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Football climbs in ranking in week off

Despite not playing over the weekend, the 2-0 Horned Frogs continued their climb in both the Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN Coaches polls this week. The Frogs find themselves ranked 20th in the Associate Press poll and 19th in the coaches poll.

The Frogs gained 114 additional points in moving up two spots from 22nd in the A.P. poll this week. The Frogs tallied 309 points to rank between No. 19 Washington (352) and No. 21 Alabama (223).

The No. 20 ranking for TCU in the writers’ poll is the Frogs’ top ranking since they were ranked 13th in the final regular season poll in 200, when they boasted a 10-1 record.
— courtesy of (www.gofrogs.com)

Cross country places at season opener

The TCU women’s cross country team tied for second while the men’s squad tied for fourth in the cross country season opener Saturday morning at the North Texas Opener.

The men’s 8K race and the women’s 5K event were held at the North Texas Research Forest in Denton.

The women were paced by Mary Kinyanjui, the Conference USA outdoor champion at 5,000 meters, who placed seventh overall. Katrina Zielinski was close behind with an eighth place finish. Finishing times were not reported for the women.

The men were led by freshman Alex Morris, who placed 24th overall. He covered the 8,000-meter course in 27:21. The TCU men’s squad was composed of five freshman and one sophomore. The frogs will be in action again next Saturday, when they travel to College Station for the Texas A&M Invitational.
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Lady Frogs named No. 22 in preseason ranks

The TCU Lady Frog basketball squad has cracked the preseason top-25 rankings in Athlon Sports magazine, coming in at No. 22. It makes the first time in school history that TCU has appeared in the publications women’s basketball preview. Earlier this year in May, the Purple and White was pegged 20th in Women’s College Hoops.com’s “Very Early Bird Rankings for 2003-04.”

TCU came in ahead of Arizona, Virginia Tech and Southwest Missouri State in the poll. The Lady Frogs are slated to face three teams this season that that boasted a higher a billing in Athlon Sports in the likes of Tennessee (No. 9), DePaul (No. 18) and Rutgers (No. 19).
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Frogs to play Brazil in exhibition tour

Following the Sept. 30 TCU volleyball home match against Centenary, the USA national team will take on Brazil in the University Recreation Center. This will be the kickoff of an exhibition tour between the two teams. The TCU match commences at 6 p.m., while the exhibition match is set to begin afterwards.

Admission for the whole night costs $10 for adults, $8 for children and seniors, and $6 for groups of 10 or more. Tickets are now on advance sale through the TCU ticket office.
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