The Matchup
- The Knights head back to Texas for a swing trip to No. 18 TCU Thursday at 7 p.m. followed by a trip to No. 17 Baylor on Saturday at 2 p.m.
- This will be the 3rd matchup between the Knights and Horned Frogs as the series is tied 1-1.
- The matchup against Baylor features the Knights second trip in two years out to Waco, while the Bears hold the all-time record, 4-0.
- TCU is ranked fourth in the Big 12 with a hitting percentage of .261.
- Currently, Baylor is ranked sixth in the league averaging 2.22 blocks per set.
- The Knights average 13.37 kills per set which ranks them seventh in the conference standings.
Scouting TCU
- The Horned Frogs enter the matchup 16-15 on the season and are 8-3 in Big 12 play.
- Head coach Jason Williams is in his third season overall and boasts a 50-31 record.
- Melanie Parra leads the Horned Frogs with 407 kills and averages 5.09 per set which ranks her 4th in the NCAA.
- Lilly Nicholson leads offense with 10.70 assists per set which ranks her second in the Big 12 standings.
Scouting Baylor
- The Bears enter the week with a 15-6 record and are 7-3 in Big 12 play.
- Head coach Ryan McGuyre is in his 23rd season overall and 10th season with the Bears and boasts a 211-82 record.
- Elise McGhee leads the Bears with 3.58 kills per set and has tallied 272 kills this season, which ranks her seventh in the Big 12.
- Lauren Briseno is the team’s leader in digs with 306 and average 4.03 digs per set to be ranked seventh in the league.
Kuehl with the kill
- Alexia Kuehl leads the Knights with a .423 hitting percentage and is ranked No. 3 in the Big 12.
- The middle blocker has tallied the fourth-most kills on the team with 150 to go along with 46 blocks this season.
- A transfer from Colorado, where she spent the last four seasons, decided to move back to Florida for her last year.
Road Warriors
- The Knights started their season with three weekends on the road.
- UCF traveled to Virginia and North Carolina, along with two weekends on the road in Florida.
- It marked the first time since the 2017 season that the Knights played their first three weekends away from The Venue.
Year Two in the Big 12
- The Knights ended their inaugural season in the Big 12 Conference with a 17-12 overall record and 8-10 in conference play.
- With the addition of four new members into the Big 12, the Knights hosted Colorado for the first time since 2003, Utah (1996) and travel to Arizona and Arizona State for the first time in program history.
Milestone Watch
- Chloe Scheer has recorded 1,438 digs in her career at UCF, which ranks fifth in the individual career records.
- The Murrieta, California, native currently has 131 aces, the ninth most in program history.
Knight in Shining Armour
- Headlined by 11 matches with double digits in kills along with a career-high 18 kills at Stetson (9/5), Avah Armour leads the Black and Gold with 1 kills.
- Armour came back to action against Cincinnati (10/30) after nursing an injury that caused her to miss three matches.
- The sophomore sprung right back in recording 13 kills and two aces against Cincinnati (10/30).
- Armour recorded her first double-double this season in the season opener against Virginia Tech (8/31).
- The Colorado native’s 18 kills at Stetson rank in the top five in the Big 12 for kills in a three-set match.
Knights In The Rankings
- Four players are currently ranked in the top 10 of the Big 12 rankings.
- Chloe Scheer is fourth in the conference, averaging 4.40 digs per set.
- Scheer is seventh with 295 total digs.
- Abby Schomers slides in at No. 8 with 9.21 assists per set.
- Avah Armour has tallied 10.13 attacks per set which ranks sixth in the Big 12.
- Alexia Kuehl ranks third in the Big 12, hitting a .423 clip.
Double-Trouble Quartet
- Four Knights have recorded double-doubles this season led by Avah Armour and Abby Schomers with three each, followed by Emily Wilson with two and Sasha Cohen with one.
- Cohen earned her first double-double of her career against Houston (Oct. 25) as she recorded 15 kills and 11 digs.
- Schomers and Cohen each have recorded double-doubles in Big 12 matches this season.
- Schomers notched her third double-double against Colorado (Oct. 13) with 26 assists and 12 digs.