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No. 8 Volleyball preview: Oklahoma
10.26.2018 | Volleyball
The Longhorns will return home to host the Sooners on Saturday afternoon.
Volleyball preview: No. 8 Texas vs. Oklahoma
No. 8 Texas (13-4, 8-1) vs. Oklahoma (13-8, 5-4)
October 27, 2018
Where: Austin, Texas
Arena: Gregory Gym (4,000)
Time: 3 pm. CT
Television: LHN
All-time series: Texas leads, 50-4 (H: 25-2, A: 22-2, N: 3-0)
Last Texas win: October 13, 2018 (3-2)
Last OU win: October 25, 2014 (3-0)
NOTES
-Texas posted its second-straight match hitting .364 or better in a 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-14) defeat of Iowa State in Ames, Iowa on Wednesday night. Freshman Logan Eggleston and Micaya White led the Longhorns in kills with 12 each (Eggleston - .458, White - .286), sophomore Ashley Shook posted 31 assists, freshman Sydney Petersen finished with 16 digs, and freshman Brionne Butler had five blocks. UT hit .364 with only seven errors in the match and out-blocked the Cyclones, 8-3.
-The Longhorns own a 30-straight Big 12 Conference winning streak in home games. The last time Texas fell in a conference match at home was October 25, 2014 when the Sooners won, 3-0. Prior to that, the Longhorns had a 53-straight Big 12 winning streak at Gregory since October 29, 2008, also a loss to Oklahoma (2-3). Since 2006, Texas is 102-2 in Big 12 matches at home.
-Texas has not hit below .210 this season. The Longhorns average a .294 season hitting percentage, which is the nation's 6th-best mark. UT is 11-0 when hitting .250 or better and 2-4 when hitting .249 or worse.
-Butler leads Texas in hitting percentage at .376 for the nation's 32nd-best mark and Johnson is No. 81 at .347. None of the top-five hitters for the Longhorns are averaging below .296:
White 239-50-628 (.301)
Eggleston 186-67-475 (.251)
Butler 137-37-266 (.376)
Johnson 119-27-265 (.347)
Bedart-Ghani 89-25-215 (.298)
-In home matches, Texas is hitting .341, led by Bedart-Ghani's .415 mark (White .402, Butler .395, Johnson .364, Eggleston .258). Shook is averaging 10.9 assists/set in home matches, compared to 10.5 in away matches.
-The Longhorns will play the next four matches at home after playing three of the last four on the road. This will be Texas' seventh match at Gregory Gym this season and only the fourth Big 12 match.
