The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
16-4, 11-1Big 12
Kansas State
13-10, 3-9Big 12
No. 5 Volleyball sweeps Kansas State at home
11.07.2018 | Volleyball
Freshman Jhenna Gabriel had 31 assists in her first career start.
AUSTIN, Texas - No. 5 Texas Volleyball swept Kansas State, 3-0 (25-19, 25-15, 25-19) at Gregory Gym on Wednesday night to improve to 16-4 overall and 11-1 in Big 12 Conference play.
Freshman Jhenna Gabriel led the Longhorns with 31 assists while adding four digs in her first career start at Texas.
Junior Micaya White led Texas with double-digit kills with 13 (.323). White also had nine digs and one block.
Senior Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani finished with nine kills on 13 swings (.692), while also contributing one dig and one block. Senior Morgan Johnson had six kills on 10 swings (.400) and two blocks.
Freshman Logan Eggleston had six kills, three digs, and one block, while freshman Brionne Butler finished contributed five kills, four digs, and two blocks.
Junior Claire Hahn led Texas with 10 digs and also had one assist. Freshman Sydney Petersen had nine digs and two assists, while junior Autumn Rounsaville had six digs and one assist.
Texas faces Kansas at home on Saturday, Nov. 10 at 1 p.m. CT. The match will be televised on the Longhorn Network.
Key stats
-Texas now leads the all-time series with Kansas State, 41-7 and has won 31-straight matches since 2003
-Texas hit .386 and held Kansas State to a .180 mark
-Texas and Kansas State both finished with 4.0 blocks
-Texas had 46 digs while Kansas State had 34 digs
-Bedart-Ghani has three matches with double-digit kills, all hitting .286 or better
-Gabriel's 31 assists is a career-high mark
-White has double-digit kills, hitting .300 or better in six matches this season
-Texas' sweep was its seventh this season (wins)
-Hahn's 10 digs matched a season-high mark and is the most for her in a three-set match
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