{"id":62248,"date":"2025-11-24T01:39:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T01:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/62248\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T01:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T01:39:06","slug":"no-3-texas-volleyball-starts-sec-tourney-with-ole-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/62248\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 3 Texas Volleyball starts SEC Tourney with Ole Miss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">No. 3 Texas Volleyball starts the 2025 postseason <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6533626\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">tonight against Ole Miss<\/a>. UT (21-2, 13-2 in SEC)\u00a0automatically advanced to the quarterfinals in the SEC Tournament. The tournament is being held in Savannah, Ga. is a must win for the Rebels if they have any hope at the NCAA tourney.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/texas-longhorns\/3488\/\" data-autotag=\"822d9954-d86b-4626-bf51-6dd81a3c1a32\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Longhorns<\/a> and Rebels have faced each other four times in history. Texas leads the series, 4-0. Longhorns head coach Jerritt Elliott has an overall record of 630-123. Elliott is 80-20 in the post season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Texas Volleyball has beaten nine ranked teams. They have faded slightly down the stretch, but are still in the top five nationally.<\/p>\n<p>OVERALL: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/ole-miss-rebels\/3482\/\" data-autotag=\"f97e8d19-2252-4e14-bf32-a57aea852967\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Ole Miss<\/a> 0, Texas 2SET III: In progressTexas 9-0 run<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Longhorns are close to putting this boat race away after starting Set III on a 9-0 run.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:7|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a>UT snags an early lead<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Texas has started strong in set three. Texas can close out the match with a win. They lead early 4-0<\/p>\n<p>SET II: Ole Miss 11, Texas 25Horns bounce back, win set<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">After the timeout, Texas scored two straight points to take the set. UT is one set from moving onto the SEC semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>Rebels making a little run<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Texas has taken a time out after Ole Miss has found some rhythm, scoring three points in a row. Texas leads Set Two 23-16.<\/p>\n<p>UT closing in on another set<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Texas&#8217; side out percentage is 85%. It&#8217;s complete dominance so far. The Horns are up 9 in the second set.<\/p>\n<p>Horns opening up big lead in Set Two<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Horns have scored 5 out of 6 points in the second set and are pulling away.<\/p>\n<p>Close start to second set<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ole Miss is playing better so far in the second set of the SEC quarterfinal. But after being tied 3-3, the Horns scored the next three before the media timeout.<\/p>\n<p>SET I: Ole Miss 11, Texas 25UT closes the door<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ole Miss had made a little bit of a run to get back into the set, but Texas closed with three straight points to take set one.<\/p>\n<p>9-0 run by Texas<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Longhorns turned a close set to a big lead with nine straight points.<\/p>\n<p>Longhorns strong early<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">After a kill by Torrey Stafford Texas has jumpbed out to an early 4-1 lead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No. 3 Texas Volleyball starts the 2025 postseason tonight against Ole Miss. 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