TCU Dispatches Miami, 3-0

Friday, September 13

Fort Worth, Texas

6:00 PM

TCU

4-3

Miami

2-2

Miami

TCU

TCU Dispatches Miami, 3-0

9/13/2019 9:14:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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TCU finishes with .365 team in dominant straight sets win over Miami

FORT WORTH -- TCU Volleyball (4-3) controlled play from start to finish in a three-set sweep over Miami (2-2) Friday evening at The Rickel inside the University Rec Center. Junior middle blocker Sarah Swanson delivered the second-most efficient hitting match in program history, collecting 10 kills on 11 attacks (.909 hitting percentage) as TCU collected its first Power 5 win of the season.

TCU NOTABLES:

This was the seventh consecutive sellout to begin the season, further advancing the program record set last Sunday.
Swanson's .909 hitting percentage on 11 attempts is the second-best percentage in program history (at least 10 attempts) – Blaire Pickens 1.000 percentage against Grambling State (Sept. 5, 2015).
Swanson led the team with 10 kills, her first double-digit kill performance of the season and eighth of her career.
She also put up four blocks in the match, marking her fourth career 10+ kill, 4+ block match.
Junior outside hitter Ashley Waggle also delivered a career high in attack percentage, delivering eight kills on 11 attacks with no errors (.727).
Senior middle blocker Sarah Langs finished with a career-high seven kills, hitting .462 for herself.
Langs also led the team with six blocks.
Between Langs and Swanson, the TCU middles accounted for 17 kills while hitting a combined .667.
The freshmen setters spread the ball out well, keeping the Hurricane defense off balance by allowing six different Frogs double-digit attacks.
Irem Uçar led the team with 22 assists while McKenzie Nichols ended with 16. Uçar has now finished with 20+ assists in each of her last five matches.
Freshman outside Audrey Nalls tallied eight kills while sophomore Katie Clark put up eight as well.
Nalls had her best match at the net this season, contributing a career-best five blocks.
Junior defensive specialist Dani Dennison led the team with 10 digs, her second double-digit dig match of the season and team-best 40th as a Frog.
Junior libero Berklie Baker finished with seven digs and four assists but her biggest contribution came in receiving. Baker was a perfect 19-19 when receiving Miami serves.
The TCU defense was monstrous in the sideout game, finishing with a season-best 78 sideout percentage.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
Set 1 (TCU, 25-15): After focusing on better opening energy in practice, the Frogs came out on fire, forcing Miami to sideout on each of its first six serves and claiming an 11-5 lead. A 5-0 TCU run gave the Frogs a 20-11 lead and eventually a 10-point set victory. The Frogs were phenomenal on the defensive end, holding Miami to a .000 team hitting percentage on 23 attacks. Langs led the team with four kills and two blocks in the opening set.

Set 2 (TCU, 25-17): The beat went on for TCU in the second as Swanson jumped out with two early kills and two block assists to help the Frogs claim a 10-4 lead. She would finish the set with five kills on five attempts to go along with three blocks as TCU suffocated the Miami offense once again, taking the set by eight points. The Frogs hit .462 as a team while winning 15 of the 17 points off Miami serves (88 sideout percentage).

Set 3 (TCU, 25-21): Miami battled in the third set, forcing 14 ties and even claiming an 19-16 advantage late in the set, but the Frogs responded after a Kramer timeout to win nine of the next 11 points and complete the sweep. Waggle was perfect in the set, delivering five kills on five attempts and securing a block for good measure. Clark was instrumental in the victory, claiming three kills along with one from Swanson, to help TCU end the set on a 4-0 run and collect its fourth win of 2019.

UP NEXT:
TCU will take a day off the before it continues the Add-Ran Cup against Auburn (3-3). The match will begin on Sunday at 1 p.m. and can be seen live on FSSW+.

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