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No. 5 Volleyball preview: Kansas State
11.05.2018 | Volleyball
The Longhorns will host Kansas State at Gregory Gym on Wednesday night.
Volleyball preview: No. 5 Texas vs. Kansas State
No. 5 Texas (15-4, 10-1) vs. Kansas State (13-9, 3-8)
November 7, 2018
Where: Austin, Texas
Arena: Gregory Gym (4,000)
Time: 7 pm. CT
Television: LHN
All-time series: Texas leads, 40-7 (H: 20-3; A: 19-4: N: 1-0)
Last Texas win: September 19, 2018 (3-2)
Last KSU win: October 15, 2003 (3-2)
NOTES
-The Longhorns won their fifth-straight match with a 3-1 defeat of TCU on Wednesday night, preceding a bye weekend. In the win, Texas hit .258 and posted 10 blocks, holding the Horned Frogs to a .115 clip and five blocks.
-Junior Micaya White led UT with 17 kills (.273), a season-high five blocks, and five digs. Senior Yaazie Bedart-Ghani also finished with double-digit kills (14) with only two errors on 25 swings for a .480 hitting percentage, also finishing with four blocks and four digs. Freshman Brionne Butler led the Longhorns in blocks with eight, and freshman Sydney Petersen recorded 11 digs.
-Texas' match against Kansas State marks the third match in a four-match homestand.
-Through five Big 12 Conference matches at home, Texas has only dropped one set and has won 15.
-Texas' top-five hitters are hitting .242 or better in all Big 12 Conference home matches (5-0):
White 66k (4.12/set), .399
Eggleston 45k (2.81/set), .242
Bedart-Ghani 43k (3.31/set), .410
Butler 31k (1.94/set), .299
Johnson 24k (1.50/set), .283
-The Longhorns are out-blocking Big 12 opponents at home, 41-23 (2.56 to 1.44), winning the service game 14-10 (0.88/set to 0.62/set), and hitting .319 to opponents' .184.
-As a team, Texas is hitting .293, the nation's fifth-best mark (behind 1. BYU [.328], 2. Stanford [.311], 3. Pittsburgh [.302], and Minnesota [.299]).
-Junior Micaya White has hit below .200 in only one match this season (at Oklahoma, .196). She has eight matches hitting .300 or better, including four hitting .400 or better. She is hitting .301 for the year, a significantly better mark than her sophomore (.279) and freshman (.273) seasons. Her 3.79 kills/set is the nation's 79th-best mark.
