Longhorns volleyball team tops Baylor on the road
The No. 4 Texas Longhorns volleyball team dropped an early set, but was able to go on to win 3-1 (21-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-18) over the Baylor Bears on Wednesday night in Waco. Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani had...
View ArticleBig 12-leading Texas sweeps TCU as Morgan Johnson sets a career mark
For the first time in Big 12 play, Texas got out the brooms. Micaya White contributed 13 kills, but it was Morgan Johnson’s career night that sparked Texas to a 3-0 win over TCU in its gym on...
View ArticleTexas sports notebook: Johnson, Bedart-Ghani step up in the middle
Texas, the second-ranked volleyball team in the country, improved to 7-0 in Big 12 play with a sweep of TCU on Wednesday. The Longhorns rank near the bottom of the Big 12 in opposing hitting...
View ArticleTexas volleyball team defeats Texas Tech in five sets
The second-ranked Longhorns defeated last-place Texas Tech in five sets (21-25, 25-18, 25-16, 26-28, 15-7) to remain undefeated in Big 12 play Friday night in Lubbock. Paulina Prieto Cerame had a...
View ArticleFormer Longhorn Rachael Adams’ team wins FIVB Women’s Club World Championship
Texas ex Rachael Adams helped Eczacibasi Vitra win its second-straight FIVB Women’s Club World Volleyball Championship on Sunday in Manila, Philippines. Eczacibasi Vitra, based out of Istanbul, Turkey,...
View ArticleMicaya White once again recognized as Big 12’s top freshman
Micaya White is one win away from becoming a record-setting freshman. White was named the Big 12’s Freshman of the Week on Monday. It was the fifth time that White has received this recognition, which...
View ArticleNo. 2 Texas sweeps Oklahoma ahead of match-up with No. 6 Kansas
Call it a Red River Romp. Texas tuned up for a Saturday showdown against Kansas with a sweep of Oklahoma at Gregory Gym on Wednesday. Micaya White, the five-time Big 12 Freshman of the Week, led the...
View ArticlePaulina Prieto Cerame scooting through senior season at Texas
They used to call her Scooter Girl. Four years ago, Paulina Prieto Cerame found herself rehabbing a leg injury during her freshman year at Penn State. She couldn’t walk for 10 months, so she used her...
View ArticleNo. 2 Texas volleyball loses first conference match in five sets to No. 6 Kansas
The second-ranked Longhorns dropped their first conference match of the season, falling in five sets (25-17, 11-25, 25-27, 25-12, 10-15) to sixth-ranked Kansas Saturday night in Lawrence, Kansas. The...
View ArticleLonghorns volleyball team defeats TCU for tenth Big 12 win
The fifth-ranked Texas Longhorns volleyball team got back on the winning track Wednesday night, defeating TCU 3-1 (20-25, 25-17, 25-13, 27-25) in Fort Worth. The Longhorns (18-3, 10-1 Big 12) were led...
View ArticleAs regular season enters its final weeks, Texas sweeps Baylor
In the lead-up to the final countdown, Texas got a win. Paulina Prieto Cerame registered 17 kills, and Texas swept Baylor in a tight volleyball tussle at Gregory Gym on Wednesday. The 25-23, 26-24,...
View ArticleNo. 5 Texas volleyball falls in five sets to Iowa State
Iowa State dealt the fifth-ranked Longhorns their second conference loss of the season, edging Texas in five sets (23-25, 25-21, 20-25, 25-21, 15-11 ) Saturday in Ames, Iowa. The loss dropped the...
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 ArticleFreshmen step into volleyball’s spotlight; women’s golf wins first tourney...
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....
View ArticleLonghorns volleyball team tops Baylor on the road
The No. 4 Texas Longhorns volleyball team dropped an early set, but was able to go on to win 3-1 (21-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-18) over the Baylor Bears on Wednesday night in Waco. Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani had...
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