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By Jeffrey Swindoll Sports Writer After the No. 12 Lady Bears trounced the Kansas State Wildcats on Wednesday night 71-48,…

Baylor volleyball lost to the Kansas State Wildcats on Wednesday at Ahearn Field House in Manhattan, Kan. The Wildcats won all three sets 25-17, 25-17 and 25-17.

Baylor (12-18, 4-10) hit .194 in the first set. Things only went downhill from there as the Bears hit .026 in the second set and .000 in the third and final set.

Senior defensive specialist Kayci Evans posted 11 digs and sophomore middle hitter Adrien Richburg earned nine kills.

In a relatively short period of time, Baylor football has become nationally renowned for its explosive offense. Through the first four games, the Bears were averaging 781.5 yards per game, 70.5 points per game and beating teams by an average of 54.3 points per game. All of these marks led the country.

Baylor faced an unexpected challenge in its first road game on Saturday against Kansas State in Manhattan, Kan. The Bears managed to escape “The Little Apple” with a 35-25 victory, but one that looked different from the display of offensive fireworks in previous weeks.

After blowing teams out by an average of over 54 points through the first four games, Baylor football faced a battle in its first road test of the season against Kansas State.

The Bears faced their first true adversity and experienced their first deficit of the year, but managed to fight back for a 35-25 victory, for their first-ever win in Manhattan, Kan.

The No. 15 Baylor Bears survived a scare from the Kansas State Wildcats to win 35-25 at Bill Snyder Family Stadium in Manhattan, Kan. on Saturday.

The win marks the first time the Bears have ever won a game at Kansas State.

Playing its first road game of the year, Baylor started out the game with 12-play, 59-yard scoring drive where the Bears held the ball for the first 4:27 seconds of the game. Junior quarterback Bryce Petty finished off the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run.

After thrashing West Virginia in the first Big 12 conference game, No. 15 Baylor football looks to continue its incredible offensive start in the first road game of the season at Kansas State. The Bears have never won in Manhattan, but Baylor looks to turn that streak around.

Baylor is coming off a dominant win against West Virginia, where the Bears set an all-time Big 12 record with 864 total yards, and dropped 70 points or more for the third straight game, the first time an offense has scored 70 or more points three straight times since 1930.

For the past four games Baylor football has dominated it’s opponents at Floyd Casey Stadium ranking them at number four in the Big 12 conference. This weekend the team travels for the first time this season. Saturday at 2:30 p.m. the Bears will take on Kansas State in Manhattan, Kan.

“First time for us traveling and everybody’s jacked up and ready to zero in and come out with a W,” senior cornerback K.J. Morton said.

After a resilient showing against No. 4 Texas last Wednesday, Baylor volleyball struggled and eventually fell to Big 12 rival Kansas 3-1 on Saturday in front of a crowd of 568 fans. Baylor fell 16-25, 25-23, 22-25, 17-25. With the loss, Baylor falls to 8-11 on the season and 0-3 in Big 12 play.

Sophomore outside hitter Thea Munch-Soegaard led Baylor with 17 kills, 12 digs and two blocks in her second match back from a foot injury. Sophomore outside hitter Laura Jones added 11 kills. Sophomore setter Amy Rosenbaum had an all-around match with four kills, four digs, an ace and 45 assists.

After two tough losses against top 25 teams, Baylor volleyball will look to rebound in a midday tilt against Kansas this Saturday. The Bears sit at 8-10, 0-2 in the Big 12. Kansas comes into the match with a record of 12-3 on an eight-match winning streak.

Baylor volleyball played a tough match against Texas on Wednesday night, losing 3-1. Baylor was not expected to win against the No. 4 defending national champions, but the Bears managed to win the first set that Texas has lost in all of Big 12 play in a thrilling third set, 25-23.

The Baylor baseball team starts its first Big 12 Conference home stand this weekend when it hosts the Kansas State Wildcats for a three-game series starting on Thursday night. The series against the Wildcats will be the first three home games in an 11-game home stand for the Bears.

“We’ve been trying to piece each game together, trying to string together a couple of wins,” junior right-handed pitcher Dillon Newman said. “Maybe this home series will allow us to do that.”

By Parmida Schahhosseini Sports Writer The No. 1 Lady Bears defeated Kansas State 80-47 Saturday in the American Airline Center…

It was a bittersweet moment for Baylor fans as they watched the winningest senior class defeat Kansas State 90-68 in its last regular season game in front of a crowd of 10,600 Monday at the Ferrell Center.

It was only fitting that senior center Brittney Griner scored a career-high 50 points, which also happened to be a new Big 12 record for the most points scored in a game as the crowd cheered her name.

“I couldn’t have done it without my teammates,” Griner said. “I’m glad I got to do it right here in front of our fans.”

With one second left in the game and the score tied 61-61, Kansas State senior guard Rodney McGruder buried a three-pointer at the buzzer to sink Baylor 64-61 in regulation.

It was a heart-breaking loss for the Bears considering they played toe-to-toe with the No. 13 team in the country for 59 minutes and 59 seconds.

The Baylor Bears are set to take on the No. 13 Kansas State Wildcats at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Ferrell Center. The Bears are fresh off of a 65-62 road win against West Virginia and are trying to gain momentum for the last three games of the Big 12 Conference schedule.

“It was a good road win for us,” senior guard A.J. Walton said. “We’ve been working hard in practice just trying to stay focused and stay together and not get down on ourselves. We’re 1-6 now in games under five points so it’s good for us to get that win. It just shows how much we’ve been working and how much we’ve grown.”

The Baylor Bears lost Saturday 81-61 to the No. 10 team in the nation, the Kansas State Wildcats. The Wildcats forced the Bears into 19 turnovers and dominated the second half of play.

Baylor played competitive basketball with Kansas State in the first half, but too many turnovers and mistakes led to the loss.

The Baylor Bears went into Manhattan, Kan. prepared to take on the No. 10 team in the country, the Kansas State Wildcats. The Wildcats proved that they were worthy of their lofty ranking as they controlled the game and ended up winning 81-61 in front of a raucous crowd in Fred Bramlage Coliseum.

The Baylor Bears basketball team is right in the midst of contending for a possible Big 12 championship.

The Bears will take on No. 10 Kansas State Wildcats in hostile Fred Bramlage Coliseum at 6 p.m. Saturday in Manhattan, Kan.

This is arguably the most important game of the regular season for the Bears.

Baylor baseball has continued to claw its way up the standings. The Bears have reached the No. 6 overall ranking according to Baseball America, and the latest victim in their 19-game winning streak was the Kansas State Wildcats.

Conference officials announced Baylor’s women’s tennis player Nina Secerbegovic as the Big 12 Player of the Week on Monday.

Hate and ignorance have no place anywhere, and they should definitely not be welcome in sports arenas.

Baylor’s No. 13 women’s tennis team collected a 4-3 win against No. 75 Kansas State on Sunday in Wamego, Kan.

Junior Brittney Griner has conquered the double team, triple team and sometimes even the quadruple team.

For some schools, the conference tournament is a chance to better position themselves for the big dance, but for the No. 1 Baylor Lady Bears, it is a chance to prove their depth.

Sophomore Perry Jones III finished with 11 rebounds and a career-high 31 points to help the Bears take down the Kansas State Wildcats 82-74 in the first game of the Big 12 tournament Thursday at the Sprint Center.

Baylor men’s basketball will begin the Big 12 tournament against the Kansas State Wildcats at 11:30 a.m. today at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. This will be the third meeting of the season between these two teams. The Bears split the series with the Wildcats in the regular season 1-1.

The No. 1 Baylor Lady Bears could be the first team ever to win 40 games in a single season.

The Baylor Bears will look to sweep the Kansas State Wildcats at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday at the Ferrell Center.

Baylor coach Kim Mulkey has no idea how to stop Brittney Griner. Fortunately for Mulkey, she doesn’t have to come up with a scheme to stop the talented forward.

As top seeds fell all over the country in men’s hoops, No. 1 Baylor Lady Bears’ head coach Kim Mulkey watched it all.

Sophomore Shanay Washington was on the hardwood for the No. 1 Lady Bears in a uniform and in the lineup as Baylor went on to defeat No. 22 Kansas State 76-41.