WACO, Texas – The second-ranked Baylor volleyball team (9-0) will close out its non-conference schedule with a Tuesday night matchup against Texas State (8-5) at 6 p.m. CT at the Ferrell Center.
 
Fans can purchase tickets online at www.BaylorBears.com/tickets. The match will also be broadcasted on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ with John Morris and Katie Staiger on the call.
 
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BEARS HOST THE BOBCATS TO CLOSE OUT NON-CONFERENCE SLATE
• Baylor volleyball will close out its non-conference schedule and play its first match as the No. 2 team in the country when Texas State comes to town Tuesday night.
• The Bears are one of only two undefeated teams left in D1 college volleyball, joining No. 21 California (10-0) entering week five of the season.
• BU looks to go undefeated through non-conference play for the first time since 2009 and only the third time in program history. The 2001 season was the first time the Bears went unblemished in non-conference action with an 8-0 record, and the 2009 squad went a program-best 11-0.
• BU will face Texas State for the eighth consecutive season and third straight at home.
• Baylor is riding a five-match win streak against the Bobcats, including 10 straight at home.
• BU looks for the 10-0 start to the season for its best start since 2009 and first time under head coach Ryan McGuyre. A win would give BU 10 straight wins for the first time since the 2016 season.
• BU is 29-3 in home non-conference matches under head coach Ryan McGuyre, going 6-1 last season and currently 4-0 in 2019.
 
SECOND-RANKED BEARS EARN 27 FIRST-PLACE VOTES
• Baylor volleyball is ranked a program-best No. 2 in the AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Poll after a 9-0 start to the season for the first time since 2009, released Monday afternoon.
• The No. 2 ranking shatters the previous all-time program record set two weeks ago at No. 5.
• BU's 27 first-place votes are also a program record, just one shy of No. 1 Stanford who garnered 28 first-place votes.
• Prior to last season, BU was ranked for 10 straight weeks and peaked at No. 17 in 2009, which stood as the program-high ranking for eight years in the 37-year history of the AVCA poll.
• Since 2017, the Bears have entered the top-25 for the first time since 2009, become a top-15 team for the first time ever and recently become a top-five squad.
• The Bears are ranked for the 42nd time in program history and have received votes in the poll for 31 straight weeks dating back to the 2017 season.
• BU is 5-0 against ranked opponents so far in 2019, beating No. 18 Creighton, No. 4 Wisconsin No. 11 Marquette, No. 17 Missouri and No. 13 Hawai'i in non-conference action.
• Baylor is now the highest ranked Big 12 team with No. 6 Texas as the other league team in the poll.
• BU has never been the highest-ranked Big 12 team in the history of the AVCA poll.
• BU opened the season at No. 20 in the AVCA Preseason Coaches Poll, opening the season as a ranked team for the third time in program history.
 
TEAM NOTABLES
• In 29 total sets played this season, BU has only dropped two of those sets (at Wisconsin, vs. Houston). All other seven matches have been three-set wins for the Bears.
• Baylor has never lost a match while leading 2-0 under McGuyre (58-0).
• Baylor is 32-11 as a ranked team under McGuyre.
• BU is 21-0 under McGuyre when limiting opponents to hitting under a .100 efficiency.
• BU is leading the Big 12 in opponent hitting percentage, kills per set, assists per set and blocks per set heading into Tuesday's match.
 
LAST TIME VS. TEXAS STATE (Aug. 25, 2018)
• 16th-ranked Baylor volleyball went 2-0 to close out play at the Hampton Inn & Suites Waco North Baylor Invitational with victories over Texas State and Marquette Aug. 25, 2018 at the Ferrell Center.
• Against the Bobcats, Yossiana Pressley posted her first 20-kill performance of the season, hitting .421 and used eight kills in the second set to help BU grab the crucial 2-0 lead.
• BU created separation after a Fanning and Pressley block at 13-10, and the Bears rolled away with Coach McGuyre's 400th career win after hitting .312 against the Bobcats.
 
SCOUTING THE BOBCATS
• Texas State (8-5) comes into Tuesday's match on a five-match winning streak after starting out the season with a 3-5 record.
• Texas State swept the 2018 Sun Belt regular season and tournament championships.
• In 2018, the Bobcats started the season 0-3 at the Baylor Invitational against No. 16 Baylor, Marquette and LSU, but then finished with a 27-7 record and an appearance in the NCAA Second Round.
• The Bobcats recently hosted and won the Creeds & Crests Classic in San Marcos, going 3-0 last weekend against UTSA, George Washington and Sam Houston State.
• Texas State is 0-1 against ranked opponents this season after a 3-1 loss to then-No. 14 USC on Aug. 30 in San Marcos.
• The Bobcats have also faced teams receiving votes in Northern Iowa and Rice. The Owls are now No. 22 in the country.
• Texas State closes out its non-conference slate in Waco and then will head home to host Louisiana in its Sun Belt Conference opener on Friday.
• The Bobcats return four starters and its libero from its NCAA Tournament team a season ago.