Texas Longhorns volleyball

Texas Longhorns volleyball

Infobox College Volleyball Team
name = Texas Longhorns Volleyball



logo_size = 138
university = University of Texas at Austin
conference = Big 12 Conference
conference_short = Big 12
division =
city = Austin
stateabb = TX
state = Texas
coach = Jerritt Elliot
tenure = 9th
arena = Gregory Gymnasium
capacity = 4,400
nickname = Texas Longhorns
color1 = Burnt Orange
color2 = White
color3 =
fontcolor = FFFDD0
hex1 = CC5500
hex2 = FFFFFF
NCAAchampion = 1988
NCAArunnerup = 1995
NCAAtourneys = 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
conference_tournament = 1992, 1993, 1995
conference_season = SWC: 1974, 1991, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 1992, 1993, 1995; Big 12: 1997, 2007

Texas maintains a successful women's volleyball program, as witnessed by two national championships - one AIAW in 1981 and one NCAA in 1988, in addition to 24 NCAA tournament appearances out of 27 possible years.

The volleyball program was founded in 1974 and has an overall record of 937-340-14 (.729). The program have had seven coaches in it's history - in 1974 the team was coached by Pam Lampley, in 1975 by Cheryl Lyman, 1976-1977 by Jody Conradt, 1978-1979 by Linda Lowery, 1980-1997 by Mick Haley, 1997-1999 by Jim Moore, and 2000-present by Jerritt Elliot. [ [http://www.texassports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=52&url_article_id=4865&change_well_id=2 Texas volleyball coaching history] ]

Texas has made the NCAA final four in 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1995, highlighted by the 1988 NCAA championship and has finished in the top 25 19 out of the last 23 years. They have won the Big 12 title twice, in 1997 and 2007.

History

1986-1988

Texas made its first ever NCAA final four in 1986, coming in third place overall and finishing the year with a 29-6 record. In 1987, the team made it back to the final four, once again coming into third place and finishing the season with a 25-10 record.

In 1988, Texas broke through and won the NCAA national championship by sweeping Hawai'i 3-0. Texas became the first team in NCAA history (and, as of 2007, remains one of two schools to do so) to sweep through every NCAA tournament opponent en route to the NCAA championship.

1995

Texas made it to the championship match, falling to Nebraska 3-1. In 1995, Demetria Sance became the program's first ever player to be named AVCA National Freshman of the Year.

2006

Texas finished with an overall record of 24-7 and made it to the 2006 NCAA Regional Finals at home in Austin, where they lost to Stanford.


=2007 [ [http://www.texassports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=52&url_article_id=7896&change_well_id=2 2007 season in review] ] =

Texas captured it's second ever Big 12 title, sharing it with Nebraska and finished the conference with a 19-1 record. The 2007 squad finished off the season with a 27-4 record and made it to the NCAA regional finals as the tournament's overall 4th seed, losing to 5th seeded Southern California. [ [http://www.texassports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=52&url_article_id=7852&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2 Texas falls to Southern California in Regional Finals] ]

Big 12 Freshman of the Year Juliann Faucette became the program's second ever AVCA National Freshman of the Year and earned AVCA First Team All-America honors - becoming only the fourth true freshman in 8 years to be named on first team.

References

External Links

* [http://www.texassports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=52&change_well_id=1 Women's volleyball home page]


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