Thursday, October 24
Fort Worth, Texas
8:00 p.m.
West Virginia University
at
TCU
Photo by: Steven Prunty
WVU, TCU Square Off on Thursday
October 23, 2019 03:14 PM | Volleyball
FORT WORTH, Texas – The West Virginia University volleyball team squares off with Big 12 foe TCU on Thursday, Oct. 24, at the TCU Student Recreation Center, in Fort Worth, Texas. First serve is set for 8 p.m. ET.
Live stats and video can be found on WVUsports.com.
"We expect a great match," fifth-year coach Reed Sunahara said. "They are going to come out strong, and so are we. In order to come out on top in a tough environment, we need to be consistent, and that's what we have been preaching all season."
The Mountaineers (10-9, 1-5) and the Horned Frogs (6-11, 1-6) will meet for the 16th time overall on Thursday and the 15th time in league play since WVU joined the Big 12 in 2012. The Horned Frogs own an 11-4 lead in the all-time series, with the Mountaineers' last victory taking place on Sept. 20, 2017, at the WVU Coliseum. In its most recent meeting, TCU captured a four-set win on Nov. 14, 2018, in Morgantown.
West Virginia holds a 3-4 mark on the road this season, capturing victories at Delaware (Aug. 31), Kansas State (Oct. 12) and Morehead State (Oct. 15). With the win at K-State, WVU claimed its first Big 12 road win since upsetting then-No. 14 Kansas on Nov. 25, 2017. West Virginia is 0-6 at the TCU Student Recreation Center and has a 5-27 record in the state of Texas all-time.
West Virginia split a pair of matches last week, closing its nonconference schedule with a 3-1 win at Morehead State on Oct. 15 and falling in three sets to Big 12 foe Texas, who ranks No. 4 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Top-25 Poll, on Oct. 19. WVU finished the week hitting .185 with 85 kills and 19 total blocks.
Senior outside hitter Katelyn Evans led the team with 35 kills, averaging 5.00 per set to sit atop the Big 12 Conference last week. Sophomore setter Lacey Zerwas dished out 71 assists to average 10.14 per set, while junior defensive specialist Alexa Hasting had a team-high 28 digs to average 4.00 per set. Additionally, redshirt junior Audrey Adams led WVU's blocking efforts with 10, averaging 1.43 blocks per set.
Hasting, a native of Plain City, Ohio, is 20 digs away from recording 1,000 digs in her career. The last Mountaineer to reach 1,000 digs was Anna Panagiotakopoulous in 2014.
TCU is currently on a three-match losing streak, dropping a pair of Big 12 contests on the road last week. The Horned Frogs suffered a 3-0 setback at Iowa State on Oct. 16, followed by a 3-0 loss at Kansas on Oct. 19.
Freshman outside hitter Audrey Nalls has been the Horned Frogs primary offensive weapon, playing all six rotations to average 3.31 kills per set and 3.75 points per set. She is sixth overall in the conference in kills per set and ranks eighth overall in points per set. As a team, TCU is averaging 11.9 kills per set and 2.0 blocks per set.
Looking ahead, West Virginia will take on No. 1 Baylor on Saturday, Oct. 26, in a 2 p.m. ET league tilt, in Waco, Texas. The Mountaineers and the Lady Bears first met in 1986, competing in a trio of neutral-set matchups before WVU joined the Big 12 in 2012. BU owns a 14-3 lead in the series and is 6-2 in Waco.
For more information on the Mountaineers, visit WVUsports.com and follow WVUVolleyball on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Live stats and video can be found on WVUsports.com.
"We expect a great match," fifth-year coach Reed Sunahara said. "They are going to come out strong, and so are we. In order to come out on top in a tough environment, we need to be consistent, and that's what we have been preaching all season."
The Mountaineers (10-9, 1-5) and the Horned Frogs (6-11, 1-6) will meet for the 16th time overall on Thursday and the 15th time in league play since WVU joined the Big 12 in 2012. The Horned Frogs own an 11-4 lead in the all-time series, with the Mountaineers' last victory taking place on Sept. 20, 2017, at the WVU Coliseum. In its most recent meeting, TCU captured a four-set win on Nov. 14, 2018, in Morgantown.
West Virginia holds a 3-4 mark on the road this season, capturing victories at Delaware (Aug. 31), Kansas State (Oct. 12) and Morehead State (Oct. 15). With the win at K-State, WVU claimed its first Big 12 road win since upsetting then-No. 14 Kansas on Nov. 25, 2017. West Virginia is 0-6 at the TCU Student Recreation Center and has a 5-27 record in the state of Texas all-time.
West Virginia split a pair of matches last week, closing its nonconference schedule with a 3-1 win at Morehead State on Oct. 15 and falling in three sets to Big 12 foe Texas, who ranks No. 4 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Top-25 Poll, on Oct. 19. WVU finished the week hitting .185 with 85 kills and 19 total blocks.
Senior outside hitter Katelyn Evans led the team with 35 kills, averaging 5.00 per set to sit atop the Big 12 Conference last week. Sophomore setter Lacey Zerwas dished out 71 assists to average 10.14 per set, while junior defensive specialist Alexa Hasting had a team-high 28 digs to average 4.00 per set. Additionally, redshirt junior Audrey Adams led WVU's blocking efforts with 10, averaging 1.43 blocks per set.
Hasting, a native of Plain City, Ohio, is 20 digs away from recording 1,000 digs in her career. The last Mountaineer to reach 1,000 digs was Anna Panagiotakopoulous in 2014.
TCU is currently on a three-match losing streak, dropping a pair of Big 12 contests on the road last week. The Horned Frogs suffered a 3-0 setback at Iowa State on Oct. 16, followed by a 3-0 loss at Kansas on Oct. 19.
Freshman outside hitter Audrey Nalls has been the Horned Frogs primary offensive weapon, playing all six rotations to average 3.31 kills per set and 3.75 points per set. She is sixth overall in the conference in kills per set and ranks eighth overall in points per set. As a team, TCU is averaging 11.9 kills per set and 2.0 blocks per set.
Looking ahead, West Virginia will take on No. 1 Baylor on Saturday, Oct. 26, in a 2 p.m. ET league tilt, in Waco, Texas. The Mountaineers and the Lady Bears first met in 1986, competing in a trio of neutral-set matchups before WVU joined the Big 12 in 2012. BU owns a 14-3 lead in the series and is 6-2 in Waco.
For more information on the Mountaineers, visit WVUsports.com and follow WVUVolleyball on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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