The No. 17 BYU women’s volleyball team is set to play against No. 10 TCU at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday.
Recently, the Cougars were handed their fourth Big 12 loss against No. 19 Baylor in a five-set battle in Waco. The Cougars claimed the second and third sets, but struggled to take one more set.
Freshman Suli Davis, who recently earned her third Big 12 conference rookie of the week, led the Cougars with 21 kills, followed by junior Brielle Kemavor with 18 kills. Kemavor also had a high hitting percentage of 0.469, which was the highest within the team and second in the Big 12.
At this point in the season, sophomore Alex Bower is at the top of the Cougars’ leaderboard and leads the Big 12 for assists, with a total of 793. Against Baylor, Bower recorded 44.
Within the 2024 season, Bower recorded 1131 assists, and with 10 games left in the regular season, she is on track to match that number or record a higher number.
TCU is ranked fourth within the Big 12 and 6-2 in conference play is coming off a fresh loss from No. 14 Kansas on Oct. 22.
Evan Hendrix led the Horned Frogs in kills, with 13, followed by teammates Lauren Murphy and Becca Kelley with seven.
Senior Sarah Sylvester led the team with a hitting percentage that holds the school record for most blocks in a three-set match, only recording four against Kansas, but had the team’s highest hitting percentage at .333.
In the previous meeting, the Cougars fell to the Horned Frogs 3-2 in the Smith Fieldhouse. Clair Little-Chambers recorded 23 kills in that match, and Brower had 53 assists.
Both the Cougars and Horned Frogs are hoping to claim a win in this meeting after both teams have come off a fresh loss.
The game will be streamed on ESPN+ at noon MDT on Saturday.