Skip To Main Content
Skip To Scoreboard
Share:

Volleyball Faces No. 5 Texas in Wednesday Showdown

Share:
Volleyball 9/26/2017 12:00:00 AM
Sept. 26, 2017

WACO, Texas -- Baylor volleyball (12-3, 2-0 Big 12) look for major upset Wednesday night as the Bears put their seven-match winning streak to the test against No. 5 Texas (9-2, 1-0) at Gregory Gymnasium in Austin.

Baylor looks for its first-ever win in Austin as the Bears are currently 0-37 and look to snap a 30-match losing streak to the Longhorns. Last season, BU took the opening set in Waco before falling in four sets. Texas swept the Bears in a back-and-forth match in Austin.

The Big 12 matchup will be featured on Fox Sports Network with Brenda VanLengen (play-by-play) and Kansas volleyball alum Jill Dorsey-Hall (color analyst) on the call.

A live radio stream will be available to subscribers at BaylorBears.com during the match.

Fans can follow the action with the team's Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorVball.

BAYLOR RECENTLY
- Last Saturday, the Bears stormed into Ft. Worth and swept TCU to improve to 2-0 in Big 12 play.
- The 3-0 win was the first road win over the Horned Frogs since Nov. 14, 2012 and first win in Ft. Worth under head coach Ryan McGuyre.
- Katie Staiger led all players with her 30th career double-double and 10th of the season with 17 kills and 10 digs in the win.
- In the team's conference opener last Wednesday, Baylor took down Texas Tech in four sets in Waco. Led by Katie Staiger's 20 kills, the Bears hit .353 under freshman setter Hannah Lockin.

TEAM NOTABLES
- The Bears are currently on a seven-match winning streak, which began with a win over then-No. 10 BYU on Sept. 9 in Hawai'i. BU had a 10-match winning streak last season in the month of September.
- The Bears have hit .300 or better in four of the last five matches.
- Katie Staiger has hit .400 or better in four of the last five matches, most recently hitting .412 at TCU. - The Bears are 2-0 to start the conference season for the second-straight year. Baylor had not started 2-0 since 2008 before the 2016-17 seasons.
- Baylor has only trailed in team kills once this season (at Hawai'i), and has only been outdug once (vs. then-No. 15 Florida State).

BU VS. UT HISTORICALLY
- The Bears look for a major upset Wednesday night as they seek their second top-10 win of the season at No. 5 Texas and their first-ever win in Austin.
- Last season, the Bears took the opening set over UT before falling in four sets in Waco, and then BU couldn't steal a set in Austin as the Longhorns swept the series for the 15th-straight year.
- The Bears have not beaten the Longhorns since Oct. 27, 2001 where Baylor secured the victory in five sets in Waco.
- The Bears look to take at least a set from UT in Austin for the first time since Oct. 24, 2012.

STAIGER, LOCKIN TABBED BIG 12 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
- Baylor volleyball's Katie Staiger and Hannah Lockin were named the Big 12's Offensive Player and Freshman of the Week, announced by the conference office Tuesday morning.
- Baylor has recorded two of the league's honors in the same week for the first time this season and only the third time in program history.
- In the Bears' 2-0 start to conference action last week, Staiger led the conference while averaging 5.29 kills per set and 4.95 points per set. Staiger hit a .413 average for 37 kills in 75 attempts with only six errors while adding one service ace and two block assists.
- Lockin led the Big 12 as a freshman last week with 13.43 assists per set. The Des Moines, Iowa native added 54 assists vs. TTU in Waco and four kills on four attacks in the four-set win.

SCOUTING THE LONGHORNS
- Texas (9-2, 1-0) comes in Wednesday's matchup on a three-match winning streak which includes a five-set win over West Virginia in Morgantown last Saturday.
- The Longhorns have been chosen as the preseason favorite for the last seven seasons. Texas has won eight of the last 10 Big 12 titles, and nine overall.
- UT have only lost to then-No. 12 Florida in Gainesville and then-No. 1 Minnesota in Austin.
- Similarly to Baylor, the Longhorns have two freshmen starters in their lineup: outside hitter and Big 12 Preseason Freshman of the Year Lexi Sun and setter Ashley Shook.
- Lexi Sun and Micaya White lead the UT offense with 3.47 and 3.24 kills per set, respectively.

FANNING, STAIGER ARE BIG 12'S BEST
- Going into Wednesday's match, Shelly Fanning and Katie Staiger rank atop several offensive categories in the Big 12.
- Fanning leads with a .415 hitting efficiency while Staiger leads all players with 264 kills, averaging 4.47 kills per set and 4.95 points per set this season.

CAREER MILESTONES
- Jana Brusek is 75 digs away from 1,500 career digs. She would become the sixth BU player to reach 1,500 career digs and first since Kristen Schramek (2004-07).
- Shelly Fanning is 37 kills away from 500 career digs at Baylor.

Print Friendly Version

Players Mentioned

Katie Staiger

#4 Katie Staiger

OH
6' 1"
Redshirt Senior
Hannah Sedwick

#14 Hannah Sedwick

S
6' 0"
Freshman
Shelly Stafford

#5 Shelly Stafford

MH
6' 2"
Freshman
Jana Brusek

#3 Jana Brusek

L
5' 7"
Freshman
Katie Staiger

#4 Katie Staiger

OH
6' 1"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Katie Staiger

#4 Katie Staiger

6' 1"
Redshirt Senior
OH
Hannah Sedwick

#14 Hannah Sedwick

6' 0"
Freshman
S
Shelly Stafford

#5 Shelly Stafford

6' 2"
Freshman
MH
Jana Brusek

#3 Jana Brusek

5' 7"
Freshman
L
Katie Staiger

#4 Katie Staiger

6' 1"
Freshman
OH