Baylor Volleyball: No. 2 VB Edges Texas Tech in Five

[Calderone, Max]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – October 16, 2020

No. 2 VB Edges Texas Tech in Five
Pressley goes for 27 kills, Williams and Bramschreiber tally career-highs
For more information contact: Max Calderone, 254-265-1639, Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu<mailto:Max_Calderone at Baylor.edu>

THE RUNDOWN
LUBBOCK, Texas – No. 2 Baylor volleyball (6-1) edged past Texas Tech (3-4) in five sets Friday night in Lubbock at United Supermarkets Arena, 15-25, 25-19, 25-16, 21-25, 15-9.

Senior Yossiana Pressley recorded a season-high 27 kills on a .309 efficiency, while redshirt junior Callie Williams posted a career-high 57 assists. Junior Shanel Bramschreiber topped her career-best for the fifth match in a row with 22 digs.

The Bears got off to a sluggish start, hitting just .103 in the first set. The Red Raiders took full advantage and held BU to 15 points.

In the second, Baylor redshirt sophomore Lauren Harrison hit .417 and combined with Pressley to collect 15 kills. The Bears led from wire-to-wire, opening the set on a 4-0 run, as well as going on a 6-0 run that was capped off by a Pressley smash at 18-12. Redshirt junior Marieke van der Mark put down one of her 11 kills on the night to end the set in BU’s favor.

Baylor’s defense was on display in the third, holding the Red Raiders to a mere .034 attack percentage with three blocks. Williams spread the ball around as four Bears recorded at least three kills in the set. Harrison’s kill at 18-16 sparked a nine-point run to the end of the set, finished off once again by a van der Mark smash.

In the fourth, BU struggled to find a rhythm outside of Pressley, who tallied nine kills on 19 swings and Tech found a way to send the match to five. The final set was back-and-forth for the first eight points, but a van der Mark kill gave the Bears a 5-4 lead. Consecutive kills by Pressley kept BU ahead 8-4, Harrison put another down at 12-6, and Williams finished it off at 15-9.

The Bears had two players above 20 kills for the first time this season, as Pressley (27) and Harrison (21) both eclipsed the mark.

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HIGHLIGHTS
• This is the third time in four weeks that the Bears have played five sets in the series-opening match.
• Under sixth-year head coach Ryan McGuyre, the Bears are now 112-5 when leading their opponent in hitting efficiency.
• BU is 106-17 under McGuyre when leading its opponent in kills.
• Yossiana Pressley recorded a season-high 27 kills, her sixth-straight double-digit outing.
• Pressley now sits alone in third place on BU’s all-time career kills leaderboard with 1,566.
• Pressley collected her second double-double of the year with 27 kills and 12 digs.
• Shanel Bramschreiber set a career-high with 22 digs, her fifth-consecutive double-digit outing and fifth-straight match with a new career best.
• Callie Williams posted a career-high 57 assists, topping her previous best by two.
• Williams collected her second double-double of the season with 57 assists and 10 digs.
• Lauren Harrison tallied 21 kills, her first 20+ kill performance as a Bear.
• Four Bears produced 10 or more digs: Bramschreiber (22), Pressley (12), Williams (10) and Emily Van Slate (10).
• Redshirt freshman Gabby Brown recorded her first-career assist.

STAT OF THE MATCH
20 – The Bears had two players surpass 20 kills in a match for the first time this season (Pressley and Harrison), while Shanel Bramschreiber topped her previous career-high of 20 digs with 22.

TOP QUOTES
Head coach Ryan McGuyre
On the difference maker in tonight’s match…
“The difference was when Shanel [Bramschreiber] and Yossi [Pressley] were digging some balls for us. Lo [Lauren Harrison] and Yossi together took some big swings on the outside, and seeing both over 20 kills is good. Still a decent hitting clip [at .280 as a team], so with that firepower they can carry you if everything else isn’t going well.”

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor (6-1) and Texas Tech (3-4) will tangle once more in Lubbock on Saturday at 6 p.m. at United Supermarkets Arena. The match will be streamed on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.


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Max Calderone | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (VB, MTEN, EQ)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
O: TBD | C: 254-265-1639

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