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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">April 17, 2021<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 12 Seed VB Readies for NCAA Regional Semifinals<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bears to face No. 5-seed Nebraska on Sunday in Omaha<br>
</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"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR BEARS (20-6, 13-3 Big 12)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<b>Location:</b> Waco, Texas <br>
<b>Conference:</b> Big 12<br>
<b>Head Coach: </b><i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1563"><span style="color:#154734">Ryan McGuyre</span></a> </i>(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/2021/4/17/BU_VB_Game_Notes_2020_21_Postseason__Regionals.pdf"><span style="color:#154734">Game
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS (15-2, 14-2 Big 10)<br>
Location: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Lincoln, Neb.<br>
<b>Conference: </b>Big 10<br>
<b>Head Coach: </b>John Cook (San Diego, 1979)<b> </b><br>
<a href="https://huskers.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster"><span style="color:#154734">Roster</span></a> | <a href="https://huskers.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2020"><span style="color:#154734">Stats</span></a> | <a href="https://huskers.com/documents/2021/4/17/Notes_NCAA_Regional_Semifinal.pdf"><span style="color:#154734">Game
Notes (PDF)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<b><span style="background:white">No. 11 (12-Seed) BAYLOR</span></b><span style="background:white"> (20-6) vs.<b> No. 4 (5-Seed) NEBRASKA </b>(15-2)</span><br>
<b><span style="background:white">Sunday, April 18, 2021 • 1:30 p.m. CT</span></b><br>
<b><span style="background:white">2020 NCAA Tournament • Regional Semifinals<br>
Omaha, Neb. • CHI Health Center Omaha</span></b><br>
<b><span style="background:white">Live Stats: </span></b></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">N</span></a><a href="https://www.ncaa.com/scoreboard/volleyball-women/d1/2021/04/15/all-conf"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#154734;background:white">CAA
Scoreboard</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<b><span style="background:white">WATCH: <a href="https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=f9e570c2-c2eb-4288-b591-e29ee494f781"><span style="color:#154734">E</span></a><a href="https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=434d4fcd-8a73-4d72-849e-a0b577a53422"><span style="color:#154734">SPN</span></a><a href="https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/eventCalendarId/401320977?gameId=401320977&sourceLang=en&om-navmethod=espn%3Aglobalsearch%3Aresults"><span style="color:#154734">U</span></a></span></b><br>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">TOURNEY TIME</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For just the third time in program history, Baylor advanced to the NCAA Regional Semifinals following a 3-2 win over Pepperdine in the 2020 Second Round.<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 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The 11th-ranked and 12th-seeded Bears came back following a 2-1 defecit to eliminate the 20th-ranked Waves.<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 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Following the win, Baylor is now 11-8 all-time in NCAA tournament play<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 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">After a 19-6 regular-season and a second-place finish in the Big 12, Baylor volleyball earned its fifth-consecutive postseason, a 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:l3 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BU earned its ninth NCAA tournament bid in school 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 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BU is a top-16 national seed for the third time in school history and second year in a row. The Bears were the No. 1 overall seed in 2019 and No. 12 in 2017.<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 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears advanced to the National Semifinals for the first time in program history last season.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">PERENNIAL POWERHOUSES</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor enters a Regional full of strong volleyball programs, which includes No. 5-seed Nebraska, No. 4-seed Texas and No. 13-seed Penn State.<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 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears have never defeated the Cornhuskers in 31 attempts, most recently dropping a 3-0 contest in Lincoln, Neb. on Nov. 24, 2010.<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 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BU has fallen four times this season to the Longhorns, as Texas increased its all-time series lead to 88-3. The Bears and Longhorns have never met in the postseason.<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 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The only potential regional opponent Baylor has faced previously in the NCAA Tournament is Penn State, who dropped the Bears in three sets in the 1999 NCAA Second Round.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On Thursday, Baylor came back from down 2-1 to defeat Pepperdine in five sets and advance to the Regional 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:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">It was the ninth five-set match the Bears have played this season, and fourth postseason match that has gone the distance in BU 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:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor has won six of its nine five-setters in 2020-21 and owns a 3-1 mark in such postseason 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:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Under sixth-year head coach <i><a href="https://baylorbears.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1563"><span style="color:#154734">Ryan McGuyre</span></a></i>, the Bears are 23-13 in five-set matches.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR IN REGIONALS</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BU is making just its third appearance in program history in the NCAA Regionals rounds.<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 lfo4;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears are 1-1 all-time in the Regional Semifinals, having dropped a 3-0 match to No. 10 California in 1999, then defeating No. 14 Purdue 3-1 in 2019 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 lfo4;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor is 1-0 all-time in the Regional Finals after besting No. 9 Washington last season 3-1 in Waco.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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