OMAHA, Nebraska — Logan Eggleston started out slowly Thursday.
But in the end, she was like a locomotive leading the Texas train that put the Longhorns in Saturday’s NCAA volleyball national-championship match with a 26-28, 25-16, 25-18, 25-20 victory over San Diego.
Texas (27-1) won its 14th in a row as the Big 12 champions advanced to the last match of the season for the ninth time. Texas won it all in 2012.
West Coast Conference-champion San Diego (31-2), which had won 28 in row, ended the best season in program history.
ACC co-champions Louisville and Pittsburgh played in the second semifinal.
“What a battle. So much respect for San Diego,” Texas coach Jerritt Elliott said. “So well-disciplined in the way they play. Jen (Petrie)and her staff did a phenomenal job with that team. There was no easy out for us.
“We were really challenged from a coaching staff of finding some good offensive weapons to try to get past it but also trying to get the ball to the floor.”
Madisen Skinner led Texas with 17 kills and hit .394 to go with an assist, four digs and three blocks. Eggleston, who at one point in the first set had more errors than kills, finished with 16 kills, five in the fourth set. She hit .196 and had one spectacular fourth-set…
