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Texas Longhorns volleyball continues mastery of Baylor with road win Wednesday


Texas Longhorns volleyball continues mastery of Baylor with road win Wednesday

It's no longer a conference game, but Texas volleyball continued its mastery of Baylor with a 3-0 win Wednesday in Waco.

The No. 8 Longhorns (4-3) improved to 94-4 all-time against No. 20 Baylor (7-3) with a 25-17, 25-23, 26-24 victory. The match marked the first time the former Big 12 and Southwest Conference rivals met in a nonconference match since 1979. Texas, along with Oklahoma, officially left the Big 12 on July 1 to join the SEC.

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Led by a career-high nine total blocks from Marianna Singletary, the Longhorns tallied a season-high 12 blocks to stifle the Bears' offense all night while holding them to a .143 hitting percentage.

Madisen Skinner led Texas with 14 kills while hitting a season-best .417. She also added six digs and five blocks. Reagan Rutherford finished with 11 kills and hit .529 in the match.

Ella Swindle (19 assists, five digs) and former Baylor player Averi Carlson (17 assists, 12 digs) split the setter duties while guiding the Texas offense.

The Longhorns return to Gregory Gymnasium Friday at 6:30 p.m. to face Hawaii..

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