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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Sept. 15, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">No. 18 Baylor VB Sweeps Samford in First-Ever Program Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;background:white"><b><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor finishes Baylor Invitational 2-0</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">For more information contact:
</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Madelon Allen; 254-252-7168,
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">madelon_allen@baylor.edu</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">WACO, Texas –
</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">The 18th-ranked Baylor volleyball team faced the Samford Bulldogs for the first time in program history on Sunday afternoon to claim their 32nd all-time win in the Baylor Invitational
and fifth sweep of the season. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">The Bears quickly dominated the court, winning the first set 25-13 and claiming the second 25-19 on Sophia Keene’s first kill of the season. The third set sealed the sweep 25-12, McGhee paving
the road to victory with three kills and the 50th service ace of her career. <o:p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Allie Sczech led the team with 10 kills, while Ava Grace Haggard and Harley Kreck each achieved their first service ace. The Bears held the Bulldogs to a .102 hitting percentage, opening Baylor
and Samford’s all-time rivalry 1-0. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">THE RUNDOWN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Set 1<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">The Bulldogs met the Bears aggressive and ready to put up a fight, but Elise McGhee quickly initiated Baylor’s momentum with a kill to put them on the board. A battle of back-and-forth ensued,
but three kills by Grace Carroll and two powerful blocks by McGhee and Alicia Andrew gave the Bears the go-ahead, 11-10. Samford was soon forced into their first timeout of the day, pressure piling on with a 9-0 Baylor scoring run. The green and gold never
let up, going on another 4-0 scoring run with two kills by Allie Sczech and one by Manuela Bibinbe. After a service ace by Harley Kreck and yet another kill by Carroll, Baylor won the set 25-13.
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Set 2<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Baylor’s momentum propelled into the second set, opening with dominating kills by Sczech, McGhee and Kendal Murphy. A service ace by AG Haggard, the first of her career, expanded the Bears’
lead 6-3 and left Samford scrambling to find their footing. Kills by McGhee and Sczech preluded a 4-0 Samford run before Szech attacked once more, putting Baylor up 12-9 and pushing the Bulldogs into another timeout. The Bears then embarked on a 5-0 scoring
run, led with a kill by Jackie Barrett Frazier and block by Haggard. Carroll’s back-to-back fifth and sixth kills of the day edged Baylor ahead 19-12, and it wasn’t long before dual kills by Sczech and Sophia Keene — her first of the season — sealed the win
25-19. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Set 3<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Ready to claim their fifth sweep of the season, the Bears started strong with a fearsome kill by Frazier and the 50th service ace of McGhee’s career. McGhee followed with back-to-back kills
to extend Baylor’s lead 9-4 before the green and gold embarked on a 4-0 scoring run, driving Samford into a timeout. The Bulldogs were met post-timeout with more of McGhee’s prowess, including a kill and her third service ace of the day, as well as two kills
by Murphy. A 4-0 scoring run led by Bibinbe and Keene led the Bears to set point before they secured the win 25-12.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">HIGHLIGHTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Sunday marked the first-ever meeting between the Bears and the Bulldogs in program history
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Elise McGhee claimed her 50th service ace of her career</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#242424;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sophia Keene achieved her first two kills of the season<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#242424;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">AG Haggard and Harley Kreck each found their first career service ace<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Allie Sczech led the team with 10 kills, and Lauren Briseño led with 17 digs</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">The Bears won both matches of the Baylor Invitational</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">UP NEXT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">The Bears return to the Ferrell Center on Wednesday night, facing old conference rival and sixth-ranked Texas at 8 p.m. It is
Hispanic Heritage night with free posters available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Fans interested in purchasing tickets can visit
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://baylorbears.com/Tickets"><span style="color:blue">BaylorBears.com/Tickets</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">. All seats
are general admission for volleyball in the Ferrell Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">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></span></p>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">- BaylorBears.com -<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<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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