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No. 5 Volleyball preview: Kansas
11.08.2018 | Volleyball
The Longhorns welcome the Jayhawks to Gregory Gym on Saturday afternoon.
Volleyball preview: No. 5 Texas vs. Kansas
No. 5 Texas (16-4, 11-1) vs. Kansas (15-7, 8-3)
November 10, 2018
Where: Austin, Texas
Arena: Gregory Gym (4,000)
Time: 1 pm. CT
Television: LHN
All-time series: Texas leads, 42-5 (H: 21-1; A: 18-4; N: 3-0)
Last Texas win: November 15, 2017 (3-0)
Last KU win: October 10, 2018 (3-1)
NOTES
-The Longhorns continued their homestand with a sweep of Kansas State (25-19, 25-15, 25-19) on Wednesday night. Junior Micaya White led with 13 kills (.323), freshman Jhenna Gabriel took over setting duties with 31 assists, four digs, and two kills, junior Claire Hahn led in digs with 10, and senior Morgan Johnson posted a team-high two blocks. Texas hit .386 and held the Wildcats to a .180 mark.
-Texas can clinch a share of the Big 12 Conference title with a win over Kansas on Saturday. UT leads second-place Kansas by two matches. A win on Saturday against Kansas and a win at on the road at Baylor next Friday night would give the Longhorns their 11th Big 12 Championship (outright). UT has won six of the last seven Big 12 titles and 23 conference titles overall (13 in the SWC).
-Three Longhorns finished with two service aces (White, Gabriel, Eggleston) and Butler and Petersen both added one for Texas' second-highest mark of the season. The Longhorns had nine service aces against Texas State (three-set match) and eight versus Kansas in the first matchup (four-set match).
-In the last five matches, senior Yaazie Bedart-Ghani has 52 kills (3.25/set) and only nine errors on 98 swings for a .439 hitting percentage, also with 13 blocks (0.81/set). She has hit .214 or better in the last five and has double-digit kills in two:
Date Opponent Kills Errors Swings %
10/20 Texas Tech 16 3 25 .520
10/24 at Iowa State 8 2 21 .286
10/27 Oklahoma 5 2 14 .214
10/31 TCU 14 2 25 .480
11/7 Kansas State 9 0 13 .692
-Petersen has led Texas in digs in 14 matches and has 265 on the season. If the season ended today, her 3.58 digs/set would rank No. 5 on the all-time digs/set list behind
Cat McCoy (2014-17), 4.06
Sandra Reboucas (1999), 4.03
Demetria Sance (1995-98), 3.64
Alyson Jennings (2004-07), 3.63
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