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10.24.2026 | Volleyball
Longhorns look to bounce back on the road after home loss.
Match 17: No. 14 Texas Volleyball at South Carolina
Texas: 9-7 (5-3) | South Carolina: 9-10 (2-7)
Sunday, Oct. 25 – Noon CT (1 p.m. ET)
Carolina Volleyball Center | Columbia, S.C.
Television: SEC Network+ | Play-by-Play: Dave Weinstien; Analyst: Paul MacDonald
AUSTIN, Texas – No. 14 Texas Volleyball travels to South Carolina for its first road meeting with the Gamecocks on Sunday, Oct. 25. First serve is set for noon CT at the Carolina Volleyball Center, with the match streaming live on SEC Network+.
The Longhorns enter the matchup at 9-7 overall and 5-3 in SEC play after sweeping Auburn before falling to No. 7 Florida in five sets last weekend. Texas rallied from deficits in multiple sets against both opponents, overcoming a six-point deficit in the second set and a five-point deficit in the third to complete the sweep of Auburn before taking a 2-1 match lead against Florida.
Senior outside hitter Torrey Stafford led Texas with 21 kills on .349 hitting against Auburn, while freshman middle blocker Henley Anderson recorded 10 kills and 12 digs for her second double-double of the season. Senior middle blocker Nya Bunton returned to the lineup after missing four matches, recording seven kills on a .778 hitting percentage and three blocks. Anderson earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors for the second time this season after recording double-doubles against Auburn and Florida.
Texas travels to South Carolina on Sunday, Oct. 25, for a noon CT match at the Carolina Volleyball Center. The match will stream live on SEC Network+.
THE MATCHUP
- Texas and South Carolina will meet for the fourth time in program history and the first time in South Carolina.
- Texas leads the all-time series, 3-0, with all three previous meetings played in Austin.
- The programs first met in the second round of the 1997 NCAA Tournament, when Texas swept the Gamecocks at Gregory Gym.
- Texas also swept South Carolina in the first meeting between the programs as SEC opponents in 2024 before earning a four-set win in 2025.
TEXAS AT A GLANCE
- No. 14 Texas enters Sunday's match with a 9-7 overall record and a 5-3 mark in SEC play. The Longhorns are 2-3 in true road matches this season, including 2-2 in SEC road matches.
- Texas has won 63 of its last 69 true road matches dating back to the 2019 season. The Longhorns went 13-0 in true road SEC matches before suffering their first loss at Texas A&M on Oct. 31, 2025.
- Texas is one of six SEC teams ranked in the latest AVCA Coaches' Poll, joining Kentucky, Florida, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt.
- The Longhorns have faced nine ranked opponents through their first 10 matches of the season, including four top-10 teams during that stretch.
SOUTH CAROLINA AT A GLANCE
- South Carolina enters Sunday's match with a 9-10 overall record and a 2-7 mark in SEC play after falling to Auburn in three sets at home on Friday. The Gamecocks hit .106 against Auburn after hitting .333 in a four-set win over Ole Miss last week.
- Outside hitter Olivia Borgman led South Carolina with 12 kills against Auburn and 18 kills at Ole Miss. She has recorded double-digit kills in 11 matches this season.
- Middle blocker Ava Leahy recorded four blocks against Auburn and eight blocks at Ole Miss. South Carolina ranks fourth in the SEC in blocks per set (2.47), led by Sydney Davis (1.29 per set), Leahy (1.10) and Elise Marchal (1.03).
- Setter Kiana Dinn recorded 18 assists against Auburn, while libero Lilly Gillespie added 10 digs.
STAFFORD'S SENIOR STEP
- Senior outside hitter Torrey Stafford leads Texas with 269 kills, averaging 4.58 kills per set, and has recorded 293 points. She ranks 11th nationally in kills per set and 20th in points per set.
- Stafford is averaging 5.30 kills per set in SEC play, the second-best mark in the conference. She has recorded double-digit kills in each of her last 12 matches and has seven double-doubles this season.
- Stafford led Texas with 21 kills on .349 hitting against Auburn, adding two service aces, two blocks and four digs. She recorded a season-high 29 kills and 13 digs at Arkansas on Oct. 9, reaching 1,500 career kills during the match.
- Stafford earned SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week honors on Oct. 5, the eighth SEC weekly honor of her career, after leading Texas to wins over Mississippi State and Alabama.
ANDERSON MAKES HER MARK
- Freshman middle blocker Henley Anderson earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors for the second time this season on Oct. 19 after recording double-doubles against Auburn and No. 7 Florida.
- Anderson finished with 10 kills and 12 digs against Auburn before posting 11 kills and 11 digs against Florida. She added a career-high four assists against Auburn and two service aces and two blocks against Florida.
- Anderson has recorded three double-doubles in her last four matches and has reached double figures in kills in each of her last four outings. She previously earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors on Oct. 5 after recording 25 kills while hitting .426 across wins over Mississippi State and Alabama.
BUNTON RETURNS
- Senior middle blocker Nya Bunton returned to action against Auburn after missing four matches, recording seven kills on a .778 hitting percentage and three blocks.
- Bunton has recorded 95 kills in 12 matches while hitting .441, the seventh-best mark nationally and fourth-best in the SEC. She has added 49 total blocks, averaging 1.07 per set.
- Bunton recorded 12 kills on .550 hitting with three blocks against No. 7 Florida on Oct. 18.
BINNEY SETS THE TABLE
- Junior setter Rella Binney leads Texas with 562 assists, averaging 9.37 per set, and has recorded seven double-doubles this season.
- Binney recorded 29 assists and 11 digs in the sweep of Auburn for her sixth double-double of the season before adding 28 assists and 10 digs against Florida.
- Binney earned SEC Player of the Week and Setter of the Week honors on Oct. 5, the first weekly awards of her career, after totaling 79 assists in wins over Mississippi State and Alabama.
GARY AKES THE REINS
- Senior libero Ramsey Gary leads Texas with 239 digs and averages 3.98 per set. In SEC play, she is averaging 4.52 digs per set, the second-best mark in the conference.
- Gary established a Texas rally-scoring era record with 34 digs in the four-set win at Arkansas on Oct. 9. The total marked the most digs by a Longhorn in a four-set match and equaled the program record set in 1999.
- Gary recorded the first double-double of her career against No. 7 Florida, finishing with 11 assists and 12 digs.
ELLIOTT APPROACHES MILESTONES
- Head coach Jerritt Elliott is in his 26th season at Texas and has compiled 694 career Division I victories, including 644 wins with the Longhorns.
- Elliott is six wins away from 700 career Division I victories and six wins away from 650 at Texas. His career win total ranks fourth among active Division I coaches, while his Texas victories rank 21st all time among coaches at a single Division I institution.
- Elliott's 26 seasons at Texas rank fourth among active coaches at Power Four programs and first among active head coaches in the SEC.
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