Micaya White named Big 12 freshman of the week
Micaya White was named Big 12 freshman of the week on Monday following her performance last weekend at the American Campus classic. White, a freshman outside hitter, posted double-digit kills each...
View ArticleThird-ranked Texas volleyball team sweeps Colorado State
Texas freshman Micaya White had a career-high 21 kills as the third-ranked Longhorns swept Colorado State 25-20, 25-23, 25-23 Friday night in Fort Collins, Colorado. White hit .390, had four blocks and...
View ArticleNo. 3 Texas volleyball tops Wichita State in four sets
Ebony Nwanebu had 20 kills to lead the third-ranked Longhorns to a four-set victory over Wichita State (25-20, 25-22, 23-25, 25-21) at the Rams Volleyball Classic on Saturday in Fort Collins, Colorado....
View ArticleMicaya White earns Big 12 freshman of the week honor
Micaya White was named Big 12 freshman of the week Monday after posting 38 kills at the Rams Volleyball Classic over the weekend. It is the second straight time that White has earned freshman player of...
View ArticleTexas volleyball will warm up for Big 12 play with No. 16 A&M, No. 6 Wisconsin
If Big 12 play is the main course on the menu that is the Texas volleyball team’s regular-season schedule, then the Longhorns just ordered some appealing appetizers. The second-ranked Longhorns (7-1),...
View ArticleThe rivalry resumes, at least for a night, as Texas sweeps Texas A&M in...
With a longtime rival in their house Wednesday night, the Longhorns got out their broom. Paulina Prieto Cerame’s 16 kills led No. 2 Texas to a 3-0 win (25-21, 25-18, 25-21) over 16th-ranked Texas...
View ArticleTexas volleyball hopes home continues to be sweet against Wisconsin
For Texas’ volleyball team, there is no place like home. A sweep of Texas A&M on Wednesday gave Texas its 20th straight victory within the comfy confines of Gregory Gym, and the Longhorns have...
View ArticleNo. 6 Wisconsin deals Texas first home loss in 21 matches
With another chance to make a statement against a highly-ranked opponent, late errors undid a strong start for the second-ranked Texas volleyball team. The Longhorns had six chances to clinch the...
View ArticleTexas loses two volleyball players for West Virginia match
The Texas volleyball team will be without two key players for its Big 12 opener at West Virginia on Tuesday evening. Texas announced that senior setter Chloe Collins won’t play on Tuesday because of an...
View ArticleTexas volleyball team wins in Big 12 opener
The fifth-ranked Texas volleyball team defeated West Virginia 3-1 (24-26, 28-26, 25-18, 25-15) to start the Big 12 season on a winning note on the road Tuesday night in Morgantown, W.V. Orie Agbaji had...
View ArticleTexas sub-sports notebook: Dalton paces Horns ahead of Kansas showdown
Texas survived an early volleyball scare from West Virginia on Tuesday, but the Longhorns eventually posted a 3-1 victory in their Big 12 opener. After dropping the opening set by a score of 26-24,...
View ArticleRegents approve an extension for Texas volleyball coach
Texas announced on Friday that its board of regents had approved a contract extension for volleyball coach Jerritt Elliott. The decision extends Elliott’s contract to a three-year deal that runs...
View ArticleTexas beats Kansas in a nationally-ranked volleyball match
No. 5 is still No. 1. Freshman Micaya White and junior Ebony Nwanebu combined for 42 kills, and Texas treated an announced crowd of 4,032 at Gregory Gym to a 27-25, 25-16, 18-28, 25-19 win over Kansas...
View ArticleTexas’ Nwanebu and White honored by Big 12 Conference
After compiling wins and kills last week, Texas outside hitters Ebony Nwanebu and Micaya White accumulated accolades on Monday. Nwanebu, a junior, was tabbed as the Big 12’s co-Offensive Player of the...
View ArticleTexas volleyball team defeats Oklahoma on the road
The fourth-ranked Texas volleyball team defeated the Oklahoma Sooners 3-1 (22-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-22) on the road in Big 12 action Wednesday night. Micaya White, a UT freshman, had a career-high 26...
View ArticleTexas sub-sports notebook: Freshmen step into volleyball’s spotlight
In volleyball, there appears to be only two contenders for the Big 12’s freshman of the year award. On Monday, the conference announced that Texas’ Micaya White and West Virginia’s Payton Caffrey had...
View ArticleNo. 4 Texas volleyball edges Kansas State in five sets
Texas senior Paulina Prieto Cerame and freshman Micaya White had 20 kills apiece as the fourth-ranked Longhorns avoided an upset with a five-set victory over Kansas State (25-22, 25-27, 25-17, 18-25,...
View ArticleMicaya White named Big 12 freshman of the week
Micaya White earned the Big 12 freshman of the week honor Monday after her performances against Oklahoma and Kansas State last week. She had a season-high 26 kills against Oklahoma and 20 kills and 16...
View ArticleTexas sports focus: For volleyball’s Ebony Nwanebu, dreams do come true
As a nine-year-old, Ebony Nwanebu had big dreams. In an 11-year-old school essay that she pinned atop her Twitter profile this spring, Nwanebu wrote about her volleyball ambitions. Then a member of the...
View ArticleNo. 4 Texas extended to five sets, but outlasts Iowa State
Freshman Micaya White had 17 kills and nine digs and senior Paulina Prieto Cerame added 16 kills as fourth-ranked Texas survived a scare from Iowa State in five sets Saturday night at Gregory Gym....
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