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No. 5 Volleyball bounces back with win at Kansas State in first Big 12 match
09.19.2018 | Volleyball
Junior Micaya White led the Longhorns with 21 kills (.447).
MANHATTAN, Kan. - No. 5 Texas opened Big 12 Conference play with a win over Kansas State in Manhattan, Kan. on Wednesday night, 3-2 (24-26, 25-19, 25-17, 18-25, 19-17).
Junior Micaya White led the Longhorns with 21 kills (.447), while also adding 13 digs and one block. Freshman Brionne Butler added 14 kills (.467), four digs, and seven blocks.
Freshman Logan Eggleston recorded 18 kills (.439), five digs, and two blocks.
Sophomore Ashley Shook finished with 62 assists, five kills (.500), eight digs, and five blocks.
Senior Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani contributed 10 kills (.286), three digs, and two blocks, while senior Morgan Johnson had nine kills (.667), and five blocks.
Freshman Sydney Petersen led the Longhorns with 19 digs, while junior Autumn Rounsaville added 8 digs.
The Longhorns have a week break before facing Baylor at Gregory Gym on Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. CT. The match will be televised on Longhorn Network.
KEY STATS
-Texas hit .346 for the fourth match this season hitting .321 or better
-The Longhorns outblocked the Wildcats, 12.0 to 6.0
-Texas had 70 digs to Kansas State's 61 and 77 kills to 66
-The Longhorns are 2-0 in five-set matches (Florida and Kansas State)
-The win marked Texas' first true road win of the season
- Petersen matched her career-high mark with 19 digs and set a new career-high mark with five assists
- White's 21 kills were a season best. She has double-digit kills in eight of nine matches.
- Shook set a career-high mark with 62 assists and matched her season-best marks in kills (5) and blocks (5).
-Eggleston's 18 kills was a career-high mark. Her five digs matched a career-high.
-Butler's 14 kills was a career-high mark, as were her four digs in the match
-Johnson's nine kills on 12 swings gave her a season-best .667 hitting percentage
-Bedart-Ghani's 10 kills and three digs were both season-best marks
