Longhorns Run Riot: No. 3 Texas Volleyball Sweeps FAMU – Latest News NCAA Tournament 2025
AUSTIN — If you blinked, you missed it. No. 3 Texas volleyball needed just 68 minutes to remind everyone why Gregory Gym is a fortress in December.
The Longhorns obliterated Florida A&M 3-0 (25-11, 25-8, 25-14) Friday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, extending their absurd first-round win streak to 42-0 all-time.
Let that sink in. The Rattlers managed eight points against a Texas side that hit .414 as a team and held FAMU to .000 attacking in the opening frame.
Latest News: Torrey Stafford is THAT Girl Right Now
The Nebraska transfer turned junior-year revelation was unstoppable: 13 kills, .433 hitting, zero errors. Stafford attacked from everywhere — pipe, left pin, right side — and looked like she was playing on rookie difficulty while everyone else was on All-American.
Latest News: Next Up – Revenge Tour vs Penn State
Saturday night at 6:30 p.m. CT, No. 8 seed Penn State rolls into Gregory. The same Nittany Lions who ended Texas’ season in the 2022 Final Four. The same program that’s won seven national titles.
But this isn’t 2022 Texas. This is a squad with two rings in the last four years, a chip on its shoulder after falling to Kentucky in the SEC final, and a senior class that refuses to leave without another trophy.
“We’re not satisfied with just making it. We want Kansas City. We want the banner.”
— Emma Halter, Texas libero (15 digs tonight)
Latest News: Quick Hits from the Sweep
- Ella Swindle: 28 assists, basically playing pitch-and-catch
- Texas block: 8.0 total blocks (Ayden Ames with 4)
- FAMU’s season-low 8 points in a set… against Texas
- Gregory Gym crowd doing the “Saw ‘Em Off” chant in the third set while up 20-9 ðŸ˜
Florida A&M fought hard to get here as SWAC champs, but some draws are just brutal. Respect to the Rattlers for showing up and competing.
For Texas? This was the appetizer. Penn State is the entrée. And Kansas City in two weeks? That’s dessert.
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