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10.27.2026 | Volleyball
Longhorns return home to host Bulldogs at Gregory Gym.
Match 18: No. 14 Texas Volleyball vs. Georgia
Texas: 10-7 (6-3) | Georgia: 14-5 (6-3)
Wednesday, Oct. 28 | 7 p.m. CT
Gregory Gymnasium | Austin, Texas
Television: SEC Network | Play-by-Play: Alex Loeb; Analyst: Ray Bechard
AUSTIN, Texas – No. 14 Texas Volleyball returns to Gregory Gymnasium to host Georgia on Wednesday, Oct. 28. First serve is set for 7 p.m. CT, with the match airing on SEC Network.
The Longhorns enter the matchup at 10-7 overall and 6-3 in SEC play after sweeping South Carolina on Sunday. Texas hit .299 and held the Gamecocks to a .153 hitting percentage in the straight-set victory. Senior outside hitter Torrey Stafford led all players with 12 kills on .600 hitting, extending her streak of double-digit kills to 13 consecutive matches. Freshman outside hitter Henley Anderson added 11 kills for her seventh straight match in double figures.
Texas is 5-1 at home this season, including a 4-1 record at Gregory Gymnasium, and has extended its home sellout streak to 61 matches. The Longhorns rank 10th nationally and fifth in the SEC with 13.10 assists per set and 22nd nationally and fifth in the conference with 13.79 kills per set. Senior middle blocker Nya Bunton ranks seventh nationally and second in the SEC with a .440 hitting percentage.
Georgia enters Wednesday's match at 14-5 overall and 6-3 in SEC play after dropping consecutive four-set matches to No. 19 Texas A&M and Missouri at home last weekend. The Bulldogs are 4-2 on the road this season. Outside hitter Bianna Muoneke leads the nation with 5.11 kills per set and ranks second nationally in kills (383), points (425) and points per set (5.67), leading the SEC in all three categories. She averaged 6.00 kills per set and hit .264 across Georgia's two matches last weekend.
THE MATCHUP
- Texas and Georgia will meet for the 10th time in program history on Wednesday.
- Texas leads the all-time series, 9-0, including a 2-0 mark since both programs joined the SEC.
- Georgia visits Austin for the first time since 2024, when Texas earned a four-set win at Gregory Gymnasium.
- The Longhorns are 8-0 against the Bulldogs in home matches and swept Georgia in Athens last season.
- Texas head coach Jerritt Elliott is 4-0 against Georgia.
TEXAS AT A GLANCE
- No. 14 Texas enters Wednesday's match with a 10-7 overall record and a 6-3 mark in SEC play. The Longhorns are 5-1 at home this season, including 4-1 at Gregory Gymnasium.
- Texas ranks 10th nationally and fifth in the SEC with 13.10 assists per set and 22nd nationally and fifth in the conference with 13.79 kills per set.
- Senior middle blocker Nya Bunton ranks seventh nationally and second in the SEC with a .440 hitting percentage.
- Senior outside hitter Torrey Stafford ranks 14th nationally and fourth in the SEC with 4.46 kills per set and 21st nationally and fifth in the conference with 4.86 points per set.
- Texas hit .299 and held South Carolina to a .153 hitting percentage in Sunday's sweep. Stafford recorded 12 kills on .600 hitting, while Anderson added 11 kills.
GEORGIA AT A GLANCE
- Georgia enters Wednesday's match with a 14-5 overall record and a 6-3 mark in SEC play after dropping consecutive four-set matches to No. 19 Texas A&M and Missouri at home last weekend.
- The Bulldogs are 4-2 on the road this season.
- Outside hitter Bianna Muoneke leads the nation with 5.11 kills per set and ranks second nationally in kills (383), points (425) and points per set (5.67), leading the SEC in all three categories.
- Muoneke averaged 6.00 kills per set and hit .264 across Georgia's two matches last weekend. Her father, Gabe Muoneke, was a four-year starter for Texas men's basketball from 1996-2000 and earned consensus first-team All-Big 12 honors in 1998-99.
- Setter Chloe Elarton recorded a double-double in each of Georgia's two matches last weekend, giving her a team-leading eight double-doubles this season.
STAFFORD'S SENIOR STEP
- Senior outside hitter Torrey Stafford leads Texas with 281 kills, averaging 4.46 kills per set, and has recorded 306 points. She ranks 14th nationally in kills per set and 21st in points per set.
- In SEC matches, Stafford averages 5.18 kills and 5.64 points per set, ranking second in the conference in both categories.
- Stafford has recorded double-digit kills in each of her last 13 matches, including 12 kills on .600 hitting in Sunday's sweep at South Carolina.
- She 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 outside hitter Henley Anderson ranks third on the team with 179.5 kills and averages 2.85 kills per set.
- Anderson recorded 11 kills and four digs in the sweep at South Carolina on Oct. 25, extending her streak of double-digit kills to seven consecutive matches.
·She 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 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 AT THE NET
- Senior middle blocker Nya Bunton has recorded 103 kills in 13 matches while hitting .440, the seventh-best mark nationally and second-best in the SEC. She has added 52 total blocks, averaging 1.06 per set.
- Bunton collected 12 kills on .550 hitting and three blocks against No. 7 Florida on Oct. 18.
- She returned against Auburn on Oct. 16 after missing four matches, recording seven kills on a .778 hitting percentage and three blocks.
GARY TAKES THE REINS
- Senior libero Ramsey Gary leads Texas with 250 digs and averages 3.97 digs per set.
- Gary ranks third in the SEC with 4.15 digs per set in conference matches.
- She set a Texas rally-scoring era record with 34 digs in a win at Arkansas (10/9), tying the program record established in 1999.
- Gary has recorded double-digit digs in 12 matches this season, including 10 of the last 11.
BINNEY SETS THE TABLE
- Junior setter Rella Binney leads Texas with 588 assists, averaging 9.33 per set, and has recorded seven double-doubles this season.
- In SEC play, Binney averages 10.27 assists per set, the fifth-best mark in the conference.
- She recorded 30 assists against Oklahoma and had 26 assists in the sweep at South Carolina.
- 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.
ELLIOTT APPROACHES MILESTONES
- Head coach Jerritt Elliott is in his 26th season at Texas and has compiled 695 career Division I victories, including 645 wins with the Longhorns.
- Elliott is five wins away from 700 career Division I victories and five 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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