No. 19 VB Captures Five-Set Victory over Iowa State

Saturday, September 22

Ames, Iowa

3:00 p.m. CT

Baylor

9-4, 1-1Big 12

Iowa State

8-7, 1-1Big 12

Baylor

Iowa State

No. 19 VB Captures Five-Set Victory over Iowa State

9/22/2018 10:05:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Pressley records school-record kill count in road win in Ames

THE RUNDOWN
AMES, Iowa – 19^th-ranked Baylor volleyball (9-4, 1-1 Big 12) bounced back from an early deficit to take down Iowa State in five sets Saturday afternoon in Hilton Coliseum, 15-25, 25-19, 25-14, 22-25, 15-8.

Sophomore Yossiana Pressley broke a 17-year-old school record with a career-high 39 kills on 77 attacks for a .390 hitting efficiency. She became the sixth player in program history to record 30 kills in a single match.

Junior Hannah Fluegel also set a career-high 52 assists in the win, more than doubling her previous personal best (25). Senior Aniah Philo recorded her fourth consecutive double-double with 12 kills and a team-high 15 digs against ISU.

Baylor struggled offensively in the opening set, posting a .056 hitting clip while Iowa State (8-7, 1-1 Big 12) hit .382 to take the frame, 25-15.

BU found themselves with a 6-1 deficit to start the second set, but an offensive surge tied it up at 10-10 after a Pressley kill. Baylor closed it out on a 15-9 run to even up the match, 25-19.

The Bears found its rhythm and hit a match-high .581 behind 11 kills from Pressley to easily win the third set, 25-14.

Baylor had a 15-12 lead at the media timeout, but the Cyclones took an 18-17 lead with a block and eventually tied up the match with the 25-22 win in set four.

BU forced two early Iowa State timeouts and led 8-3 at the changeover in set five. Baylor closed it out with a .556 hitting effort, 15-8.

HIGHLIGHTS
• Sophomore Yossiana Pressley posted a school record and career-high 39 kills on 77 swings for a .390 attack efficiency.
• Pressley is the sixth Baylor player in program history to record 30 kills in a single match.
• Pressley is the first player since Stevie Nicholas (school-record 36 kills in 2001) to record at least 35 kills in a match.
• Pressley posted her sixth double-double of the season with 39 kills and 13 digs.
• Senior Aniah Philo recorded her seven double-double of the season with 12 kills and 15 digs.
• Junior Hannah Fluegel recorded a career-high 52 assists, more than doubling her previous career high (25).
• Baylor won its third-straight match in Ames for the first time since the 2003-05 seasons.
• Baylor is 18-7 as a ranked team under McGuyre.
• Iowa State leads the all-time series over the Bears, 24-23, but Baylor is now 4-3 against the Cyclones under fourth-year head coach Ryan McGuyre.
• BU has won four of the last five matchups against the Cyclones.

STAT OF THE MATCH
39 – the school-record kill count by sophomore Yossiana Pressley.

TOP QUOTE
Baylor head coach Ryan McGuyre
On the road win…
"Hannah Fluegel was really the difference for us today. I'm just so proud of her. We were out of rhythm and played extremely flat, and she came in and gave us life. She played with poise and had confidence. She did a great job getting Yossi (Pressley) hittable balls. We had four players with double-digit digs, so we were able to keep enough balls off the floor and have the chance to swing on them. I'm disappointed in our block and how we defended at the net, but I like how we played in the back row. Yossiana (Pressley) really took over at times."

WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears (9-4, 1-1 Big 12) head to Austin, Texas to face fifth-ranked Texas Wednesday night at Gregory Gymnasium. The 7 p.m. CT matchup will air live on Longhorn Network.