MATCH 27
vs. COLORADO • Nov. 11, 2009 • Ferrell Center (Waco, Texas)
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SCOUTING THE BUFFALOES
• Colorado is led by first- year head coach Liz Kritzka, who came to CU after a stint at Tulane.
• The Buffalo offense is led by Becah Fogle's 3.29 kills per set. Fogle is 10th in the league in that category, and ninth in points per set at 3.65. Option No. 2 is Rosie Steinhaus, who is averaging 2.83 kills per set.
• Setter Kaitlyn Burkett has seen most of the action, recording 558 assists for 7.75 per set, while Megan Cyr has seen limited action at the position with 162 assists for 3.24 per set.
• On defense, Fogle leads the team in the back row with 2.47 digs per set, while Kerra Schroeder is next at 2.08 digs per set.
• Nikki Kinzer leads the team with 61 total blocks on the season, 0.79 per set. Steinhaus has 47 and Schylur Edelman has 28 in limited action.
• Colorado enters the match, fresh off of its second conference win of the season. Both have come against Texas Tech, with the most recent a road sweep in Lubbock. • The Buffaloes started the year 5-4 in non-conference play, but are 2-13 since beginning the Big 12 schedule.
LAST TIME AGAINST COLORADO
No. 19 Baylor continued its torrid start in Big 12 play with its fifth-straight conference victory in a sweep (25-14, 25-19, 25-15) of Colorado on Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Coors Events Center.
Senior Katie Sanders led the Bears with 12 kills, recording ninth double-double of the season, also posting 13 digs. Ashlie Christenson also recorded double-digit kills with 10 on the night. Anna Breyfogle added eight, and Torri Campbell and Taylor Barnes each had seven. Barnes tallied 41 set assists.
On defense, Baylor had three players in double digits in digs, led by Allison King's 18. The match marked the 14th consecutive match that King has recorded at least 10 digs. Sanders' 13, as well as 11 from Caitlyn Trice rounded out the back row for the Bears.
LAST TIME OUT
No. 20 Baylor fought back from down a set to take down No. 23 Texas A&M 3-2 in a five-set thriller (18-25, 25-13, 27-25, 25-23, 18-16) in College Station, Texas on Saturday night. The win marked the first win over a ranked team on the road since Oct. 20, 1999, when Baylor defeated Kansas State 3-1.
Senior Anna Breyfogle and freshman Torri Campbell each had one of the best nights of their careers. Both racked up 17 kills and nine blocks. Breyfogle hit .472 with zero errors in 36 attempts, while Campbell hit .417 with only two errors in 36 attempts. At the net, both were a force that helped hold the nation's kills leader Texas A&M to a .167 hitting percentage (70-36-203) on the night.
Baylor's back row defense, led by libero Allison King's 28 digs, was equally as spectacular in forcing A&M into hitting errors and zero attacks. Along with King, Katie Sanders and Caitlyn Trice each had 14 digs.
VB: Barnes Breaks All-Time Record in Win
Setter Taylor Barnes broke Dana Chuha’s career assists record
WACO, Texas – Setter Taylor Barnes broke an BU’s all-time assists record, leading Baylor to a 3-0 sweep (25-14, 25-15, 25-14) over visiting Colorado on Wednesday night at the Ferrell Center.
“We went out there, had leads, and extended them instead of letting them back in the sets,” head coach Jim Barnes said. “That’s a good sign that we kept playing hard to the end.”
Barnes, who entered the night 19 assists shy of Dana Chuha’s career record on 4,955, recorded 20 on the night to break the record by one. She also had nine digs, six blocks and four kills in the match to lead the Bears. Junior Ashlie Christenson fueled the Bear attack with 13 kills and just one error on 22 swings for a .545 clip.
“It’s a huge honor to break that record, but I couldn’t have done it without the girls,” setter Taylor Barnes said. “I am so fortunate to have great players around me.”
The defense was the other story on the night as Anna Breyfogle led a Bear block party, racking up 11 block assists, her second highest total of the season, and the second highest three-set total in school history. The Bears had 14.0 blocks as a team with Barnes’ six, four from Christenson and three more from Briana Tolbert. In the back row, Allison King totaled 19 digs to lead all players, while Katie Sanders added nine.
For the match the Bears out-slugged the Buffaloes in dominating fashion, hold CU to under .100 in each set, while hitting at least .270 in all three. Colorado had 25 kills to go with 19 errors in 94 attempts (.064), while BU had 38 kills and just 10 errors in 89 attempts (.315).
In the first set, Colorado jumped out to a 6-3 lead after three BU errors. But, the Bears bounced back with a Barnes’ kill and block assist with Breyfogle. The teams traded points to 11-11, but Baylor poured it on with an 11-1 run. During the span, Christenson tallied three kills and Breyfogle had three stuffs, twice with Barnes and once with Elizabeth Graham. Baylor then finished off the set with a 4-1 run, including another Breyfogle block and two consecutive CU errors to end it 25-14.
In the second set, the Bears were the aggressor from the start with a 6-1 opening run, including a service ace by Barnes and a Christenson kill. The Buffaloes tied it at 6-6, but Baylor extended a lead to 13-7 with a spectacular four-kill stretch from Christenson. Graham and Campbell each recorded two kills in the stretch run of the set and Barnes finished it off 25-15 with a kill.
The third started slow for BU, tying the score at 3-3 with a Sanders kill. The Bears got it rolling after that with three kills by Tolbert and a Sanders ace to make it 18-9. Two consecutive triple blocks by Breyfogle, Christenson and Tolbert shut down the CU offense for good, and Barnes made the record-breaking set to Christenson to put BU up 20-10. A kill by Breyfogle set up match point for Sanders, and she put it away with the game’s final kill, 25-14.
The Bears (21-6, 10-6 Big 12) hit the road for the next two matches, starting with the University of Kansas at 11 a.m. on Saturday. The match will be broadcast live via streaming audio on BaylorBears.com.
