The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
20-4, 15-1Big 12
West Virginia
11-19, 2-14Big 12
No. 5 Volleyball sweeps West Virginia to conclude regular season
11.24.2018 | Volleyball
Seniors Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani and Morgan Johnson both hit over .700 in the match.
AUSTIN, Texas – No. 5 Texas Volleyball swept West Virginia, 3-0 (25-11, 25-22, 25-18) conclude the regular season with a 20-4 record and a 15-1 mark in Big 12 Conference play.
Seniors Yassmeen Bedart-Ghani and Morgan Johnson led the Longhorns before being recognized for their final regular-season match at Gregory Gym.
Bedart-Ghani posted 13 kills (.722) on 18 total swings and no errors, also adding two blocks, whie Johnson led Texas with six blocks. Johnson also had nine kills and no errors on 12 swings for a .750 efficiency.
Junior Micaya White led UT in kills with 15 (.452), four digs, and three blocks and freshman Brionne Butler had five kills and four blocks.
Freshman Logan Eggleston finished with four kills and two digs and junior Orie Agbaji also posted four kills (.429) in the match.
Freshman Jhenna Gabriel finished with 41 assists, five digs, and four blocks and freshman Sydney Petersen led Texas in digs with seven.
Eggleston, Petersen, Rounsaville, and White all had one service ace.
Texas is an automatic qualifier for the 2018 NCAA Tournament. The Longhorns will find out their seed in the tournament on Sunday November 25th at 7:30 p.m. CT on ESPNU.
Key stats
-Texas now leads the all-time series with West Virginia, 14-0
-Texas hit .457 and held West Virginia to a .190 mark
-Texas out blocked West Virginia, 10-1
-White has led Texas in kills in 18 matches this season
-The Longhorns have hit .309 or better in five-straight matches and eight out of the last nine
-Texas has swept 11 opponents this season and nine in Big 12 play
-Bedart-Ghani's .722 was a season-best hitting percentage
-Agbaji's four kills is a season-high
-Gabriel has 40+ assists in four-straight matches
-Texas' .457 hitting percentage was the highest so far this season and the third time it has hit .400 or better
