Oct. 18, 2014

Box Score

The RUNDOWN
NORMAN, Okla. - The Oklahoma Sooners' Kimmy Gardiner had 17 kills on a .615 hitting percentage, and her team hit .331 in OU's 25-21, 24-26, 26-16, 25-21 victory over Baylor Saturday night at McCasland Field House.

The Bears dropped to 11-10 overall on the season and 1-5 in Big 12 play, despite hitting 42 points above their average coming into the match at .254. Baylor hit .316 in the second set to even the match before intermission, but couldn't overcome a slow start in set three, and a 10-4 run by the Sooners midway through set four.

OU built a 11-5 lead in set three that the Bears couldn't overcome, and after BU led 11-9 in set four, the Sooners scored 10 of the next 14 points to jump out to a 20-15 lead. The Sooners' Madison Ward had 16 kills and Kierra Holst had 13 to accompany Gardiner's impressive offensive output.

Andie Malloy hit .400 and led the match with 19 kills for Baylor in the losing effort, including her 12th double-double of the season while leading all players with 18 digs. Sam Hill added a career-high 13 kills for Baylor and Katie Staiger had a dozen in the loss.

Oklahoma has won five-straight matches over Baylor and is 21-4 all-time over the Bears in Norman.

HIGHLIGHTS
? Andie Malloy led the match with 19 kills (.400) and posted her 12th double-double of the season with 18 digs. Malloy passed the 450-career kills mark (451) in the match.
? Sam Hill had a career-high 13 kills on a .478 hitting percentage for Baylor.
? Katie Staiger had 12 kills to give her 13 matches on the season with double-digit kills. Staiger passed the 250-career kills mark (259) in the match.
? Amy Rosenbaum had 31 assists and Morgan Reed had 20 to pace Baylor's .254 hitting effort, which was 42 points higher than the .212 team hitting percentage the Bears entered the match with. Rosenbaum surpassed the 1,700-career assists mark (1,711) in the match.

WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor resumes Big 12 play at home Wednesday vs. West Virginia at 6 p.m.