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No. 5 Volleyball preview: NCAA Tournament First and Second Rounds
11.28.2018 | Volleyball
The Longhorns will open the 2018 NCAA Tournament on their home floor on Thursday night.
Volleyball preview: No. 5 Texas in the NCAA Tournament First and Second Rounds
Match 2: No. 5 Texas (20-4, 15-1) vs. Stephen F. Austin (32-2, 16-0)
Thursday, Nov. 29, 7 p.m.
Televison: Longhorn Network
All-time Series vs. SFA: Texas leads, 6-1-1 (H: 3-0, N: 3-1-1)
Last Texas Win: December 2, 2006 (3-0)
Last SFA Win: October 12, 1974 (2-0)
Match 1: Texas State (26-6, 15-1) vs. Rice (24-6, 12-2)
Thursday, Nov. 29, 4 p.m.
Televison: Longhorn Network
Texas all-time series with Texas State: Texas leads, 41-9 (H: 16-2, A: 18-4, N: 7-3)
Last Texas Win: September 6, 2018 (3-0)
Last Texas State Win: September 5, 2000 (3-2)
Texas all-time series with Rice: Texas leads, 36-0 (H: 18-0, A: 14-0, N: 4-0)
Last Texas Win: August 28, 2015 (3-0)
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NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
-The Longhorns have the nation's toughest schedule after facing six ranked teams out of eight non-conference opponents and seven ranked teams in their first nine opponents.
-Texas went 5-3 in the non-conference portion of the season, defeating No. 18 Oregon, No. 7 Florida, and High Point at neutral sites, No. 18 Kentucky and Texas State at home, and falling to No. 8 Wisconsin in Madison and No. 2 Stanford in Palo Alto and Austin.
HITTING PERCENTAGE
-Texas ranks third in the nation in hitting percentage at .303. Only BYU (.318) and Stanford (.306) have a higher accuracy
-The Longhorns have hit .210 or better in every match this season
-Texas is 18-0 when hitting .250 or better
-The Longhorns are 2-4 when hitting .249 or worse
-Texas' top-five hitters are all hitting .248 or better
--> Bedart-Ghani - .370
--> Butler - .363
--> Johnson - .358
--> White - .310
--> Eggleston - .248
BIG 12 CONFERENCE TITLE
-The Longhorns won their 11th Big 12 title and second-straight after defeating Baylor in Waco, Texas on November 16.
-Texas has won 24 total conference titles (13 SWC) all-time
-Texas has won seven of the last eight Big 12 Championships (Kansas won in 2016)
BIG 12 HONORS
-Big 12 awards were announced on Monday, Nov. 26
-Micaya White, Big 12 Player of the Year and named All-Big 12 First Team
-Texas' 11th Player of the Year (1997-Sance; 2004-Topic; 2009-Hooker; 2010-Faucette; 2011, Webster-2012, Eckerman-2013, Eckerman-2014, Eckerman-2015-Neal, 2016-Ogbogu)
-Logan Eggleston, Big 12 Freshman of the Year, All-Big 12 First Team, Big 12 All-Rookie Team
-Texas' eighth Freshman of the Year (2001-Topic; 2006-Engle; 2007-Faucette; 2008-Kocher; 2011-Eckerman, 2013-Ogbogu, 2016-White)
-Jerritt Elliott, Big 12 Coach of the Year - sixth honor (2004, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2018)
-Yaazie Bedart-Ghani - All-Big 12 First Team (first career honor)
-Morgan Johnson - All-Big 12 First Team (first career honor)
-Brionne Butler - All-Big 12 First Team, Big 12 All-Rookie Team
MICAYA WHITE
-White has made a significant jump in hitting numbers from the 2017 season:
2017: 354 total kills (78 errors) on 988 attempts, .279 efficiency
2018: 341 total kills (71 errors) on 871 attempts, .310 efficiency
SERVING
-Texas struggled with serving in the non-conference portion of the season with 30 aces (1.00/set) and 101 errors (3.37/set)
-Since then, the Longhorns have 69 aces (1.19/set) and only 122 errors (2.10/set)
TEXAS FRESHMEN
-The Texas freshmen (Eggleston, Butler, Petersen, Gabriel) account for:
-38.3% of the team's kills (443/1156)
-26.7% of assists (302/1130)
-58.6% of service aces (58/99)
-41.9% of digs (475/1133)
-42.4% of blocks (160/377
BEDART-GHANI LAST SIX MATCHES
-Yaazie Bedart-Ghani has hit full stride in the Longhorns' last six matches (home matches versus TCU, Kansas, Kansas State, West Virginia, away matches at Baylor and Texas Tech)
-69 kills (3.29/set), only 9 errors on 114 swings
-.526 hitting efficiency
-14 blocks (0.67/set)
