Minnesota rallies past Florida for Elite Eight volleyball spot
Pushed to the brink a week ago, Minnesota retraced its steps in holding off Florida in five sets Friday in the NCAA volleyball Sweet 16 at Gregory Gym. The Golden Gophers (26-5) will face Louisville...
View ArticleMinnesota sweeps upstart Louisville to advance to Final Four
Playing like a team with unfinished business, Minnesota rolled over upstart Louisville in straight sets Saturday night in an NCAA volleyball regional final at Gregory Gym. The commanding 25-21, 25-14,...
View ArticleNebraska’s Capri Davis to transfer to Texas for 2020 volleyball season
Former Nebraska outside hitter Capri Davis will transfer to Texas, the Longhorns said on Monday. After spending the 2018 and 2019 seasons at Nebraska, Davis has two years of eligibility remaining....
View ArticleTexas’ Micaya White and Logan Eggleston make the grade on the AVCA’s...
Once again, Texas senior outside hitter Micaya White has been honored alongside the best volleyball players in the nation. White was placed on the first team of the AVCA’s All-American team on...
View ArticleTexas middle blocker Asjia O’Neal ‘feeling better’ after another heart surgery
Texas freshman middle blocker Asjia O’Neal revealed in an Instagram post on Wednesday night that she had recently had heart surgery for the second time. O’Neal said the surgery was conducted at the...
View ArticleBlack History Month at Texas: Rachael Adams
Throughout Black History Month, the American-Statesman will take a daily look at the black athletes who have had a lasting impact in Texas’ athletic department. Today, we are writing about volleyball...
View ArticleEx-Longhorn setter Riley Fisbeck to close out her volleyball career at Alabama
Former Texas setter Riley Fisbeck announced on Sunday that she will join Alabama’s volleyball program as a graduate transfer. An anthropology major, Fisbeck intends to graduate from Texas this May....
View ArticleBlack History Month at Texas: Destinee Hooker
Throughout Black History Month, the American-Statesman will take a daily look at the black athletes who have had a lasting impact in Texas’ athletic department. Today, we are writing about two-sport...
View ArticleBlack History Month at Texas: Demetria Sance
Throughout Black History Month, the American-Statesman will take a daily look at the black athletes who have had a lasting impact in Texas’ athletic department. Today, we are writing about volleyball...
View ArticleNCAA moves toward allowing athletes to be paid sponsors
The NCAA is moving closer to allowing Division I athletes to earn money from endorsements and sponsorship deals they can strike on their own as early as next year. Recommended rule changes that would...
View ArticleSeparated by COVID-19, Jhenna Gabriel among the Texas volleyball players...
Recently, Texas sophomore Jhenna Gabriel had to wake up for a final that began at four in the morning. An early morning presentation for an advertising media planning foundations class awaited Gabriel,...
View ArticleTexas trio honored by Big 12 ahead of 2020 volleyball season
Texas junior Logan Eggleston has been joined by teammates Skylar Fields and Brionne Butler on the Big 12’s preseason volleyball team. Texas and Baylor each placed a conference-high three players on the...
View ArticleWith Baylor bearing down, Texas once again earns the No. 1 spot in the Big...
If volleyball fans were expecting a surprise at the Big 12’s ballot box, it didn’t come this week. Texas retained the top ranking in the conference’s annual preseason poll, which was released on...
View ArticleTexas secures its first 2022 volleyball pledge as Indiana’s Emma Halter...
The Texas volleyball program received a verbal commitment from Indiana prospect Emma Halter on Thursday. With her pledge, Halter becomes the first member of UT’s 2022 recruiting class. Texas has not...
View ArticleTexas basketball, volleyball teams start onboarding process with coronavirus...
Texas men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball players started the onboarding process Monday to resume voluntary offseason workouts at the UT facilities. All players are tested for COVID-19 and must...
View ArticleTexas to move its volleyball matches to the Erwin Center in 2020
Who Texas will play this volleyball season has yet to be announced. When Texas will play hasn’t been decided either. As for where Texas will play, the Longhorns provided an answer on Monday. Texas has...
View ArticleTexas adds defensive depth following Morgan O’Brien’s arrival from Illinois
Former Illinois libero Morgan O’Brien will join Texas’ volleyball program as a graduate transfer, the school announced on Thursday. Over her three seasons with the Fighting Illini, O’Brien tallied...
View ArticleDue to coronavirus-related travel issues, Texas loses two volleyball signees...
Texas added three players to its volleyball program on Thursday, but Longhorn fans won’t see two of those signees for another year. Texas has announced that the arrivals of Melanie Parra and Adhuoljok...
View ArticleTexas to add Marianna Singletary, South Carolina’s top volleyball player, to...
Due to a pledge from South Carolina, Texas has doubled the size of its 2022 recruiting class. On Sunday, Marianna Singletary announced on Instagram that she had verbally committed to Texas. Singletary...
View ArticleThe Texas Ten: Bijan Robinson, Greg Brown, Skylar Fields all ready to shine...
The pandemic has upended college athletics across the nation, forced major conferences to cancel fall sports and prompted university presidents to weigh the ethics of sending 18- to 22-year-old...
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