The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
Oklahoma
10.09.2015 | Volleyball
The Longhorns will continue Big 12 Conference play on Sunday.
Oklahoma at No. 2 Texas
Gregory Gym (4,000) – Austin, Texas
Sunday, Oct. 11, 1 p.m.
Television: Longhorn Network
All-Time Series: Texas leads Oklahoma, 43-4 (H: 22-2; A: 18-2; N:3-0)
Last Meeting: Texas, 3-2 in Norman (22-25, 25-18, 21-25, 25-17, 15-5)
QUICK HITS:
• Texas had one of its best hitting matches of the season with a .380 hitting percentage for the second-best mark of the season in its sweep at Baylor (25-16, 25-19, 25-19) on Wednesday night. Four players hit .389 or better on 31 kills (Johnson 6 kills, .714; Ogbogu 8 kills, .467; McCage 7 kills, .462; Prieto Cerame 10 kills, .389).
• As a team, Texas is hitting .345 in Big 12 play and .305 on the season, the third-best percentage in NCAA Division I. Five Longhorns are hitting .324 or better in the four matches: Paulina Prieto Cerame (33 kills .324), Chiaka Ogbogu (33 kills, .371), Molly McCage (29 kills, .490), Yaazie Bedart-Ghani (14 kills, .522) and Morgan Johnson (6 kills, .714).
• In 2014, Oklahoma was responsible for Texas' only Big 12 loss, defeating UT in Austin, 3-0. The Longhorns avenged the loss in Norman, Okla. to clinch their fourth-straight Big 12 Championship with a 3-2 victory.
• Dating back to the 1974 season, Texas has won 83.0 percent of its matches in Austin, sporting an overall record of 521-107-1 ... the Horns are even more successful in Gregory Gym, boasting a winning percentage of .863 (339-54) ... since the 2007 season, Texas has lost only seven matches in Gregory Gym and has won 130 (.950).
