Baylor Beats TX TECH on the road

[bearwatch]

Volleyball Outlasts Texas Tech, 3-2
Freshman outside hitter Katie Sanders leads Bears with 16 kills.



Nov. 11, 2006

Box Score

LUBBOCK, Texas - Baylor freshman outside hitter Katie Sanders (Katy, Texas) heated up down the stretch and had 16 kills to lead the Bears to a 3-2 (30-21, 22-30, 30-26, 20-30, 15-12) victory over Texas Tech in Big 12 volleyball action Saturday night at United Spirit Arena.

The win secures the Bears' (17-12, 5-11 Big 12) first winning season since 2001, and the Bears' five conference wins are the most in head coach Jim Barnes' three-year tenure.

Redshirt freshman Kelsey Smith (Lubbock, Texas) had 14 kills, eight digs and four service aces in her homecoming, while senior middle blocker Desiree Guilliard-Young (Berkeley, Calif.) and freshman middle blocker Anna Breyfogle (Buda, Texas) added 12 kills each.

Freshman setter Taylor Barnes (Arlington, Texas) had a solid all-around effort with 55 assists, nine kills and six digs. Junior libero Kristen Schramek (San Antonio, Texas) led the Bears defensively with 16 digs, while senior right-side hitter Nicole LeBlanc (Tampa, Fla.) 13 digs to go along with nine kills.

Philister Sang led Texas Tech (11-14, 4-12) with 17 kills and had nine digs. Kiley Lyons chipped in with 11 kills and 12 digs, while Alicia Ostmeyer added 10 kills. Jenn Harrell led the Red Raiders defensively with 15 digs. Amy Charlebois had eight blocks, and Robyn Bucy had seven.

Baylor hit .244 for the match, while holding Texas Tech to .204, and also outdug them, 60-52. The Red Raiders outblocked the Bears, 14.5-10.0.


The Bears return home to host Kansas Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Ferrell Center.
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[IdahoBoy]

Good needed win, but the low number of conference wins are not enough to get this team into the NCAA's. Keep winning Baylor, make the NCAA have a tough decision whether you stay or go.

[bearwatch]

Baylor is being lead by 4 freshmen and is in the 7th spot. A look at the league shows these teams will be missing multiple seniors next year. I think the Bears have a shot at moving way up for the next several years.
Missouri
Oklahoma
Tech
Kansas
Iowa State
Colorado

[IdahoBoy]

What class is Baylor's setter?

[bearwatch]

Freshmen: Setter, OH1, OH2, MB
They have 5 freshmen coming in 2007.

[baldyballer]

First winning season since 2001 and they are now NCAA tourney eligible- congrats to the Bears and their coaching staff! The 2007 recruiting class looks to be as strong as their 2006 class and should be nationally ranked. What Coach Barnes has done there in just a few short years is incredible. I think they can officially say that their program has been turned around!

[IdahoBoy]

Turned around? Hmmm.. Baylor had some pretty solid teams within the last 5-6 years that did as much as this team has. Excellent wins both non-conference and conference and tons of potential with very young players.

I'd say they are running at status quo.

[bearwatch]

I think he means from 2002 season with 9 wins, 2003 with 12 and 2004 with 12, then 2005 with 15 and in 2006 now with 17 and counting... Certianly the best BU team was in 1999 when they went to the 2nd round. Still much work to be a consisitant top 25 program left to be done but they show great promise.