No. 5 Texas tops No. 8 Kansas in Big 12 home opener NCAA.com
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PRESENTED BY AUSTIN, Texas – Aided by an electric home crowd at Gregory gymnasium, No. 5 Texas Volleyball defeated No. 8 Kansas 3-1 in its Big 12 home opener on Saturday night In the third straight top-10 clash between the two teams, the Longhorns hit .351 and extended their winning streak over Kansas to 25 matches. Junior outside hitter Ebony Nwanebu led the Longhorns with a dominant .514 hitting percentage, recording 20 kills on the night. Senior Paulina Prieto Cerame joined White and Nwanebu as the third Longhorn to record double-digit kills with 12. Both teams traded points in the opening set, with neither team finding an early advantage. After piecing together several kills to grab a 12-9 lead, the Jayhawks stayed ahead of Texas for the majority of the set. With the Longhorns trailing 23-19, Prieto Cerame contributed two kills as Texas battled back to even the score at 23-23. From there, the Longhorns fended off Kansas' first set point with a kill from Nwanebu, and a Jayhawk service error on the next set point prolonged the battle. The home crowd reached a fever pitch when the Longhorns claimed a 26-25 advantage off a kill from White, giving Texas its first set point. The deciding volley ended in an attacking error for Kansas, and the Longhorns took the first set and a 1-0 lead in the match. Horns win first set against KU. Great job — Greg Fenves (@gregfenves) The Longhorns carried their momentum into the second set, a stretch of the match in which Texas denied the Jayhawks even a single lead. At one point the Longhorns held a 10-2 lead over Kansas, and from there the most the Jayhawks threatened was when they cut Texas' lead to five, at 15-10. The Longhorns only allowed one more point in the set and closed it out, 25-16, with a pair of punishing kills from White and Nwanebu. The third set initially looked much like the first, with both teams trading blows and neither taking a substantial lead early in the set. A three-point run put Kansas up 18-14, and the Jayhawks held onto the lead to take the third set, 25-18. The Longhorns built upon an early 6-3 lead to take a double-digit advantage at 20-10. A four-point Kansas run closed the gap to 23-18, but another kill from White put Texas at match point. A final service error from Kansas gave the Longhorns the victory. The win moves Texas to 10-2 on the year and 2-0 in conference play. They will face off against Big 12 foe Oklahoma on Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 6 p.m. live on ESPNU. Texas improves to 10-2, 2-0 in the Big 12 — TexasVolleyball (@TexasVolleyball)
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