No. 20 Baylor VB Finishes Cincinnati in Four

Thu Oct 12 21:14:39 CDT 2023

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BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 12, 2023

No. 20 Baylor VB Finishes Cincinnati in Four
Bears out-aced Bearcats in win

For more information contact: Madelon Allen; 254-252-7168, madelon_allen at baylor.edu<mailto:madelon_allen at baylor.edu>

CINCINNATI, Ohio – The 20th ranked Baylor volleyball squad out-aced Cincinnati in the four-set win on Thursday night in Fifth Third Arena, 3-1. The Bears will face the Bearcats again on Friday night to close out the series.

BU (9-7, 3-3 Big 12) only let Cincinnati (9-7, 2-4 Big 12) take one set, winning 25-17, 25-19, 19-25, 25-21.

The Bears were led by Elise McGhee with 17 kills while Riley Simpson also pulled weight with 15 kills. Averi Carlson dished out 47 assists and had two aces, as did Lauren Briseño and Tehani Ulufatu to help BU serve up eight aces overall.

THE RUNDOWN

Set 1

Baylor got the first point thanks to a kill from McGhee before Cincinnati went on a three-point run. The last point was overturned thanks to a Ryan McGuyre challenge, and Ulufatu followed it with the second ace of her career, now 3-2 BU. McGhee got another kill but UC went on a three point run, now 5-4 in the Bearcats’ favor. Bibinbe spiked it, and Simpson got two kills to put the Bears back in the lead, 8-5, for Cincinnati to call timeout. Out of it, McGhee served up an ace and Bibinbe had a kill. To make it 11-6, Carlson dumped the ball over the net. UC had two kills before Simpson chimed in with one of her own, now 12-8. Carlson had an ace, then there was a Bearcat attack error which Carlson again followed with an ace, the score pushed to 15-8, Baylor. The “Allies” got back-to-back kills with Alicia Andrew getting the first followed by Allie Sczech, then McGhee got another kill to make it 16-9. Cincinnati stopped the 3-0 run with a block but then had an attack error of their own. They then got two points before McGhee made it 18-12. Manuela Bibinbe got a kill, then Simpson and UC called timeout, the score now 20-13. Bibinbe and Carlson got a big block on UC’s Carly Glendinning, then Glendinning had another attack error. Two points went UC’s way before Bibinbe had another kill, now 23-15. Simpson got a kill to make it set point, but a Bearcat put it off with a kill before Kendal Murphy finished the set at 25-17.

Set 2

The set started with an Andrew kill before UC returned with one of their own, but Andrew sandwiched it again. Sczech tied it up at 3-3 with a kill and Briseño served her first ace, now 4-3. Sczech got a kill, then a Bearcat, then Sczech again at 6-4. Bibinbe got a kill at 8-6, then Cincinnati started a roll and made it all the way to 9-8 before Andrew made the separation two points deep with a kill. Cincinnati had an attack error and called timeout, 11-8. Sczech had a kill before an attack error from UC and then McGhee had a spike. Sczech got the 15th point to make it 15-9 and McGhee made it 17-11. Bibinbe had a kill before a UC attack error had Cincinnati calling timeout again at 19-12. The Bearcats got a kill out of it before Simpson came out swinging. She then got the next BU kill, 21-14. Simpson served up an ace to get the Bears closer, but it was an Andrew and Sczech block to make it set point, 24-14. Glendinning had five-straight kills with a Baylor timeout before the last. McGhee ended the set at 25-19.

Set 3

Sczech started the set with a kill and got the second BU kill as well, 2-1. Carlson and Bibinbe had the block and then Cincinnati had a second attack error, 4-1. McGhee got a kill and the Bearcats called timeout at 5-1. Ulufatu had an ace for the next point and McGhee got a kill after the Bears were blocked. UC had three points before Simpson got a kill to make it 8-4, then 9-5, then 10-7. Cincinnati took it and tied at 10-10, Baylor calling timeout. Sczech tied it again at 11-11 and the teams traded points up until 13-13. Cincinnati started on a run and the Bears didn’t score another point until 16-14 when Bibinbe got a solo block. Andrew tooled the block and made it 17-15 and then Simpson made it 19-16. McGhee tried to get the gap to be smaller and got a kill at 20-17. Back-to-back attack errors from the Bears got the Bearcats to set point with a successful challenge. Sczech got the last Baylor kill of the set, 24-19, before Cincinnati finished off the set with a kill.

Set 4

After dropping a set the Bears came out and tied the score at 1-1 quickly thanks to McGhee. Briseño had an ace and Bibinbe got a kill, BU ahead 3-2. Cincinnati tied it at three-all before tying it again at four points before a Cincinnati service error pushed BU ahead. The Bearcats went on a four-point run with three blocks to make it 9-5 and Baylor took a timeout. Simpson got a kill and started the climb for BU. Andrew and Sczech got a big block, UC still ahead 11-9. Sczech lessened the gap by two with a kill, 12-10. Bibinbe and Carlson brought us within one and a ball handling error tied it up at 12-all, pushing Cincinnati into a timeout. McGhee got back-to-back kills to put the Bears back into the lead, 13-12. Carlson and Bibinbe had a block to push ahead by three, UC got a kill, but McGhee moved the needle to put BU up by three. A solo block from Simpson kept the momentum moving and made it 17-13, then went back-to-back to push the Bears to 19-14. Carlson had another dump to make it 20-15, and Simpson got the next kill. McGhee had the 22nd point, and Cincinnati scored three. Bibinbe put a stop to it and a McGhee kill made it set point, the Bearcats calling timout. Cincinnati got a block and an ace, BU calling time, but an attack error from the Bearcats finished the set and match, 25-21.

HIGHLIGHTS

  *   The Bears served up eight aces on the night, Briseño, Carlson and Ulufatu each getting two
  *   Bibinbe had four blocks while Carlson had four
  *   Carlson had a double-double with her assists and leading the team with 11 digs
  *   Sczech joined McGhee and Simpson in the double-digit club with 10 kills of her own

QUOTABLE – Head Coach Ryan McGuyre

“Really like how we came out defensively with some really good serves. Elise was good to start and open things up, Tehani throughout the whole night really changed the course of the match. We definitely executed what we wanted to do in the first two sets and made things simple. Offensively we were dialed in, doing pretty well. Disappointed at moments in the third set but I’m glad we could regroup and make some big blocks, good digs and good adjustments in the fourth set to get the win before day two. Allie Sczech did a good job hitting efficiently, Tehani really did a good job and had some clutch digs. Our serve-receive kept us in side-out the whole night.

UP NEXT

The second match of the series against the Bearcats will take place at 5 p.m. CT at Fifth Third Arena on ESPN+.

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Madelon Allen | Associate Director of Athletics Communications
VB, A&T, BaylorBears.com
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-252-7168

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