The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
No. 3 Volleyball preview: No. 2 Stanford
09.13.2018 | Volleyball
The Longhorns will play part two of their home-and-home series at Gregory Gym on Friday night.
Volleyball preview: No. 2 Stanford at No. 3 Texas
No. 2 Stanford (7-1) at No. 3 Texas (5-2)
September 14, 2018
Where: Austin, Texas
Arena: Gregory Gym (4,000)
Time: 8 p.m. CT
Television: Longhorn Network
Stream: ESPN3
All-time series: Texas trails, 8-21 (H: 5-2; A: 0-6; N: 3-13)
Last Texas win: September 8, 2013 (3-1)
Last Stanford win: September 11, 2018 (3-0)
NOTES
-Texas will face Stanford for the second time this week for part two of a home-and-home series. The Longhorns fell to the Cardinal in Palo Alto, 3-0.
-Freshman Brionne Butler led Texas with 11 kills on 22 swings with only four errors and a team-high three blocks, sophomore Ashley Shook posted 33 assists, 7 digs, and 4 kills (.333), junior Claire Hahn finished with seven digs and two aces, and junior Micaya White had 9 kills (.292) and 7 digs.
-The Longhorns are 5-0 when out-blocking their opponents and 0-2 when losing the blocking battle. Wisconsin had a 9-7 blocking advantage and Stanford finished with a 10-5 advantage.
-Junior Micaya White has finished with solid numbers against Stanford in the last three years:
September 11, 2018 9k (2e), 24s .292 7d
December 9, 2017 10k (3e), 31s .226 13d
December 17, 2016 17k (5e), 46s .261 11d
36k .238 31d
-Senior Yaazie Bedart-Ghani posted seven kills and no errors on 10 swings for a season-best .700 hitting percentage.
-Freshman Brionne Butler has finished with a hitting percentage of .250 or better in every match this season. She averages .423 for the season on 61 kills (2.35/set) for the nation's 16th-highest mark.
-Texas ranks No. 10 in the country in hitting percentage at .295. All six of the Longhorns' top hitters are averaging .202 or better.
