer and we will keep working on that."
Notes
-TCU drops to 9-7 on the season and 1-4 in conference action after the match on Sunday against Texas
-Texas picks up win No. 13 in the all-time series and leads TCU 13-1
-The 2,019 fans in attendance were the sixth most in program history and the most this season
-TCU has now had over 2,000 fans in attendance for seven matches in program history
-Abigail Buckingham led the TCU offense for the second time this season with 11 kills in the match
-Buckingham recorded double-digit kills in back-to-back matches for the first time this season
-The .400 hitting clip record by Buckingham marked a career-high
-Lamprini Konstantinidou led the team in assists for the 11th time this season and fifth match in a row
-Dani Dennison led the defense for the 15th time this season with 12 digs in the match
-Dennison has now picked up double-digit digs in 15 matches this season including all five Big 12 matches
Up Next
TCU will have a quick turnaround as they travel to San Marcos, Texas to take on Texas State on Tuesday, Oct. 10 at 6 p.m.
