Texas Volleyball's Win Streak Snapped in Final Away Weekend

Texas volleyball's final away weekend wasn't the fairytale it wanted it to be.

Despite the Longhorns completing a dominating sweep over Missouri, the Vanderbilt Commodores snapped Texas' four-game win streak.

The Commodores defeated the Longhorns 25-15, 19-25, 17-25, 25-21, 15-21 in Memorial Gymnasium in Texas' last away game of the regular season. Despite senior outside hitter Torrey Stafford racking up 20 kills, the Longhorns couldn't sway the momentum enough to claim the weekend sweep.

Early in the season, head coach Jerritt Elliott was quick to defend his athletes' errors, particularly service errors. He preached being aggressive and that consistency will come with more practice on the court against high-level opponents.

Well, the 2026 season is nearly over, and the Longhorns are still hindering progress at the service line.

Texas accumulated 12 service errors throughout the match against Vanderbilt, the same number of points the Longhorns put up in the final, fifth set.

Five players committed two service errors throughout the game, including senior libero Ramsey Gary, sophomore middle blocker Taylor Harvey, freshman setter Genevieve Harris and outside hitters Stafford and freshman Henley Anderson.

Harris hasn't always been a constant on the court. Texas' starting setter for most of the season has been junior setter Rella Binney, leaving fan-favorite and veteran Ella Swindle on the bench cheering for her team. Swindle still got some playing time this past weekend, though, getting time in all three sets against Missouri and two against Vanderbilt.

With just 39 sets under her belt, Elliott threw Harris into the game just eight points into the match. Even with limited experience, Harris delivered offensively, registering 15 assists and one ace against the Commodores.

Since returning from a knee injury, senior middle blocker Nya Bunton is doing just fine for herself, clocking nine kills and 15 total attacks to rack up a .467 hitting percentage and 12.5 points.

While Texas and Vanderbilt stayed mostly even in the deciding set, the Commodores pulled ahead after scoring a point to put themselves within one of Vanderbilt. However, the Commodores didn't dawdle in putting away the match, scoring two straight points, the last a service ace by graduate outside hitter Carly Hendrickson.

The Longhorns now return to Gregory Gym to try to salvage their season with a 13-8 record. This isn't the season that Texas wanted, and after its dominating win against Texas A&M last week, it's beginning to feel like getting a top-four seed in the Southeastern Conference Tournament is going to be just out of reach.

Elliott had hoped that his team could pull out another four straight victories, but Vanderbilt put a damper on those dreams.

The Longhorns will take on Ole Miss on Friday and round out their season against the LSU Tigers on Sunday

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