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No. 4 Volleyball defeats Baylor in road match, 3-1
10.12.2016 | Volleyball
The Longhorns outblocked the Bears,16.0 to 3.0 for their sixth Big 12 win of the season.
WACO, Texas – No. 4 Texas Volleyball defeated Baylor, 3-1 (21-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-18) at the Ferrell Center to improve to 14-2, 6-0 on the season.
Four Texas players finished in double-digit kills, all hitting .250 or better.
Sophomore Yaasmeen Bedart-Ghani finished with 10 kills on 12 swings with no errors for a career-best .833 hitting percentage.
Bedart-Ghani also led the Longhorns in blocks with a career-high nine, including three solo.
Junior Ebony Nwanebu and freshman Micaya White led Texas in kills with 16 each, Nwanebu's coming on 29 swings to hit .483. She also added six digs, three blocks and one ace in the match.
White hit .273 in the match, also posting eight digs and two blocks.
Senior Paulina Prieto Cerame rounded out the double-digit kills for the Horns with 12, hitting .250, three digs and a season-high five blocks.
Senior Chloe Collins her sixth match with 50 or more assists with 50, also with six digs, three blocks and two kills.
Senior Nicole Dalton posted a team-best 12 digs, while junior Cat McCoy also finished in double-digits with 11.
As a team, Texas outblocked Baylor, 16.0 to 3.0, as sophomore Morgan Johnson matched Prieto Cerame's five.
The Longhorns hit .375 in the match and held the Bears to .136.
Baylor jumped out to an early 4-1 lead in the first set, but kills from Nwanebu kept Texas close and the Longhorns chipped away to tie the score at 7-7. From there, they tied eight times until the Bears went on a 5-1 run to take a 23-19 lead and closed out set one, 25-21.
In the second set, neither team led by more than two until Texas executed a 4-1 run to take a 9-6 lead and followed with a 4-0 run to stretch its lead to 14-9. The Bears fought back with back-to-back points, but the Horns would not let Baylor back in to take set two, 25-17.
Texas struck first in the third, going on a 3-0 run to create some separation at 10-7 and followed with another 3-0 to take a 15-11 advantage. From there, the Longhorns did not look back and closed set three, 25-17 to take a 2-1 lead in the match.
In the fourth set, Texas jumped out to a 12-9 lead, but Baylor hung in and would not let the Longhorns pull away, tying the score at 13. The Bears took the lead at 14-13, but the teams traded points until Texas took a 20-17 advantage. The Longhorns closed out the set, 25-18 for a 3-1 victory.
Texas will hit return to Gregory Gym to host TCU on Wednesday, Oct. 19. The match will be televised live on Fox.
Postgame Comments
Sophomore Yaazie Bedart-Ghani
On the match: I felt really good out there tonight. My teammates really helped me and gave me a lot of support.
On the transition to the middle: I feel better with more practice. It hasn't been as difficult as I thought it would be. I have a little bit more to worry about on the blocking front and don't have as much time to hit…the vision and angles are a little different, but I'm really enjoying it.
