KANSAS STATE (16-8, 5-5) 2 BAYLOR (16-9, 4-6) 3 Box Score 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 21 22 25 25 13 25 25 18 14 15 STATS COMPARISON Kills 63 66 Errors 20 22 Total Attacks 176 189 Attack Pct. .244 .233 Assists 57 62 Digs 88 86 Blocks 12.0 8.0 Service Aces 3 2 Stat Leaders Pelger 20 Kills 17 Nora Donahue 51 Assists 55 Harris Kabalis 30 Digs 23 King Muff 9 Blocks 4 Campbell 3 Players 1 Aces 1 2 Players BAYLOR VOLLEYBALL CENTRAL • Volleyball Media Almanac • Match Notes • Big 12 Standings • Baylor Athletics Experience

WACO, Texas - Baylor women's volleyball team notched an impressive 3-2 (25-21, 25-22, 18-25, 14-25, 15-13) win over Kansas State on Friday night in the Ferrell Center.

After taking a loss to Texas Tech on Wednesday night, its third in a row, Baylor (16-9, 4-6) came roaring out of the gates to a 2-0 lead over Kansas State. The Wildcats (16-9, 5-5) battled back to tied the score at 2-2 before Baylor closed it out with a 15-13 fifth set for the win. Baylor hit at least .275 in each of its three set-wins and compiled a .233 hitting percentage on the night. Kansas State hit over .260 just once in five sets, ending with a .244 hitting percentage.

"We showed some great leadership in the fifth set, finding a way to come back and win," head coach Jim Barnes said. "It was a terrible loss for us the other night against Texas Tech, but we backed it up with our biggest win of the year and it puts us back in the hunt to try to make a run at the NCAAs."

Freshman Adri Nora, playing right side for the first time this season, and junior Torri Campbell led the team with a combined 32 kills. All five Bears that registered a kill ended the night with at least 11. Junior Kate Harris had a match-high 55 assists. Defensively, senior Allison King led the team with 23 digs, while Campbell added a team-best four blocks.

"Tonight, we definitely came out strong and with a sense of urgency after getting beat by Kansas State earlier this season," Nora said. "We knew that they were a good team, and to come out and get a win was awesome. Losing against Tech was kind of a wakeup call, and showed what we needed to work on."

In the first set, Baylor jumped out to a 4-1 lead with kills from Zoe Adom and Briana Tolbert, along with two KSU attack errors. The Wildcats tied it 4-4 after kills from Pelger and Courtney Traxson, but Baylor put together a 6-3 run with two kills from Campbell, building an 18-10 lead. Baylor never looked back, closing out the 25-21 set with a kill from Adom and a block from Campbell.

Baylor erased an early 5-2 deficit with a 5-0 run that included kills from Campbell and Tolbert to make it 13-10 BU. KSU tied it at 14-14, but Baylor quickly responded with a 3-0 run, capped by a kill from Nora. The Bears never relinquished the lead after that, getting two more kills from Nora to take a 25-22 set win.

Despite a 2-0 Baylor lead, Kansas State didn't back down, coming out in the third set and erasing a 13-10 deficit with a 7-2 run. From there, it was all KSU as the Wildcats finished the set with a 25-18 win.

Kansas State continued the momentum in the fourth set, jumping out to a 7-3 lead. Baylor only got as close as 7-5 before an 8-2 run put the set out of reach. Kansas State went on to win the set 25-14, getting seven kills from Kathleen Ludwig.

The Bears pulled through with a 15-13 win in the fifth set despite facing an early 5-3 deficit. A kill from Nora tied the set at 6-6, and three attack errors from the Wildcats put the set at 11-9. Later, up 13-12, Baylor's Zhang sandwiched two kills around a KSU point to win the set.

"We just came out and worked hard in practice this week after our loss against Texas Tech. It feels awesome to get back in a groove, and it shows all of our hard work paying off. To get our confidence back was the biggest thing tonight, and this win gets us back on track of our goal of making it back to the NCAA tournament," Campbell said.

Baylor will step back into non-conference action for the final time this season, traveling to San Marcos, Texas, to take on Texas State at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 1.