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The Longhorn women’s volleyball team is on the verge of making history.
With a win over Colorado (6-13, 1-9) at home on Saturday, Texas (15-0, 10-0) can tie its second-best season start in program history. The last time the Horns started a season with 16 straight wins was in 2004, when they made it to the NCAA Regional Semifinals.
Texas’ last meeting with the Buffaloes came right at the start of Big 12 play. Texas ran through the matchup with a dominant 3-0 win over its first meeting against a non-ranked foe of the season. With that victory, the Horns stretched their winning streak over Colorado University to 11 in a row and their regular season winning streak, which dates back to Nov. 1, to 25 straight matches.
With the way the Longhorns have been playing and the way the Buffaloes are limping into this match with only one win in conference play, Texas looks to be in line to claim its 16th win of the season and continue its win streak — even if Texas’ team is limping a bit itself.
The Longhorns have played their last two matches without starting defensive specialist Sydney Yogi and just got back All-American Ashley Engle in Wednesday’s match against Missouri. While the cause of both absences isn’t officially known, Yogi has been said to be under the weather, and Engle’s ankles were heavily taped. The coaches have been protecting Engle by keeping her from jumping too much.
Helping the Horns to continue their dominance of the Big 12, despite the team not being fully healthy, has been a strong bench.
“We’re very fortunate to have such amazing depth on this team, and a lot of players have been stepping up whenever someone is out,” said head coach Jerritt Elliott. “Amber [Roberson] has had some great practices, and we’ve started her in the rotation, and she’s handled it very well.”
Roberson has been one of the players filling in on the starting rotation for the absent Yogi and looks to continue being a large part of the offense against the Buffaloes.
Saturday’s first serve has been moved from 6:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Gregory Gymnasium.
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