‘Horns season ends in Elite 8
On the precipice of taking an early game from No. 4 BYU Saturday, the Texas Volleyball team narrowly missed out on taking early momentum in a 3-0 loss in Provo, Utah.
Though the Longhorns took a late lead in the third set and battled BYU to the end, the Cougards edged past Texas 25-23 in both the first and second sets before taking the deciding game 25-21 to complete the sweep in the NCAA Regional Final, also known as the Elite 8.
The No. 5 Longhorns (23-5, 15-1) are well represented on the Provo Regional All-Tournament Team, with Logan Eggleston, Micaya White and Brionne Butler all landing on the honors list.
Texas doubled BYU in blocks, outblocking the Cougars 16.5 to eight — with the 16.5 marking a season-high for the team — to keep pace and keep things tight, but the ‘Horns offense couldn’t break loose in the narrow loss. Butler paced Texas with nine blocks, with Yaazie Bedart-Ghani adding eight, Morgan Johnson tallying seven and White adding five.
.@TexasVolleyball's Eggleston and Johnson with the stuff!#NCAAVB pic.twitter.com/CQXMTDWMW3
— NCAA Volleyball (@NCAAVolleyball) December 9, 2018
Eggleston had a team-high 15 kills while Bedart-Ghani added seven and Butler had five.
Jhenna Gabriel dished out 31 assists and Sydney Petersen had six digs for the Longhorns.
.@TexasVolleyball won't quit!#NCAAVB pic.twitter.com/cllR0VHs6w
— NCAA Volleyball (@NCAAVolleyball) December 9, 2018
