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Oct. 11, 2011

Complete Texas Notes

Complete Texas Tech Notes

Match 15: No. 10/11 TEXAS (10-4, 3-1 Big 12) vs. Texas Tech (14-5, 0-4 Big 12)
When: Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. Central
Where: Austin, Texas (Gregory Gymnasium)
Television: Longhorn Network (PxP: Chris McGee / Analyst: Holly McPeak)
Live Stats: Gametracker on TexasSports.com
Live Internet Audio: Subscription-based broadcast on TexasSports.com

SERIES INFO
All-Time Record: Texas leads Texas Tech, 70-9-2 (H: 32-3, A: 31-2, N: 7-4-2)
Last Meeting: Texas won, 3-1 on Nov. 13, 2010 in Lubbock
Series Streak: Texas has won the last 20 meetings

LONGHORN NOTABLES
The Longhorns are ranked No. 10 in the current AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Poll (Oct. 10)  ... Texas has now been ranked in the AVCA Top 25 for 118 consecutive weeks, dating back to 2004 ... UT opponents in the poll include No. 8 Penn State, No. 13 Florida, No. 14 Minnesota, No. 15 Iowa State, No. 19 Pepperdine and No. 22 Oklahoma.
  
Texas holds the No. 11 spot in the most recent Volleyball Magazine Poll (Oct. 4) ...  the only Big 12 foe in the poll is No. 15 Iowa State ... four of UT's non-conference opponents are ranked (No. 9 Penn State, No. 12 Florida, No. 14 Minnesota, No. 19 Pepperdine and No. 20 Oklahoma).

Freshman Khat Bell shined in Texas' sweep victory against Texas A&M last week, playing her first collegiate match at middle blocker ... the Mesquite, Texas, native headlined the Horns' attack with a career-best .611 hitting percentage and a team-high 4.00 kills and 5.00 points per-set ... she added a team-best two service aces in the win and chipped in four digs and a pair of blocks en route to earn Big 12 Rookie of the Week honors.

Through Texas' first 13 matches senior middle blocker Rachael Adams is leading the way for the Longhorns ... the All-American ranks third in the Big 12 with her .362 hitting percentage and first in the Big 12 with 1.42 blocks per-set ... she averaged 1.80 blocks per-set at the elite Nike Big Four Classic (Sept. 9-10) and went on to win Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors ... Adams currently ranks 17th in the NCAA in blocking.

The Horns are currently riding a 27-match home winning streak against Big 12 foes and a 22-match home winning streak against all opponents

After running a 6-2 offense in its first nine matches of the season, Texas has switched to a 5-1 system in its last five matches ... in the first nine matches, Texas hit .212 as a team and posted a 6-3 record ... since switching to the 5-1 system, UT is hitting .286 as a unit and owns a 4-1 record.

After a slow start to her sophomore campaign, opposite hitter Bailey Webster has come on strong for the Horns ... Webster hit .210 and averaged 1.74 kills in UT's first eight matches, but has shined in her last six outings, hitting .410 with 2.61 kills per-set.

Since head coach Jerritt Elliott arrived in Austin, the Longhorns have emerged as the dominant volleyball program in the state of Texas ... the Longhorns have posted a 83-8 (.912) record against in-state opponents during the Elliott era, including a 20-0 mark against Texas Tech and a 19-1 mark against Baylor ... before Texas' loss to Texas A&M on Sept. 16, 2010, UT had won 47-straight matches versus in-state foes with the streak dating back to  Oct. 16, 2004.