Texas 'devastated' after second straight runner-up finish

— -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- When you've been to the final four five straight times and eight of the last nine years, you're not going to garner much sympathy in a sport as deep as volleyball.

But falling one win shy of a national championship yet again didn't settle well for Texas coach Jerritt Elliott or his Longhorns, beaten by Stanford 3-1 on Saturday night at Nationwide Arena.

"It stinks going home with the silver," said Elliott, who has guided Texas to eight final fours in his 16 years. "I walk away from this really, really devastated that we didn't win this."