LAWRENCE, Kan. – The TCU volleyball team battled hard but could not overcome a strong No. 11 Kansas offensive presence as the Jayhawks took the 3-0 (25-22, 25-17, 25-21) victory on Saturday afternoon at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center in Lawrence, Kan.The Horned Frogs (8-6, 0-3 Big 12) went toe-to-toe with the ranked Jayhawks (14-2, 3-0 Big 12) in the opening set as the teams tied on 15 occasions but a small run near the end proved to be the difference as Kansas took the set 25-22. The battle continued into the second set but a kill from Kelsie Payne sparked an 8-1 run as the Jayhawks never looked back as they took the final two sets to get the sweep.Anna Walsh led the team in kills with 12 in the match, while Allye Beth Deaton put down 10 kills and Abigail Buckingham recorded nine kills. Dani Dennison anchored the back row with 10 digs, while Ashleigh Martin picked up nine digs.Stat of the Match9 – Anna Walsh hit .364 for the match which marked the ninth time this season she has hit above .300 and the eighth time out of the last nine matches.Quotes of the MatchTCU Director of Volleyball Jill KramerOpening Statement”Our team came out really strong in the first set. We sided out really well and Kansas just sided out better. It was a close one. In the second and third set, we would start to make little runs of errors and I have to say our effort was not quite as good there. You can’t do that. We talked about that a little bit and in the third set we dug ourselves a hole and then started to play hard again. Again, you can’t do that. You have to stay after it every single point. I think we are learning. I think we are much improved from last week and I think a lot of the things we are working on in practice we are starting to see in matches and that needs to continue to happen. The girls just have to keep believing so they have to go out there and fight, keep believing and keep working hard. The Big 12 is a tough league and it is probably the toughest it has been awhile this year. We are just looking to get out and battle every single match and that is what we have to be prepared for.”Notes-TCU drops to 8-6 on the season and 0-3 in conference action with the loss on Saturday afternoon to Kansas-Kansas gets its 10th victory in the all-time series and improve to 10-2 against the Frogs-The Frogs drop to 5-3 on the season in three-set matches-Anna Walsh led the team for the fifth time this season offensively with 12 kills in the match-The 12 kills by Walsh marked the eighth time this season she has finished with double-digit kills in the match-Walsh also notched a .364 hitting clip which marks the ninth time this season she has recorded a .300 or better hitting percentage in a match-Dani Dennison picked up double-digit digs for the 13th time this season out of the 14 matches with a team-best 10 digs-Dennison led the defense for the 13th time this season-Lamprini Konstantinidou led the team in assists for the ninth time this season with 22 while Kaylee Smith chipped in 16 assists-TCU led from the service line for the ninth time this season with three service aces to Baylor’s two in the matchUp NextTCU will return home to the friendly confines of The Rickel inside the University Recreation Center for two straight matches as they welcome Kansas State on Wednesday, Oct. 4 for an 8 p.m., showdown on ESPNU before taking on Texas on Sunday, Oct. 8 at 2 p.m., on ESPN2.
Source: GOFROGS.COM – TCU Falls at No. 11 Kansas – TCU Horned Frogs Official Athletic Site