Baylor
Kansas State
Volleyball Swept at No. 25 Kansas State
11/9/2002 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Nov. 9, 2002
MANHATTAN, Kan. - Baylor volleyball fell victim to one of the nation's hottest teams here Saturday as No. 25 Kansas State won its 11th consecutive match, defeating the Bears 30-25, 30-15, 30-16. The Bears fall to 9-16 on the season and 2-12 in Big 12 Conference play. Kansas State improves to 17-6 overall and 13-2 in league action.
Tisha Schwartz led the Bears with 10 kills, the 11th straight match in which she has reached double figures in kills. She now stands 11 kills away from cracking Baylor's single-season top 10 list for kills. However, Kansas State also forced Schwartz into nine attacking errors and held her to a .021 attacking percentage on the afternoon. Laura Daniela Lloreda added six kills and a team-best 10 digs, and Jillian Mazzarella had five kills and 11 assists.
Kansas State held Baylor to a .054 attacking percentage, the fifth straight match in which the Wildcats have held their opponent under .100. Meanwhile, K-State hit .293 as a team, swinging at a .333 clip (32-8-72) over the final two games. Lauren Goehring led four Wildcats with at least eight kills, putting 10 attacks on the floor.
Baylor controlled game one early, leading by as much as four on two occasions and by five points at 15-10. However, Kansas State scored 10 of the next 12 points and never trailed again. The Bears closed to within one point at 24-23, but a Kansas State timeout ended a three-point Baylor run. Schwartz tallied seven kills in the opener, but hit just .176 with four errors. Neither offense was on track in the first game as Baylor hit .205 and Kansas State hit .227.
Kansas State jumped out to a 5-1 lead early in game two before the Bears closed to within one point at 6-5. The Wildcats scored 12 of the next 14 points, though, and never looked back. K-State's offense came alive in game two, hitting .316 (16-4-38) as a team. Meanwhile, Baylor's attack slipped considerably as the Bears were held to a minus-.026 attacking percentage. Schwartz had just one kill in game two, and Jillian Mazzarella led Baylor with three kills.
The momentum K-State built in game two carried over to game three. Baylor was within three points at 12-9, but the Wildcats scored the next seven points and never looked back. Kansas State hit .353 (16-4-34) in game three and held Baylor under .000 again at minus-.030 (7-8-33).
Baylor remains on the road for its next match, traveling to Lubbock, Texas, next Wednesday for a 7 p.m. CST match at Texas Tech. The Bears defeated the Red Raiders in three games earlier this season in Waco.
