No. 7 Gators volleyball heads to Texas for No. 19 Texas A&M and No. 12 Texas

No. 7 Florida volleyball keeps its four-match road trip going with two ranked opponents in Texas.

• Friday, Oct. 16: at No. 19 Texas A&M, 7 p.m. ET, Reed Arena, College Station. TV: SEC Network.
• Sunday, Oct. 18: at No. 12 Texas, 8:30 p.m. ET, Gregory Gymnasium, Austin. TV: ESPN.

The Gators are 13-2 and 4-1 in the SEC. Texas A&M is 10-7 (3-2 SEC) and Texas is 8-6 (4-2 SEC).

Last weekend

On Oct. 9 Florida swept Missouri 3-0 (25-13, 26-24, 25-13) in Columbia. The Gators hit .519, their best since 2022. Kamryn Chaney had 12 kills and Taylor Parks had 34 assists.

On Oct. 11 Vanderbilt beat Florida 3-1 (20-25, 25-22, 23-25, 16-25) in Nashville, ending the Gators' 11-match winning streak. Parks had a career-high 11 kills with 30 assists. Chaney and Alec Rothe each had 10 kills, and Rothe added seven blocks.

Numbers to know

• Florida leads the SEC in opponent hitting percentage (.164) and blocks per set (2.77).
• Rothe leads the SEC and is sixth nationally with a .445 hitting percentage.
• Florida leads the series with Texas A&M 23-3 and with Texas 15-12. Both teams beat the Gators in Gainesville last season.
• Texas A&M is 8-1 at Reed Arena this season.

Sunday's match is a national TV spotlight: ESPN PR announced that Florida at Texas airs at 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN as part of Women's Sports Sundays, with Jenn Hildreth and Michelle Chester on the call.

Source: floridagators.com