The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
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Kansas
10.10.2013 | Volleyball
The rights to first place in the Big 12 standings are on the line as Kansas and Texas come in tied for the top spot at 4-0 in conference play.
Complete match notes
No. 3/2 TEXAS at Kansas
Oct. 12, 2013 | 6:30 p.m. Central | Metro / ESPN3.com
Horejsi Family Athletics Center (1,300) | Lawrence, Kan.
Match #14: Texas (11-2, 4-0 Big 12) at Kansas (14-3, 4-0 Big 12)
All-Time Series: Texas leads, 33-4 (H: 16-1, A: 14-3, N: 3-0)
Last Meeting: Texas, 3-2 (Nov. 10, 2012; Lawrence, Kan.)
Television: Leif Lisec (play-by-play) and Jill Dorsey-Hall (analyst) have the call on the Metro Sports telecast of the game. The match will be simulcasted via ESPN3.com.
Live Stats: kuathletics.com
Quick Hits
• The NCAA released the first RPI of the 2013 season Monday and Texas checked in at No. 1 ... during the non-conference season, Texas faced No. 3 Hawai'i, No. 5 Penn State, No. 6 Stanford, No. 7 Nebraska and No. 8 San Diego.
• The Longhorns have eclipsed the .300 hitting percentage mark four times this season, including three times in their last four matches ... Texas hit a season-high .378 against Texas Tech (Oct. 9), .357 against UTEP (Aug. 31), .347 at LSU (Oct. 5) and .319 against Oklahoma (Sept. 28) ... in four Big 12 Conference matches, freshman Chiaka Ogbogu is leading the Horns' offensively at a clip of .393 (3-9-61), a mark that ranks fourth in the league.
• Freshman outside hitter Chiaka Ogbogu is the reigning Big 12 Conference Rookie of the Week (Oct. 2-5) for the second consecutive week ... Ogbogu recorded double-digit kills in last week's matches, hitting .471 at Baylor and .556 at LSU … her two-match mark was .514, which led the league for the week … she also tallied eight blocks, including six against the Lady Bears.
• Texas was ranked No. 1 in the preseason AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Poll (Aug. 12) for the first time in program history ... through Week No. 6 of the 2013 season, the No. 3 Longhorns have appeared in the Top 10 of the AVCA poll for 107 of the last 111 weeks ... Texas has been ranked in the AVCA Top 25 for 146 consecutive weeks, dating back to 2004.
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