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Volleyball preview: at LSU [Oct. 5, 2013]
10.03.2013 | Volleyball
The No. 4 Longhorns take a break from Big 12 Conference action for Saturday's match against the Tigers in Baton Rouge, La.
No. 4/4 TEXAS at LSU
Oct. 5, 2013 | 1 p.m. Central | LHN
Maravich Center (13,215) | Baton Rouge, La.
Match #12: Texas (9-2, 3-0 Big 12) at LSU (10-2, 0-1 SEC)
All-Time Series: Texas leads, 21-4 (H: 13-2, A: 5-2, N: 3-0)
Last Meeting: Texas, 3-0 (Aug. 24, 2012; Austin, Texas)
Television: Brenda VanLengen (play-by-play) and Nell Fortner (analyst) have the call on the Longhorn Network telecast of the game.
Live Stats: LSUsports.net
Quick Hits
• In Wednesday's 3-1 win at Baylor, Texas saw career-high production from a quartet of underclassmen ... freshman setter Chloe Collins put up a season-high 46 assists, while fellow rookie Chiaka Ogbogu recorded 10 kills and hit .471 (10-2-17) in the match ... sophomore middle blocker Molly McCage added her own career-high 10 kills and 12.0 points and two-sport athlete Sara Hattis notched her own career bests with seven kills and six block assists.
• Freshman outside hitter Chiaka Ogbogu was tabbed the Big 12 Conference Rookie of the Week for matches played Sept. 23-29 ... Ogbogu recorded a .323 hitting percentage with an average of 2.50 kills last week as Texas swept conference opponents TCU and Oklahoma to start league play at 2-0 ... the freshman also recorded six blocks and averaged 3.08 points for the Longhorns ... Ogbogu matched her then season high with nine kills in the win over the Sooners.
• Texas hit .319 against Oklahoma for its second-highest attack percentage of the season ... previously, the Longhorns only eclipsed the .300 mark against UTEP (.357) in the second match of the season ... in three Big 12 Conference matches, freshman Chiaka Ogbogu is leading the Horns' outside hitting corp at a clip of .375 (25-7-48).
• 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. 5 of the 2013 season, the Longhorns have appeared in the Top 10 of the AVCA poll for 106 of the last 110 weeks ... Texas has been ranked in the AVCA Top 25 for 145 consecutive week, dating back to 2004.
