The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
TCU
10.27.2015 | Volleyball
The Longhorns begin the second half of the Big 12 season in Fort Worth.
No. 2 Texas (18-1, 8-0) at TCU (15-5, 5-3)
University Recreation Center (1,350) – Fort Worth, Texas
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 6:30 p.m.
Television: Fox Sports Southwest
All-Time Series: Texas leads TCU, 10-0 (H: 6-0, A: 4-0)
Last Meeting: Texas won, 3-0 in Austin (25-19, 25-21, 29-27)
QUICK HITS:
• Texas is coming off a sweep of No. 7 Kansas at home (25-16, 25-19, 25-14) for the first top-10 Big 12 matchup since 2010. Junior Paulina Prieto Cerame posted a career-high 16 kills on a career-high .483 hitting percentage to lead the Longhorns, while senior Amy Neal had her sixth double-double of the season with 14 kills and 11 digs and junior Chiaka Ogbogu led with five blocks.
• The Longhorns will hit the road in hopes of extending their Big 12 road winning streak to 20-straight. The last time Texas dropped a conference match on the road was on November 24, 2012 at Iowa State.
• Senior Molly McCage has 413 career block assists, second all-time behind Errica Hibben with 414 (1989-92). With her 444 total blocks, McCage is in to eighth place on the all-time career list. Hibben also tops that list with 513.
• Texas is embarking on the second half of conference season, looking to win five-straight conference titles. The Longhorns went 8-0 in the first half of the season with Neal leading with 4.72 kills/set, Ogbogu with 1.52 blocks/set and sophomore Cat McCoy with 3.48 digs/set.
