Volleyball
ends winning streak at nine
By Mary Hollis
Skiff Staff
The TCU volleyball teams 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 tournaments
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.
Vaughns performance in Pittsburgh also placed
her name in TCUs 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
schools 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 couldnt
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 couldnt
pull off a win.
She said she was proud of the teams turnaround
Saturday morning in defeating Toledo but that Saturday
night TCU was not working as a collective group.
We didnt come to play, Vaughn said.
I could tell that we werent there even before
we went out on the court, but we are pumped for this
weekends 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.
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