The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
Texas Tech
11.20.2018 | Volleyball
The Longhorns hit the road again to take on the Red Raiders in Lubbock.
Volleyball preview: No. 5 Texas at Texas Tech
No. 5 Texas (18-4, 13-1) at Texas Tech (17-11, 6-8)
Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018
Where: Lubbock, Texas
Arena: United Supermarkets Arena (15,000)
Time: 6 pm. CT
All-time series: Texas leads, 85-9-2 (H: 40-3, A: 38-2; N: 7-4-2)
Last Texas win: October 20, 2018 (3-0)
Last TTU win: September 23, 2000 (3-1)
NOTES
-Texas defeated Baylor in Waco on Friday night, 3-1 (22-25, 25-19, 25-22, 25-14) to win its 11th Big 12 title outright with two matches remaining in the regular season. The Longhorns continued a hot hitting streak, finishing at a .355 clip. Junior Micaya White led Texas in kills with 17 (.326), while freshman Jhenna Gabriel led in assists with 47, senior Morgan Johnson led in blocks with four, and freshman Petersen led with 16 digs and two aces. Junior Claire Hahn also had two aces.
-Through 14 conference matches, White leads the Longhorns in kills with 207 (3.98/set), hitting .317. Freshman Logan Eggleston has 153 kills (2.94/set, .254), senior Yaazie Bedart-Ghani has 106 (2.52/set, .333), freshman Brionne Butler has 103 (1.98/set, .330), and senior Morgan Johnson has 95 (1.83/set, .395).
-Texas has won eight-straight matches and has only dropped five sets since losing at Kansas on October 10.
-Johnson continues a hot hitting streak, hitting .400 or better in the last three matches, averaging a .366 clip (21-2-30).
-As a team, the Longhorns rank fourth in the country in hitting percentage overall (.302), behind only BYU (.325), Stanford (.305), and Kentucky (.304). They are 54th in kills per set (13.61).
-Butler leads Texas at No. 35 (.374), Johnson comes in at No. 63 (.355), and Bedart-Ghani has entered the top-100 at No. 96 (.339). All of the Longhorns' top-five hitters are hitting .246 or better (White is hitting .302 and Eggleston is hitting (.246).
-Texas ranks No. 50 in blocks per set in NCAA Division I (2.43). Butler leads UT with 1.18/set, while Johnson has 1.09/set.
