Oct. 13, 2010
|  | | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | | 25
| 25 | 26 | 26 | | 22
| 27 | 24 | 24 |
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| Stats Comparison | | | | Kills | 57
| 56
| | Errors | 29
| 32
| Total Attacks
| 190
| 181
| Attack Pct.
| .147
| .133
| | Assists | 53
| 53
| | Digs | 83
| 83
| | Blocks | 11.0
| 10.0
| | Service Aces | 2
| 3
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| Stat Leaders | | Mayfield
| 19 | Kills | 15
| Graham
| Tate
| 46
| Assists | 21
| Harris/Ridenour
| Manda
| 28 | Digs | 25
| Trice | Jarmoc
| 8
| Blocks | 8
| Tolbert
| Mayfield
| 2
| Aces | 2
| Christenson
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WACO, Texas - Baylor's volleyball dropped a match that featured 47 ties and 25 lead changes by a score of 3-1 (22-25, 27-25, 24-26, 24-26) to visiting Kansas on Wednesday night at the Ferrell Center.
Despite a career-high tying 15 kills by Elizabeth Graham, and two other players in double figures, Baylor had a tough night on offense with 32 total errors and just a .133 hitting percentage. Allison King had a career-high 13 kills and Ashlie Christenson had 14 for the Bears.
Of the four sets, three were decided by two points, taking the action past the 25-point mark each time, while the first set was decided by just three points. After KU took the first set 25-22, Baylor fought back to win the second set 27-25, but dropped each of the next two sets by a score of 26-24 each time.
"We just didn't have enough people execute tonight," "Kansas was able to load up their blockers and slow down our middles tonight. They just played tough and sided out really well."
King added 14 digs for her fifth double-double of the season, while conference digs leader Caitlyn Trice had 25 digs to lead the team. The total marked the ninth time this season that Trice has had more than 20 digs in a match. Setter Brittany Ridenour had her sixth double-double of the season with 21 assists and 15 digs. At the net, Baylor tried to match Kansas' 11.0 blocks with 10.0 of its own. Briana Tolbert had a career-high eight blocks to lead the way, while Graham had six and Torri Campbell had four.
The first set was the tone-setter for the whole match with 15 ties and six lead changes of its own. Baylor looked poised early with a kill from Graham to take a 7-4 lead, but KU battled back to take a 10-9 lead. The teams traded sideouts nearly every point until back-to-back KU blocks gave the Jayhawks a 21-19. Down 23-20, Baylor got a kill by Graham and a KU attack error, but out the ensuing timeout Allison Mayfield and Caroline Jarmoc finished it off with kills for Kansas' 25-22 win.
The second set turned out to be the biggest seesaw battle of the night with 22 ties and 14 lead changes. Neither team had more than a one-point lead at any point in the set until the Bears won the set 27-25. Baylor had the first set-point at 24-23, but a Graham error tied the match. Graham then atoned for her error with a kill to take a set-point from KU just before King's kill and Christenson's service ace won the set.
In the third, despite a tight final score of 26-24, Kansas held the lead most of the way, leading by as many as eight. Down 21-13, Baylor put together a mammoth run of seven consecutive points, including back-to-back kills by Christenson and then three consecutive block assists by the combo of Tolbert and Graham. Baylor tied the match at 24-24 after two KU errors on set-points, but Mayfield again stepped up with two straight kills for the set win.
In the fourth set, back-to-back kills by King gave Baylor an early 5-2 edge, but setter Nicole Tate got two second-touch kills to help KU to an 11-9 lead. Down 21-18, Baylor scored four in a row, capped off by back-to-back block assists by Tolbert and Campbell for the lead. A Kansas service error gave BU two chances to force a fifth set, but Mayfield sandwiched two kills around two KU blocks to come back from a two-point deficit for the two-point win, 26-24.
Baylor will be back on the road when they take on Missouri on Saturday night at 6:30 p.m. Follow the action with live stats and audiostreaming on www.BaylorBears.com.
