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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b>BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Sept. 3, 2024<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>No. 23 Baylor VB Tussles with Rice at Tudor, Sweeps<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Bears get their fourth sweep of the season<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><o:p> </o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>For more information, contact: </b>Madelon Allen; 254-252-7168,
<a href="mailto:madelon_allen@baylor.edu">madelon_allen@baylor.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HOUSTON, Texas – </b>The 23rd-ranked Baylor volleyball team swept Rice on Tuesday night at Tudor Fieldhouse for its fourth win and sweep of the season.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It was the only road non-conference match for the Bears this season, all in Texas, a first for the program.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Bears (4-0) handed the Owls (2-1) their first loss of the season in three sets. Winning the first set 25-20, BU took the second set at 25-19. Baylor stole away the third set, 25-23, holding Rice to a .111 hitting percentage overall.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Elise McGhee led the squad with 13 kills, but Kendal Murphy recorded her second-straight double-double with 10 kills and 14 digs to lead the team. Murphy also served up her second consecutive two-ace match, tying her career high.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>THE RUNDOWN<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Set 1<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rice made mistakes early that put BU up 5-2 with a kill from Allie Sczech. Kendal Murphy got a kill to make it 8-3 and then 10-3 with an attack error from Rice sandwiched between. The Bears missed a few balls, and the Owls lessened the
gap all the way to 13-12, BU calling for a pause. The Bears pulled away to go up 19-13 but Rice pressed again and made it 19-17. Elise McGhee won the joust and Murphy followed her with an ace that the Owls couldn’t handle, the score now 23-18. To finish it
out, McGhee got the final kill at 25-20. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Set 2<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Starting off on a high note, McGhee got a block to get the Bears’ first point, with Victoria Davis and Murphy teaming up on the net for the next point, 2-1. Rice started to heat up and got a run of five going, Alicia Andrew putting a stop
to it at 7-4. Setter Jackie Barrett Frazier caught them slipping with a dump over the net, McGhee throwing down the next ball 8-6 to close the gap. Rice kept its foot on the pedal and pushed it to 11-6 for a Baylor timeout. Out of it, McGhee tooled the block
and got another kill to pull her team within two, 11-9, and Rice making an attack error to have Baylor on a four-point run, prompting Rice to call time. The Bears made an exceptional dig on a hard ball from the Owls for Manuela Bibinbe to put right where they
weren’t, now 15-12 still in Rice’s favor. McGhee and Sczech went on a roll to get the Bears within one, 17-16. Murphy tipped it, then a wayward ball from the Owls tied it for just the second time on the set. Up two, Rice called time. Up four, McGhee had a
bomb of a kill to advance it 24-19. Back in control, the set ended with an overpass kill from Andrew, 25-19.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Set 3<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Set two under the Bears’ belt, Rice had a renewed energy entering set three and came out shooting, going up 6-1 out of the gate. A fire was lit under BU in a timeout, causing an Owl attack error and Murphy getting two kills, followed by
one from McGhee and an ace off Andrew. A run underway, Bibinbe tooled the block to cut the lead to two, now 9-7, Rice calling time. McGhee got the Owls to scramble with her kill to continue the run before Rice finished it with a kill down the line, 10-8. A
service error on Rice tied it and a McGhee ace put them up by two, 14-12 Baylor. Murphy and Andrew got the block, but Rice went on a run, coming back to tie it 17-17, then took the lead 20-17. After a timeout, McGhee came right out with a kill. Tying it up
again at 21-all were Bibinbe and Sczech. The teams started trading points, but Murphy and Sczech went back-to-back to stop that business. A block from both Andrew and Sczech finished the set and match at 25-23.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>HIGHLIGHTS<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Murphy tied her career-high aces with 2 and had a double-double (10k, 14d)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Shelby Livingstone got her first win over her alma mater as Assistant Coach<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Baylor improved to 4-0 with its fourth sweep<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">The all-time series with Rice improves to 26-23<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Baylor handed Rice its first loss of the season<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>UP NEXT<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Baylor returns to Ferrell on Friday as they host the fourth iteration of the Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge with Minnesota, TCU and Wisconsin. BU will face Minnesota on Friday night at 7 p.m. and Wisconsin on Saturday at 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Fans interested in purchasing tickets for home matches can visit
<a href="https://app.baylorbears.com/BUVBTix?_ga=2.247694151.1167521053.1712169815-422842061.1678217840">
BaylorBears.com/Tickets</a><a href="https://app.baylorbears.com/BUVBTix?_ga=2.247694151.1167521053.1712169815-422842061.1678217840">.</a> All seats are general admission for volleyball in the Ferrell Center.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To stay up to date all year long on all things Baylor volleyball, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @BaylorVBall.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.baylorbears"><i>- BaylorBears</i></a><i><u>.com</u> -<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">__________________________________</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#385623">Madelon Allen</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#385623"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">| </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Associate
Director of Athletics Communications <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">A&T, EQ, VB, BaylorBears.com</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">C: 254-252-7168<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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