{"id":480098,"date":"2026-10-29T06:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/480098\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T06:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:16:15","slug":"no-14-texas-volleyball-sweeps-georgia-bulldogs-in-dominant-performance-the-daily-texan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/480098\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 14 Texas volleyball sweeps Georgia Bulldogs in dominant performance \u2013 The Daily Texan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/10-28-26_VBvsGeorgia_SamanthaMelvin1-1200x800.jpg\" class=\"slideshow-photo\" alt=\"10-28-26_VBvsGeorgia_SamanthaMelvin1\" data-width=\"1200\" data-height=\"800\"\/><br \/>\n                <a class=\"modal-photo\" href=\"#slideshow\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-label=\"Gallery - 12 Photos.\"><\/p>\n<p>                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTexas outside hitter Torrey Stafford hits the ball over Georgia middle blocker Tori Harper (left) and setter Kaiya Tyson (right) at Gregory Gym on Wednesday, Oct. 28.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Longhorns showcased a strong performance back at Gregory Gymnasium Wednesday night, sweeping the Bulldogs after the Florida Gators snapped their home win streak Oct. 18.<\/p>\n<p>From the first point, No. 14 Texas volleyball found a strong rhythm and put pressure on the Georgia Bulldogs, largely set up by its setting rotation.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, freshman setter Genevieve Harris has been subbed in to run the Texas offense after starting junior setter Rella Binney. Harris is subbed in alongside sophomore hitter Addy Gaido, running a 6-2 rotation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRella\u2019s a little smaller \u2026 then defensively we weren\u2019t as good behind the block,\u201d head coach Jerritt Elliott said about Texas running a 6-2. \u201cAddy has gotten better and started really producing in our practice gym, and (Harris) has gotten a lot better.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gaido recorded four kills and hit .429 percent during the match. She helped Texas by setting a competitive block against opponents\u2019 outside hitters, the team\u2019s strongest hitters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose two (Harris and Giado) showing up every day of practice and seeing that, it gave us confidence to say, \u2018Hey, we need to start looking at this because we can get some more production here,\u2019\u201d Elliott said.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has done a good job setting tempo balls to the offense off of imperfect passes. Against Georgia she utilized her setting location throughout the match, especially with the pin hitters. Harris recorded 16 assists.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulldogs tried to apply pressure through their offense, but the Longhorns\u2019 defense kept the ball off the floor and kept the team in system. Texas\u2019s senior libero Ramsey Gary has been an anchor in the back row. She recorded 13 digs and one ace during the matchup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRamesy is a dog back there,\u201d senior hitter Torrey Stafford said. \u201c(She) makes it a lot easier when we\u2019re playing a really good outside hitter.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gary\u2019s defensive range lets hitters like Stafford swing from the back row, making Texas more versatile and harder to defend offensively. Stafford recorded 15 kills and hit .313 in tonight\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s just giving balls and ready for me to tram to get a kill,\u201d Stafford said. \u201cYeah, she\u2019s a dog. That\u2019s all I can say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Texas will return to Gregory Gymnasium on Sunday for the Cotton Holdings Lone Star Showdown against the reigning 2025 National Champions, the Texas A&amp;M Aggies, at 12 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The No. 17 Aggies are coming off a sweep against the No. 7 Kentucky Wildcats, who swept the Longhorns earlier this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what makes it fun: the rivalry, right?\u201d Elliott said post-game about Sunday\u2019s match. \u201cYou want to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas outside hitter Torrey Stafford hits the ball over Georgia middle blocker Tori Harper (left) and setter Kaiya&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-480098","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\/480098","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=480098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}