Baylor Volleyball Preview: No. 2 VB Heads North To Ames For Two

Thu Oct 22 20:11:20 CDT 2020

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – October 22, 2020

Preview: No. 2 VB Heads North To Ames For Two

Bears carry seven-match win streak into series with Cyclones

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 (7-1)
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/2020/10/22/BU_VB_Game_Notes_2020_0910_Iowa_State.pdf>
BAYLOR (7-1) vs. IOWA STATE (2-4)
Oct. 23, 2020 • 6:30 p.m. CT
Oct. 24, 2020 • 4 p.m. CT
Ames, Iowa • Hilton Coliseum

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[ISU]
IOWA STATE CYCLONES (2-4)
Location: Ames, Iowa
Conference: Big 12
Head Coach: Christy Johnson-Lynch (Nebraska, 1996)
Roster<https://cyclones.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster> | Stats<https://cyclones.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats> | Game Notes (PDF)<https://cyclones.com/documents/2015/6/10/Volleyball%20%20Press%20Release-Template.pdf>

STORYLINES

WHAT’S POPPIN’

  *   Baylor carries a seven-match win streak into the weekend series against Iowa State.
  *   This is the sixth streak of at least seven victories during sixth-year head coach Ryan McGuyre’s tenure.
  *   Five of the Bears’ seven wins have been sweeps.
  *   The Bears have held steady at No. 2 in the AVCA’s fall coaches poll for four straight weeks.

AGAINST THE CYCLONES

  *   Baylor owns a six-match win streak against Iowa State dating back to 2016.
  *   BU has claimed each of the last four contests against ISU in Ames.
  *   Baylor leads the all-time series 26-24 and 14-10 in Ames.
  *   Under McGuyre, the Bears are 7-3 against the Cyclones.

BOW DOWN TO THE QUEEN

  *   Senior OH Yossiana Pressley earned her 16th-career Big 12 weekly award after being named the conference’s Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 20.
  *   Pressley put down 50 kills on a .349 clip in two matches at Texas Tech, averaging 6.25 kills per set.
  *   She recorded double-doubles in both matches, going for 27 and 23 kills with 12 digs each night.
  *   The Cypress, Texas native went off for a whopping 7.67 kills per set and a .392 attack percentage in Saturday’s sweep of the Red Raiders.
  *   This is Pressley’s 12th-career Offensive Player of the Week honor, the most in Big 12 history.
  *   Her 16 total career weekly accolades are the second-most in conference history, just one behind ISU’s Kristen Hahn who earned 17 in her career.

CLIMBING THE LEADERBOARDS

  *   After her 50-kill weekend, Pressley sits in third place on Baylor’s all-time career kills leaderboard.
  *   She is 111 behind former All-American Katie Staiger for second place, and first in the rally scoring era.
  *   Baylor’s record holder, Elisha Polk, is 683 kills ahead of Pressley.

NO WAY, LACHÉ!

  *   Senior MB Laché Harper was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week after collecting 13 blocks last weekend at Tech.
  *   She tallied a season-high eight rejections in just two sets in the series finale and also led the Bears with five on Friday.
  *   Harper combined her 1.86 blocks per set with four kills to record 10.5 points for BU on the weekend.

BY THE NUMBERS

  *   Baylor is currently fourth in the nation in team hitting percentage at .314.
  *   Senior Yossiana Pressley is seventh nationally with 135 total kills.
  *   The Bears place in the top-15 of five statistical categories as a team: hitting percentage (.314, 4th), opponent’s hitting percentage (.157, 11th), assists per set (12.47, 12th), kills per set (13.57, 14th), service aces (34, 14th).

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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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