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TEXAS NEWS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT

STANFORD NEWS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT

Match 32: No. 4 Texas (27-4, 14-2 Big 12) vs. No. 6 Stanford (26-7, 15-5 Pac-12)

    All-time Series vs. Stanford: Texas trails, 8-18 (H: 5-2; A: 0-4; N: 3-12)

    Last Texas win: September 8, 2013 (3-1)

    Last Stanford win: September 10, 2010 (3-0)

When: Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, 8 p.m. CT

Where: Nationwide Arena (18,500); Columbus, Ohio

Television: ESPN2, Karch Kiraly and Paul Sunderland on the call, Holly Rowe on the sideline

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Notes:

• Texas is making its second-straight appearance and sixth all-time (since 1982: 2015 - L, 2012 - W, 2009 - L, 1995 - L, 1988 - W) ... the Longhorns are 2-3 in championship matches (since 1982) ... Head Coach Jerritt Elliott is making his fourth appearance in the national title with a 1-2 record ... Texas is now 88-30 (.746) all-time in NCAA Tournament matches.

• Texas defeated UTRGV, SMU, BYU, Creighton and Nebraska to advance to the title match. Through those five matches, junior Ebony Nwanebu leads the Longhorns with 69 kills (4.06/set) on 144 attempts, having committed only five errors for a .444 hitting percentage. Freshman Micaya White has 63 kills (3.71/set), hitting .371 and senior Paulina Prieto Cerame has 60 (3.53) hitting .279. Junior Cat McCoy leads in digs with 74 (4.35/set), senior Chloe Collins leads in assists with 222 (13.06/set) and sophomores Morgan Johnson and Yaazie Bedart-Ghani are leading in blocks with 21 (1.24/set) and 20 (1.18/set).

• Texas and Stanford have met 26 times in program history ... the Cardinal own a 12-3 advantage on a neutral court all-time ... the Longhorns and Cardinal have met in the NCAA Tournament seven times (since 1982) and have won two of the seven matches (1982 and 1998) ... Texas and Stanford last met in the championship match in 1987, where Stanford won, 3-2.