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No. 5 Volleyball preview: at (RV) Baylor
11.14.2018 | Volleyball
The Longhorns will hit the road to take on Baylor on Friday night.
Volleyball preview: No. 5 Texas at (RV) Baylor
No. 5 Texas (17-4, 12-1) at Baylor (18-7, 10-4)
Friday, Nov. 16, 2018
Where: Waco, Texas
Arena: Ferrell Center (10,347)
Time: 6 pm. CT
Television: FSSW+
Stream: Fox Sports Go
All-time series: Texas leads, 82-2 (H: 43-0; A: 34-2; N: 5-0)
Last Texas win: September 26, 2018 (3-0)
Last KU win: September 26, 2018 (3-0)
NOTES
-Texas clinched at least a share of the Big 12 title with its 3-1 (25-20, 23-25, 25-18, 25-18) win over Kansas on Saturday. The match marked the fourth of four-straight home matches for the Longhorns (Oklahoma, TCU, Kansas State, Kansas). In those matches, Texas has hit .325 and held its opponents to a .186 clip. The Longhorns have only lost two sets and have out-served their opponents with 20 aces to 12.
-Texas has won 11 Big 12 Championships, including seven of the last eight (Kansas won in 2016). In total, the Longhorns have won 24 conference titles overall with 13 in the Southwestern Conference.
-Texas has the nation's fourth-best hitting percentage (.299) behind BYU, Stanford, and Minnesota, and tied with Pittsburgh. Three Longhorns sit inside the top-100, led by Butler (.373, No. 36), Johnson (.346, No. 79), and Bedart-Ghani (.338, No. 97). All three of those numbers fall in the top-10 of Texas all-time career hitting percentage.
-Johnson posted a career-best hitting percentage against Kansas on Wednesday with 9 kills on 11 swings and no errors for a .818 clip. That number is the highest of any Longhorn this season (5+ kills).
-Texas is on a seven-match winning streak, having just completed a four-match homestand. During the streak, the Longhorns have hit .325 as a team, with all top-five hitters hitting .230 or better (White 101 kills, .313; Bedart-Ghani 73 kills, .371; Eggleston 66 kills, .230; Butler 49 kills, .379; Johnson 46 kills, .385).
-During the Horns' four-match homestand, Bedart-Ghani has been on fire with the team's second-highest mark of 41 kills (2.93/set), hitting a team-best .453 (only seven errors in four matches).
-The Longhorns signed the nation's No. 1 and No. 16 recruits on Wednesday in Skylar Fields (Missouri City, Texas, No. 1) and Molly Phillips (Mansfield, Texas, No. 16).
