No. 11 Baylor VB Sweeps Kansas

[Allen, Madelon]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Nov. 5, 2022

No. 11 Baylor VB Sweeps Kansas
Bears took a 3-0 win from the Jayhawks on Saturday in Waco
For more information contact: Madelon Allen, 254-252-7168, Madelon_Allen at Baylor.edu

WACO, Texas – The No. 11-ranked Baylor volleyball team got the 3-0 win over Kansas on Saturday afternoon in the Ferrell Center.

The Bears (21-4, 10-2 Big 12 Conference) swept Kansas (16-8, 6-6 Big 12) 25-21, 25-21, 25-19.

With the win, BU has taken the season series with Kansas, Oklahoma, West Virginia and Texas Tech.

THE RUNDOWN
Set 1
The Bears came out hot and got the first point on the back of Lauren Harrison who got the kill, her first match back since West Virginia. BU went up 4-1 with another Harrison kill, then Mallory Talbert and Elise McGhee each got a kill to make the score 6-2. Kara McGhee got a kill at 8-5, then Averi Carlson served up an ace. KU’s Camryn Turner got an ace but Allie Sczech returned with a kill at 10-7. Harrison had back-to-back kills to make it 12-8. KU had four-straight points to tie it up, but then Harrison had two-straight kills again to go up 14-13. Media timeout came when Kansas was up 16-14 after two attack errors from the Bears. Elise McGhee and Talbert helped get the Bears back on track, and it was Kansas who called time when they were up 21-19. Out of it, Sczech and Harrison each had two kills to end the set, 25-21.

Set 2
Sczech got the first point for BU on a kill, followed by another to tie it at 2-all. KU kept it close with the Bears through 5-5, where Harrison and Elise McGhee got them tied. Kansas took another push and went on a four-point run to lead 9-5. The McGhee sisters each got a kill to help keep them at bay. Carlson served up her second ace to bring the Bears within one, 10-9. Sczech and Kara McGhee got a big block at 11-10, then Sczech made it 12-11. Briseño was credited with an ace to put the Bears back on top at 13-12 when KU was out of rotation, the turning point for the Bears. Harrison got a kill to be up by two, 15-3, when the media timeout sounded. Talbert and Elise McGhee got kills to send Talbert to the line, where she served up an ace, the score now 18-15 where Kansas called timeout. Baylor had a block from the McGhees at 20-18, then Kara and Harrison made it 22-19 when KU called time again. Kansas got two points but the set ended on a three-point run, 25-21.

Set 3
Two sets in the bag, Sczech was the first to score to start the third. BU was able to capitalize off attack errors with blocks from Talbert and Harrison, Talbert getting a solo block at 5-2. One kill from Harrison and two from Elise McGhee took the Bears up to 9-7, then Harrison had back-to-back kills to go up 11-8. Talbert had a second solo block, sending Kansas into a timeout. KU was able to close the gap and tied the set up at 13-all, where Baylor called time. Jayhawk Camryn Turner had an ace, but Talbert responded with back-to-back kills to tie it again at 15-all then 16-all. The Bears threw up two-straight blocks, one from Kara McGhee and Carlson and then one from the McGhee sisters to push KU into a timeout at 18-16. Kara McGhee would get kills to earn BU’s 19th and 20th points, then her sister Elise McGhee scored the 21st. Harrison got two kills in succession once more to bring Baylor to set point, with Kara McGhee as the exclamation point to end the set, 25-19.

STAT OF THE MATCH

  *   Baylor held Kansas to a .105 hitting percentage

HIGHLIGHTS

  *   Lauren Harrison returned to the floor after not playing against Texas Tech because of an injury, and led the team with 16 kills.
  *   Baylor out-killed, out-assisted, out-dug, and out-blocked the Jayhawks.
  *   Mallory Talbert led the team with five blocks against KU.
  *   BU had three players with 12 digs: Briseño, Dacosta, Keene.

QUOTABLE
Head coach Ryan McGuyre
“Great to get a 3-0 sweep on a good, good, good Kansas team. They’re a tournament team, they’re tough, they’re strong. Obviously they gave us great fits at their place in their gym. They’ve got some live hitters and I felt like we had control of all of the sets but maybe let them linger around more. We could’ve excecuted on offense, but to keep them at 10%, I like what we’re doing defensively. Probably a few too many missed serves, but other than that, defense was slowing them down. Transition worked most of the time, maybe just not at the level we want. Definitely proud of Lauren [Harrison]; 16 kills, leading us in kills, after an injury and to manage it well. I thought the arm was really live and it’s hard to swing confident when you’re coming off an injury. She looked really good from her first couple of swings and did good things for us.”


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Madelon Allen | Associate Director of Athletics Communications
VB, A&T, BaylorBears.com
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-252-7168

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