Baylor
Oklahoma
VB Falls to OU in Three Sets
11/15/2015 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
WACO, Texas - Despite career nights for seniors Andie Malloy and Amy Rosenbaum on Senior Day, Baylor volleyball (16-11, 4-9 Big 12) dropped a three-set match, 25-19, 25-20, 25-23, to the Oklahoma Sooners (8-16, 2-10 Big 12) on Sunday in the Ferrell Center.
OU led nearly start to finish in the first two sets, with the Bears never able to gain any defensive advantage. Despite a .305 hitting effort, OU's .374 mark was too much for BU to overcome.
A second set hitting effort of .370, the match-high for Baylor, couldn't hold up against a .556 output by OU.
In the third set, the Bears fought off an early 9-5 deficit to claw back and take a three point lead, at 14-11. Trading points with the Sooners through much of the set, BU was hanging on to a 19-16 lead, needing to take the set to force a fourth. But the Sooners rattled off a 3-0 run and eventually overran the Bears to close out the match at 25-23.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Andie Malloy's 20 kill performance was one kill shy of matching her season-high of 21.
- Malloy's sixth dig of the night pushed her to 600 in her career, finishing the night with seven.
- Amy Rosenbaum tied her season high mark in assists, with 36.
- Rosenbaum jumped from seventh to fifth on Baylor's all-time career assists list. Her eighth assist of the night pushed her past Sharon Pratt for the sixth spot, with 2,697 assists.
- Rosenbaum's 30th assist of the night moved her into fifth, passing Kate Harris with her 2,719th assist. Rosenbaum now stands at 2,725 and No. 5 among Baylor's all-time career assists leaders.
- Tola Itiola's 16 kills on 19 total attacks over the week's two matches gave her an .842 attacking percentage, best in the Big 12 by .286.
STAT OF THE DAY
.483 - Andie Malloy's attacking percentage in two BU losses this week, good for 2nd in the Big 12.
TOP QUOTES
BAYLOR HEAD COACH Ryan McGuyre
On the match results...
"That was definitely a rough match. Andie swung really well. It was such a bummer because what I thought we needed to do to win this match was defend, but the defense didn't show up. We have struggled to defend the middles all year. That's something that we have to get better at. It is a matter of our middles just being more physical than our opponent's middles. We were pretty even in the outside hitter battle, but OU's middles are hitting .470-.500."
On Andie Malloy's performance...
"Andie had a very good night, offensively. She took some good swings and she was aggressive. It's fun to see her hitting like that. If we are going to finish strong, she is going to need to continue hitting like that and continue to block, dig, and pass like she has been doing."
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor faces Texas on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. in the Gregory Gymnasium in Austin, Texas.
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