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No. 6 Volleyball preview: TCU
10.30.2018 | Volleyball
The Longhorns will host the Horned Frogs on Wednesday night at Gregory Gym.
Volleyball preview: No. 6 Texas vs. TCU
No. 6 Texas (14-4, 9-1) vs. TCU (12-9, 4-6)
October 31, 2018
Where: Austin, Texas
Arena: Gregory Gym (4,000)
Time: 7 pm. CT
Television: LHN
All-time series: Texas leads, 15-1 (H: 8-0; A: 7-1)
Last Texas win: Wednesday, Oct. 2 (3-2)
Last TCU win: October 28, 2014 (3-0)
NOTES
-Texas defeated Oklahoma, 3-0 (25-15, 25-17, 25-23) for its third-straight sweep. Junior Micaya White led the Longhorns in kills for the 14th time this season and fifth-straight match with 13 (.344), while freshman Logan Eggleston also finished in double-digit kills with 10 (.227). Sophomore Ashley Shook had 31 aces, seven digs, and four kills, freshman Sydney Petersen led Texas with 13 digs, and senior Yaazie Bedart-Ghani posted a team-high four blocks.
-Through nine conference matches, White leads Texas with 148 kills (4.00/set), hitting .325, with Eggleston not far behind at 115 kills (3.11/set), hitting .263. Shook has 387 assists (10.46/set), Petersen has 145 digs (3.92/set), freshman Brionne Butler leads with 48 blocks (1.30/set), and senior Morgan Johnson has 41 blocks (1.11/set). Eggleston and Petersen lead the Horns in service aces, with eight apiece (0.22/set).
-In the last three matches, Texas has averaged a .370 in sweeps over Texas Tech at home, Iowa State on the road, and Oklahoma at home. All six players that have recorded a kill are averaging a .310 or better hitting clip:
Player #Kills Errors Attempts Hitting %
Shook 9 (1.00/set) 1 16 .500
White 42 (4.67/set) 4 93 .409
Bedart-Ghani 29 (3.22/set) 7 60 .367
Johnson 14 (1.56/set) 2 33 .364
Butler 18 (2.00/set) 5 37 .351
Eggleston 30 (3.33/set) 8 71 .310
TEAM 142 (15.7/set) 27 311 .370
-Petersen has 40 digs in the last three matches for 4.44/set. That is the highest mark for digs per set in a single season in Texas Volleyball history (Cat McCoy averaged 4.41 digs per set in 2017).
-The Longhorns rank sixth overall in NCAA Division I in hitting percentage (.295), led by Butler (.370, No. 39) and Johnson (.349, No. 77).
-Texas ranks second in NCAA Division I in strength of schedule with a 14-4 record, only behind Southern California (16-7).
