No. 3 Volleyball defeats Baylor, 3-1

Wednesday, November 19

Waco, Texas

7 p.m.

University of Texas

21-1, 13-1

Baylor

14-15, 4-10

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Texas	21	25	25	25	3
Baylor	25	14	17	19	1

11.19.2014 | Volleyball

Box Score

The Longhorns have won 16-consecutive Big 12 road matches.

WACO, Texas – No. 3 Texas Volleyball defeated Baylor, 3-1 (21-25, 25-14, 25-17, 25-19) at the Ferrell Center in Waco on Wednesday night to improve to 21-1, 13-1 on the season.

Senior Khat Bell led the charge with 14 kills on a .312 hitting percentage, while sophomore Chiaka Ogbogu had 11 kills, hitting .375.

Junior Sara Hattis led the Longhorns in blocks with 10 for the second-highest mark by a Longhorn so far this season.

Four players posted double-digit kills for the first time this season, as junior Amy Neal and freshman Cat McCoy led with 15 each and junior Kat Brooks recorded a career-high 14 digs.

Sophomore Chloe Collins had 13 digs and 18 assists for her first double-double of the season.

As a team, The Longhorns out-blocked the Bears, 16.0 to 8.0 and out-hit them .179 to .075.

In the first set, neither team led by more than two points, until Baylor went on a 7-1 run to take a 20-12 lead. The Longhorns went on a 5-0 run of their own, but the Bears hit back and won the set, 25-21.

The second set was even until Texas went on a 5-1 run to take a 12-7 lead. The Horns held Baylor to a -.100 hitting percentage and won the set, 25-14.

Texas jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the third set. The Bears narrowed the score to within two, but the Longhorns answered and steadily built a lead. UT did not look back, taking set three, 25-17.

In the fourth set, Texas took the momentum and led right away. The Bears stayed close early in the set, but the Longhorns did not let them catch up, took the set, 25-19 and the match, 3-1.

Texas will return home to host Kansas on Saturday, Nov. 22 at 3 p.m. The match will be televised nationally on Longhorn Network.

Postgame Comments

Head Coach Jerritt Elliott

On what needs to change at the beginning of matches: Our mentality—we have got to be better coming out and playing well and understanding the emotional side of that. We can't be on our heels and be in shock because (our opponent) is playing so well. That's going to happen when you're at Texas. We have got to be better emotionally.

On winning big in set three: It was big. We made some nice adjustments and just played steadier. We did a better job and were a better team. When we were firing on all cylinders, we were good.