Volleyball needs two wins for postseason
After two competitive matches, the volleyball team travels north in hopes of solidifying a spot in the postseason.
By Jay Armstrong
Skiff Staff

The TCU volleyball team (10-13, 2-5 Conference USA) continues their quest for the C-USA tournament as they head to Marquette and DePaul this weekend.

With a sweep of these upcoming matches, the team could clench a spot in postseason play for the first time since 1998, when the team advanced to the WAC tournament.

Both Marquette and DePaul sit near the bottom of the Conference USA with 1-7 records.

However, the team is not looking past this weekend to matches against Cincinnati and Louisville.

“Postseason would be huge for the program, but right now we are just focused on Marquette and DePaul,” assistant coach Barbara Kovacs said. “We are not thinking about Cincinnati or the tournament.”

An obstacle in the Frogs obtaining a sweep is the duo of Marquette’s ace specialist Theresa Coughlin, who has 28 aces for the season, and Shannon Devine, who paces the team with 3.54 kills a game.

DePaul (5-20, 1-7 C-USA) enters play as the defending conference tournament champions. DePaul’s tandem of Kate Engel and Amy Holmes led the team. Kate Engel posts 3.91 kills a game, while Amy Holmes has 2.63 digs a game.

The Frogs look to remain confident after splitting two matches last weekend. Although the team fell in three games to conference leader South Florida, the team remained competitive throughout the entire match.

“We knew if we came in prepared, we could give South Florida a good match,” said sophomore outside hitter Amber Sims.

Despite playing at a high level of competition, the team said there are things they still need to work on.

“We need more killer instinct and to be more aggressive. We need to work a little bit more offensively,” said freshman outside hitter Julie Van’t Wout.

s.j.armstrong@tcu.edu