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No. 4 Volleyball preview: at Baylor
10.11.2016 | Volleyball
The Longhorns will hit the road to take on Baylor in Waco, Texas on Wednesday.
Match 16: No. 4 Texas (13-2, 5-0) at Baylor (15-5, 3-1)
When: Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m.
Where: Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center)
Television: Fox Sports Southwest
All-Time Series: Texas leads, 77-2 (H: 40-0; A: 32-2; N: 5-0)
Last Texas win: Nov. 18, 2015 (3-0)
Last Baylor win: Oct. 27, 2001 (3-2)
Notes:
• The Longhorns are coming off of a 3-2 (25-21, 27-25, 22-25, 21-25, 15-10) defeat over Iowa State at home on Saturday night. Freshman Micaya White, senior Paulina Prieto Cerame and junior Ebony Nwanebu led Texas in kills, all finishing in double-digits, while senior Chloe Collins finished with her fourth double-double of the season with 46 assists and 11 kills.
• Sophomore Yaazie Bedart-Ghani and freshman Blair Westerlund saw time in the middle for Texas in the win over Iowa State on Saturday. The two players combined had 12 kills and only one error, hitting .393, six blocks, 17 points, one ace and one dig for the Longhorns. It was Westerlund's debut and Bedart-Ghani's first match playing in the middle.
• White, Nwanebu and Prieto Cerame are consistently leading the Longhorns in kills, accounting for 649 of Texas' 806 (80.5 percent) total kills. Between the three of them, they have only 175 errors on 1,543 attempts for a combined .307 hitting percentage.
White
has led the Longhorns in kills in 10 matches
her 4.41 kills/set is No. 20 in NCAA Division I and No. 3 in the Big 12
her 4.88 points per set is No. 25 in NCAA Division I and No. 3 in the Big 12
Nwanebu
has led the Longhorns in kills in four matches
her .360 hitting percentage is No. 66 in the NCAA and No. 4 in the Big 12
her 4.08 kills/set is No. 42 in the NCAA and No. 4 in the Big 12
her 4.55 points/set is No. 46 in the NCAA and No. 4 in the Big 12
Prieto Cerame
has led the Longhorns in kills in two matches
her 3.47 kills/set is No. 129 in the NCAA and No. 8 in the Big 12
• The Longhorns are riding a winning streak of nine-straight in true road matches, with the last loss coming at TCU on October 28, 2015.
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