Sept. 12, 2014 Box Score
Attendance: 314 |
Records: Baylor (7-2), George Washington (5-2)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - By a slim margin, the Baylor volleyball team won all three sets for a sweep of George Washington Friday night at the Smith Center with the Bears winning 30-28, 25-23, 25-23.
The Bears (7-2) knocked off the Colonials (5-2) in their own tournament by hitting .295, the second-highest hitting percentage of the season for Baylor. Katie Staiger hit .423 and led the Bears with 13 kills.
George Washington kept with Baylor step-for-step, but the Bears always held the edge; the Colonials hit .267, but were limited to a .194 mark in the final set.
Baylor led 8-3 early in set one, and finally ended the first frame on back-to-back kills by Adrien Richburg and Staiger for the final two points of the set.
In the second set, the Bears again jumped out to a 10-4 lead early before GWU eventually took a 16-15 lead. But, after the score was 17-all, the Bears rattled off five-straight points including two kills from Staiger to help seal the set.. The score was tied four times in the third set at 14, 19, 22 and 23, but the Bears never trailed.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Katie Staiger had 13 kills, which marks her fifth consecutive match with double-digit kills, and sixth of the season.
• Staiger hit .423, which was the second-highest percentage of the season for the redshirt freshman.
• Adrien Richburg and Andie Malloy had 10 kills apiece. It was Malloy's eighth match of the season with double-digit kills and third for Richburg.
• Nicole Bardaji had 13 digs, which was a career high, and her second-straight match with double-digit digs.
• Hope Ogden had 10 digs, which was her seventh match of the season with double-digit digs.
STAT OF THE GAME I
.615 - Adrien Richburg's hitting percentage for the match with 10 kills on 13 attempts with just two errors.
THEY SAID IT
Jim Barnes on Baylor's performance
"We need to put ourselves in better position by getting leads and pulling away, but I'm proud of how we are playing in the clutch times of the match. When you have two leftsides in [Katie] Staiger and [Andie] Malloy who love the ball in those situations, it's a luxury, and it's good to see your team battle like that."
THEY TWEETED IT
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor closes the GWU Colonials Invitational vs. Columbia Saturday at 11 a.m.
