The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
West Virginia
No. 4 Volleyball preview: at West Virginia
10.18.2019 | Volleyball
Longhorns hit road to take on Mountaineers.
No. 4 Volleyball at West Virginia
Texas: 11-2, 5-0 | WVU: 10-8, 1-4
Saturday, Oct. 19 – 12 p.m. CT
WVU Coliseum | Morgantown, W. Va.
TEXAS NOTES
•Texas is 11-2, 5-0 on the season
•Wins over UNI (RV), No. 14 USC, No. 8 Minnesota, No. 13 BYU, Wichita State, Texas A&M, Iowa State, Texas Tech, TCU, K-State &Oklahoma
•Losses at No. 1 Stanford and at Rice (RV)
•Micaya White has five double-doubles on the season.
-vs. UNI: 18k, 13d
-vs. Minnesota: 16k, 10d
-vs. BYU: 21k, 14d
-at Rice: 16k, 14d
-vs. ISU: 19k, 10d
•Logan Eggleston has four double-doubles on the season
-vs. Minnesota: 15k, 13d
-vs. BYU: 25k, 11d
-at KSU: 11k, 11d
-VS. OU: 12k, 11d
•Micaya White is currently 16th in the country for active career leaders for total kills
•Texas leads the nation in hitting percentage as a team at .326, but no individual is higher than 86th in the individual rankings (Skylar Fields, .343)
•Texas has a 14-0 all-time record over the Mountaineers.
• The 2019 campaign marks the WVU program's 45th season, as the squad looks to make its first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament.
• WVU is 10-8 on the year and 1-4 in conference play.
• The squad is led by co-captains Gabrielle Cuckovich, Erin Slinde and Lacey Zerwas.
• The 2018 team was one of Sunahara's youngest squads; featuring no seniors, the Mountaineers posted an 11-win season.
