NORMAN, Okla. \u2013 No. 9 Texas Volleyball fell to Oklahoma, 25-23, 25-18, 30-28, at McCasland Field House on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
The Longhorns (8-6, 4-2 SEC) saw their three-match winning streak snapped, while Oklahoma improved to 10-4 overall and 3-2 in SEC play.<\/p>\n
Torrey Stafford<\/a> led Texas with a team-high 17 kills while hitting .346. Henley Anderson<\/a> recorded double-digit kills for the fourth consecutive match, finishing with 12 kills, eight digs and four blocks. Addy Gaido<\/a> added six kills on nine swings for a .667 hitting percentage.<\/p>\n Ramsey Gary<\/a> recorded a match-high 18 digs and added five assists, while Rella Binney<\/a> dished out 30 assists.<\/p>\n Texas battled back from a late deficit in the opening set, erasing a five-point Oklahoma lead to tie the score at 22-22. Anderson recorded a kill to even the set, but the Sooners scored three of the final four points to take the opener, 25-23.<\/p>\n The Longhorns took the lead in the second set behind kills from Anderson and Stafford, building a 9-6 advantage. Oklahoma responded with a run to regain control and pulled away late to claim the set, 25-18, and take a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n Texas faced a six-point deficit in the third set before mounting a comeback. Trailing 24-20, the Longhorns fought off four consecutive match points to tie the score at 24-24. Stafford delivered two kills during the stretch, and Binney added an ace. Texas continued to battle through extra points, with Anderson giving the Longhorns a 26-25 lead and Gaido tying the score at 28-28. Oklahoma closed out the match with the final two points to secure the 30-28 set victory.<\/p>\n Next up, the Longhorns return home to Gregory Gym on Friday, Oct. 16 versus Auburn at 6:30 p.m. The match will stream live on SEC Network+.<\/p>\n Texas Volleyball is presented by Huntington Bank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NORMAN, Okla. \u2013 No. 9 Texas Volleyball fell to Oklahoma, 25-23, 25-18, 30-28, at McCasland Field House on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-463253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463253","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=463253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}