Preview: No. 3 Baylor VB Hosts No. 10 Kansas State To Close Fall Slate

Calderone, Max Max_Calderone at baylor.edu
Thu Nov 19 17:02:46 CST 2020 

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – November 19, 2020


Preview: No. 3 VB Hosts No. 10 Kansas State To Close Fall Slate

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For more information contact: Max Calderone, 254-265-1639, Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu<mailto:Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu>


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BAYLOR BEARS (11-3)
Location: Waco, Texas
Conference: Big 12
Head Coach: Ryan McGuyre<https://baylorbears.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/coaches/ryan-mcguyre/1563> (Biola, 1998)
Roster<https://baylorbears.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster> | Stats<https://baylorbears.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2020> | Game Notes (PDF)<https://baylorbears.com/documents/2020/11/19/BU_VB_Game_Notes_2020_1516_KState.pdf>
BAYLOR (11-3) vs. KANSAS STATE (10-4)
Nov. 20, 2020 • 5 p.m. CT
Nov. 21, 2020 • 2 p.m. CT
Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center

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KANSAS STATE WILDCATS (10-4)
Location: Manhattan, Kansas
Conference: Big 12
Head Coach: Suzie Fritz (Florida Atlantic, 1994)
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STORYLINES

ANOTHER TOP-10 SHOWDOWN

·         Following its bye week, No. 3 Baylor will face a top-10 opponent for the second series in a row as No. 10 Kansas State comes to Waco.

·         The Bears are 2-2 against ranked opponents this season after dropping both matches to No. 1 Texas.

·         BU is 5-12 against top-10 opponents under sixth-year head coach Ryan McGuyre.

WHAT’S ON THE LINE

·         Second place in the league is up for grabs as K-State enters the series just one game back of the Bears in the Big 12 standings.

·         Baylor is looking to tie its second-best conference mark with 13 wins (2017).

·         The Bears went a program-best 15-1 last season in Big 12 play.

·         BU has now collected at least 11 conference wins in each of the last four seasons.

AGAINST THE WILDCATS

·         BU is riding a three-match win streak against the Wildcats, though K-State owns the all-time series 29-20.

·         In the McGuyre era, the Bears are 7-3 against Kansas State.

·         In their last meeting, Baylor swept K-State in Manhattan, Kansas.

·         Each of the last four contests have been sweeps, as BU has come out on top in each of the last three matchups.

BOW DOWN TO THE QUEEN

·         Senior OH Yossiana Pressley continues to smash records, as she was most recently named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 10 after the series at No. 1 Texas.

·         The honor was Pressley’s 18th-career weekly conference award, a record-breaking achievement as she now sits alone atop the Big 12 record book for most all-time weekly awards.

·         The reigning national player of the year put down 61 kills on a .299 efficiency, averaging 6.10 kills per set and accounting for 65 total points. She also added four solo blocks and 14 digs.

·         Her 32 kills in Nov. 5’s match were the most by a BU player since her own career-high 39 at Iowa State on Sept. 22, 2018, also a program record.

·         In the series opener, Pressley opened the match without an error through two sets, tallying 18 kills on her first 30 swings.

·         She also became Baylor’s rally-scoring era leader with 1,704 career kills.

·         Baylor has garnered seven Big 12 weekly awards in 2020, the most in the league.

ALL-AMERICAN CONNECTION

·         With Hannah Sedwick returning from injury to make her first start of the season at Texas, the Bears had two 2019 All-Americans on the floor.

·         Sedwick and Pressley found their rhythm of old, as Sedwick tallied 67 assists and Pressley recorded 61 kills in two matches against the Longhorns.

  *   In just her third appearance of 2020, Sedwick played all six rotations for the first time this year as she had seen limited playing time previously.


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Max Calderone | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (VB, MTEN, EQ)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
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