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Volleyball team to face Houston in tournament
While finishing out its regular season, the volleyball team is making news off the court as well.

The team split a pair of matches over the weekend. The Frogs (12-17, 4-9 Conference USA) defeated East Carolina in four games Friday night and fell to Charlotte in five Saturday.

The split means the Frogs will enter the C-USA Healthy Choice Volleyball Tournament as the 10th seed, and face No. 7 Houston at 1 p.m. Friday afternoon.

The team fell to Houston twice this season, once at the Crowne Plaza Tournament on Sept. 6 (3-0), and again on Oct. 18 (3-0).

If the Frogs should advance past the Cougars, they would face second-seeded South Florida on Saturday.

Four players were also announced by head coach Prentice Lewis as signing letters of intent with TCU. Emily Allen, a 5-foot-10-inch opposite hitter from San Jose, Calif., Stacy M. Dunklau, a 6-foot-1-inch middle blocker from Arlington, Neb., Jenna Miller, a 5-foot-10-inch outside hitter from Centerville, Ohio, and Anna Vaughn, a 6-foot-2-inch middle blocker from Grapevine have all inked with the Frogs.

Senior outside hitter Stephanie Watson was also named to the Verizon Academic All-District VI University Division Women's Volleyball third team.
— Jay Armstrong

Women’s cross country team takes ninth place
The women’s cross country team took ninth place at the South Central Regional meet held Saturday in Waco.

Freshman Alayne Thompson completed the 6K course in 21:51, 23rd overall. The top 25 finishers earn All-Region status.

Freshman teammates Heather Isbell and Katie Zielinski each finished in 22:27 to place 38th and 39th. Senior Shannon McKinney placed 87th, while freshman Katie Cosgrove rounded out the team, finishing 105th.

On the men’s side, TCU sent just three runners to the regional meet and did not compete for the team title. Sophomore Steven Lenney was the Frogs’ top finisher, placing 86th overall. He covered the 8K course in 33:46. Brad Maciulewicz and Case Martinec finished 112th and 113th, logging times of 34:39 and 34:41 respectively.
— Danny Gillham

Swimming, diving teams claim victory over weekend

The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams took three of four meets this weekend, in competition against Centenary and Notre Dame.

On Friday night, the men defeated Notre Dame 117-105 at Wilkerson Greines Pool. Trailing 103-102 heading into the final race, TCU needed a victory in the 200-yard freestyle relay to win. The Frogs’ team of David Tietze, Dana Kizer, Jeff Parkinson and Aaron Ewert came through, taking first (1:25.30).

Freshman Kelly McCain won both diving competitions Friday. He took the one-meter event with a score of 290.00 and tallied 299.25 to claim the three-meter title.

Sophomore Craig Chapman was the only other Horned Frog to earn an individual victory, winning the 200-yard backstroke in 1:51.78.

Saturday, the women’s team won each of its nine events to defeat Centenary 92-70 Saturday afternoon at the Southlake Carroll ISD Aquatics Center.

The men’s side beat Centenary 93-71, but Notre Dame avenged Friday night’s loss, 121.5 to 102.5.

Sophomore Tiffany Strawn won three races to lead the women. She captured the 200 IM in 2:11.02, and also teamed with TCU’s victorious 400 medley and freestyle relay teams. Sophomore Lisa Champ and freshman Jennifer Antisdale both added one individual and one relay victory to help propel the Frogs’ efforts.

McCain again won the one-meter competition with a total of 286.65. Junior Chad Hummel added his first win of the season, notching 527.50 points to take the three-meter.

The women’s seventh-straight win increased its overall record to 7-1 while the men remain above .500 at 5-4.
— Danny Gillham