The Cougars are going back to the NCAA women’s volleyball tournament’s Final Four for the first time since 2014 after sweeping the Longhorns 3-0 Saturday night in a regional final at Smith Fieldhouse.
BYU improved to 31-1 and proved it deserved the top-four seed it took from Texas, which came in with the No. 5 seed.
Texas jumped out to a 17-13 lead in the first set before the Cougars found their legs and got rolling. Gneiting won it 25-23 with a kill and the Cougars hit .205 in the set.
A tight second set started to go BYU’s way late, as the Cougars broke from a 19-19 tie with a 5-1 run and then held off a mild UT comeback.