Nov. 22, 2014 Box Score
Records: West Virginia (15-13, 5-9); Baylor (14-16, 4-11)
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. - The West Virginia Mountaineers collected 18 blocks and got 17 kills from Jordan Anderson in a 25-22, 25-21, 26-24 win over Baylor Saturday night at WVU Coliseum.
The Mountaineers' (15-13, 4-10) six blocks per set helped hold the Bears (14-16, 4-11) to a .058 hitting percentage in the win, and Hanna Shreve collected 10 total blocks for WVU. Anderson, the Big 12's leader in kills per set, hit .308 while adding six digs and four blocks for the Mountaineers.
Andie Malloy's 14 kills gave the junior outside hitter 24 matches this season for Baylor where she had at least 10 kills.
Baylor trailed 20-16 in set three before rallying for a 6-1 run to take a 22-21 lead. However, when the match was tied at 24, West Virginia closed out the sweep by taking advantage of a Baylor attacking error followed by their 18th block of the match to close the game.
HIGHLIGHTS
? Andie Malloy had 14 kills and eight digs in the loss for Baylor.
? Hope Ogden led Baylor with nine digs defensively.
? Tola Itiola hit .286 with six kills to go with four blocks.
? Katie Staiger had eight kills in the loss for Baylor.
STAT OF THE GAME I
18.0 - West Virginia's 18 blocks was the most by a Big 12 team in three sets this season; Kansas and Texas had the previous season-high with 14 apiece against various opponents.
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor closes the season in Ames, Iowa Saturday at 4:30 p.m. against Iowa State.
