No. 5 Seed Baylor VB Sweeps Washington State to Advance

[Allen, Madelon]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – December 3, 2021





No. 5 Seed Baylor VB Sweeps Washington State to Advance
Bears defeat Cougars in Second Round to move on to the Sweet 16
For more information contact: Madelon Allen, 254-252-7168, Madelon_Allen at Baylor.edu<mailto:Madelon_Allen at Baylor.edu>


WACO, Texas – No. 5 seed Baylor volleyball swept Washington State in the Second Round on Friday night in the Ferrell Center to advance to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament.

The Bears (22-5, 14-2) battled with the Cougars (20-12, 13-7) through three sets, defeating WSU 27-25, 25-21, 25-20.

BU extended their winning streak to eight, their streak of sweeps to six, and have won 20 sets in a row. Baylor has now reached the Regionals for the third-straight year.

Avery Skinner and Yossiana Pressley were once again the shining stars for BU, both with double-digit kills. Skinner led the team by one kill more than Pressley, recording 17 on the night with a .353 hitting percentage.

Bri Coleman was a serving machine for the Bears, with three aces on 16 attempts for a serving percentage of 1.0000. Hannah Sedwick and Skinner also produced from the line, with one ace and a serve percentage in the .900s for the both of them.

HOW IT HAPPENED
SET ONE
The Bears and Cougars played a balanced first set, catching each other all throughout. Wazzu started out hot but the ice cold kills of Yossiana Pressley cooled them down. Tied up at 5-5, Pressley had a kill to push BU on top. Baylor led from their ninth point on until the Cougars tied it up again at 16-16 with an ace, one of five in the set. Attack errors on both sides tied it at 17. Skinner had a kill, then WSU answered. Back-to-back Cougar attack errors had Washington State calling for a timeout at 20-18. At 23-22 WSU, the Bears called timeout. At set point, Lauren Briseño knew the serve coming her way was out, and was correct. The Bears then had a kill from Pressley to tie it up at 24-all, where WSU called timeout. Baylor fought off WSU, and a Bri Coleman ace made it 26-25 for the Bears. Pressley delivered the final blow to cap off the first set at 27-25.

SET TWO
The second set started off with three-straight serves from Coleman, attack errors from WSU giving Baylor the first two points. Skinner scored early to deliver BU’s first kill at 3-2. Sedwick delivered an ace at 5-2. Washington State tried to challenge where the ball landed, but was unsuccessful. Marieke van der Mark had a kill at 9-7, which was the tip of the iceberg from what she would continue to do for the rest of the match. She then offset the tie to have Baylor lead 10-9, then 12-11, then 15-12. Skinner delivered a kill at 17-15, then followed it up with an ace. Just ahead of the Cougars, the Bears pushed on. Lauren Harrison had the 20th point, and Washington State called timeout after she and van der Mark put up a block to make the score 22-18. An attack and service error from WSU had Baylor up 24-20. Skinner finished off the set at 25-21 with a kill.

SET THREE
Washington State had been determined to keep Baylor close in the prior two sets, and continued that battle in the third. Back and forth points started off the set, with Pressley and Skinner both delivering kills for the Bears. Tied at 6-6, Lauren Harrison added a point for BU and the Bears pushed on. The Cougars overtook the Bears at 9-8, but Skinner quickly tied it back up at 9-9. Bri Coleman then went on to deliver back-to-back aces. WSU led at 13-12 and would continue to lead until it was tied at 15-all. Baylor took back the lead en route to taking the set and ultimately the match. Pressley had three kills in a row for the 16th, 17th and 18th points, then Skinner following it up with one of her own. Washington State called timeout, then called timeout again after Harrison, Skinner and Pressley made it 22-18. Skinner scored back-to-back, and an attack error from WSU ended the set at 25-20.

The Bears await their next opponent, with Stanford playing No. 12 seed Minnesota on Saturday at 7 p.m. Also in the Regional would be the winner of Florida Gulf Coast and No. 4 seed Wisconsin, as well as the winner of UCF and No. 13 seed UCLA.

BEAR BITES

  *   Baylor improves to 10-5 under McGuyre in NCAA Tournaments and 13-9 overall.
  *   BU is making its sixth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance and has won 20 or more matches in each of the last six seasons.
  *   The Bears have now hosted a portion of the NCAA Tournament in three different seasons: 2017, 2019, and now 2021.
  *   Baylor has had 19 of its 25 regular-season matches against teams that are now in the tournament, going 14-5.

To stay up to date throughout the season on all things Baylor volleyball, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @BaylorVball.



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Madelon Allen | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (VB, MTEN, A&T)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-252-7168

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