Sept. 27, 2014 Box Score
Attendance: 2,802 |
Records: Baylor (10-5, 1-0); Kansas State (13-2, 0-1)
MANHATTAN, Kan. - Both teams threw heavy punches, but Baylor's 9-0 run late in set three despite a loss shifted the momentum to the Bears' side in a five-set win over Kansas State at Ahearn Field House Saturday night.
Baylor (10-5, 1-0) defeated the Wildcats (13-2, 0-1) 13-25, 25-18, 23-25, 25-22, 15-12 in the Big 12 opener for both team and snapped Kansas State's 11-match home win streak. Baylor hadn't won in Manhattan, Kan. Since Nov. 13, 2010.
After Kansas State limited BU to just four kills in the first set with an overwhelming 12-point win in set one, the Bears rebounded in set two for an eight-point win holding the Wildcats to just nine kills.
Then, facing set point Baylor rattled off nine-straight points with Hope Ogden at the service line after the Bears trailed 24-14. Though Sam Hill's attacking error for Baylor was the winning point for KSU in set three, the run gave momentum to the Bears for the rest of the match.
After the run, Baylor out-hit KSU .170-.108 in set four and .350-.200 in the fifth set for the win. Katie Staiger's 20 kills matched a career-and-season high for Baylor, and she did so on a .364 hitting percentage.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Katie Staiger hit .364 and matched a season-and-career high with 20 kills while adding a career-high four blocks.
• Staiger has 10 double-digit kill matches in her last 11 matches.
• Amy Rosenbaum had 45 assists and 12 digs for her fourth double-double of the season.
• Ashley Myer led Baylor with a season-high 15 digs.
• Hope Ogden had 10 digs, which gives the senior nine-straight matches with double-digits in that category.
• Sam Hill led Baylor with six blocks and added nine kills in the win.
• It was Baylor's first win over K-State at Ahearn since Nov. 13, 2010.
STAT OF THE GAME I
1997 - Saturday night's win was Baylor's first win against a league opponent on the road to open a Big 12 schedule since the Bears defeated Iowa State in Ames, Sept. 26, 1997.
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor will have its Big 12 home opener Wednesday at the Ferrell Center at 7 p.m. as the Bears play host to Texas Tech.
