Volleyball

In a rare occurrence, the burnt orange color of the Texas team was greatly outnumbered in their own gym — by fans clad in pink.

It’s a fascinating thing to hear the way a native Hawaiian pronounces the name of their home state: Hawai’i — the traditional spelling in the Hawaiian language — with an elegant pause before uttering the final syllable.

The Nebraska Coliseum in Lincoln is not typically somewhere you want to be if you’re an opponent of the Cornhuskers volleyball team, and Texas dropped another road game Saturday as the short-handed Longhorns fell 3-1 to Nebraska. The No. 3 Cornhuskers defeated Texas 25-20, 20-25, 25-19 and 25-20 to remain undefeated in the Big 12 while the Longhorns fell to 8-5 overall and 3-2 in the conference.