Nov. 16, 2007
WACO, Texas -
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Baylor returns home on Saturday afternoon as the Bears play host to third-ranked Texas at 3 p.m. at the Ferrell Center. Baylor faces its third of four-straight ranked opponents.
The Bears are coming off a 3-2 loss at No. 22 Oklahoma on Wednesday, the fourth straight 3-2 loss for Baylor. The Bears fell 3-2 at Missouri, their first five-game loss in Big 12 play, before a 3-2 road loss at Iowa State and a five-game loss at home to 12th-ranked Kansas State. The four opponents recorded a 12-1 advantage against Baylor through the first round of Big 12 action.
The teams traded serves early in game five, with Oklahoma (20-7, 12-5 Big 12) scoring two straight to hold an 8-6 lead as the teams traded sides of the court. Haley Thomas scored a kill to make the score 8-7, but two straight from Oklahoma gave the Sooners the 10-7 lead, forcing Baylor into a timeout.
Two kills by Katie Sanders and a block by Thomas and Anna Breyfogle tied the score at 10 apiece. The two teams traded the next nine serves before Anna Stadel recorded a service ace on match point to give Oklahoma the 16-14 win. Katie Sanders recorded match-highs with 22 kills and a career-high 28 digs. Ashlie Christenson added 14 kills, while Breyfogle tallied 13 kills.
Sanders tallied her 20th double-double of the season and her first-career 20 kill-20 dig match. The last time a Baylor player recorded 20 kills and 20 digs was last season when Nicole LeBlanc tallied 21 kills and 21 digs against UC-Davis. A 20 kill-20 dig match has only been accomplished 21 times in Baylor history.
Taylor Barnes tallied a match-high 62 set assists and added three services aces to increase her conference-leading total to 45 on the season. She also tied a career-high with 19 digs for her 12th double-double of the season.
Texas is tied for first place in the Big 12 conference, with its only loss to second-ranked Nebraska. The Longhorns also handed the Cornhuskers their only loss this season. Texas leads the nation with a .346 hitting percentage, while ranking fourth in assists per game, fifth in kills per game and seventh in blocks per game.
The live audio broadcast of the match can be found at BaylorBears.com starting at 2:50 p.m.
