After losing in the championship game of the rescheduled 2020-21 NCAA tournament and a surprising home defeat in the quarterfinals of the 2021 NCAA tournament, the Texas Longhorns volleyball team clearly came into 2022 with eyes locked on a national championship. Captained by fifth-year outside hitter and 2022 AVCA Division I National Player of the Year Logan Eggleston, UT suffered just one loss on its road to earning the top overall seed in the NCAA tournament. From there, the rock-steady team dropped only three sets in the entire tournament before sweeping Louisville in the final. That victory earned the program its third NCAA (fourth national) championship – its first since 2012.
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