No. 21 Baylor VB Sweeps Texas Tech on Saturday

Sat Nov 4 15:35:55 CDT 2023

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BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Nov. 4, 2023

No. 21 Baylor VB Sweeps Texas Tech on Saturday
Bears make quick work of Red Raiders in Lubbock

For more information contact: Madelon Allen; 254-252-7168, madelon_allen at baylor.edu<mailto:madelon_allen at baylor.edu>

WACO, Texas – The 21st-ranked Baylor volleyball team made quick work of Texas Tech on Saturday at United Supermarkets Arena, sweeping the Red Raiders, 3-0, in head coach Ryan McGuyre’s 100th career Big 12 victory.

BU (14-9, 8-5 Big 12) took all three sets from TTU (8-16, 1-11 Big 12), winning 25-22, 25-19, 25-14.

The Bears were led by Allie Sczech in kills with 13, had four players tied with two blocks each, and Lauren Briseño had her first 20-dig match of the season. Setter Averi Carlson had a double-double with 31 assists and 11 digs, but also served up a career-high six aces for the Bears.

Baylor handed the Red Raiders their 11th-straight conference loss of the season.

THE RUNDOWN

Set 1

BU started off the first frame with back-to-back kills from Allie Sczech. Manuela Bibinbe and Riley Simpson got in on the action with some kills before Averi Carlson had back-to-back aces to put the Bears up by four, 8-4. Simpson had another kill and then got a solo block to push TTU into a timeout, 10-4. Sczech, Alicia Andrew, Bibinbe and Elise McGhee had kills to extend the lead to 17-9, but then the Red Raiders started a comeback. Texas Tech went on a run, taking the score all the way to 20-16 with a few Baylor errors and TTU on the block. Baylor saw a kill from McGhee before she served up an ace, 23-18. The Bears inching toward set point, Tech decided to make it interesting and went all the way up to 24-22 thanks to a few kills and blocks, but Simpson ended the set with a tipped ball, 25-22.

Set 2

The Bears saw Tech take the first two points with an attack error and block but watched the third serve go out for point, BU. Bibinbe got a kill but then a block stopped the momentum until McGhee got a kill, then sandwiched a TTU kill, now tied at four. Bibinbe swung and got a kill but Tech kept pace and served an ace to go up by one. Sczech tied it and Kendal Murphy got a kill to help push BU forward. Andrew and McGhee got kills to keep the Bears two steps ahead. Alexis Dacosta served up an ace at 12-8 and Tech called timeout. Out of it, McGhee had a kill and Dacosta served up a second ace, now up 14-8. Sczech kept swinging and delivered a kill, then going up for the block with Bibinbe to be up by six at 16-10. Tehani Ulufatu kept the service line hot for BU and had an ace, followed by a solo block from McGhee. The Red Raiders started to put their feet on the gas and got up to 24-19, pushing off set point five times by then. It was Sczech who ended the set with a tip at 25-19.

Set 3

Baylor started off the third frame with a block from the Allies, Sczech and Andrew delivering the blow. On the third play, the Bears had some clutch digs and finished with McGhee and Bibinbe getting the block. Carlson dumped the ball to get another point for the Bears, 3-1. TTU got some free points from Baylor errors, but Simpson kept the Bears a step ahead, 6-5. Sczech got a kill, then Simpson and Andrew had a block, 8-6. After Sczech got another kill on the next point, the Red Raiders called timeout. Carlson served up three-straight aces to push the Bears ahead, 13-6. Tech got two kills but Simpson stopped their possibility of a run with a kill. Sczech put BU up 16-10 before McGhee went on a tear. She got a kill and then back-to-back aces, forcing a TTU timeout. Bibinbe had a kill through the block and Faith Lynch entered the match to serve. The 12th ace of the match, sixth of the set, came from Lynch to put BU up 22-12. Simpson had a kill and then Carlson served up the match point with an ace, 24-13. TTU snuck in another kill before Ava Grace Haggard entered the match and got the final point, ending the set and match, 25-14.

HIGHLIGHTS

  *   Baylor served up 13 aces with 7 in the third set alone
  *   Allie Sczech led the team with 13 kills
  *   Briseño had 20 digs to lead the squad
  *   Carlson had a double-double with 31 assists and 11 digs
  *   Carlson led the team with six aces, a career high
  *   Four players tied with two blocks a piece

NEXT UP

The Bears return to their home court in Waco to host conference rival TCU on November 10 and 11 at the Ferrell Center.

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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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