Baylor
Coppin State
Volleyball Sweeps Coppin State
9/5/2015 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
WACO, Texas â '¬"- Baylor volleyball took its first sweep of the season as the Bears downed Coppin State, 25-10, 25-20, 25-12, at the Ferrell Center Saturday morning. It is the first three-set win for the Bears this season; all other victories have been won in five sets.
Baylor took no time to take control of the game and built a 17-5 lead after an Ashley Fritcher cross-court kill. Adrien Richburg provided a kill out of the middle to give Baylor a 25-10 first-set win. The Bears struggled to start the second set and Coppin State took a 6-4 lead. The Bears pulled together a 5-0 run to lead 10-7 and force a Coppin State timeout. An ace by Jana Brusek ended the rally as the Bears took a 25-20 second-set win and gave Baylor a comfortable 2-0 lead heading into the break.
Baylor used a .667 attack effort and only committed one attack error as the Bears cruised to a 25-12 third-set victory. In the final set Baylor had a match-high 15 kills.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Baylor had five service aces against the Eagles and gave up none.
• The underclassmen accounted for 26 of 42 Baylor kills: Ashley Fritcher led the team with 10, Shelly Fanning had seven, Amanda Lesikar added six and Jordan Vail contributed three.
• Jana Brusek finished with a match-high nine digs in the three-set win.
• The Bears used a balanced effort at the setting position: Morgan Reed led with 18 assists, and Amy Rosenbaum contributed 14.
• Jordan Vail hit a perfect 1.000 for three kills on three attempts. Ashley Fritcher had a .769 attack effort with no errors (10-for-13).
STAT OF THE DAY
.467 â '¬" the attacking percentage by Baylor in the three-set win, a season high for the Bears.
TOP QUOTE
"I liked the first set. I thought we played really clean and did a lot of good things. It's great to see Ashley (Fritcher) compete like she's been playing for us in practice. She's another freshman on the court who's going to do great things for us. She really shined bright. Tonight's match is going to be a battle. We've got to have the best blocking night we've had since we've started the season, and we've got to make sure our offense is working on all cylinders." â '¬" Head coach Ryan McGuyre
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor closes the Hampton Inn Waco North Baylor Invitational with a match against Cal Poly tonight at the Ferrell Center, beginning at 7 p.m. CT.
