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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 – Nov. 15, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<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. 17 Baylor VB in Top-20 Saturday Showdown with No. 12 Kansas<o:p></o:p></span></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,
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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">LAWRENCE, Kan. –
</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">The Baylor volleyball team continues its trip through the Sunflower State with a stop at No. 12 Kansas on Saturday afternoon, first serve set for 12 p.m. CT at the Horejsi Family
Arena.<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">The Bears (18-6, 10-3) face the Jayhawks (21-3, 12-2) for the first and only time this season on Saturday. The all-time series
is led by BU at 31-27, with KU leading in their home gym, 18-11. Last time out, Baylor fell in three sets on the road on Nov. 15, 2023. Ryan McGuyre has a record of 9-8 against Kansas, with a 5-1 record in the last six matches of the series.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Baylor enters Saturday’s match on an eight-match winning streak, including four-straight sweeps. BU took the match from Kansas
State in three sets on Wednesday night. <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">KU won against No. 18 TCU on Wednesday night, 3-1, after falling in four sets at Arizona State and in five at Arizona the week
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Leading the way for the Bears through 24 matches are senior outside hitter McGhee (319 kills, 36 aces), senior libero Briseño
(351 digs), graduate transfer setter Jackie Barrett Frazier (694 assists) and senior middle blocker Alicia Andrew (69 blocks).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">BU is 112-47 in Big 12 matches under McGuyre and has raked in 238 Big 12 wins overall since 1996.<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">Saturday’s match will be streamed on ESPN+ at 12 p.m. CT with Jill Dorsey Hall and Leif Lisec on the call. Live stats will be
available at BaylorStats.com, with a full recap and final box score uploaded to BaylorBears.com after the conclusion of the match.<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, TikTok and Instagram:
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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
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<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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