The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
23-1, 15-1
TCU
16-15, 6-10
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
| TCU | 17 | 22 | 18 | 0 |
No. 3 Volleyball sweeps TCU to close out Big 12 season
11.26.2014 | Volleyball
Senior Haley Eckerman led the Longhorns with 13 kills.
FORT WORTH, Texas – No. 3 Texas Volleyball (23-1, 15-1) closed out its Big 12 Conference season with a 3-0 (25-17, 25-22, 25-18) defeat of TCU (16-15, 6-10) on Wednesday night.
Senior Haley Eckerman led the Longhorns in kills with 13, hitting .500, while sophomore Paulina Prieto Cerame was not far behind with 12 kills on a .346 hitting percentage.
Prieto Cerame, junior Molly McCage and sophomore Chiaka Ogbogu led in blocks with five, while junior Amy Neal posted 14 digs.
As a team, Texas hit .358 to TCU's .193 and out-blocked the Horned Frogs, 10.0 to 7.0.
Texas jumped out to a 5-0 first set lead, but TCU bounced back to within one at 12-11. When the Longhorns led 16-14, they went on a 5-1 run to take a 21-15 lead. From there, the Horned Frogs could not narrow the gap and Texas took set one, 25-17.
TCU struck first in the second set, but the Longhorns fired back with a 9-2 run to take a 9-3 lead. Texas led by as many as seven at 13-6, but the Horned Frogs executed a 6-2 run to get within two. Eckerman then posted back-to-back kills to give the Longhorns some space, but TCU came back again, pulling to within one at 22-21. From there, Ogbogu had two kills in three points and UT won the set, 25-22.
It was all TCU early in the third set as the Horned Frogs jumped out to a 4-0 lead and kept a consistent three-or-four point lead until Prieto Cerame's back-to-back kills brought Texas back to within one and then tied at 11. After that, neither team led by more than one, tying the score five times. At 16-16, UT went on a 4-0 run and closed out the match from there, 25-18.
Blaire Pickens led TCU with 10 kills, two digs and two blocks.
The Longhorns will return home for their final regular season match to host No. 6 Florida at Gregory Gym on Saturday, Nov. 29 at 1:30 p.m. CT. The match will feature a pregame show, set to begin at 1 p.m. and a postgame senior recognition of Eckerman and Bell.
Postgame Comments
Head Coach Jerritt Elliott
On the game and the Big 12 season: I'm really proud of this group to go 15-1 in conference. It's an accomplishment. I felt that our team played really well in spurts tonight and our seniors did a nice job. We are excited now to play Florida on Saturday and enjoy Thanksgiving with our families.
