Danny Davis | Austin American-Statesman | September 11, 2018 NCAA volleyball: Bump in poll raises stakes for No. 3 Texas in series against No. 2 Stanford Stanford's Gray setting the table for another title run Share Awarded a bronze medal in one national poll, Texas' volleyball team will be eyeing silver throughout this week. Texas earned the third-most votes in the AVCA's weekly poll, which was released on Monday. Before beating Texas State and No. 16 Kentucky last week, Texas was ranked sixth in the AVCA poll. The win over Kentucky was UT's third takedown of a ranked team this season. RELATED: New Poll | Stats | Scores | Takeaways from top 25 poll: BYU, Alabama, Pitt set records With 1,410 points, Texas trailed only BYU (1,590 points) and Stanford (1,543 points). BYU and Stanford were the only teams that received first-place votes. For everything you need to know about tomorrow's match, from live streaming links to stat information 👉https://t.co/ayMDYv45ua pic.twitter.com/nNiyFvcGhW — Texas Volleyball (@TexasVolleyball) September 11, 2018 Texas is set to play Stanford twice this season. The Longhorns will travel to Stanford on Tuesday before hosting the Cardinal on Friday night. On Monday, Texas said it had less than 100 tickets remaining for the match in Gregory Gym, which seats 4,000 fans. MORE: Former WKU All-American 'overwhelmed' with support Stanford has beaten UT in the last two NCAA tournaments. The 2016 meeting between the two schools was staged in the NCAA's championship game. Five Longhorns who appeared in that title tilt are still on campus, and Stanford retains four players from that four-set match in Columbus. This article is written by Danny Davis from Austin American-Statesman and was legally licensed via the Tribune Content Agency through the NewsCred publisher network. Please direct all licensing questions to legal@newscred.com. Hole-in-one, near-albatross highlight the best shots from the final round of NCAA women's golf championship In the final round of the NCAA women's golf championship, Stanford's Brooke Seay recorded an ace and UCLA's Emma Spitz nearly holed out for an albatross. READ MORE Watch Stanford's Brooke Seay sink incredible hole-in-one at NCAA DI women's golf championships Seay pulled out her pitching wedge for the 127-yard, par-3 16th hole and holed out for an ace. READ MORE Stanford freshman Rose Zhang wins individual national championship as field narrowed to eight for match play Stanford Cardinal freshman phenom Rose Zhang took home the individual title Monday at the DI women's golf tournament. READ MORE