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<a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">September 24, 2020<br>
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<p class="NoParagraphStyle" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Preview: VB Travels to Kansas to Begin 2020 Season<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle" style="text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bears looking to follow up historic 2019 season<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="NoParagraphStyle" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Max
Calderone, 254-265-1639, </span><a href="mailto:Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR BEARS (0-0)</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Waco, Texas <br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conference:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong><i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/coaches/ryan-mcguyre/1563"><span style="color:#092017">Ryan McGuyre</span></a> </i>(Biola, 1998)<br>
<a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster"><span style="color:#092017">Roster</span></a> | <a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2019"><span style="color:#092017">Stats</span></a> | <a href="https://baylorbears.com/documents/2020/9/24/BU_VB_Game_Notes_2020_0102_Kansas.pdf"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#092017">Game
Notes (PDF)</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> (0-0) <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">at
KANSAS </span></strong>(0-0)<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sept. 25, 2020 • 6:30 p.m. CT</span></strong><b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sept. 26, 2020</span></strong></b> <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">• 4 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lawrence, Kan. • Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena</span></strong><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Live Stats: </span></strong><a href="http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=313575"><span style="color:#092017">baylorstats.com</span></a><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor Social Media: </span></strong></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://twitter.com/BaylorVBall" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#092017;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="27" height="27" style="width:.2812in;height:.2812in" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image002.png@01D69262.C2E0EFE0" alt="auto twitter icon"></span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://instagram.com/baylorvball" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#092017;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="27" height="27" style="width:.2812in;height:.2812in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image003.png@01D69262.C2E0EFE0" alt="instagram png"></span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://facebook.com/baylorvball" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#092017;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="27" height="27" style="width:.2812in;height:.2812in" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image004.png@01D69262.C2E0EFE0" alt="Facebook PNG"></span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">KANSAS JAYHAWKS (0-0)</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Location:</span></strong> Lawrence, Kan.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conference:</span></strong> Big 12<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ray Bechard (Fort Hays State, 1980) </span></em><br>
<a href="https://kuathletics.com/sports/wvball/roster/"><span style="color:#092017">Roster</span></a> | <a href="https://kuathletics.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/KU_Cumulative.pdf"><span style="color:#092017">Stats (PDF)</span></a> | <a href="https://kuathletics.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/KUVB-2020-notes-baylor.pdf"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#092017">Game
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">VOLLEYBALL IS BACK</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor volleyball will open its season on the road for the second consecutive season and just the second time overall since head coach <dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1563"><span style="color:#092017">Ryan
McGuyre</span></a></span></dfn>'s first season in 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Sept. 25 start date is the latest the Bears have ever opened a season.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Baylor volleyball program is 22-20 all-time in season openers, including 14-15 in road openers.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears are 2-3 in season openers under sixth-year head coach <dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1563"><span style="color:#092017">Ryan
McGuyre</span></a></span></dfn>.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Last season, BU topped UCLA in three sets at a neutral site in Lincoln, Neb.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Under McGuyre, BU previously defeated LSU in four sets to begin the 2018 season. The Bears dropped a four-set match to No. 15 Florida State in front of a record-breaking crowd of 3,617 in the 2017
season opener.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In 2016, the Bears dropped a four-set decision to UTRGV. In McGuyre's first season, the Bears dropped a three-set match to No. 12 Colorado State in Fort Collins to open the 2015 season.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">PRESEASON HONORS</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears are picked to finish second in the Big 12 for the third consecutive season. Baylor received three first-place votes behind Texas, who was selected as the league's favorite.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9968"><span style="color:#092017">Yossiana Pressley</span></a></span></dfn><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, <dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9966"><span style="color:#092017">Hannah
Sedwick</span></a></span></dfn> and <dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9969"><span style="color:#092017">Marieke van der Mark</span></a></span></dfn> were all selected to the Preseason All-Big
12 Team.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">HISTORY IN THE MAKING</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears are coming off the most successful season in program history, going 29-2 and making a run to the NCAA National Semifinals.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears were ranked No. 1 in the nation for six weeks during the 2019 campaign. Prior to last season, BU had never been ranked higher than No. 12.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor broke its school record for single season wins with 29 and won a share of the Big 12 title for the first time in program history after posting a 15-1 conference record.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BU's Nov. 9 win over Texas Tech gave the Bears their fourth-straight 20-win season under head coach <dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1563"><span style="color:#092017">Ryan
McGuyre</span></a></span></dfn> and four consecutive 20-win seasons for the first time in program history.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The win over Texas Tech also gave the Bears double-digit wins in Big 12 play for the third-straight season, a new program best.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears were the final undefeated team in D1 college volleyball after holding a 16-0 record.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor had a program-best 31-set winning streak during the 2019 season, sweeping 10 straight matches after a fourth-set win against Houston on Sept. 12<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">NEW IN 2020</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The revised 2020 schedule includes a new, 16-match format in which teams will play on back-to-back days against league opponents.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears will host four Big 12 opponents and travel for four road series, splitting the 2020 ledger evenly with eight home and eight away contests.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Big 12 has set the minimum number of players required to play a match this season at nine, which must include one setter. Teams falling below the benchmark, based on game week test results, could
still elect to play as scheduled if so desired. Otherwise, upon approval by Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby, the match would be declared a no-contest if it cannot be moved to a later date.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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