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Austin, Texas: No. 14 Texas Volleyball Sweeps No. 17 Texas A&M in Lone Star Showdown

The Longhorns beat the defending national champions 25-18, 25-19, 25-21 at Gregory Gymnasium on Sunday in the 105th meeting of the rivals, with Torrey Stafford leading all players with 13 kills.

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Austin, Texas: No. 14 Texas Volleyball Sweeps No. 17 Texas A&M in Lone Star Showdown

Key points

  • No. 14 Texas swept No. 17 Texas A&M 3-0 on Sunday afternoon at Gregory Gymnasium in Austin, Texas, beating the defending national champions 25-18, 25-19 and 25-21 in the 105th Lone Star Showdown…
  • Texas A&M arrived with momentum.
  • Texas hit .375 as a team, with 44 kills and five service aces.

No. 14 Texas swept No. 17 Texas A&M 3-0 on Sunday afternoon at Gregory Gymnasium in Austin, Texas, beating the defending national champions 25-18, 25-19 and 25-21 in the 105th Lone Star Showdown between the two programs. The match started at noon Central and was carried on ABC.

Texas A&M arrived with momentum. The Aggies beat No. 6 Tennessee at Reed Arena on Thursday night, a win that Aggies Wire reported as part of the first run of consecutive victories over top 10 opponents in program history. Texas had swept South Carolina and Georgia in its previous two matches, both in straight sets. On Sunday in Austin, only one of those runs continued.

Texas controlled the net

Texas hit .375 as a team, with 44 kills and five service aces. Torrey Stafford led all players with 13 kills. Texas A&M hit .138, with 31 kills and three service aces. Ring led the Aggies with 10 kills, and Stowers added nine.

The Longhorns won the first set 25-18 and the second 25-19. Texas A&M led the third set 15-13 at one point, but Texas steadied, took the lead back and closed the set 25-21 to complete the sweep in front of the home crowd.

Where the teams stand

Texas improved to 12-7 overall and 8-3 in Southeastern Conference play. Texas A&M fell to 14-9 overall and 7-4 in conference play. The Aggies play next on Friday, November 6, at No. 23 Vanderbilt in Nashville, with first serve at 7 p.m. Central. Texas still has Missouri and Vanderbilt away, and Ole Miss and LSU at home, before the SEC tournament.

For Austin fans, the result carried extra weight. Texas A&M is the defending national champion, and the Lone Star Showdown is the match Gregory Gymnasium circles every season. A straight sets win over the champions at home is the kind of result that pulls a season together, and it came with the Longhorns' most complete attacking performance of their three match win streak. Texas has now won three matches in a row, all in straight sets, and the Aggies leave Austin with their first conference loss since the Tennessee win raised expectations again in College Station. The SEC tournament runs November 20 to 24 in Savannah, Georgia.

Timeline

  1. Oct 29, 2026Texas A&M beats No. 6 Tennessee at Reed Arena in College Station.
  2. Nov 1, 2026No. 14 Texas sweeps No. 17 Texas A&M 25-18, 25-19, 25-21 at Gregory Gymnasium in Austin in the 105th Lone Star Showdown.
  3. Nov 6, 2026Texas A&M travels to Nashville to play No. 23 Vanderbilt.

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