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West Virginia
No. 1 Volleyball preview: at West Virginia
10.22.2013 | Volleyball
The Longhorns begin a two-match conference road swing Wednesday evening in Morgantown, W.Va.
No. 1 TEXAS at West Virginia
Oct. 23, 2013 | 7 p.m. Central | ESPNU
WVU Coliseum (14,000) | Morgantown, W.Va.
Match #16: Texas (13-2, 6-0 Big 12) at West Virginia (16-5, 2-4 Big 12)
All-Time Series: Texas leads, 2-0 (H: 1-0, A: 1-0, N: 0-0)
Last Meeting: Texas, 3-0 (Nov. 17, 2012; Austin, Texas)
Television: Pam Ward (play-by-play) and Maria Taylor (analyst) have the call on the ESPNU national telecast of the game.
Live Audio: TexasSports.com's Tyler Denning will handle play-by-play via a paid subscription. The audio stream is also available via the Longhorn Network app (free).
Live Stats: WVUSports.com
Quick Hits
• Riding a nine-match win streak and a 6-0 start in Big 12 Conference action, Texas earned top billing in Monday's AVCA Division I Coaches Poll … the ranking marks Texas' first appearance at No. 1 in the 2013 regular season poll … Texas received 44 of the 60 possible first-place votes in this week's poll, while No. 2 Penn State and No. 3 Washington received 12 and four, respectively, to round out the top three teams.
• In Texas' current win streak, All-Americans Bailey Webster and Haley Eckerman are pacing the offense with 3.82 and 3.56 kills per set, respectively.
• The NCAA released the third RPI of the 2013 season Monday and Texas once again checked in at No. 1 ... through 15 matches, Texas has faced No. 2 Penn State, No. 8 Stanford, No. 9 Hawaii, No. 10 Kansas, No. 13 Nebraska, No. 15 Oklahoma, No. 20 San Diego and No. 25 Illinois.
• The Longhorns have eclipsed the .300 hitting percentage mark five times this season, including four times in their last six matches ... Texas hit a season-high .378 against Texas Tech (Oct. 9) ... in six Big 12 Conference matches, freshman Chiaka Ogbogu is leading the Horns' offensively at a clip of .417 (40-10-72), a mark that ranks second in the league.
