Friday, October 8
Fort Worth, Texas
2 PM
TCU
vs
Oklahoma
Preview: TCU vs. Oklahoma
10/7/2021 2:08:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
The Horned Frogs Host Oklahoma in First Home Series of Big 12 Play
FORT WORTH – TCU volleyball (6-6) opens its home Big 12 conference slate with a weekend series against Oklahoma (7-8) inside Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena. The Horned Frogs look to regain their winning momentum at home, where they won six of eight non-conference matches prior to the start of the Big 12 season.
Series History: TCU vs Oklahoma
1. Calli Corley (2003-07) - 1,433
2. Dani Dennison (2017-present) - 1,409
3. Katelyn Blackwood (2006-09) - 1,334
4. Meghan Horio (2009-12) - 1,247
5. Sutton Sunstrum (2012-15) - 1,227
A+ Rating From The Better Blocking Bureau
Series Information
| TCU vs. Oklahoma | Friday, Oct, 8 | 2 p.m. | Live Stats | Watch Live |
| TCU vs. Oklahoma | Saturday, Oct. 9 | 6:30 p.m. | Live Stats | Watch Live |
- This week will be the 25th and 26th all-time meetings between TCU and Oklahoma. Oklahoma leads the series, 16-8.
- TCU is 6-7 against the Sooners under head coach Jill Kramer and has won each of the last two meetings, beating the Sooners in four sets, twice, at OU in the spring of 2021.
- Last season's wins in Norman marked the first time TCU had won consecutive matches against the Sooners, on the road.
- The Horned Frogs current two-match winning streak over the Sooners is tied for the longest in program history. TCU has never defeated Oklahoma three matches in a row in the series history.
- TCU is 6-7 in matches that go past three sets against Oklahoma and 4-2 in the Jill Kramer era.
- Julia Adams was outstanding against Oklahoma last season, posting a team-best 4.18 kills/set in three matches.
- Afedo Manyang leads the Horned Frogs with a career 1.13 block/set average in 16 career sets versus the Sooners.
- Senior Dani Dennison has a chance at setting the program record for most career digs this weekend.
- She has played in all 122 matches over her college career, starting a majority at libero.
- Dennison has reached 1,409 digs, the second most in program history and just 24 shy of tying the program record, held by Calli Corley
- Dennison is the first Horned Frog in program history to lead the team in total digs over three seasons (2017, 2019 and 2020/21).
- She is averaging 2.57 digs/set in her career against Oklahoma. If she maintains that pace this weekend, she would set the program record should both matches go to five sets.
1. Calli Corley (2003-07) - 1,433
2. Dani Dennison (2017-present) - 1,409
3. Katelyn Blackwood (2006-09) - 1,334
4. Meghan Horio (2009-12) - 1,247
5. Sutton Sunstrum (2012-15) - 1,227
A+ Rating From The Better Blocking Bureau
- TCU is 13th in the nation in blocks/set this season, averaging 2.77
- MyKayla Myers (1.43) leads the Big 12 and is 12th in the nation while Madi Cole (1.31) sits close behind, she's fourth in the conference and 33rd in the nation.
- The Horned Frogs are one of just two teams in the nation with multiple players in the national Top 35 and the only team in the Big 12 with multiple representatives in the national Top 50.
- McKenzie Nichols (0.91) is third among setters, just .04 shy of leading the nation.
- The Horned Frogs have made 4.0 blocks/set or better in three matches this season (vs. Nicholls, vs. UTRGV and vs. UIW). Set the program record with 5.5 blocks/set vs. UIW (9/14/21).
- TCU has not had three such matches in the same season since 2015.
- TCU's individual block/set record is held by Regan McGuire (1.54 in 2015). Myers and Cole are both close to that mark, just 0.11 and 0.23 away respectively.
- Cole has set two program records in the first 10 matches of her career: most blocks in a four-set match (12.0 vs. UIW) and most blocks in a collegiate debut (4.0 at No. 2 Wisconsin).
- Taylor Raiola and McKenzie Nichols have already surpassed their previous season-highs for blocks in a single season this year, with Myers entering the weekend just three blocks from matching her career-high of 60, set last season.
- The Sooners enter the weekend as the only team in the Big 12 with a losing record (7-8).
- They are 1-3 in Big 12 play after splitting a home series with Kansas State last weekend.
- All four of their conference matches have lasted four sets, with the other two matches resulting in 3-1 losses at West Virginia.
- The Sooners offense is led by Freshman. Megan Wilson, a 6-4 freshman middle blocker, is third in the Big 12 with 3.92 kills/set while the OU freshman setter, Peyton Dunn, is averaging 10.08 assists/set and has taken home Big 12 rookie of the week honors in three of the six weeks this season.
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