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Baylor (12-10, 5-6) at Oklahoma (16-6, 8-3) Oct. 30, 2010 | Norman, Okla. | McCasland Field House (2,000)

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MEDIA INFORMATION
Game Center: Match 23
Date: Oct. 30, 2010
Location: Norman, Okla.
Arena: McCasland Field House (2,000)
Internet Audio: www.BaylorBears.com
Talent: Todd Zeidler (pxp)
Live Stats:

THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT

OKLAHOMA (16-6, 8-3 Big 12)

SERIES INFORMATION
Oklahoma leads 29-14
Waco: Oklahoma leads 11-9
Norman: Oklahoma leads 17-3
Neutral: Baylor leads 2-1
Last Meeting: Oklahoma won, 3-0 [Oct. 2, 2010]
Streak: Oklahoma, W4

Entering the match, Oklahoma has won six of its last seven matches, with its only three conference losses coming to the top three Big 12 teams. The Sooners are currently just outside of the AVCA €ˆTop 25, but rated No. 23 in the NCAA €ˆRPI. Earlier this season, the OU took a 3-1 win over Baylor in Waco, and have won four consecutive meetings between the teams.

Junior Suzy Boulavsky leads the offense with 3.48 kills per set, seventh best in the conference, while third-year starter Brianne Barker quarterbacks the offense with 10.18 assists per set. She is ranked third in the Big 12 in that category. Barker also averages a kill per set from her setter position.

On defense, libero Maria Fernanda ranks sixth among Big 12 players in digs per set at 4.18, while Barker (2.61) and Caitlin Higgins (2.50) each average at least 2.50 dps. At the net, freshman Sallie McLaurin has been the team's biggest force, averaging 1.34 blocks per set, ranking third in the conference.

THE TOP FIVE

- Baylor (12-10, 5-6) enters the match at Oklahoma (16-6, 8-3) fresh off back-to-back conference wins with home sweeps of Kansas State and Colorado. The two wins moved the Bears into a sixth-place tie, but a half-game ahead of Texas A&M's 5-7 record. Baylor stands only a half-game behind Missouri's fifth-place record of 6-6.

- Baylor's middle blockers have carried the load offensively in the team's 11 Big 12 matches, leading the team in kills and hitting percentage. The duo has been especially efficient in helping BU to a 5-3 record in the last eight. Over that span, Graham has team-highs of 95 kills and a .385 hitting percentage, while Campbell is second with 82 kills and hitting .289.

- Baylor's back-row defense moved back into the No. 1 spot in the NCAA in digs per set, averaging 19.10. BU also leads the Big 12 by a huge margin, posting nearly three more digs per set than any Big 12 team. As a team, Baylor has racked up a league-leading 1,585 total digs on the season, and is averaging 19.72 digs per set in its 11 conference matches.

- Senior Caitlyn Trice and junior Allison King have led Baylor to its top ranking in digs per set. Trice leads the conference with 5.41 dps, while King is ranked seventh in the league at 4.16. They are the only set of teammates in the top 10 in that category in the Big 12. Meanwhile, Trice's average is on pace to shatter King's single-season digs-per-set record of 4.46 set in 2009.

- The Bears will look to snap a seven-match losing streak in Norman. Last season at OU, the Bears battled back from a set down twice before eventually falling 15-12 in the fifth set.