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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 – Oct. 14, 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">Baylor VB’s Rakhmanchik Wins Big 12 Rookie of the Week
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<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;font-style:normal">The freshman is the second Bear to claim the award this season</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 style="margin:0in"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">WACO, Texas
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">– </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Baylor volleyball freshman Ksenia Rakhmanchik
was named the Big 12’s Rookie of the Week, announced Tuesday by the league office.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">En route to her career-first weekly award, the Minsk, Belarus, native continued her standout debut season with a dominant weekend on
the road, averaging 4.50 kills per set and hitting .218 across six sets against No. 8 Arizona State and Arizona.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">She tallied 27 total kills and 28 points in two matches in the Grand Canyon State, including a career-high 17 kills against the Wildcats
last Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Rakhmanchik also contributed on defense with seven digs and two blocks, providing consistent two-way production for the Bears. Her powerful
attack once again made her Baylor’s offensive focal point, as she led the team in kills for the second-straight week.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">The freshman is Baylor's second Big 12 Rookie of the Week winner this season, joining her teammate, Morgan Madison, who has won it twice
this season. This marks the third time in the last four seasons that Baylor has had two different freshmen win rookie of the week.
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<p style="margin:0in"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">With 23 more kills, Rakhmanchick will move into fifth place in program history for most kills by a freshman.
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<p style="margin:0in"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">The Bears return to action on Wednesday night when they open a three-match homestand against Kansas State at the Ferrell Center. Pete
Sousa and Faith Lynch will have </span></strong><a href="https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/17b1f259-c668-4f2a-b09b-76d22175ec1f"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">the call for ESPN+</span></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">,
with first serve set for 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:15.0pt;vertical-align:baseline"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">2025 Season Honors<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Victoria Davis<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Preseason All-Big 12 (8/6)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Gabbi Essix<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Preseason All-Big 12 (8/6)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Morgan Madison<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Big 12 Rookie of the Week (9/2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Big 12 Rookie of the Week (9/30)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ksenia Rakhmanchik<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Big 12 Rookie of the Week (10/14)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Matt Roberts | Director of Athletic Communications
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
C: 254-227-2280</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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