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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">February 25, 2020<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 6 VB Hosts North Texas and Pepperdine in Spring Opening Weekend<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bears return to action after three</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">-<span style="color:black">month hiatus, went 13-3
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</span></span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Max Calderone, 254-265-1639,
</span><a href="mailto:Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR BEARS (13-3, 13-3 Big 12)</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><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1563"><span style="color:#154734">Ryan McGuyre</span></a> </span></em>(Biola,
1998)<br>
<a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster"><span style="color:#154734">Roster</span></a> | <a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2020"><span style="color:#154734">Stats</span></a> | <a href="https://baylorbears.com/documents/2021/2/25/BU_VB_Game_Notes_2020_1718_UNT_Pepperdine.pdf"><span style="color:#154734">Game
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREEN (4-5, 1-3 C-USA)</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><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Denton, Texas</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></strong><b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conference: </span></strong></b>Conference USA<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong>Andrew Palileo (Crown (MN), 1991)<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></strong><br>
<a href="https://meangreensports.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster"><span style="color:#154734">Roster</span></a> | <a href="https://meangreensports.com/documents/2021/2/19/Report_Book_2_.pdf"><span style="color:#154734">Stats <span class="sidearm-accessible-pdf-label">(PDF)</span></span></a> | <a href="https://meangreensports.com/documents/2021/2/24/UNT_at_Baylor_game_notes.pdf?id=5017"><span style="color:#154734">Game
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">PEPPERDINE WAVES (7-1, 7-1 WCC)</span></strong><b><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></span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Malibu, Calif.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conference: </span></strong>West Coast Conference<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Head Coach: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Scott Wong</span></strong> (Pepperdine, 2001)<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></strong><br>
<a href="https://pepperdinewaves.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster"><span style="color:#154734">Roster</span></a> | <a href="https://pepperdinewaves.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2020-21?path=wvball"><span style="color:#154734">Stats</span></a> | <a href="https://pepperdinewaves.com/documents/2021/1/27/WVB2021Notes.pdf"><span style="color:#154734">Game
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Live Stats: </span></strong></span><a href="http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=340997"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#154734;background:white">baylorstats.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">WATCH: <a href="https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=f9e570c2-c2eb-4288-b591-e29ee494f781"><span style="color:#154734">Big 12 Now on ESPN+</span></a></span></strong><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">BAYLOR </span></strong><span style="background:white">(13-3) vs.<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> PEPPERDINE </span></strong>(7-1)</span><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021 • 6 p.m. CT</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center </span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Live Stats: </span></strong></span><a href="http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=340998"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#154734;background:white">baylorstats.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">WATCH: <a href="https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=6d3263a2-aa55-4ac9-b810-3b447305b5e6"><span style="color:#154734">Big 12 Now on ESPN+</span></a></span></strong><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">STORYLINES</span></strong><span style="background:white"> </span><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">RETURN OF THE BEARS</span></strong></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">After over three months away from the fall season, No. 6 Baylor makes its return to continue the 2020-21 campaign against North Texas and Pepperdine this weekend at the Ferrell Center.<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 lfo1;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears placed 2nd in the Big 12 after going 13-3 in the fall.<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 lfo1;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Most recently, Baylor took both matches from No. 10 K-State in Waco on Nov. 20 and 21.<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 lfo1;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BU will compete in an additional 11 matches this spring, including four dates against Big 12 opponents that will count as non-conference contests.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BU enters Friday's matchup with UNT leading the all-time series 20-8.<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 lfo2;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In the McGuyre era, the Bears are 3-0 against North Texas.<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 lfo2;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In their last meeting, Baylor took a 3-1 victory in Waco.<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 lfo2;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BU has won 20 of the last 21 meetings with UNT.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For the first time in program history, Pepperdine comes to Waco on Sunday for a date with the Bears.<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 lfo3;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor and Pepperdine have not previously met in women's volleyball.<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 lfo3;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Waves currently hold a 7-1 record, including a 3-0 win over No. 12 BYU on Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Senior OH <dfn><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://baylorbears.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9968"><span style="color:#154734">Yossiana Pressley</span></a></span></dfn> currently
sits in second place on Baylor's all-time career kills leaderboard. She broke the BU record for kills in the rally-scoring era and sits just 535 kills shy of Elisha Polk for the all-time school 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:l3 level1 lfo4;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Pressley was most recently named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 10 after the series at No. 1 Texas, garnering her 18th-career weekly conference award, the most in Big 12 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:l3 level1 lfo4;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In the matches at UT, the reigning national player of the year put down 61 kills on a .299 efficiency, averaging 6.10 kills per set and accounting for 65 total points. She also added four solo blocks
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Her 32 kills in Nov. 5's match were the most by a BU player since her own career-high 39 at Iowa State on Sept. 22, 2018, also a program 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:l3 level1 lfo4;background:white;overflow-wrap: break-word;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In the series opener against the Longhorns, Pressley opened the match without an error through two sets, tallying 18 kills on her first 30 swings.<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">Baylor has garnered seven Big 12 weekly awards in the 2020-21 season, the most in the league.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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