“Magically, it just all came together.”
Sitting at the podium at Amalie Arena in Tampa on Sunday, Texas Longhorns head coach Jerritt Elliott used his opening statement to reflect on a season that started at 5-3 and ended with dominating wins over three No. 1 seeds, a stretch culminating with a sweep of the No. 1 Nebraska Cornhuskers in the national championship game.
“We had all the confidence in the world,” Texas star outside hitter Madisen Skinner told ESPN after the match. “I’ll say it until I die — this team was peaking right now and we just had so much trust and belief in one another.