The No. 5 Texas volleyball squad reinforced the saying that “everything’s bigger in Texas” when it went up against Kansas University on Saturday night at the Horejsi Center.

The Longhorns boasted a pair of 6-foot-5 underclassmen and a 6-4 freshman in their three-game sweep of the Jayhawks, winning 30-18, 30-18, 30-18.

“We say we have a couple over 6-3 but we’re really not,” said Emily Brown, who is listed at 6-2. “It’s a big intimidation factor, and they are very skilled, very athletic girls.”

Texas’ height even brought a Yao Ming comparison from the student section. But for KU’s Jana Correa, who led the squad with 14 kills – the only Jayhawk in double figures – it was just like any other game.

“I’m not very intimidated by height – I’m not at all,” Correa said. “I just hit the (bleep) out of the ball every time.”

Things could have been worse for Kansas had All-Big 12 Conference player Leticia Armstrong played in more than one game – she was sick at the start of the night.

But height wasn’t the only reason the Longhorns made quick work of the Jayhawks. They also played a near-clean match, finishing with just nine hitting errors.

Kansas University's Jana Correa attempts to spike the ball over Texas' Jennifer Todd. The Longhorns swept the Jayhawks in three games Saturday at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center.

“We just played a team that was in a great offensive rhythm tonight and everything we tried just wasn’t good enough,” KU coach Ray Bechard said, “and it was a lot to do with the opponent that we played tonight. I can’t imagine a team much better, anywhere, than the way that group played tonight.”

On the other end of the spectrum, KU was full of mistakes, picking up 18 hitting errors. And very seldom could the Jayhawks string together multiple points.

“They had … four kids with 10 or more kills, so it’s very difficult to hone in on one player and they pass the ball better and their setter had more options,” Bechard said. “It seemed like we were setting a lot of back-row attacks out of necessity and they were setting a lot of balls tight to the net where they took advantage of their size. … It kept us from working on any type of run.”

The frustration may have its roots in poor passing for the Jayhawks, who had 35 setting assists opposed to the Longhorns’ 53.

“I think the biggest problem today was the pass – we couldn’t get assistance,” Correa said. “Every time we got a good pass, we got a point. So, I think we just need to work on passing and trying to get assists all the time. Because we have good hitters – we have either Emily, me, Savannah (Noyes), Brittany (Williams) – we just need to get the assists to get a chance to hit the ball.”

The Jayhawks now get a break from playing top-five teams – having lost at No. 1 Nebraska to open conference play last Wednesday – by playing host to Texas A&M this Wednesday.

“What you can’t do is allow this week to affect what you’ve got coming up next week,” Bechard said. “I don’t think anybody else has Texas and Nebraska in the same week, like we did. But the key is now, who’s going to beat Texas or Nebraska in this league anyway? Unless they beat each other.”