WVU Falls at No. 5 Texas

Saturday, November 26

Austin, Texas

2:00 p.m.

West Virginia University

12-18, 3-13Big 12

Texas

22-4, 14-2Big 12

Team	1	2	3	Final F
West Virginia	18	13	14	0
Texas	25	25	25	3

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November 26, 2016 04:40 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

West Virginia Mountaineers

12-18, 3-13

Final

5 Texas Longhorns

22-4, 14-2

AUSTIN, Texas – Unable to overcome a Texas offense hitting .417, the West Virginia University volleyball team dropped a 3-0 match to the No. 5 Longhorns in their final contest of the season on Saturday afternoon at Gregory Gym in Austin, falling in set scores of 25-18, 25-13 and 25-14.

The Mountaineers end the 2016 season with a 12-18 overall mark and a 3-13 record in Big 12 play – a seven win improvement from the 2015 season. The Longhorns move to 22-4 overall and 14-3 in league action.

“Texas is consistently one of the top teams in the country and today they showed why,” said coach Reed Sunahara. “We've made great strides since last season, and a lot of that can be attributed to the leadership of our seniors. We still have some work to do, but I like the direction we're headed.”

Payton Caffrey led the way with 12 kills and eight digs in the final match of her freshman campaign. Morgan Montgomery had seven kills and a trio of digs, while Mia Swanegan had five kills and a pair of digs.

Erin Slinde assisted on 19 of WVU's 29 kills, adding four digs and a block assist. Gianna Gotterba finished with 10 digs and a pair of assists as Gabrielle Cuckovich and Taylor Cross each added three digs.

Hannah Shreve ended the match – the final one of her career - with a pair of block assists, and Natania Levak had three kills. West Virginia had .068 with 29 kills and a pair of blocks.

The Longhorns rolled to a 7-0 lead to start the first set and never looked back. The Mountaineers used a pair of Texas errors on a 3-0 run to come within three on a Slinde/Shreve block at 13-10. Swanegan notched a pair of kills and Montgomery added another with Texas at set point to extend the frame, but the Longhorns claimed the 25-18 win for a 1-0 lead in the match,

The second frame started similar to the first, with Texas taking four straight before the Mountaineers got on the board with a Caffrey kill. Kills from Montgomery and Caffrey brought WVU within two, down 8-6. A pair of 5-0 runs later put the Longhorns on top for good, 23-11. Swanegan and Montgomery put down kills late, but the Longhorns took a 2-0 lead after winning the set, 25-13.

The teams traded points to start the third as a kill from Caffrey brought the Mountaineers within one, down 7-6. A 4-0 run by the Longhorns then increased their lead to five at 14-9. West Virginia couldn't recover, as Texas took five of the last six points for a 25-14 win in the set and a 3-0 victory in the match.

Led by Yaazie Bedhart-Ghani's 10 kills, Texas hit .417 with 42 kills and eight blocks.