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Volleyball preview: No. 3 Texas at the VERT Challenge
08.23.2018 | Volleyball
The Longhorns will open their season with No. 18 Oregon and No. 7 Florida this weekend.
Volleyball preview: No. 3 Texas at the VERT Challenge
No. 3 Texas (0-0) vs. No. 18 Oregon (0-0)
August 24, 2018
Where: Lincoln, Neb.
Arena: Bob Devaney Sports Center (13,595)
Time: 3:30 p.m. CT
All-time series: Texas leads, 5-1 (H: 1-0, A: 1-0, N: 3-1)
No. 3 Texas vs. No. 7 Florida
August 25, 2018
Where: Lincoln, Neb.
Arena: Bob Devaney Sports Center (13,595)
Time: 3:30 p.m. CT
All-time series: Texas trails, 9-15 (H: 2-6, A: 4-7, N: 1-2)
NOTES
-Texas is coming off of its 12th-straight Regional Final appearance where the Longhorns fell to Stanford in Palo Alto. Texas welcomes six freshmen after losing Chiaka Ogbogu, Cat McCoy, Ebony Nwanebu, Natalie Gilbert, and Lexi Sun.
-Texas' freshmen class includes the nation's No. 2 recruit Asjia O'Neal, liberos Sydney Petersen and Jhenna Gabriel, Tennessean Player of the Year Logan Eggleston, and Croatian National Team member Katarina Luketic.
-Texas will face five opponents in the top-18 in six matches in the non-conferencec portion of the 2018 season, including four teams in the top-10
-The Longhorns return two All-Americans in Micaya White and Ashley Shook in addition to two seniors in Yaazie Bedart-Ghani and Morgan Johnson
-Texas earned a No. 3 preseason ranking to extend its streak of 13-straight years appearing in the preseason top-4.
-UT was picked to win the Big 12 Conference for the eighth-straight year and 11th year since its inception in 1994.
-Junior Micaya White was named Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year, while freshman Logan Eggleston was named Preseason Big 12 Freshman of the Year. Seniors Yaazie Bedart-Ghani and Morgan Johnson joined White on the Preseason All-Big 12 Team.
