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Volleyball preview: at TCU
09.24.2013 | Volleyball
The Longhorns begin Big 12 Conference action on the road Wednesday evening in Ft. Worth, Texas.
No. 5/4 TEXAS at TCU
Sept. 25, 2013 | 6:30 p.m. Central | FSSW+
TCU University Recreation Center (1,350) | Ft. Worth, Texas
Match #9: Texas (6-2, 0-0 Big 12) at TCU (11-3, 0-0 Big 12)
All-Time Series: Texas leads, 5-0 (H: 3-0, A: 2-0, N: 0-0)
Last Meeting: Texas, 3-0 (Oct. 31, 2012; Ft. Worth)
Television: Chuck LaMendola (play-by-play) and LJ Sariego (analyst) have the call on the FSSW+ telecast of the game.
Internet Audio: TexasSports.com's Tyler Denning will handle play-by-play via a paid subscription.
Live Stats: GoFrogs.com
Quick Hits
• Reigning Big 12 Conference champion Texas has claimed back-to-back league titles entering Wednesday's 2013 conference opener at TCU ... under 13th year head coach Jerritt Elliott, the Longhorns won outright conference crowns in 2009, 2011 and 2012, and a share of the 2007 and 2008 crowns ... in a vote of the league's head coaches, Texas was picked as the Preseason Big 12 Conference favorite and received eight of the possible nine first-place votes.
• In 17 years of Big 12 Conference play the Longhorns own a 259-73 (.780) mark in league action ... Texas' all-time Big 12 record ranks first among current conference members, and second all-time to Nebraska's conference record (278-22, .927) ... during head coach Jerritt Elliott's 13-year tenure, Texas has posted a 185-47 (.797) record against Big 12 foes ... in 2011 and 2012, the Longhorns lost just two conference matches.
• In Texas' final pair of non-conference matches against Illinois and Nebraska, All-Americans Bailey Webster and Haley Eckerman led the Longhorns' offensive attack with 38 (3.80 k/s) and 36 (3.60 k/s) kills, respectively ... in the same matches, sophomore middle blocker Molly McCage has led the defense at the net with 16 blocks, while junior Khat Bell and freshman Chiaka Ogbogu have added 13 apiece ... senior libero Sarah Palmer is averaging 4.20 digs per set, and senior setter Hannah Allison has recorded 64 assists (6.40 a/s).
• 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. 4 of the 2013 season, the Longhorns have appeared in the Top 10 of the AVCA poll for 105 of the last 109 weeks ... Texas has been ranked in the AVCA Top 25 for 144 consecutive week, dating back to 2004.
• In the 3-2 win over No. 12 Nebraska, senior setter Hannah Allison became the eighth player in Texas history to surpass the 3,000 career assists mark, as her 29 dishes brought her career total to 3,017.
