Led by an incoming Longhorn, Team USA wins a championship in Mexico
While in Mexico recently, Texas volleyball player Logan Eggleston picked up decorations for her dorm room. The U.S. Women’s Junior National Team won the gold medal at the NORCECA Continental...
View ArticleLed by Micaya White, Longhorns sweep up Big 12’s preseason volleyball awards
Ahead of the 2018 volleyball season, the Big 12 is once again predicting that some of its top standouts will play at Texas. Junior outside hitter Micaya White has been named the Big 12’s preseason...
View ArticleEight Straight: Texas once again tops the Big 12’s preseason volleyball poll
In what has become an annual ritual, Texas topped the Big 12’s preseason volleyball poll on Thursday. Texas has been the preseason poll’s top team in each of the last eight seasons. The Longhorns went...
View ArticleDouble date with Stanford could signal a change in how Texas handles its...
In each of the past two years, Texas has had its volleyball season ended by Stanford in the NCAA tournament. This fall, Texas and Stanford will reunite in September. On Sept. 11, the Longhorns will...
View ArticleAhead of 2018 volleyball season, Texas ranked third in national poll
After looking into their crystal balls, the country’s volleyball coaches have seen bronze in Texas’ future. The AVCA slotted Texas into the third slot of its preseason poll on Wednesday. None of the...
View ArticleHelp Wanted: Texas enters 2018 volleyball season with a quartet of applicants...
For the first time in four years, a Texas volleyball player not named Cat McCoy will be wearing black on a full-time basis. McCoy, UT’s longtime libero, is gone, and she took her Texas record of 1,801...
View ArticleTexas adds Croatian National Team member Katarina Luketić to its volleyball...
On Sunday, Texas announced that outside hitter Katarina Luketić had officially joined its volleyball team. Eligible to play immediately at Texas, Luketić will be classified as a freshman. She joins a...
View ArticleFreshmen ready for first match at Gregory Gym as Texas hosts its Orange-White...
Last September, Logan Eggleston sat in the Gregory Gym stands as Texas swept Kansas State in a Big 12 volleyball match. One year after her first-ever trip to UT’s home court, she’s upgraded to floor...
View ArticleWithout Micaya White, Texas prepares for start of its season in the...
The first impression for the Class of 2022 was a good one. Freshman outside hitter Logan Eggleston collected a double-double in her debut at Gregory Gym and Sydney Petersen donned the libero jersey in...
View ArticleThe (volleyball) court is in session: Yaazie Bedart-Ghani ready to lead Texas...
Last weekend, former Texas volleyball player Ebony Nwanebu presided over an argument between Longhorns seniors Yaazie Bedart-Ghani and Morgan Johnson. Nwanebu, in town to play in UT’s Orange-White...
View ArticleTen Longhorns with a Lil’Talent: A guide to the top 10 Texas athletes to...
Just in case any Texas coach wasn’t paying attention this spring, it’s worth repeating athletic director Chris Del Conte’s mission statement. “All of our athletic programs are in the top 10 in the...
View ArticleTexas volleyball team polishes off No. 18 Oregon in Nebraska tournament
What about all that talent that left the Texas volleyball program after last season? The Longhorns’ freshman class said a collective “so what?” to that worry Friday in a season-opening win against No....
View ArticleHorns rally to beat No. 7 Florida in volleyball tournament
LINCOLN, Neb. — As one might expect this early in the season, third-ranked Texas was at times great and at times bad Saturday in beating No. 7 Florida 25-18, 21-25, 21-25, 25-21, 15-10 on the second...
View ArticleTexas ascends to No. 2 in the AVCA poll as Morgan Johnson earns Big 12 accolades
The Texas volleyball team opened this week with some good news. After going undefeated at the season-opening VERT Challenge, Texas climbed to the No. 2 spot in the AVCA’s national poll on Monday. UT...
View ArticleNebraska’s Lexi Sun, on leaving Texas volleyball: ‘We ended on good terms’
LINCOLN, Neb. — It was a little awkward, but not overly so. Lexi Sun, now a sophomore at Nebraska, caught bits and pieces of Texas’ four-set win against then-No. 18 Oregon last Friday at the VERT...
View ArticleLonghorns volleyball team suffers first setback
The No. 2 Longhorns volleyball team suffered its first setback Saturday night, falling to No. 8 Wisconsin in four games. The Badgers triumphed 25-21, 25-22, 23-25, 25-12 at the HotelRED Invitational in...
View ArticleCalifornia libero Nalani Iosia commits to Texas’ 2020 recruiting class
The Texas volleyball team recently picked up a verbal commitment from Nalani Iosia, a libero from California. Iosia attends Redondo Union High in Redondo Beach, Calif. Her high school coach, Tommy...
View ArticleAhead of its debut at home, No. 6 Texas slips four spots in a national poll
A loss cost Texas a shot at being the top-ranked volleyball team in the country, but the Longhorns still find themselves among the NCAA’s elites. On Monday, Texas was ranked sixth in the AVCA’s...
View ArticleFinally home, No. 6 Texas welcomes Texas State, Kentucky for its volleyball...
After having traveled twice to the Midwest in the first two weeks of the volleyball season, Texas is ready for some time at home. The sixth-ranked Longhorns (3-1) host Texas State on Thursday and then...
View ArticleWith No. 16 Kentucky on deck, No. 6 Texas sweeps Texas State in its home opener
Led by familiar faces and a fleet of freshmen, Texas swept past Texas State in its home opener on Thursday night. Two-time All-American Micaya White’s 10 kills led the way in UT’s 25-18, 25-19, 25-19...
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