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Mizzou Win Streak Ends at Texas
10/13/2004 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Oct. 13, 2004
AUSTIN, Texas-- - Mizzou had its four-match winning streak snapped on Wednesday as Texas defeated the Tigers 3-0 (33-31, 30-22, 30-23) in Austin. MU is now 10-5 on the season and 5-3 in the Big 12 Conference, while Texas remained undefeated at 16-0 overall and 8-0 in the Big 12.
Shen Danru moved into third place in career kills at Mizzou with seven on Wednesday night, giving her 1,150 for her career. Christi Myers is second with 1,476 and Yvette Buhlig holds the record with 1,478.
Texas jumped out to a 5-0 lead to open game one and led by as much as seven at 9-2. The margin remained seven as 12-5 when Mizzou scored five straight points to pull within two. The Tigers would later tie the game at 15, before a 4-0 run by the Longhorns. However, MU followed with a 5-1 run to tie it again at 21.
Late in the opening game, Missouri would go on a 4-0 run and hold game point at 29-28, its first lead of the game. A service error by the Tigers kept Texas alive. MU would hold game point twice more, but were unable to put the Longhorns away. Texas would take the game-one win on its first game point.
The start of game two was similar to the first game, with the Longhorns jumping out to a quick lead at 4-0. Mizzou would try to rally, cutting the UT lead to two at 9-7, but it would get no closer. Texas would hold onto the lead the entire game and took a 2-0 lead into the intermission.
The Longhorns would put together a run early in the third game, this time coming with the score tied at two. Texas would score four straight points to hold a 6-2 lead. Mizzou would cut the lead to two but that was as close as the Tigers would get.
After defeating the Longhorns seven consecutive times, Mizzou has now dropped back-to-back matches to Texas, both on the road. The two teams will meet again on Nov. 14 in Columbia.
Mizzou will be on the road once again on Saturday, as it travels to Lawrence, Kan. to take on the Border Showdown rival Kansas Jayhawks. The Tigers will then return to the Hearnes Center on Oct. 20 to host Texas Tech at 7 p.m
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