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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. 15, 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">Bibinbe’s Big Night Propels No. 20 Baylor VB Past Kansas State 3-1<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">The senior middle tallied a career high 24 points in the win
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<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">WACO, 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">Manuela Bibinbe authored a monster night at the Ferrell Center
with a career-high 21 kills and a season-high six blocks, snapping Baylor’s three-match losing streak with a 3-1 win over Kansas State on Wednesday night.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">With the win, the Bears improved to 10-6 overall and 5-3 in Big 12 play, extending their dominance in the series with the Wildcats by winning for the 13th time in the last 14 meetings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Baylor’s .257 hitting percentage marked its second-best mark in conference play, improving to 6-0 on the year when hitting .250 or better, while its 12 team blocks were the most
since recording 14 against TCU last month. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Down 22-18 late in the first set, BU went on a 5-0 run to take the 23-22 lead and force the Wildcats into calling a timeout. After the Wildcats recorded the first point out of the
break, BU rattled off two more points to seal a tight opening set 25-23, improving to 7-0 in opening sets at home and 9-1 overall when winning the first set this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">"I really thought we stole that one," head coach Ryan McGuyre said. "We weren't in control of that one. It was back and forth with seven ties and five lead changes,
and then we got down 22-18, so it was good to get the win, because they are hard to come by. On the Arizona trip, we lost six sets by a total of 14 points, so it was good to get it, because we need three."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Kansas State responded with its strongest set of the night, pulling away midway through the frame to win 25-17 and even the match.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Baylor found itself down midway through the third set again before leveling things at 19 and then again at 20. Using a couple of kills by Bailey Warren, along with
an ace and a beautiful dump kill by Harley Kreck, the Bears regained control of the match with a 25-22 win.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">In the fourth, Baylor fended off multiple set points to secure a 28-26 victory on the strength of a late 3-0 run spurred on by Warren and fellow freshman Ksenia
Rakmanchik to close out the match. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Bibinbe delivered one of her best performances in a Baylor uniform, posting a season-high 21 kills, the most by a Bear in a regular-season match since Elise McGhee
had 22 against Houston last November. The outing also moved the senior middle blocker to within nine kills of 500 for her career. Freshman Bailey Warren notched her second-career double-double, tallying 14 kills and a career-best 11 digs, while Morgan Madison
led the team in digs for the 14th time this season, recording 20. Madison now sits just six digs shy of tying Hannah Lockin Sedwick’s freshman record of 233. Harley Kreck continued her stellar sophomore campaign recording a career-high 44 assists, the most
in a four-set match since Jackie Barrett Frazier had 46 against LSU on Sept. 9, 2024.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The Bears will have another quick turnaround as they host Cincinnati in their annual "Dig Pink" match on Friday night at 7 p.m. Lincoln Rose and Faith Lynch will
be on the </span><a href="https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/ecf8b14a-cf83-4460-ba04-d29f3a4b3c5e"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">call for ESPN+,</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">
while stats are available all season long at </span><a href="http://www.baylorbears.com/stats"><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>
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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>
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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>
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