Dec. 12, 2009
Complete Notes 
Matches 29: No. 2/2 TEXAS (26-1, 19-1 Big 12)
When: Sat. Dec. 12 at 8 pm Central on ESPNU
Where: Omaha, Neb. (Qwest Center Omaha)
Live Stats: GameTracker
Internet Audio: TexasSports.com
Weekend Calendar:
Friday, Dec. 11
Match 1: No. 2 Texas (27-1) vs. Texas A&M (20-11) - Texas won, 3-0
Match 2: No. 5 Iowa State (27-5) vs. No. 7 Nebraska (26-6) - Neb. won, 3-0
Saturday, Dec. 12
Match 3: Texas vs. Nebraska 8 p.m.
SERIES INFO
TEXAS VS. NEBRASKA
All-Time Series: Texas trails Nebraska, 15-29 (10-10 home, 3-17 away, 2-2 neutral)
Overall Series Streak: Texas has won the last three meetings
NCAA Meetings: One (Nebraska leads 1-0)
Last Meeting: Oct. 30, 2009 - Texas won, 3-0 (25-22, 26-24, 25-19) in Austin
Last Nebraska victory: Sept. 20, 2008 - Nebraska won, 3-0 (17-25, 25-21, 23-25, 18-25)
Head Coach Jerritt Elliott vs. Nebraska: 5-13
Notes vs. Nebraska
- Nebraska has never been defeated by the same opponent three times in one season since the inception of NCAA Volleyball in 1981
-The last team to defeat Nebraska four-straight times was Texas ... the Horns ousted the Huskers in five consecutive meetings between 1984 and 1988.
NCAA TOURNEY
Texas defeated Texas A&M in the NCAA Regional semifinals to advance to its fourth straight NCAA Regional final and its 15th all-time ... the Horns are making their 26th NCAA Tournament appearance and own a 56-22 all-time record in NCAA play.
LAST TIME OUT: NCAA REGIONAL SEMIFINAL (DEC. 11)
Texas A&M: Senior All-America outside hitter Destinee Hooker logged a match-high 23 kills on .465 hitting, and junior All-America outside hitter Juliann Faucette chipped in 11 kills on .417 hitting to pace No. 2 Texas to a 3-0 victory (25-18, 25-18, 25-21) over Texas A&M in the NCAA Regional semifinals ... senior All-America setter/opposite Ashley Engle dished out 27 assists and added six kills and nine digs, while hitting .600.
ROAD WARRIORS
Texas is 27-1 on the season with 15 of its wins coming on the road ... the Horns are 11-1 at away games and 4-0 at neutral sites in 2009 ... the Horns own victories at Hawaii and Nebraska, which perennially rank in the top-two on the NCAA Volleyball attendance charts.
HOOKER AT QWEST
Senior All-America outside hitter Destinee Hooker continued to shine at Qwest Center Omaha with her 23-kill, .465 hitting effort against Texas A&M in the NCAA Regional semifinal ... in four career matches at the venue she has posted three 20+ kill matches ... she averages 4.81 kills per-set, 19.25 kills per-match and is hitting .376 in her Qwest career.
CLIMBING NCAA CHARTS
Several current Longhorns are leaving their mark on UT's postseason record book ... the senior class of Ashley Engle, Destinee Hooker and Heather Kisner have played in 16 NCAA matches in their careers ranking in the top spot in UT history ... junior middle blocker Jennifer Doris' .473 career NCAA attack mark ranks No. 1, while Heather Kisner's 161 digs and Destinee Hooker's 222 kills each rank second.
TV-D
In 22 career national television appearances, senior outside hitter Destinee Hooker has shined ... in 2009 she is averaging 5.22 kills per-set (9 sets) and is hitting .359 in UT's national TV matches ... she averaged 4.40 kills on .331 hitting in 2008's six TV matches ... in 2007 Hooker posted 4.85 kills and 2.00 digs per-set on TV (63 kills in 13 sets) ... in Texas' eight nationally televised matches in 2006, Hooker recorded 124 kills, including a 4.00 kill per-game average (31 sets) in those matches ... Hooker has averaged 15.64 kills per-match and 4.41 kills per-set when the Horns have appeared on national television in her four seasons on the Forty Acres.
