No. 3 Volleyball sweeps Texas Tech, 3-0

Wednesday, October 9

Austin, Texas

6 p.m.

University of Texas

11-2, 4-0Big 12

Texas Tech

7-12, 0-4Big 12

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Texas Tech	19	17	16	0
TEXAS	25	25	25	3

10.09.2013 | Volleyball

Box Score

The Longhorns notched their 25th consecutive win against the Red Raiders and improved to 4-0 in Big 12 Conference matches.

AUSTIN, Texas -- The No. 3 Texas Longhorns hit a season-high .378 (47-13-90) in a 3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-16) victory over the Texas Tech Red Raiders Wednesday evening at Gregory Gym. Senior outside hitter Bailey Webster recorded a match-high 14 kills in Texas' seventh-straight win, while senior setter Hannah Allison led all players with 32 assists.

The win marked Texas' 25^th consecutive victory in the all-time series between the in-state rivals. It was also the Longhorns' fourth sweep in the last five matches, including 3-0 victories over LSU (Oct. 5) and Big 12 Conference opponents TCU (Sept. 25) and Oklahoma (Sept. 28).

Trailing 7-2 in the opening set, Texas (11-2, 4-0 Big 12) bounced back with a 13-8 run to tie it up at 15 apiece. An attack error by Texas Tech's Mikia Mills and a kill by sophomore middle blocker Sara Hattis put Texas ahead, 19-17. From there, Texas went on a 6-2 run with a final kill by freshman Chiaka Ogbogu to win the first set, 25-19.

The second set started off with back-and-forth play that included 11 ties and five lead changes until Texas went on a 5-0 run to gain a 19-14 lead. Freshman Pilar Victoria had three consecutive kills to give the Longhorns a 23-15 lead, and Texas emerged victorious again after the two teams traded four more points. Texas recorded a .400 hitting percentage in the set, including four kills from Victoria to lead the offensive attack.

Although Texas never trailed in the third set, the game began again with another back-and-forth start before a kill by Webster and a service ace by Victoria gave Texas a 15-11 lead. The Longhorns finished the set with a 5-1 run finished by consecutive Victoria kills to win 25-16. Texas logged a match-high .500 hitting percentage and were paced by Webster's seven kills.

Texas resumes Big 12 Conference action Saturday evening at Kansas. The match is set to begin at 6:30 p.m. Central.

Post-match Notes
- Texas is now 75-9 in the series against Texas Tech … under head coach Jerritt Elliott, the Longhorns are 25-0 against the Red Raiders.
- The Longhorns extended their conference home win streak to 43 matches.
- Texas hit a season-high .378 (47-13-90) while holding its opponent below .200 for the sixth time … the Red Raiders hit .167 in the match.
- Senior Bailey Webster had a season-high hitting percentage of .591 on 14 kills.

Post-match Quotes
Texas Head coach Jerritt Elliott
Opening Statement: Well, you are always pleased with a win. I think it is important some nights you are not going to be playing your best volleyball, and our team tried to figure it out as the match went along. We worked hard on it, and I thought we got a lot better. Some of the things we are seeing here numbers-wise, this was the best production we had all season long. But, when we are doing all of the work both offensively and defensively in terms of making errors, it is a challenge. We scored more than 50 percent of their points by mistakes we made on our side of the net. So, we have got to do a better job of that. I think it is concentration and being a little bit better prepared from the beginning of the match, but, we will regroup tomorrow and get back. It has been a tough week, and now we have to focus on playing at Kansas.

Sophomore MB Sara Hattis
On getting the most out of the opportunity to play: I am trying to, that is what the coaches are expecting me to do, trying to go in and make plays. I am enjoying myself, I hope my teammates are enjoying me out there, it has been great and I am just going to keep working hard and try to keep doing what I am doing.

Senior S Hannah Allison
On lifting the team with her play today: It was a little flat going in, and I think sometimes we start matches and just try too hard a little bit, which sometimes results in a lot of hitting errors consecutively. Sometimes just a change in a lineup, even one person, regardless of how they are contributing to the match, because I think Chloe was playing well. I think that sometimes a change, or a different look, or different vibe just gets people to get it out of their head and move on and think about the match, and luckily that worked out for us tonight.