#24 VB Falls to #16 TCU in Another Five-Setter

Friday, October 30

Waco, Texas

7 p.m.

Baylor

13-7,5-5Big 12

TCU

16-5,7-3Big 12

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
TCU	27	21	25	15	15	3
Baylor	25	25	21	25	8	2

10/30/2026 11:27:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Rakhmanchik records her fourth-consecutive 20-kill performance

WACO, Texas – Sophomore outside hitter Ksenia Rakhmanchik recorded her fourth-consecutive 20-kill night and helped 24^th-ranked Baylor overcome two one-set deficits against No. 16 TCU Friday night at the Ferrell Center.

But TCU (16-5, 7-3) dominated the fifth set and pulled out a 27-25, 21-25, 25-21, 15-25, 15-9 win over the Bears (13-7, 5-5), snapping Baylor's four-match winning streak in the series that included a sweep just 12 days ago in Fort Worth.

TCU got double-digit kills from Becca Kelley (20) and Evan Hendrix (17), while the Bears countered with Rakhmanchik (23) and sophomore outside hitter Bailey Warren (14). Baylor struggled to get points from other spots and hit just .172 for the match.

Sophomore setter Isabella Haggard posted a double-double with 47 assists and 10 digs, adding three kills, two blocks and an ace and hitting .333. Freshman middle blocker Mya Hemmer chipped in with five kills and a block while hitting .429.

RUNDOWN

In a back-and-forth opening set, the Bears appeared to go up 23-20 when Kelley had an attack error, but the call was overturned on a coach's challenge, and the Frogs closed out the set with a 7-3 run, holding off a Baylor set point and then ending it, 27-25, with a Kelley kill through the block.

Rakhmanchik made a huge impact in the second set, getting kills on two of the first four points of the set and tallying nine of the Bears' 15 kills to square the match at 1-1 with a 25-21 victory. Trailing by as many as nine, the Frogs made things interesting with a 6-0 run to pull within 22-20 before Rakhmanchik closed it out with a tip kill.

Another down-to-the-wire battle in set three ended with TCU winning four of the last five points when Baylor coach Ryan McGuyre was issued a red card on set point at 24-21. The Bears had nine hitting errors and another three from the service line, offsetting five blocks and 12 digs in the set.

Needing to win the fourth set to stay alive, Baylor led from start to finish, hitting .333 to TCU's .045 and recording three service aces with no errors. The Bears jumped out to an 8-3 lead, stretched it to 15-7 at the media timeout and then finished with Rakhmanchik's fourth kill of the set and 22^nd of the match.

TCU flipped the script in the fifth, never trailing and hitting .391 with five kills apiece from Kelley and Hendrix. A kill by Warren got the Bears within 8-6, but TCU scored seven of the last nine points, closing it out at 15-8 on an ace by Kelley and a kill by Hendrix on match point.

GAME NOTES

Baylor leads the all-time series, 26-12 overall, and 14-5 at home. Before Friday's loss, the Bears had won four in a row and 15 of the previous 19 against their in-state rivals.
Rakhmanchik's 23 kills tied for her third-most of the season, the fourth match in a row with 20-plus kills and her 29^th match in a row with double-digit kills, dating back to last season.
Rakhmanchik's 65 attacks tied a season high that she set against Kansas in a five-set loss on Sunday and are the most since her 70 against Arkansas State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament last December.
Rakhmanchik recorded her third double-double of the season and eighth of her career. Her 23 kills and 14 digs marked her second-straight 20-kill, 10-dig performance and third of her career.
Needing just one kill to top 700 for her career, Rakhmanchik got that in the first set and now sits with 722.
Warren's 14 kills tie for her second-most of the season and two off her career-high 16 versus Kansas.
Haggard, a transfer from Marquette, recorded her sixth double-double of the season and 17^th of her college career with 47 assists and 10 digs.
Baylor tied a season high with seven aces and had its most total attempts of the year with 165, beating the previous best of 157 versus Kansas on Sunday.

QUOTABLE

Head coach Ryan McGuyre on letting it get away in the fifth set:

"I think serve receive didn't give us the options we wanted, so made it a little bit harder to take some good swings. They served deep to slow some things down. We probably had some communication stuff on in/out things and gave them a couple of points there. But we had some attack errors, too. Middles had some good swings, missed the court there. Fifth set, you want to be able to keep it close, for sure, just so the other side's not playing free."

Isabella Haggard, on the low hitting percentage:

"I didn't think I had a problem putting up balls, and I didn't think our Ninjas had a problem putting up hittable balls. I thought we got blocked early on. We started getting timid. We talk about it every match, we need big swings, big hitters. So, I just think we got pretty timid after getting blocked a few times. And we kept saying the tip wasn't open, but we kept doing it."

Bailey Warren, on battling back from one-set deficits:

"We know something has to change whenever we are down. I think us coming back says a lot about us. But we just want to make sure we stay consistent through the rest of the game, not letting any more sets slip between our fingers.

WHAT'S NEXT
Facing a ranked opponent for the third match in a row and the fourth in their last five, the Bears will face 16^th-ranked Kansas at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, in Lawrence, Kan. The match will stream on ESPN+. Stats are available all season at BaylorBears.com/Stats.

Single-match tickets are on sale now for the 2026 season. You can find them at BaylorBears.com/tickets or by calling the Baylor Athletics Ticket Office at 254-710-1000.

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