No. 5 Volleyball preview: No. 4 BYU

Volleyball preview: No. 5 Texas vs. No. 4 BYU

REGIONAL FINAL NOTES

Regional Final: No. 5 Texas (23-4, 15-1) vs. No. 4 BYU (30-1, 17-1)

Saturday, Dec. 8, 7 p.m. CT

Smith Fieldhouse (5,000)

Provo, Utah

Televison: ESPNU

Texas all-time series with BYU: Texas trails, 9-10 (H: 4-2; A: 2-4; N: 3-4)

Last Texas Win: December 9, 2016 (3-2)

Last BYU Win: December 18, 2014 (3-1)

NOTES

TEXAS VS. BYU

-The Longhorns and Cougars have met twice in the NCAA Tournament since 2014 and both meetings have had significant implications:

-> December 18, 2014: BYU defeats Texas, 3-1 (25-23, 25-16, 23-25, 26-24) in the Final Four in Oklahoma City, Okla.

*A controversial touch call in the fourth set is the birth of replay for challenge calls for volleyball

-> December 9, 2013: Texas defeats BYU, 3-2 (25-23, 25-14, 24-26, 22-25, 16-14) in the Sweet 16 in Austin, Texas

*The Longhorns rallied after facing a 12-7 fifth-set deficit to advance to their 11th-straight Elite 8 and then on to their fifth-straight Final 4

TEXAS IN NCAA REGIONALS

-Texas appears in its 13th-straight Regional Final (since 2005)

-> In those 12 appearances, Texas is 8-4

*2006: fell to No. 2 Stanford, 1-3 (Austin)

*2007: fell to No. 5 USC, 0-3 (Gainesville)

*2008: defeated Iowa State, 3-1 (Austin)

*2009: defeated No. 7 Nebraska, 3-1 (Omaha)

*2010: defeated No. 24 Purdue, 3-1 (Austin)

*2011: fell to No. 4 UCLA, 1-3 (Lexington)

*2012: defeated No. 4 USC, 3-0 (Austin)

*2013: defeated No. 9 Nebraska, 3-0 (Lincoln)

*2014: defeated No. 7 North Carolina, 3-1 (Minneapolis)

*2015: defeated No. 16 Florida, 3-2 (Austin)

*2016: defeated Creighton, 3-0 (Austin)

*2017: fell to No. 4 Stanford, 0-3 (Palo Alto)

-The Longhorns are 12-11 all-time in Regional Finals since their first appearance in 1984

AT STAKE FOR TEXAS

-The Longhorns' 13th appearance in the NCAA Semifinal

-The Longhorns' ninth appearance in the last 11 NCAA Semifinals

-The Longhorns' 96th win in NCAA Tournament matches all-time (95-32, .748)

-The Longhorns' 14th-straight win

-Head Coach Jerritt Elliott's 58th NCAA Tournament win (57-15, .792)

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