Preview: No. 25 VB Celebrates Senior Night Against West Virginia

Wednesday, November 21

Waco, Texas

7:00 p.m. CT

Baylor

West Virginia

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Preview: No. 25 VB Celebrates Senior Night Against West Virginia

11/20/2018 1:46:00 PM | Volleyball

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Bears look to secure second place in the conference standings Wednesday night

WACO, Texas – No. 25 Baylor volleyball (18-8, 10-5 Big 12) will close out the regular season with a Wednesday night matchup against West Virginia (11-17, 2-12 Big 12) at 7 p.m. CT inside the Ferrell Center.

Fans are encouraged to stay after the match to celebrate seniors Aniah Philo, Ashley Fritcher and Jaelyn Jackson in a postgame ceremony.

The matchup will air on FOX Sports Southwest Plus with John Morris and Katie Staiger on the call.

With a victory, Baylor can secure its second consecutive top-two finish in the Big 12 standings.

Baylor looks to sweep the season series against the Mountaineers for the fourth straight season.

BEARS CELEBRATE SENIOR NIGHT AGAINST WVU
• Baylor volleyball hosts West Virginia on Senior Night Wednesday to close out the regular season.
• BU looks to clinch second place in the Big 12 standings with a win, currently sitting at 10-5.
• The Bears are currently 4-3 in conference home matches in 2018, recently beating ISU on Nov. 7.
• Baylor looks to continue its series-best winning streak over WVU, currently at seven straight wins.
• The Bears have not lost to the Mountaineers under head coach Ryan McGuyre (7-0).
• The Bears look to finish the second half of conference play with a 7-1 record in back-to-back years.
• Baylor looks for the season sweep for the fourth consecutive season.
• On Senior Night, Aniah Philo, Ashley Fritcher and Jaelyn Jackson will be honored in a post-match ceremony.

LAST TIME VS. WEST VIRGINIA (Oct. 13, 2018)
• Down 2-0 in the match, No. 24 Baylor volleyball pulled out a five-set victory over West Virginia Saturday, Oct. 13 at WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, 22-25, 13-25, 25-22, 25-20, 17-15.
• In the win, redshirt junior Shelly Fanning set a career-high 20 kills on 27 attempts while posting the best five-set match attack percentage in program history, hitting .741 against the Mountaineers.
• After sitting out the last two matches, sophomore Yossiana Pressley returned and became the 12th player in program history to record a 20-20 match with 21 kills and a career-high 20 digs.
• Tara Wulf tied a career-high three service aces against the Mountaineers.
• Baylor won its second-ever match under McGuyre after trailing 2-0, improving to 2-20.

LAST TIME VS. THE MOUNTAINEERS IN WACO (Oct. 7, 2017)
• Baylor volleyball dominated the serving game as the Bears recorded a season-high nine aces in a sweep of West Virginia Saturday, Oct. 7 at the Ferrell Center, 25-20, 25-18, 25-12.
• Redshirt sophomore Shelly Fanning's six kills pushed her past 500 career kills in the match, capturing the 500-mark in the second set. She led at the net with seven blocks and allowed Baylor to outblock the Mountaineers, 9.0-8.0.
• Aniah Philo and Yossiana Pressley led all players with nine kills each, each of them hitting above .250 in the sweep. Senior Jana Brusek led all players with 14 digs in the back row, and freshman Hannah Lockin recorded 32 assists in the match.
• The Bears held West Virginia to a -.011 hitting effort in three sets. It was BU's seven opponent hitting under .100 against the Bears this season.

LOOKING FORWARD TO THE POSTSEASON
• With an 18-8 record in 2018, Baylor looks to make its third consecutive postseason appearance for the first time in program history.
• An NCAA bid would be the seventh overall for the Bears and third in the past four years under head coach Ryan McGuyre.
• Baylor will await its postseason fate at their annual team watch party Sunday, Nov. 26 at Coach McGuyre's house. The show will air live at 7:30 p.m. CT on ESPNU.