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West Virginia
No. 2 Volleyball preview: at West Virginia [Sept. 25, 2015]
09.24.2015 | Volleyball
The Longhorns will continue Big 12 Conference play on Friday.
#2 TEXAS at West Virginia
WVU Coliseum (14,000) – Morgantown, W.V.
Friday, Sept. 25, 5 p.m. CT
All-time Series: Texas leads West Virginia, 6-0 (H: 3-0, A: 3-0)
QUICK HITS:
• Texas opened Big 12 Conference play on Wednesday with a win over TCU in Austin, 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 29-27). It marked the Longhorns' ninth-straight conference win. UT has not lost a Big 12 road match since November 24, 2013 (at Iowa State) for a streak of 16.
• Senior Amy Neal has double-digit kills in the last three matches and 10 overall this year. She has led Texas in kills in nine of 12 matches ... junior Chiaka Ogbogu has double-digit kills in the last three matches and six overall ... sophomore Cat McCoy has double-digit digs in the last seven matches and 10 overall this season, leading Texas in digs in 10 of 12 matches ... junior Chloe Collins has 40 or more assists in six matches this year.
• In the latest NCAA rankings, the Longhorns are ninth in hitting percentage (.295), 30th in kills per set (14.10), 33rd in blocks per set (2.62), 40th in assists per set (14.00) and 43rd in opponent hitting percentage (.160).
• In 19 years of Big 12 Conference play, the Longhorns own a 291-74 (.797) 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 15-year tenure, Texas has posted a 217-48 (.819) record against Big 12 foes ... since 2011, the Longhorns have lost only three conference matches (won 62--.954). UT won outright conference crowns in 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 and a share of the 2007 and 2008 crowns.
