The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
2-1
Lipscomb
3-1
No. 3 Volleyball defeats Lipscomb, 3-1
09.01.2016 | Volleyball
Junior Ebony Nwanebu and senior Chloe Collins finished with double-doubles for the Longhorns.
AUSTIN, Texas – Junior Ebony Nwanebu and senior Chloe Collins posted double-doubles to lead Texas in its 3-1 (25-19, 26-24, 22-25, 25-22) defeat of Lipscomb to open the American Campus Classic on Thursday afternoon.
Nwanebu posted her second double-double of the season and third-straight match with double-digit kills with a season-high 25 kills, hitting .458. She also added 11 digs, two blocks and one ace.
Collins led the Longhorns in assists and blocks, finishing with 43 assists, six blocks, two kills, 11 digs and one ace.
Senior Paulina Prieto Cerame and freshman Micaya White also recorded kills in the double-digits, Prieto Cerame with 12, hitting .312 and White with 13 at .355.
Sophomore Morgan Johnson added four blocks for Texas, while freshman Orie Agbaji and junior Mirta Baselovic had three.
The Longhorns hit .349 in the match and outblocked Lipscomb, 11.0 to 6.0.
Texas opened the match on a 5-2 run behind three kills on three attempts from White and extended its lead on a 12-3 run with kills from Nwanebu, Agbaji, Johnson and Prieto Cerame. The Bison won consecutive points to try to make a run, but kills from Nwanebu kept the Longhorns on top and closed out the set, 25-19.
The second set was a different story, as Lipscomb jumped out to an early 5-1 lead and maintained it until the Horns came crawling back to tie the score at 8-8. Texas took an 11-9 lead, but the Bison scored three-consecutive points to regain the lead, 12-11. At 14-14, Lipscomb went on a 3-0 run, but a Rounsaville ace and block from Collins and Johnson tied the score back at 17. Lipscomb struck again after tying at 19, taking a three-point lead at 22-19, but the Longhorns capitalized on errors to tie it once again at 22 and finished the set, 26-24.
In the third set, neither team led by more than two until Lipscomb took an 11-8 advantage and stretched the lead to 16-11. From there, the Bison did not let up. The Longhorns went on a 4-1 run at the end of the set, but Lipscomb took set three, 25-22.
The beginning of the fourth set was reminiscent of set three, as the Bison jumped out to an early 5-4 lead and followed with a 9-2 run to lead, 14-6. Three kills from Nwanebu narrowed the gap, but Lipscomb maintained a two or three-point lead until the Longhorns closed the gap to one point to trail at 21-22 and tied the score at 22. From there, a Collins kill, a White kill and two more kills from Nwanebu gave Texas the lead and the win, closing the set and the match, 25-22.
Carlyle Nusbaum led Lipscomb with 16 kills and four blocks.
Texas will return to action on Thursday night to take on UTSA at 7 p.m. at Gregory Gym.
