WACO, Texas – The 17th-ranked Baylor volleyball team beat UCF, 3-0, at the Ferrell Center on Saturday for BU's seventh win in a row.
 
The Bears (17-6, 9-3) took the Knights (8-13, 1-11) in three, BU winning set one at 25-22, set two, 25-16, and ended the final set for the win, 25-19.
 
Leading for the Bears were Elise McGhee with 17 kills and a .552 hit percentage, Lauren Briseño with 17 digs, and Jackie Barrett Frazier with 34 assists. 
 
THE RUNDOWN
Set 1
The Bears came out hot with Kendal Murphy scoring the first point of the match with a kill. Allie Sczech followed her teammate with another kill and Baylor didn't let up as Elise McGhee hit her 1000th career kill, now 7-4. Murphy and McGhee celebrated by hitting their second kills of the set, while Alicia Andrew got a solo block; the Bears up 10-5. Baylor challenged a UCF kill and won due to a net ball, and Victoria Davis used this momentum to get a kill, her second, now 13-9. McGhee just couldn't be stopped as she hit another two kills, 16-11. Lauren Briseño served her 81st career ace, making her No. 5 outright at Baylor for career rally-scoring service aces. With that ace, BU went up 21-16 on the Knights. McGhee wouldn't slow down as she hits two more kills to put the Bears at set point. Jackie Barrett Frazier sealed the deal with a setter dump to close the set at 25-22.
 
Set 2
McGhee scored the first point for Baylor with a kill before adding two aces to her sheet, BU up 4-1. A great block by Sczech and Davis put the Bears at 7-3. The dynamic duo kept pushing and each scored a kill for the Bears. Andrew was ready to go as she hit a kill and then had another solo block, now up 13-10. McGhee and Sczech each recorded kills, bringing the score to 15-11, Bears. Davis, Murphy and McGhee all got kills to move Baylor to 21-14. Davis and McGhee continued working together as they blocked the Knights, 22-14. For the set point, a kill by McGhee finalized another Baylor set win, 25-16.
 
Set 3
Going into set three, Baylor took the first point by way of yet another McGhee kill. Andrew drove home a kill to propel Baylor further, up 4-2. Murphy had a solo block on the next play, holding UCF back. Davis got two kills, bringing the score to 8-6, Bears. Sophia Keene and Ava Grace Haggard entered the match and each recorded their first two kills. Manuela Bibinbe and Keene made a great block, moving the Bears to be up 22-18. Jackie Barrett Frazier used a kill to keep the scoreboard moving in BU's favor. Match point was won with a kill by Keene at 25-19, securing the 3-0 match win.
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• Elise McGhee hit her 1000th career kill and led the team with 17 kills.
• Lauren Briseño served her 81st ace, which made her No. 5 outright at Baylor for career rally-scoring service aces.
• Briseño also led the team with 17 digs. 
• The lead only changed once during the match, BU controlling. 

 
UP NEXT
The Baylor Bears are heading north to Manhattan, Kansas, on Wednesday for a 6:30 p.m. matchup against the Kansas State Wildcats. 
 
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