Right after each other! With a sweep of No. 1 Nebraska on Sunday, Texas won its second straight NCAA volleyball title. There were 19,727 people at Amalie Arena to watch Texas win their fourth national title, which was an NCAA indoor arena record.
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The Longhorns gave off gas. After barely beating the Huskers in the first set, they crushed them in the next two sets to win 25-22, 25-14, and 25-11. The trouble began at the service queue, where they had a championship-high 12 aces that kept Nebraska from getting in sync and on track. During the whole match, the Huskers hit.013 percent, with Harper Murray having the most kills with seven.
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Once more, it was the Madi Skinner show. The Most Valuable Player of the Tournament led her team to its second national title with 16 kills. It’s the senior’s third title. He won it all with Kentucky in 2020, when they beat Texas in the final. Asjia O’Neal, a sixth-year player and Longhorns star, gave the team a team-high five aces, one of which won the game.
Even though the Longhorns were the reigning champions, this game didn’t see them as the favourite. After a 5-3 start, they lost their first game of the season. This won them the second seed in the tournament.
The Huskers, on the other hand, had only lost one game all season, and that was to Wisconsin, the team that Texas beat in the playoffs. In the final game, their youth showed as they made mistakes and didn’t talk to each other clearly. They won’t have any seniors this year, so all that means is they’ll be back and better next year.
The Sporting News kept an eye on the volleyball final game between Nebraska and Texas in the NCAA. See the results and highlights further down this page.
Score for Nebraska vs. Texas volleyball
| Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 22 | 14 | 11 | 0 |
| Texas | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
Results and highlights from the NCAA volleyball championship game between Nebraska and Texas
All times are Eastern.
5:04 pm. – Texas wins the title! The ace wins again, just like last year. Asjia O’Neal is the only one who can finish it.
The Huskers call a break at 5:01 p.m., when they are down 21–11.
4.58 p.m.: Sneaky Swindle kills the setter dump. Texas is only five points away from winning the national title.
4:56 p.m.: O’Neal’s slide throw gives Texas a 5-0 run! With a nine-point deficit, Nebraska calls a break. The Huskers are losing in almost every way, so things don’t look good for them.
4:51 p.m.: Texas is the first team to 15 points! After five seconds, a block puts it up by five. A yellow card is given to O’Neal for making fun of Ally Batenhorst through the net after the block.
4:46 p.m.: Murray made a great save! It’s not enough for her to jump over the scorer’s table and keep the ball in play. It’s popped back over for a kill by Bella Bergmark.
4:40 p.m.: Nebraska needs to win this set. If not, Texas wins the title again.
4:33 p.m.: The Longhorns look like they can’t be stopped right now. Since they hit.036 with seven mistakes and were aced seven times, the Huskers don’t look like themselves at all. To do the backward sweep, they need to work on it. It starts with a pass.
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Nebraska 14, Texas 25 at the end of set two.
4:32 p.m.: Texas wins the second set! For the last 25-14, it goes on a 15-4 run with seven aces.
Nebraska is going to use its first challenge at 4:26 p.m. Murray’s swing was long, but John Cook wants to get a touch. Still, the Longhorns’ point stands.
4:23 p.m.: Ella Swindle makes a mistake that stops Texas’s 11-0 run. In the second, Nebraska is already 18–11 down.
4:10 p.m.: The Longhorns can’t see any breaks in the near future! Nebraska calls its second break after Wenaas blocks a shot that makes it nine points in a row.
4:18 p.m.: Asjia has four aces in a row! That’s the highest point of her career.
4:16 p.m.: Asjia O’Neal hits two straight aces, giving the Longhorns the lead! They’ve scored four goals in a row, which makes the Huskers call a break.
4:11 p.m.: Murray from the back, and the Huskers are the first to 10 points! That’s it, Texas. You’re behind by three points.
4:00 p.m.: Set one had a lot of mistakes. Skinner has the most kills on the court with six. Texas has more hits than Nebraska.176% to .065%.
Nebraska 22, Texas 25 at the end of the first set.
3:58 p.m. – A Keonilei Akana ace is the best way to end it. He or she helps the Longhorns win the first set of the match. 25-22.
The score is tied at 22 with an ace at 3:54 p.m. The Longhorns got a red card, which gave the Huskers the point and helped them go on a 6-2 run. Texas, take a break.
3:51 p.m.: Nebraska has to call a break because of a block by Texas! The Longhorns are ahead 22–19.
3:48 p.m.: Are you not having fun?! She ends the best run of the game, but she gets called in the net. The Huskers get a point, and the Texas teaching staff gets a yellow card.
Madi Skinner gets her first ace at 3:43 p.m. This is when the Huskers call a break. They are behind 17–14.
Three-and-a-half minutes have passed, and Texas is ahead 15–14 in the first set.
At 3:37 p.m., we have our first threat! A touch is being fought over by Jerritt Elliot on the Nebraska block. Still, the call is in for the Husker point! Texas only has one more job to do.
3:32 p.m.: We have a parade, and Harper Murray ends it with a tip! NE gets ahead for the first time. 10-9.
At 3:30 p.m., points are being passed back and forth. There are two for Andi Jackson and two for Jenna Wenaas. Eight is the same number.
3:28 p.m.: Texas takes an early 4-0 lead, but Nebraska comes back to tie the game at six apiece.
3:23 p.m.: Nebraska serves first, but Texas’s Madi Skinner scores the first point of the day.
3:20 p.m.: This is a game for the ages.
3:12 p.m. – The last time the Longhorns and Huskers played was in Austin on December 11, 2021.
That was the last time Texas lost in the NCAA playoffs.
3:05 p.m. – It will be about 15 minutes before the first serve.
2:48 p.m. – The Huskers have been through this before, but lately things haven’t gone their way.
In 2018, they lost to Stanford, and in 2021, they lost to Wisconsin. In nine seasons, this is their fifth trip to the title game.
Nebraska is just getting ready, both on the court and in the stands, at 2:18 p.m.
At 1:18 p.m., the fans are lined up and ready for the teams to arrive. Tampa is full of red.
1:13 p.m. – For the Longhorns, there are a lot of fans on their way to Amalie Arena.
Where can I watch the volleyball game between Nebraska and Texas today?
TV station: ABC
Live stream: Fubo and the ESPN app
ABC will show the NCAA volleyball game for the first time. You can stream on the ESPN app or Fubo, which lets you try it out for free.
Time for Nebraska vs. Texas volleyball match to begin
- Time: 3 p.m. ET
- Date: December 17, 2018
The national title game between Nebraska and Texas will start at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, Dec. 17 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida.
