Volleyball Hosts Big 12 Rival Oklahoma
10/1/2010 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Oct. 1, 2010
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| Baylor (8-7, 1-3) vs. Oklahoma (10-5, 2-2) Oct. 2, 2010 | Waco, Texas | Ferrell Center (6,000) |
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MEDIA INFORMATION
Game Center: Match 16
Date: Oct. 2, 2010
Location: Waco, Texas
Arena: Ferrell Center (6,000)
Internet Audio: www.BaylorBears.com
Talent: Larry Little (pxp)
Internet Video: www.BaylorBears.com
Live Stats:
THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT
OKLAHOMA (10-5, 2-2 Big 12)
SERIES INFORMATION
Oklahoma leads 28-14
Waco: Oklahoma leads 10-8
Norman: Oklahoma leads 17-3
Neutral: Baylor leads 2-1
Last Meeting: Oklahoma won, 3-0 [Nov. 4, 2009]
Streak: Oklahoma, W3
Oklahoma comes to Waco on a two-match losing streak, with losses to No. 10 Iowa State (3-0) and No. 3 Nebraska (3-1). The Sooners won the first set at home against the Huskers, 25-18, but then fell -17, -17, -24. Prior to that Oklahoma had won six in a row and 10 of its first 13 matches.
Junior Suzy Boulavsky leads the offense with 3.39 kills per set, eighth best in the conference, while third-year starter Brianne Barker quarterbacks the offense with 9.96 assists per set. She is ranked third in the Big 12 in that category. Barker also averages nearly a kill per set from her setter position.
On defense, libero Maria Fernanda ranks fifth among Big 12 players in digs per set at 4.30, while Barker (2.46) and Caitlin Higgins (2.21) each average over 2.00 dps. At the net, freshman Sallie McLaurin has been the team's biggest force, averaging 1.18 blocks per set with 10 solo blocks and 49 block assists.
THE TOP FIVE
- After finishing one of the toughest stretches in the NCAA with three consecutive top-10 teams to open Big 12 play, Baylor won its first Big 12 match of the season at Texas Tech on Wednesday. Up next for Baylor is Oklahoma, who has won eight of the last nine meetings between the two. The teams are 5-5 in the last 10 meetings in Waco.
- The Bears are also making their presence felt in the top-50 national rankings. To begin the week, Baylor was ranked second in the NCAA in digs per set at 18.85, while ranking 45th nationally in assists per set at 12.72. Individually, Caitlyn Trice is ranked eighth overall with 5.69 digs per set, while Elizabeth Graham cracked the top 10 in blocks per set with 1.44.
- Despite playing three top-10 teams to open Big 12 play, Baylor is now ranked in the top five in all seven major categories, while being the only team with over 950 digs (1,077) and more than 16.0 digs per set (18.89). Caitlyn Trice leads in digs (319) and digs per set (5.60), while Elizabeth Graham leads in blocks (83) and blocks per set (1.46).
- Trice has been a force in the back row for Baylor, tying the four-set match record for digs twice this season. The senior is the full-time libero for the first time in her career and has recorded double-digit digs in all 15 matches, over 20 digs in eight and over 30 digs in four. She had 32 in five sets against UNI and TCU, and 31 in four sets against SMU and Dayton.
- In the last 14 matches between Baylor and OU, only two of them have ended in three sets. Seven of those 14 matches have needed all five sets, with OU winning six of them.
