The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
5-1
Kentucky
3-4
No. 6 Volleyball takes down No. 16 Kentucky, 3-1
09.07.2018 | Volleyball
Four Longhorns finished with double-digit kills hitting .344 or better.
AUSTIN, Texas – Junior Micaya White posted a season-high 18 kills to lead No. 6 Texas Volleyball past No. 16 Kentucky, 3-1 (25-27, 25-21, 25-18, 25-16) on Friday night at Gregory Gym.
White's 18 kills came on 38 swings, committing only two errors for a season-best .421 hitting percentage. She also finished with 11 digs and one block.
Freshman Logan Eggleston recorded 15 kills (.344), also adding five digs, two blocks, and one ace, while senior Morgan Johnson finished with 12 kills and only one error (.550), seven blocks and two digs. Freshman Katarina Luketic led the Longhorns with eight blocks, also posting 10 kills (.318) and two digs.
Freshman Brionne Butler had five blocks and eight kills (.583), while sophomore Ashley Shook had 51 assists, seven digs, two blocks, and one kill.
Freshman Sydney Petersen led Texas with 15 digs while adding two assists and one ace. Juniors Claire Hahn and Autumn Rounsaville added seven and three digs, respectively.
The Longhorns will face No. 4 Stanford in Palo Alto, Calif. on Tuesday Sept. 11 at 9 p.m. CT. Stanford and Texas will face again in Austin three days later on Friday Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. CT.
Key stats
-Texas has faced three ranked opponents in its first five matches to improve to 5-1 on the season
-The Longhorns have outblocked their opponents in every match they have won this season. They won the blocking advantage against Kentucky, 13.0-7.0.
-Texas hit a season-high .400 against Kentucky on 65 kills and only 13 errors.
-Four Longhorns finished with double-digit kills and all hit .344 or better.
-White has posted 10 or more kills in all six matches and has four matches with double-digit digs
-Petersen has double-digit digs in five matches
-Five Longhorns posted two or more blocks, led by Luketic's eight
