The University of Texas at Austin Athletics

No. 7 Volleyball preview: Texas Tech
11.15.2016 | Volleyball
The Longhorns will return home to host the Red Raiders on Wednesday night.
HEAD COACH JERRITT ELLIOTT MEETS WITH THE MEDIA
Match 24: Texas Tech (10-18, 0-13) at No. 7 Texas (19-4, 11-2)
When: Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.
Where: Gregory Gym; Austin, Texas
Television: Longhorn Network with Nell Fortner and Paul Sunderland
Live Stream: http://es.pn/2f9Brxe
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/texas/wvball/
All-time Series vs. Texas Tech: Texas leads, 81-9-2 (H: 37-3; A: 8-4-2; N: 7-4)
Last Texas win: October 21, 2016 (3-2)
Last Texas Tech win: September 23, 2000 (3-1)
Notes:
• The Longhorns are coming off a loss at Iowa State, 3-2 (23-25, 25-21, 25-20, 21-25, 11-15) on Saturday in Ames. Sophomore Morgan Johnson led the Longhorns with a career-high nine blocks, while junior Cat McCoy had a career-high 29 digs. Junior Ebony Nwanebu led in kills with 18 (.366), senior Paulina Prieto Cerame posting 17 and freshman Micaya White 13.
• Junior Cat McCoy earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors after setting a Big 12 season-high 29 digs in UT's five-set match at Iowa State on Saturday. She had over 42 digs in the Longhorns' two matches for 5.25 per set, averaging 4.83 for the month of November.
• Head Coach Jerritt Elliott and the Texas Volleyball program signed the nation's No. 1 recruit, Lexi Sun, No. 2 Brionne Butler, No. 6 Ashley Shook and libero Olivia Zelon for arguably the best class in Texas Volleyball history.
• Texas will close the regular season with three home matches, including Kansas State on Saturday, Nov. 19 and West Virginia on Saturday, Nov. 26.