Baylor
18-5, 8-2Big 12
Oklahoma
5-18, 2-8Big 12
No. 24 Volleyball Blows Past Oklahoma, 3-0
10/28/2017 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
NORMAN, Okla. -- No. 24 Baylor volleyball (18-5, 8-2 Big 12) earned its second consecutive road sweep after a 3-0 win at Oklahoma Saturday afternoon at McCasland Field House in Norman, Okla., 25-19, 25-22, 25-17.
Freshman Yossiana Pressley matched a season-high 20 kills and hit .395 to lead all players for the second-straight match. She had a match-high six blocks as the Bears dominated at the net by a 10.0-4.0 margin.
Defensively, senior Jana Brusek moved from fifth to third in the Baylor all-time career digs list with 13 digs against the Sooners (5-18, 2-8 Big 12). She now has 1,526 digs with six matches to go in the regular season.
Baylor got off to a slow start offensively and allowed OU to take a 6-3 lead. A solo block by Shelly Fanning tied up the match at 14-14, and the Bears would end up ending the set on a 5-0 run to take the early advantage, 25-19.
In set two, BU was forced to call an early timeout after OU jumped out to a 5-1 lead. The Bears inched back and forced a Sooner timeout with a kill from Aniah Philo at 20-16. Baylor held off a late Sooner run and went on a 4-0 run of its own to take the set, 25-22.
BU rolled in set three as the team hit .333 and limited OU to a negative hitting efficiency (-.031). Pressley tacked on a season-tying 20th kill as the Bears came out with the sweep.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Yossiana Pressley had a match-high 20 kills on a .395 attack efficiency and added six blocks and six digs.
- Jana Brusek passed Dana Atkinson (1997-2000) and Kristen Schramek (2004-07) for third-most career digs in Baylor program history. She is 49 digs away from tying Cory Sivertson (1991-94) for second-most career digs.
- Hannah Lockin logged 35 assists to help BU hit over its season average of .271 for the second-straight match.
- Baylor has won four straight vs. Oklahoma and has swept the series for two straight years for the first time since the 2000-01 seasons.
- Camryn Freiberg, Shelly Fanning and Tola Itiola had a combined 13 kills with no errors, all hitting over .400.
- BU had a double-digit blocking performance for the third time in conference play, finishing with 10.0.
- Baylor limited Oklahoma to a .108 attack efficiency, improving to 13-0 when opponents hit below .200.
STAT OF THE MATCH
13 -- the amount of digs to move senior Jana Brusek to third-most career digs in program history.
TOP QUOTE
"I'm glad we could go on the road and get a sweep. Oklahoma is a great team and makes good adjustments. They obviously adjusted when we rested Katie (Staiger). After her first couple of swings, Yossi (Pressley) got really dialed in. I felt like she was unstoppable. Fun night for her. Our middles both did well. We were able to throw the ball to the outside and get them one blocker because they drew so much attention. Good team volleyball today." -head coach Ryan McGuyre
WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears head home to face TCU as part of FCA Night Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. CT at the Ferrell Center. The match will be live on Fox Sports Southwest with John Morris (play-by-play) and Alex Banister (color analyst) on the call.
