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Thursday,
September 20, 2001
Volley
Frogs expect another win
Player predicts victory in first C-USA match
By Colleen Casey
Skiff Staff
Coming
off their second victory of the season, the Volley Frogs will
play their first Conference USA match of the year against
Southern Mississippi tonight with confidence, outside hitter
Stephanie Watson said.
The Frogs,
2-6, captured their second win Tuesday night against North
Texas on the same night Southern Miss, 5-4, lost to Mississippi
State.
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David
Dunai/SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
Junior outside hitter Stephanie Watson spikes the ball
Tuesday against North Texas outside hitter Stephanie
Connors, who is in position to block it. The Volley
Frogs play their first Conference USA foe of the season
7 p.m. tonight at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum.
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This
meeting is set to be the first conference match-up this season
for both teams.
“I
think they’re a team we’re able to beat if we play
how we’ve been training,” Watson said.
Head
coach Sandy Troudt said she understands the importance to
start conference matches after compiling victories.
“It’s
huge, especially to begin a new era like we are with a new
conference,” Troudt said. “We’ve got to gain
some respect.”
Troudt
said she does not know too much about the match-up, but knows
Southern Miss is coming off a tough loss. She also said TCU
is smaller, but quicker, and that could work to the Frogs’
advantage.
The Frogs
are on a two-match winning streak.
Watson
also said she feels the team has recently been playing the
way they envisioned before the season began, and this could
encourage future wins.
Conference
matches are crucial victories if the team is to fulfill its
goal of leading the conference and making it to the postseason
conference tournament.
As of
Sept. 17, Southern Miss ranked No. 7 in conference standings
and TCU was ranked No. 14. TCU, Preseason polls ranked TCU
seventh in the conference.
Despite
those rankings, Watson said that the team is optimistic of
their goal to win key conference matches.
“All
the kinks are out and we’re sort of back in the flow,
and our offense is really clicking,” Watson said. “In
practice, we’ve been fine-tuning positions and running
plays to make sure we stay focused.”
The Volley
Frogs play at 7 p.m. tonight in Daniel-Meyer Coliseum.
Colleen Casey
c.m.casey@student.tcu.edu
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