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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#242424">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Nov. 9, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#242424">No. 17 Baylor VB Collects Win over UCF<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Bears get win behind McGhee</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#242424">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#242424">Madelon Allen; 254-252-7168,
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:blue">madelon_allen@baylor.edu</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#242424">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">WACO, Texas</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> – The 17th-ranked Baylor volleyball team beat UCF, 3-0, at the Ferrell Center on Saturday for BU’s seventh win in a row.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Bears (17-6, 9-3) took the Knights (8-13, 1-11) in three, BU winning set one at 25-22, set two, 25-16, and ended the final set for the win, 25-19.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Leading for the Bears were Elise McGhee with 17 kills and a .552 hit percentage, Lauren Briseño with 17 digs, and Jackie Barrett Frazier with 34 assists.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">THE RUNDOWN</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Set 1</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Bears came out hot with Kendal Murphy scoring the first point of the match with a kill. Allie Sczech followed her teammate with another kill and Baylor didn’t let up as Elise McGhee hit her 1000th career
kill, now 7-4. Murphy and McGhee celebrated by hitting their second kills of the set, while Alicia Andrew got a solo block; the Bears up 10-5. Baylor challenged a UCF kill and won due to a net ball, and Victoria Davis used this momentum to get a kill, her
second, now 13-9. McGhee just couldn’t be stopped as she hit another two kills, 16-11. Lauren Briseño served her 81st career ace, making her No. 5 outright at Baylor for career rally-scoring service aces. With that ace, BU went up 21-16 on the Knights. McGhee
wouldn’t slow down as she hits two more kills to put the Bears at set point. Jackie Barrett Frazier sealed the deal with a setter dump to close the set at 25-22.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Set 2</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">McGhee scored the first point for Baylor with a kill before adding two aces to her sheet, BU up 4-1. A great block by Sczech and Davis put the Bears at 7-3. The dynamic duo kept pushing and each scored a kill
for the Bears. Andrew was ready to go as she hit a kill and then had another solo block, now up 13-10. McGhee and Sczech each recorded kills, bringing the score to 15-11, Bears. Davis, Murphy and McGhee all got kills to move Baylor to 21-14. Davis and McGhee
continued working together as they blocked the Knights, 22-14. For the set point, a kill by McGhee finalized another Baylor set win, 25-16.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Set 3</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Going into set three, Baylor took the first point by way of yet another McGhee kill. Andrew drove home a kill to propel Baylor further, up 4-2. Murphy had a solo block on the next play, holding UCF back. Davis
got two kills, bringing the score to 8-6, Bears. Sophia Keene and Ava Grace Haggard entered the match and each recorded their first two kills. Manuela Bibinbe and Keene made a great block, moving the Bears to be up 22-18. Jackie Barrett Frazier used a kill
to keep the scoreboard moving in BU’s favor. Match point was won with a kill by Keene at 25-19, securing the 3-0 match win.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">HIGHLIGHTS</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Elise McGhee hit her 1000th career kill and led the team with 17 kills.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lauren Briseño served her 81st ace, which made her No. 5 outright at Baylor for career rally-scoring service aces.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Briseño also led the team with 17 digs. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The lead only changed once during the match, BU controlling.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">UP NEXT</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Baylor Bears are heading north to Manhattan, Kansas, on Wednesday for a 6:30 p.m. matchup against the Kansas State Wildcats. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">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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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">- BaylorBears.com -<o:p></o:p></span></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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