Dayton Outlasts Volleyball to Advance to Sweet 16

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Dayton Outlasts Volleyball to Advance to Sweet 16

12/6/2024 10:12:00 PM | Volleyball

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WACO, Texas -- Allie Sczech had 21 kills and six blocks but Baylor volleyball couldn't outlast No. 22 Dayton, with the Flyers edging the Bears in five sets (22-25, 25-22, 26-24, 21-25, 12-15) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, on Friday night at the Ferrell Center.

Dayton (31-2) posted the thrilling five-set win over Baylor (23-8), claiming the first, fourth and fifth sets to earn the program's first all-time trip to the Sweet 16.

The Bears bounced back from a sluggish start in the first set to win the second and third and after falling behind in the fourth set midway through the game, were able to claw back to push a finish in the fourth. The Bears committed four service errors in the fifth set and the Flyers were able to finish the match on a 5-2 run after the finale was tied 10-10.

The loss concludes another strong season for the Bears, who advanced to second round of the NCAA Tournament for the ninth straight year. Baylor was seeking its fifth all-time NCAA Sweet 16 berth and its first since 2022. Baylor now owns a 17-13 record in the NCAA Tournament and a 14-9 all-time mark under 10^th year head coach Ryan McGuyre, the all-time winningest coach in program.

Sczech, a junior out of Sugar Land, Texas, led the Bears, collecting 21 kills on 41 swings, good for a .463 hitting percentage, while adding six blocks. Elise McGhee had 11 kills and five digs, while Kendal Murphy, a sophomore out of Scottsdale, Ariz., had nine kills and eight digs. Alicia Andrew finished with eight kills, two assists, two digs and six blocks.

Jackie Barrett Frazier, a graduate student and transfer from Auburn, had a double-double, going for a season-high tying 46 assists, 11 digs, four service aces and two kills. It marked her 18^th double-double of the year and the 61^st of her career.

RUNDOWN
Set One
The Flyers opened the match with three of the first four points but the Bears answered to take a 5-3 lead, getting an ace from Alicia Andrew and kills from Allie Sczech and Victoria Davis. UD rallied to take an 8-6 lead and stretched the lead to 11-9 before three straight points from Sczech, including two kills and a block gave the Bears a 12-11 lead. The lead grew to 15-13 after consecutive points from Andrew and Sczech answered a service error with a kill.

Jackie Barrett Frazier found Davis for a kill for a 17-15 lead before three straight from UD gave the Flyers a 18-17 lead, promoting a timeout from McGuyre. The lead grew to 19-17 before a service error snapped a 4-0 run. A 6-1 UD run led to a 20-18 lead, with the margin growing to 24-20 to set up set point, promoting a BU timeout. After a pair of points, Dayton finished off the set win, 25-22. The Flyers were led by seven kills from Lexi Almadovar and 11 assists from Alyssa Miller, with UD hitting .516 as a team and the Bears held to .323.

Set Two
Dayton opened with the first two points of the set before Sczech got the Bears on the board. Dayton notched six of the first nine points before the Bears started a 7-1 rally to take a 10-7 lead. The matched evened at 10 after a UD service ace but the Bears earned five of the next seven points for a 15-12 lead. The lead grew to 18-14 and forced a timeout from Dayton. Out of the timeout, UD went on a 4-0 run to even the match and prompt a McGuyre timeout. The Bears notched three straight points before Brooke Smith snapped the stretch for UD with a kill to cut the lead to 21-19.

Elise McGhee answered a UD point with a cross court kill to put the Bears three points from the set. An attack error pushed the BU lead to 23-20. The Bears finished off the set with a monster block from Andrew and Sczech for a 25-22 win. The Bears hit .300 in the set and held UD to a .175 hitting percentage. At the break, Sczech led the Bears with 10 kills, hitting .625, while Almadovar had 15 kills on 31 attacks.

Set Three
The teams traded the first 14 points of the third set, with a block from Barrett Frazier evening the match at 7-7. The Bears were the first to 10 with Ander notching consecutive kills and the lead growing to 11-8 – prompting a UD timeout – after an Andrew and Sczech block.

A lengthy rally out of the timeout ended with a kill from Sczech for a 12-8 lead. A right-handed swing from Kendal Murphy snaped a two-point run and gave the Bears a 13-10 lead. A middle court helper for McGhee from Barrett Frazier pushed the lead to 14-11. The Flyers ripped off a 4-0 run to take a 15-14 lead and necessitate a timeout from McGuyre.

A cross-court kill from Almadovar – her 19^th – kept the rally going before a successful dump-off from Murphy snapped the run and cut the UD lead to 16-15. A Davis block made the set 17-17. McGhee smashed one inside the line – her eighth kill of the match – to take a 18-17 lead. The Bears stretched their lead to 20-18 after a pair of UD attack errors, prompting a UD timeout. The lead grew to 23-21 before a Dayton kill and a service ace evened the set at 23-23.

Out of the Baylor timeout, Sczech smashed her fifth kill of the set and 15^th of the night, to get BU to set point. Almadovar's 23^rd kill evened it at 24 and Murphy answered with her seventh kill to set up set point, which was won by the Bears following an attack error, 26-24. The Bears hit .341 and held Dayton to .128 in the set, owning 16 kills and three blocks in the game.

Set Four
Dayton notched seven of the first 10 points to open the set, forcing a Baylor timeout. Out of the break, Murphy notched her eighth kill to cut the lead to 7-4. After UD took a 8-6 lead, the Flyers rallied with three straight to take an 11-6 lead.

Andrew's seventh kill cut the lead to 11-7 and Sczech notched consecutive kills, taking her to 17, to cut the lead to 12-9. After a pair of UD points, the Bears called their second timeout of the game, trailing 14-9. The lead grew to 17-11, giving the Flyers a commanding lead in the fourth. Trailing 20-15, the Bears narrowed the lead to 21-17, and then 22-18 after a point from Sczech. An ace from Andrew cut the lead to 22-19 and a double block from Sczech and Davis cut the lead to 22-20 and prompted the final timeout from Dayton. A service error thwarted the momentum and allowed Dayton to post the set win and force a fifth, 25-21. The Bears hit .156 in the set, with the Flyers totaling a .303 hitting percentage.

Set Five
The teams split the first 12 points of the fifth set, which featured six errors and two aces from the service line.

An ace from Barrett Frazier was answered by a point from Dayton to even it at 7-7 and UD took an 8-7 at the changeover. Out of the break, Sczech smashed her 20^th kill to even it at eight but a service error allowed UD to regain the lead. Andrew tied the match back up with her eighth kill and the lead went to Baylor following an attack error. After a Baylor service error, Liana Sarkissian gave UD an 11-10 lead, prompting a BU timeout. The lead grew to 12-10 following a kill from Almodovar, which was answered by Sczech but Almodovar notched her 34^th kill to take a 13-11 lead. McGhee's 11^th kill cut the lead to 13-12. The Flyers notched the next two points to post a 15-12 win.

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