Aug. 17, 2012

FORT WORTH TCUs volleyball team opens the 2012 season Saturday when it hosts the annual Varsity/Alumni match inside the TCU University Rec Center. First serve is set for 1 p.m.

The Horned Frogs return eight letterwinners, including five starters, from last years squad that posted the second-most wins in TCU history with 25.

Highlighting the returners are Yvonne Igodan, Megan Munce and Stephanie Holland. Igodan, a junior, was named to the Preseason All-Big 12 team on Aug. 7. Munce is in her fifth year with the Frogs after gaining a medical redshirt following the 2012 season. A year ago, Holland was named the Mountain Wests top freshman.

TCU won 25 matches in 2011, including opening the season on a school-record 13-match winning streak. The 25 wins ran coach Prentice Lewis win total to 197 wins in her 10 seasons as the head coach of the Frogs.

Seventeen alumni players make up the Alumni team roster, with 10 committed to a playing capacity. Among the alumni are recent players Jordan Raines, Kourtney Edwards, Kristen Hester, Irene Hester and Katelyn Blackwood.

TCU opens its regular season Aug. 24 against Northern Colorado in Nashville for the Belmont Invitational. Its first match in Big 12 play is set for Sept. 22 at West Virginia.

#1 Katelyn Blackwood - 2006-09 *2009 All-Mountain West *2nd all-time at TCU in digs (1,334)

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W. Volleyball. Annual Varsity/Alumni Match Set for Saturday