Volleyball moves up in standings after win
The volleyball team put themselves in a better position for the conference tournament by recovering from a Friday loss with a conference victory over Memphis Saturday.
By Jay Armstrong
Skiff Staff

The volleyball team returned to the conference title hunt with a five game victory over the Memphis Tigers after dropping a three game match against Saint Louis Friday.

Despite beginning conference play 0-3, TCU (9-11, 1-3 C-USA) moved from 12th place into a four-way tie for ninth place with Saturday’s victory against Memphis. The top twelve teams advance to Chicago for the Conference USA tournament.

Senior outside hitter Jenn Cuca said several factors contributed to the victory on Saturday, including the coaches’ new attitudes in practice.

“The coaches have been extremely supportive and positive this week,” Cuca said. “It just helped a lot on the court knowing that they were supporting us and that we were capable of winning.”

The victory over Memphis upped the Frogs’ record to 2-0 in five game matches this year.

“Whenever you get to a five game match, it comes down to whichever team wants it more and is willing to fight harder,” senior outside hitter Stephanie Watson said. “We definitely want the wins and have the focus to fight all the way through and some teams don’t have that.”

Watson said the Frogs look to use the Memphis game as a springboard to the home stretch.

“If we fight as hard as we did at Memphis, we’re going to win a lot of the last nine regular season matches and some post season matches for that matter,” Watson said. “One of the strengths of our team is that even on a losing streak we’ve been able to keep our head up.”

The win also was significant because the team controlled the match from beginning to end.

The team travels to Houston for a showdown with the fifth place Cougars. The Frogs and Cougars have already met once this season at the Rice/Crown Plaza Invitational, where the Cougars earned a three game victory.