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No. 2 Volleyball Preview: BYU - NCAA Semifinals
12.16.2014 | Volleyball
Texas will face BYU in the NCAA Semifinals on Thursday night in Oklahoma City.
No. 2 Texas (27-2)
NCAA Championships Semifinals
Chesapeake Energy Arena (16,616) – Oklahoma City, Okla.
Thursday, Dec. 18 – 6 p.m. CT
Saturday, Dec. 20 – 6:30 p.m. CT
NCAA Semifinal page: CLICK HERE
Television: ESPN2, Karch Kiraly and Beth Mowins on the call, Holly Rowe on sideline
Live Stats: CLICK HERE
Live Audio: CLICK HERE
Match #30: No. 2 Texas (27-2) vs. BYU (29-4)
All-time Series vs. Cougars: Cougars lead, 9-8 (H:3-2; A: 2-4; N: 3-3)
Last Meeting & Texas Win: Oct. 24, 2008, Texas won, 3-1
Last Opponent Win: Nov. 26, 1992 (3-1)
BYU in Round 1: Defeated Seton Hall, 3-0
BYU in Round 2: Defeated Arizona, 3-1
BYU in Regional Semis: Defeated Florida State, 3-1
BYU in Regional Finals: Defeated Nebraska, 3-0
Also in Oklahoma City: No. 1 Stanford (33-1) vs. No. 5 Penn State (34-3)
Texas' all-time series vs. the Cardinal: Cardinal lead, 18-8 (H: 5-2, A: 0-4, N: 3-12)
Stanford in Round 1: Defeated Bakersfield, 3-0
Stanford in Round 2: Defeated Michigan State, 3-1
Stanford in Regional Semis: Defeated Oregon State, 3-1
Stanford in Regional Finals: Defeated Florida, 3-0
Texas' all-time series vs. the Nittany Lions: Nittany Lions lead, 11-8 (H:1-3, A: 0-5, N: 7-3)
PSU in Round 1: Defeated Siena, 3-0
PSU in Round 2: Defeated Dayton, 3-0
PSU in Regional Semis: Defeated UCLA, 3-0
PSU in Regional Finals: Defeated Wisconsin, 3-1
• Texas is making its 10th NCAA Tournament National Semifinal appearance, its third-straight appearance and its sixth out of the last seven years...The Longhorns are 79-28 all-time in NCAA Tournament games (.738)...The last time Texas lost in the National Semifinals was in 2013 to Wisconsin in Seattle, Wash....This marks Texas' first appearance in Oklahoma City in the NCAA Tournament.
• The Longhorns have dropped one set in their first four tournament games...Texas defeated No. 7 North Carolina, 3-1 (25-21, 18-25, 25-20, 31-29) on Saturday to move to 27-2 on the season. Four UT players finished with double-digit kills, all hitting .200 or better. Senior Haley Eckerman led the Longhorns with 14 kills, senior Khat Bell had 12, junior Amy Neal finished with 11 and sophomore Chiaka Ogbogu added 10. Neal also posted 15 digs for Texas, while junior Molly McCage led with seven blocks.
PROGRAM NOTES
-The Longhorns are embarking on their third-straight, 10th all-time National Semifinal appearance and sixth in the last seven years
-This marks Khat Bell and Haley Eckerman's third National Semifinal appearance
-This marks Jerritt Elliott's sixth National Semifinal appearance in his 14 years as head coach at Texas
-Texas has appeared in the Top 10 of the AVCA poll for 128 of the last 133 weeks
-Texas has been ranked in the AVCA Top 25 for 168 consecutive weeks, dating back to 2004
-The Longhorns have won 27 or more games in 24 seasons in history
-Texas has out-hit 52 of its last 53 opponents dating back to Sept. 13, 2013 vs. Arizona State (Florida out-hit Texas, .304 to .248 on 11/29)
