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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><b><u>BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Nov. 8, 2025</u></b></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><b>No. 23 Baylor VB Set to Host Utah on Luau Day at the Ferrell Center</b></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>BU aims to improve to 10-1 at home this season</b></span></h2>
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</b>Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><u><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu" data-outlook-id="6a4c784e-0d72-4a16-963d-f329a976d833" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</a></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: black;">Volleyball Media Materials:<b> </b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(4, 50, 255);"><b><u><a href="https://baylorbea.rs/vbmedia" data-outlook-id="31ccad3e-307f-46ab-9912-1c491e717d65" style="color: rgb(4, 50, 255); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://baylorbea.rs/vbmedia</a></u></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: white;"><b>WACO, Texas –
</b>No. 23 Baylor volleyball continues its homestand on Sunday afternoon, hosting Utah (11-12, 3-9 Big 12) at 3 p.m. inside the Ferrell Center. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: white;">The Bears (13-8, 8-5 Big 12) look to build on Friday’s sweep of West Virginia as they enter the final stretch of conference play looking to build momentum
heading into the postseason.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: white;">Baylor extended its dominance over the West Virginia with a 3-0 win, marking its 19th straight victory in the series and 16th consecutive set win. The Bears
improved to 9-1 at home and have now won all 10 opening sets in the Ferrell Center this season. Under head coach Ryan McGuyre, Baylor owns a 196–23 record when taking the first set and is 13–1 this season when hitting a higher percentage than its opponent.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: white;">The Bears’ balanced attack has been led by freshman standout Ksenia Rakhmanchik, who now ranks fourth in program history for kills by a freshman, needing
just nine to tie Allie Sczech for third-most. In Friday’s win, middle blocker Gabbi Essix delivered 11 kills on .667 hitting, the second-highest percentage by a Baylor player with double-digit kills this season.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: white;">The Utes comes to Waco seeking to rebound after dropping a 3-1 decision against TCU in Fort Worth on Friday night. Utah is led by Preseason All-Big 12 honoree,
Kamryn Gibadlo, who ranks among the top 10 in the league in kills per set (4.19)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: white;">Sunday’s matchup marks just the second meeting between the programs after Utah claimed a 3-0 win in Salt Lake City last season. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: white;">Alex Loeb and Shelby Coppedge will have the call
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114); background-color: white;"><u><a href="https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/b70bce6b-0485-430c-99de-5d6167cd69e9" data-outlook-id="9d208314-48af-44df-a028-9402a69b854c" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">for
ESPN2</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: white;">, beginning at 3 p.m., with stats available all season at
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114); background-color: white;"><u><a href="https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=bay" data-outlook-id="5a22a497-fc44-4f0c-bd6c-737b45145616" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">BaylorBears.com/stats.</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: white;">Single-game tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114); background-color: white;"><u><a href="https://baylorbears.evenue.net/list/VB" data-outlook-id="05896784-5b9d-4d4d-9fa9-c24c83ca545d" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Baylorbears.com.</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: white;"> Follow
@BaylorVball on X, Instagram and Facebook for additional updates.</span></p>
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C: 254-227-2280</span></p>
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