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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Sept. 19, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;font-style:normal">No. 21 Baylor VB Drops 3-0 Decision at No. 2 Texas<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;font-style:normal">BU now turns its attention to conference play at Texas Tech next week</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">For more information, contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, </span><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Volleyball Media Materials:<b>
</b></span><a href="https://baylorbea.rs/vbmedia"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0432FF">https://baylorbea.rs/vbmedia</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0432FF"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">AUSTIN, Texas
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">– </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">No. 21 Baylor volleyball dropped its third match of the season
with a 3-0 loss to No. 2 Texas on Friday night at Gregory Gym in Austin. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Battling early in the first set, BU tied the match at five, before a 7-2 Texas run put the home-standing Horns in the driver's seat, taking the opening stanza 25-18.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Texas flexed its muscle in the second set, jumping out to a 7-1 lead, and never looked back, taking a 2-0 lead in the match with a 25-12 victory.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Baylor fought back in the third set, getting within 8-7, but a Texas challenge reversed a touch call, making it 9-6, and the Horns hit the gas, completing the sweep with a 25-13
win in the third set.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Manuela Bibinbe paced the Bears with seven kills on .211 hitting, to go along with three blocks. Freshmen outside hitters Bailey Warren and Ksenia Rakhmanchik tallied five kills
apiece, while graduate transfer Gabrielle Essix tied for a match-high with four blocks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Baylor hit a season-low .134 for the match with 28 kills. Texas countered with a .435 hitting percentage and 45 kills, the best hitting percentage BU has allowed to an opponent since
Kentucky hit .500 against the Bears in December 2023. Prior to Friday, Baylor had not allowed an opponent to hit over .271 this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The final leg of Baylor's four-match road swing gets jumping from Lubbock, Texas, on Wednesday at 6 p.m. from United Supermarkets Arena in the Hub City. Live stats for the match
will be available at </span><a href="https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=bay"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">BaylorBears.com/stats</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Single-game tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at
</span><a href="https://baylorbears.evenue.net/list/VB"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">Baylorbears.com.</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> Follow @BaylorVball on X, Instagram
and Facebook for additional updates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">—Baylorbears.com—<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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