![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/040426_Volley-vs-Texas-3.jpg\")
<\/p>\n\t\t<\/p>\n
Houston Cougars outside hitter Tara Greenbury (34) misses contact with the ball during an NCAA college volleyball match against Texas on Saturday Apr. 4, in Houston, Texas. | Raphael Fernandez\/The Cougar<\/p>\n
Houston Volleyball hosted its first home spring match against the Texas Longhorns on April 4 at the Fertitta Center in a five-set match. The Cougars met the Longhorns again after their 2023 meeting, when they lost 3-0 against Texas. Houston showed grit but could not overcome the Longhorns pressure 4-1.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Match Recap:<\/p>\n
The match opened with both teams exchanging points early. The Longhorns widened the lead with two consecutive points, 6-4. However, the Cougars were quick to recover for an eight-all tie.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Houston played a tactical game with setter fakes and dumps to gain points. The Longhorns were only able to gain a two-point lead as the Cougars trailed closely behind. Cougar junior outside hitter Kamille Gibson led the Cougars with three kills.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yet the Longhorns took advantage of spike placement for the first set, 25-19.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Onto the second set, Houston sophomore outside hitter Lily Barron sparked Houston with a five-point service run. Houston regained the momentum for an eight-point lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Longhorns attempted to block the Cougars but could not hold their ground. The Cougars held their lead with consistent and successful attacks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Texas attempted to make a late comeback 24-21.\u00a0 However, the Cougars won the second set 25-21 with pure determination.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The third set opened with a Longhorn kill, but was retaliated by the Cougars for an even score 2-2. Neither team gave ground as the rallies extended.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Texas was determined to widen the gap and did so, 11-8. Longhorn freshmen outside hitter Henley Anderson went on a four-point service streak. Consistent hitting and strong blocking helped Texas close out the third set 25-16.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The fourth set was a match of intensity with constant rallies from both teams.\u00a0 It was a continuous battle for the lead as both teams were hitting sharp-shooting spikes from both ends.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Texas continued to hit strong serves, unbalancing the Cougars for the lead 19-15.\u00a0 Additionally, Anderson closed out the fourth set for Texas 25-17 with intense serves.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The final set was dominated by the Longhorns 15-11. Texas held a slight edge with a .200 attack over Houston\u2019s .180.<\/p>\n
Up Next:<\/p>\n
The Cougars look forward to closing out their spring season on a high note. Houston will make a short trip in town to face the Rice Owls in their final spring match on April 10 at Tudor Fieldhouse.\u00a0<\/p>\n
sports@thedailycougar.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Houston Cougars outside hitter Tara Greenbury (34) misses contact with the ball during an NCAA college volleyball match…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[9197,56,58,57,91182],"class_list":{"0":"post-236863","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-cougars","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-houston-headlines","11":"tag-houston-news","12":"tag-uh-volleyball"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}