Volleyball: NCAA Regional semifinal vs Colorado State

[Matt Cotcher]

No. 2 Texas (25-2) vs. No. 15 Colorado State (31-2)

Friday, Dec. 12 – 4 p.m.

• All-time Series vs. Rams: Longhorns lead, 7-1 (H: 3-0, A: 1-0; N: 3-1)
• Last Meeting: Dec. 5, 1998, Texas won, 3-0

Colorado State's results in opening rounds:

- Round 1: Defeated Denver, 3-0

- Round 2: Defeated Colorado, 3-2

Winner of Texas vs CSU to play winner of No. 7 North Carolina (28-2) vs. No. 10 Oregon (23-9)

- Saturday, Dec. 13 – 5:30 p.m.

NCAA Tournament facts:

• Texas is making its 27th NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal appearance…the Longhorns are 77-28 all-time in NCAA Tournament games (.713)…The last time Texas lost in the Regional Finals was in 2011 to No. 4 Kentucky…The last time Texas played an NCAA Tournament game in Minneapolis was in 1988, where they defeated No. 1 UCLA and No. 3 Hawaii to win the National Championship.

• The Longhorns defeated Northwestern State, 3-0 in the NCAA First Round and Arizona State, 3-0 in the NCAA Second Round in Austin last week. 

Head Coach Jerritt Elliott: "As long as the players take accountability, we will be in a good position."

Head Coach Jerritt Elliott:  "I think this is our ninth-straight time here. It's a part of the culture that we have. When you're able to do that over and over again, there's not as much emotion that goes into it. They kind of allow themselves to prepare and their nerves are better. Most importantly, they've been through the routines that we try to stick to. It allows them to be focused and play at their highest level hopefully."

Head Coach Jerritt Elliott: "I think this group right now is very, very focused."

 

[doc longhorn]

I went to a Longhorn event where most of the girls were in attendance.  I didn't realize how TALL they were.  I'm 6'1" and I was looking up at most of them.  Another thing I noticed about them - they are smart.

 

[Juan]

— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011

 

[utisdabomb12]

Texas wins set 2. 1 set away from the Elite 8. Need to come out of the locker room and finish this off, don't give them any life. Pretty crazy stat Texas is now 8-0 in its first 8 sets of the tournament. 

CSU doesn't have a middle attack. Very difficult to beat us on just the outside. 

 

[MikeV73]

Any update on this match? Didn't find it on TV.

Sorry, hadn't updated the link and just saw the last post. Thanks for the updates.

 

[utisdabomb12]

Texas wins 3 sets to 0 against CSU in the Sweet 16. Pretty dang impressive performance today as CSU only had 2 losses on the season. Texas is now 9-0 in its first 9 sets in the tournament. 

Texas will play the winner of North Carolina and Oregon tomorrow  in the Elite 8 (either team will be a real test). Oregon is the more talented team but they are younger and inconsistent. I would prefer to play Oregon. I think they can be rattled and on any giving day they can lay an egg. 

 

[Worster1]

Congrats # 2 Lady Horns on SMOKING the Rams 3 - ZIP!!! 

This team is on a mission...

Hook 'Em!

 

[utisdabomb12]

We face North Carolina tomorrow. 

Boy everything is setting up beautifully if we can win tomorrow. Washington was upset by Nebraska and FSU was upset by BYU tonight. We would face the winner of BYU/Nebraska if we beat North Carolina. Some crazy upsets have put us in a good position to play a lower seed team in the final 4. 

 

[Juan]

— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011

 

[Juan]

#7 UNC is next up

 

[utisdabomb12]

Texas wins set 1 25-21.