Thursday, September 28
Fort Worth, Texas
6:00 PM
TCU
vs
Texas Tech
Preview: vs. Texas Tech
9/27/2023 2:53:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
TCU plays Texas Tech in its first home Big 12 matchup of the season
MATCH INFORMATION
vs. Texas Tech
Sept. 28 • 6 p.m. | Sept. 29 • 6 p.m.
Fort Worth, Texas • Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena
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Match Notes
TCU NOTABLES
• Led by Bri Green (1.49) and Sarah Sylvester (1.40), TCU ranks third nationally as a team with 3.11 blocks p/set.
• TCU is the only Division I school to have two players ranked in the Top 20 nationally in blocks p/set.
• TCU's 20 blocks at Kansas State (9/22) were the most by a Big 12 school in a single match this season.
• Sarah Sylvester earned Big 12 Defensive POTW honors after tallying a career-best 13 blocks in TCU's win over USU (9/8).
• Her 13 blocks set the school record for the most blocks in a three-set match and are the second most in a game in TCU history.
• With a career-best 12 blocks at Texas A&M, Brianna Green became the eighth player in TCU history to tally 12 blocks in a match.
• Green has tallied 9+ blocks in four of the past six matches.
• Melanie Parra earned AVCA National Player of the Week and Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week honors (9/19)
• Parra broke the school record with 34 kills in a four-set match. It's also the second-most kills in any match in program history.
• Her 34 kills are the most by a Big 12 player this season and are one kill shy of tying the all-time Big 12 record.
• Parra became the first TCU player since 1998 to have 34 kills in a match.
• Parra is fifth in the NCAA in points p/set (5.44) and ninth in kills p/set (4.61). She is atop the Big 12 in both categories.
• Parra became the first TCU player since 2000 to tally 20+ kills and 20+ digs in a single match at Kansas State (22 kills, 21 digs).
• Jalyn Gibson has tallied her first four career double-doubles this year and has started the past 10 matches at outside hitter.
• Gibson, Parra and Riley Buckley all tallied double-doubles in TCU's 3-1 win over Texas A&M.
• Buckley (8.83) ranks ninth in assists p/set.
• Buckley has tallied five double-doubles in the past seven matches.
• Cecily Bramschreiber is 10th in the Big 12 averaging 3.29 digs p/set.
• Julia Adams is No. 7 on TCU's all-time kills list (1,122).
• Adams ranks ninth in TCU history in kills per set (2.86).
• Riley Weigelt earned her first career start at No. 7 Minnesota.
• TCU welcomes three key transfers (Buckley, Green, Parra) from Division I schools.
• Jaylen Clark, Lily Nicholson, Lydia Seymour and Megan Walsh have all made their TCU debuts this season.
• Seymour was tied for the team leader in blocks (5) in TCU's 3-1 over North Florida and started all three winning sets.
• TCU was picked to finish fourth in the Big 12 Preseason Poll.
• TCU won its first NCAA Tournament game since 2016 with the 3-1 win over Washington (12/2/22).
• Adams, Green and Nalls are all electing to take their COVID year and will be with the Frogs for their fifth year.
vs. Texas Tech
Sept. 28 • 6 p.m. | Sept. 29 • 6 p.m.
Fort Worth, Texas • Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena
Watch (Thursday)
Live Stats (Thursday)
Watch (Friday)
Live Stats (Friday)
Match Notes
TCU NOTABLES
• Led by Bri Green (1.49) and Sarah Sylvester (1.40), TCU ranks third nationally as a team with 3.11 blocks p/set.
• TCU is the only Division I school to have two players ranked in the Top 20 nationally in blocks p/set.
• TCU's 20 blocks at Kansas State (9/22) were the most by a Big 12 school in a single match this season.
• Sarah Sylvester earned Big 12 Defensive POTW honors after tallying a career-best 13 blocks in TCU's win over USU (9/8).
• Her 13 blocks set the school record for the most blocks in a three-set match and are the second most in a game in TCU history.
• With a career-best 12 blocks at Texas A&M, Brianna Green became the eighth player in TCU history to tally 12 blocks in a match.
• Green has tallied 9+ blocks in four of the past six matches.
• Melanie Parra earned AVCA National Player of the Week and Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week honors (9/19)
• Parra broke the school record with 34 kills in a four-set match. It's also the second-most kills in any match in program history.
• Her 34 kills are the most by a Big 12 player this season and are one kill shy of tying the all-time Big 12 record.
• Parra became the first TCU player since 1998 to have 34 kills in a match.
• Parra is fifth in the NCAA in points p/set (5.44) and ninth in kills p/set (4.61). She is atop the Big 12 in both categories.
• Parra became the first TCU player since 2000 to tally 20+ kills and 20+ digs in a single match at Kansas State (22 kills, 21 digs).
• Jalyn Gibson has tallied her first four career double-doubles this year and has started the past 10 matches at outside hitter.
• Gibson, Parra and Riley Buckley all tallied double-doubles in TCU's 3-1 win over Texas A&M.
• Buckley (8.83) ranks ninth in assists p/set.
• Buckley has tallied five double-doubles in the past seven matches.
• Cecily Bramschreiber is 10th in the Big 12 averaging 3.29 digs p/set.
• Julia Adams is No. 7 on TCU's all-time kills list (1,122).
• Adams ranks ninth in TCU history in kills per set (2.86).
• Riley Weigelt earned her first career start at No. 7 Minnesota.
• TCU welcomes three key transfers (Buckley, Green, Parra) from Division I schools.
• Jaylen Clark, Lily Nicholson, Lydia Seymour and Megan Walsh have all made their TCU debuts this season.
• Seymour was tied for the team leader in blocks (5) in TCU's 3-1 over North Florida and started all three winning sets.
• TCU was picked to finish fourth in the Big 12 Preseason Poll.
• TCU won its first NCAA Tournament game since 2016 with the 3-1 win over Washington (12/2/22).
• Adams, Green and Nalls are all electing to take their COVID year and will be with the Frogs for their fifth year.
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