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No. 5 Volleyball preview: at Iowa State
11.11.2016 | Volleyball
The Longhorns will complete their Big 12 road matches in Ames on Saturday.
Match 23: No. 5 Texas (19-3, 11-1) at Iowa State (15-9, 7-5)
When: Saturday, Nov. 12, 4 p.m.
Where: Hilton Coliseum; Ames, Iowa
Television: cyclones.tv
All-time Series vs. Iowa State: Texas leads, 39-4 (H: 23-0; A: 16-4)
Last Texas win: Saturday, Oct. 8 (3-2)
Last Iowa State win: Nov. 24, 2012 (3-2)
Notes:
• The Longhorns are coming off a 3-0 (25-23, 26-24, 25-16) defeat over Baylor on Wednesday night. Senior Paulina Prieto Cerame led the offense with 17 kills, junior Cat McCoy posted 13 digs and sophomore Morgan Johnson added seven blocks.
• Prieto Cerame's 17 kills versus Baylor came on 36 swings, only posting one error in the match for a .444 hitting percentage. She also added five blocks and four digs for a team-high 19.5 points.
• Texas will seek its 20th win for the 12th-straight season. The last time the Longhorns didn't reach 20 wins in a season was 2003. Head Coach Jerritt Elliott is two wins away from his 400th while head coach at Texas.
• The match at Iowa State marks the Longhorns' last Big 12 Conference road match of the season. Texas will close with three-straight home matches in the last two weeks of the season.
• The Longhorns are 79-8 in Big 12 road matches since 2007 and 6-1 in 2016.
