VB Faces Midweek Foe West Virginia
9/5/2011 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Sept. 5, 2011
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Baylor (5-1) vs. West Virginia (2-4) |
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GAME CENTER: Match 7
MEDIA INFORMATION
Date: Sept. 6, 2011
Location: Waco, Texas
Arena: Ferrell Center (Capacity: 6,000)
Internet Audio: vs. West Virginia
Internet Video: vs. West Virginia
Talent: Larry Little (pxp)
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MID-WEEK MATCHUP
West Virginia Mountaineers
All-Time Series: Baylor leads 2-0 (H: €ˆ0-0, A: 0-0, N: 2-0)
Last meeting: Baylor won 3-1, Sept. 6, 1997
The Mountaineers will finish a three-match Texas-swing with BU, after facing UTSA €ˆand Texas State. WVU lost 3-0 at UTSA and played at TSU on Monday evening. Second-year head caoch Jill Kramer's squad was picked to finish 12th in the Big East.
WVU FR €ˆOH €ˆHalle Kearney leads the offense with 2.5 kills per set. SR €ˆS €ˆKari Post is the most experienced returner and averages 8.14 assists/set. SR €ˆL Serinna Russo leads the defense averaging 5.27 digs/set.
STORYLINES
- Baylor moved its record to 5-1 on the season with a perfect 3-0 record and the Fairfield Inn North Baylor Classic title. BU swept UTPA €ˆand McNeese, before beating Northern Colorado in five.
- Senior libero Allison King is within striking distance of the BU record for career digs. King now has a rally-era record of 1,551, and is just 24 behind Cory Sivertson's (1991-94) all-time record.
- King is having another fine season in the back row for Baylor, earning Top Defensive Player honors at the Baylor Classic. She ranks second in the Big 12 with 4.70 digs per set.
- Senior Brittany Ridenour had a career-high 49 assists in a five-set win over Northern Colorado on her way to earning Baylor Classic MVP honors. She recorded two weekend double-doubles.
- Zoe Adom and Briana Tolbert led the Baylor offense over the weekend, each earning all-tournament honors. Tolbert hit .397 overall, and Adom had a career-high 19 kills in the finale.
- Baylor is one of seven Big 12 teams with either one or zero losses through the first two weekends. Kansas, Iowa State and Texas A&M all remain undefeated.
- Against College of Charleston, Tolbert turned in the Big 12's third-best hitting percentage of the year at .714 (16-1-21). Meeting the statistical €ˆminimums, it ranks fifth all-time at BU.
- Despite losing seven letterwinners to graduation, Baylor reloaded with five incoming freshman, a junior college transfer and former Lady Bear basketball player Melissa Jones.
