The Baylor Bears volleyball team is in the middle of a brutal stretch of Big 12 Conference play that includes three straight ranked opponents.
Last Saturday, the Bears faced No. 19 Iowa State in Ames and lost. On Tuesday, the No. 9 Texas Longhorns defeated the Bears.
This Saturday the Bears take on No. 15 Kansas State at 7 p.m. at the Ferrell Center.
The Baylor Bears volleyball team hasn’t played a home match in 21 days and it hasn’t beaten Texas in 20 straight games.
Only one of those streaks were broken on Tuesday night as Baylor fell to the No. 9 Texas Longhorns in straight sets 3-0 (19-25, 18-25, 22-25).
The Bears had a difficult time defending Texas’ firepower.
The No. 25 Baylor women’s soccer team will open conference play tonight in Norman, Okla. as it takes on the Oklahoma Sooners.
The Bears are 8-1-1 on the season, which is the second-best start in program history.
Defense wins championships. The cliché has been around awhile.
It’s what coaches tell their players from the days of halftime snacks all the way up to the professional level.
NCAA.com ranks the Baylor women’s soccer team No. 25 in the country, and defense has been one of the keys to its success.
The Baylor Bears were swept 3-0 (19-25, 22-25, 22-25) in their match against the North Texas Mean Green in Denton on Tuesday night.
With the loss, Baylor volleyball’s record falls to 13-2, and the Bears’ nine-game win-streak was snapped.
“North Texas played great, and our blocking and defense was bad,” head coach Jim Barnes said. “We had a bad night, and you can’t hit that many errors and expect to win.”
The Baylor women’s soccer team moved to 8-1-1 with a 2-1 overtime victory over the SMU Mustangs Friday night and a 5-0 victory over Houston Baptist on Sunday night.
The Baylor soccer team will take on two Texas teams this weekend. The first game will be 7 p.m. today at home against the SMU Mustangs.
The Bears are 6-1-1 on the season and are receiving votes in the polls.
The Baylor women’s soccer team returned from its road trip with a win and a draw.
The first game was a 0-0 draw against the North Texas Mean Green. North Texas is undefeated on the season, so the Bears expected a tough game.
Against Arkansas State on Friday night, the Bears dropped their first set to the Red Wolves before winning the next three sets to take the match. While this tournament is used as a bit of a tune-up before Big 12 competition starts, head coach Jim Barnes still wants to see the team start stronger in the future.
The Baylor volleyball team has been busy traveling lately.
After being in Hawaii last weekend, the team is now in Louisiana for four games in two days in the Big Daddy’s Invitational.
The Baylor women’s soccer team will travel to Denton and San Antonio this weekend on their second road trip of the season.
The Bears protected their house last weekend against Nebraska and McNeese State, and they will look to do the same against the University of North Texas and The University of Texas at San Antonio.
North Texas started the season 6-0, though it has yet to play a team ranked in the top 25.
The Baylor volleyball team swept Texas State 3-0 Tuesday night at the Ferrell Center.
Baylor started out the first set by quickly jumping out to an 8-4 advantage, forcing Texas State to call an early timeout.
Following the timeout, the Bobcats came out refocused and won the next two points, battling to even the set at 10 apiece.
Senior Alyssa Dibbern spiked the ball for a Baylor point.
After defeating Nebraska and McNeese State over the weekend, the Baylor soccer team moved to 5-1 on the season.
The women allowed just three shots in the two games and did not give up a goal.
The Baylor soccer team moved to 4-1 on the season with a 3-0 shutout of former Big 12 foe Nebraska. The Bears are now 2-0 at home this season and have yet to allow a goal on their home field.
While the volleyball team basks in the rays of Hawaii, the Lady Bears soccer team remains in Waco, looking to bounce back from its 2-1 overtime loss to No. 11 Long Beach State, at 7 p.m. today against Nebraska.
The Bears are in Honolulu this weekend for the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic.
Entrance to this tournament is invitation only, something Barnes said the program had to deny in the past.
“I’m glad we got another invitation,” Barnes said. “This is a great tournament to be in.”
Scoring is hard in soccer. If it were easy, more games would have football scores. Junior defender Kat Ludlow has made scoring a habit recently.
She has recorded two goals in four games despite playing defense.
Her key is to execute on set pieces.
Baylor volleyball’s current class of freshmen was rated as the No. 16 recruiting class in the nation by to Prepvolleyball.com.
With the infusion of freshman talent, the team needs veteran leadership to guide it through the grueling season.
Senior setter Kate Harris is the backbone of the team, and the team relies on Harris for her leadership and inspiration.
“She’s the heart and soul of this team,” Baylor head coach Jim Barnes said. “Hard work is her middle name. She’s always the first to practice and the last to leave.”
The No. 24 Baylor soccer team split the two games on its California road trip this weekend. The Bears won at Cal State Northridge on Friday night 2-1. Baylor then traveled to No. 15 Long Beach State and lost a 2-1 heartbreaker in overtime.
The Baylor volleyball team entered the Fairfield Inn North Baylor Classic with inexperience and questions. After going undefeated in three matches while playing as many as five freshmen at one time, Baylor volleyball has a platform of optimism to build from.
For the last two seasons, the Baylor volleyball team has made it to the NCAA tournament.
The incoming freshman class is ranked as the No. 16 recruiting class nationally.
Like most Baylor sports, volleyball is on the rise.
Senior forward Dana Larsen is the true embodiment of the word “student-athlete.” She is a talent to be envied on and off the field, and her teammates look up to her for it.
The team’s leading scorer is poised for another successful year on and off the field.
“Most people don’t know all of her accomplishments, but she is a brainiac as well as a soccer stud,” junior midfielder Alex Klein said.
Larsen is a biochemistry major who has been named to multiple all-academic teams and is on the Dean’s list.
“School has always been super important to me from high school all the way up. To me, being a student-athlete is a privilege. You’ve got to do the schoolwork to get it done,” Larsen said.
Goals were plentiful for Baylor’s women’s soccer team Sunday afternoon. The Lady Bears moved to 2-0 on the season with a 5-0 win over the Northwestern State Lady Demons. “I wanted to see maturity in my team,” head coach Marci Jobson said. “[We wanted] to be able to come out against a team that we should be able to beat. I think they did that.” The Lady Bears started the first half strong.
Baylor soccer defeated Sam Houston State 3-0 Monday at Betty Lou Mays Field.
Despite losing its last three conference matchups, the Baylor volleyball team received a bid to the NCAA tournament, the fourth ever for the program.
Baylor volleyball secured their first bid since 2009 and fourth overall.
The Baylor soccer team will face a North Carolina program that boasts a history of winning national championships in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
The Baylor volleyball team came up empty-handed Wednesday night in Austin, getting swept by the No. 9 Texas Longhorns, (23-25, 19-25, 16-25).
Betty Lou Mays Field was the site of history in the making on Saturday evening as the Baylor soccer team won its first NCAA tournament game in program history.
Baylor volleyball stunned the No. 25 Oklahoma Sooners, bringing home a 3-1 victory (26-28, 27-25, 25-22, 25-22.)
