VB: National Championship vs Stanford!

Lets go Horns!

Preview

• Texas is making its second-straight appearance and sixth all-time (since 1982: 2015 - L, 2012 - W, 2009 - L, 1995 - L, 1988 - W) ... the Longhorns are 2-3 in championship matches (since 1982) ... Head Coach Jerritt Elliott is making his fourth appearance in the national title with a 1-2 record ... Texas is now 88-30 (.746) all-time in NCAA Tournament matches.

• Texas defeated UTRGV, SMU, BYU, Creighton and Nebraska to advance to the title match. Through those five matches, junior Ebony Nwanebu leads the Longhorns with 69 kills (4.06/set) on 144 attempts, having committed only five errors for a .444 hitting percentage. Freshman Micaya White has 63 kills (3.71/set), hitting .371 and senior Paulina Prieto Cerame has 60 (3.53) hitting .279. Junior Cat McCoy leads in digs with 74 (4.35/set), senior Chloe Collinsleads in assists with 222 (13.06/set) and sophomores Morgan Johnson and Yaazie Bedart-Ghani are leading in blocks with 21 (1.24/set) and 20 (1.18/set)

• Texas and Stanford have met 26 times in program history ... the Cardinal own a 12-3 advantage on a neutral court all-time ... the Longhorns and Cardinal have met in the NCAA Tournament seven times (since 1982) and have won two of the seven matches (1982 and 1998) ... Texas and Stanford last met in the championship match in 1987, where Stanford won, 3-2.

 

Let’s GO ladies!

Lake Travis vs Woodlands about to start too, Craig Way on the broadcast team.

 

Good start. Up 9-5

 

12-13 Stanford, just like that.

 

18-15

 

Micaya White is a bad ***

 

So LC how’s the weather where you are? Not cold here yet.

 

19-20 I'm gonna have a heart attack.

 

We were in shorts this morning then just like that, BAM! 29 degrees.

Crazy!

 

76º now. I hear winter falls on a Tuesday here this year.

 

Man, Stanford has some freaks on their team. Gonna be hard to pull it out the win.

 

Anyone got a link to a live stream? I don't have cable and neither of the bars in my small town are showing the game.

 

My wife is in Richmond, got there a few hours ago.

She said its a very nice evening.

 

Ajo, click on the word "preview" on my original post and you will find a live stream link there.

 

Stanford takes first set.

Their frontline is taller than the Stanford basketball team. Stuffed us like crazy in first set.

 

You need an account with a cable company to watch on that link.

 

Oh okay, sorry.

 

7-9 Stanford in second set. They are good.

 

Here is the best I can do, live updates.

http://www.ncaa.com/scoreboard/volleyball-women/d1

 

Close the gap!

 

Isn't that fairly typical? A lot more room for sub-6-footers in basketball.

 

Gap closed. Win this set!

 

Until Elliot gets some back row players who can dig we will not win a National Title !!!! Having ONLY a front row attack with no back row support can't win against a team who can play the net and dig like Stanford etc....

 

It may be, Stat. I was just repeating what the announcer said, but I think you're right.

 

OK let’s rip off three straight set wins, show ’em how it’s done.

 

16-10 come on...

 

17-13 Keep it up!

 

20-13

 

21-13

 

Set 3 to the Horns