Volleyball ends winning streak at nine
By Mary Hollis
Skiff Staff

The TCU volleyball team’s nine-game winning streak came to an end last weekend at the Pittsburgh Classic Championship, where the Frogs recorded one victory and two defeats en route to a third place finish.

Despite losses to Northeastern and the tournament’s champion Pittsburgh, the Frogs beat Toledo and had a player receive All-Tournament Team Honors. Freshman middle blocker Anna Vaughn received the honors for her .688 hitting average in the tournament.

Vaughn’s performance in Pittsburgh also placed her name in TCU’s record books. She now owns the second highest hitting average for a single tournament.

“I was very proud of Anna this weekend,” head coach Prentice Lewis said. “She stepped up and played awesome, hitting 688, the second highest in the school’s history.”

In the match against Pittsburgh, Vaughn recorded 12 kills with one error in 16 total attempts. Lewis said six of those kills came in the first game alone.

“The match against Pittsburgh was definitely the most challenging,” Vaughn said. “Their offense was amazing and they had several good hitters. We showed improvements the first 20 points, but we couldn’t pull it together to win.”

Vaughn and Lewis both said the team was not ready for the tournament and its matches this weekend.

“It was a great tournament overall with good teams, but we were not ready to play, which we saw Friday night against Northeastern,” Lewis said. “The team was not there mentally or physically and couldn’t pull off a win.”

She said she was proud of the team’s turnaround Saturday morning in defeating Toledo but that Saturday night TCU was not working as a collective group.

“We didn’t come to play,” Vaughn said. “I could tell that we weren’t there even before we went out on the court, but we are pumped for this weekend’s tournament and are ready to win.”

Vaughn said she expects the upcoming tournament to be a weekend of intense games.

The Frogs, who have an overall record of 10-3, will play in the TCU Molten Invitational against Grambling, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Saint Francis (Pa.) and Saint Mary's (Calif.) this weekend.