VB Hosts Senior Day vs. No. 13 Iowa State
11/18/2011 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Nov. 18, 2011
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| Baylor (18-12, 5-9) at No. 13 Iowa State (21-4, 12-2) Senior Day | Nov. 19, 2011 | 5 p.m. CT Waco, Texas | Ferrell Center (6,000) |
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GAME CENTER: Match 31
MEDIA INFORMATION
Date: Nov. 19, 2011
Time: 5 p.m. CT
Location: Waco, Texas
Arena: Ferrell Center (6,000)
Internet Audio: Listen (Larry Little)
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WEEKEND MATCHUP
Iowa State Cyclones
All-Time Series: BU leads 18-15 (H: €ˆ8-8, A: 10-6, N: 0-1)
Last meeting:Iowa State won 3-0, Oct. 15, 2011
The 13th-ranked Cyclones bring a four-match win streak into the weekend, and have won nine of the last 10. Balanced on offense and defense, Iowa State leads the leauge in kills/set at 14.11 and digs/set at 17.81. They are second in both hitting percentage (.257) and opponent hitting percentage (.162).
OH €ˆCarly Jenson leads the offense with 3.99 kills/set, while MB €ˆJamie Straube is hitting .331. On defense, L €ˆKristen Hahn leads the league at 5.52 digs/set.
STORYLINES
- Baylor enters the match with an 18-12, 5-9 record, and looking to solidify its NCAA €ˆTournament resume'. Each of Baylor's last two opponents are in the RPI €ˆtop 50 (Iowa State, Kansas).
- Baylor will honor its six seniors after the match. The seniors in include MB €ˆMelissa Jones, L €ˆAllison King, DS €ˆJordan Rice, S €ˆBrittany Ridenour, MB €ˆBriana Tolbert and OH €ˆQian Zhang.
- With the win over Oklahoma (No. 23 RPI), Baylor has four wins against the RPI €ˆtop 50. The Bears have also beaten Missouri, Kansas State and Kansas. Iowa State €ˆis No. 3 in NCAA €ˆRPI.
- MB €ˆBriana Tolbert has put together her best season, notching team-leading career highs in kills (320), kills/set (2.83), hitting percentage (.347) and total blocks (98).
SR €ˆL €ˆAllison King's 18 digs at Texas this week moved her into second all-time in Big 12 history with 2,041 career digs. The top spot is occupied by ISU's Ashley Mass (2007-10) at 2,294.
- With 19 digs as a team, Baylor will eclipse the 2,000-dig plateau for the second consecutive season and just the seventh time in school history.
- Head coach Jim Barnes earned his BU-record 130th win on Oct. 5 in a sweep over Texas Tech. Barnes sits just two wins away from 300 with a career mark of 298-215.
- Baylor closed the non-conference portion of the regular season at Texas State to improve to 13-3 outside of the league. Baylor won the Baylor Classic and UNLV €ˆClassic titles.
