KU's middle blockers this season: Reese Ptacek: 🏐Leads all Big 12 middles in kills/set 🏐Leads all Big 12 middles in aces/set (also leads all Power 4 conference middles) Aisha Aiono: 🏐Tied-1st in the Big 12 in hitting percentage 🏐Tied-3rd in kills/set among Big 12 middles

Big weekend for KU: 🏐Beat two Top-20 RPI teams on the road (#13 TCU, #17 Baylor) 🏐Won first 5-set match of the season 🏐Swept TCU

Kansas vs. Baylor Stats Kills: KU 63, BU 64 Hitting Percentage: KU .279%, BU .229% Blocks: KU 12, BU 8 Digs: KU 57, BU 65 Aces: KU 6, BU 6 Service Errors: KU 13, BU 12 ➡️KU hit .359 in sets 3-5 after hitting .197% in sets 1 & 2 ➡️KU’s season-high in blocks

Grace Nelson was massive for KU in the fifth set, hitting 5 kills including the match-clincher Nelson had 8 kills in sets 1-4

FINAL: #17 Kansas 3, #24 Baylor 2 (23-25, 22-25, 25-21, 25-21, 15-13) For the 2nd straight year, KU beats BU in Waco 15-13 in the 5th set. This was KU’s first reverse sweep since November 2022 Nelson/Ptacek/Stanley: 13 kills each Record: 14-5 (7-2) Next up: KSU @ AFH on 10/30

SET FOUR: #17 Kansas 25, #24 Baylor 21 (tied at 2 sets apiece) Jayhawks seeking their first 5-set win of the season and first since beating Baylor in Waco last season on 10/3

Reese Ptacek has the Hawks on a 7-0 run, winning the race to 20 here in the fourth set KU leads 21-17

Baylor hitting .643% in the fourth set and is on a 3-0 run heading to the technical timeout. Dean has struggled the last few sets, and KU is letting far too many tips fall to the court Baylor up 15-11

SET THREE: #17 Kansas 25, #24 Baylor 21 (Baylor leads 2 sets to 1) The KU defense held BU to .062% hitting in the set, forcing 9 attack errors Ptacek led the offense with 5 kills in the set

Jayhawk offense looking much better in the third set, hitting .429% with no errors KU up 15-13

SET TWO: #24 Baylor 25, #17 Kansas 22 (Baylor leads 2 sets to 0) KU fought back after a 9-point deficit, but Baylor closed the set on a 3-0 run Rakhmanchik now up to 15 kills in the match, hitting .448% Dean leads KU with 6 kills. Stanley is hitting .000% with 4 hits/4 errors

Down 18-9, KU has just tied the second set 21-21

KU starting to put up some resistance, going on a 6-0 run to cut the Baylor lead to 4 in the second set Baylor leads 19-16

Nothing going right for KU in set 2, getting outhit .583%-.067% Baylor’s floor defense has been impressive, digging a lot of balls that are normally kills for KU BU leads 15-7

KU with a lot of misconnections on offense so far today. Ulmer with a timeout early in set 2 Baylor leads 8-4

SET ONE: #24 Baylor 25, #17 Kansas 23 KU is struggling to slow down Rakhmanchik, who had 8 kills in the set Nelson and Dean are getting good production from the left pin, but Baylor is playing solid defense against Stanley and Aiono

KU basketball and KU volleyball being back to back on ESPN this afternoon is pretty cool

KU vs. Baylor Stats Preview Points/Set: KU 18.94*, BU 17.47 Kills/Set: KU 14.67*, BU 14.03 Hitting %: KU .263%, BU .308%** Opp Hitting %: KU .180%**, BU .208% Blocks/Set: KU 2.06, BU 2.24 Aces/Set: KU 2.22*, BU 1.19 Opp Aces/Set: KU .85*, BU 1.42 *Leads Big 12 **2nd in Big 12

GAMEDAY PREVIEW: #17 Kansas @ #24 Baylor BU: 🟢Record: 13-5 (5-3) 🟢Won last 4 matches, including road sweep at #10 TCU last Sunday 🟢Outside hitter Ksenia Rakhmanchik leads Big 12 in kills/set (5th nationally) Evollve Win Probability: 55.7% KU Match time: 2pm CT (ESPN)

Kansas vs. TCU Stats Kills: KU 51, TCU 40 Hitting Percentage: KU .272%, TCU .180% Blocks: KU 7, TCU 6 Digs: KU 60, TCU 62 Aces: KU 7, TCU 1 Service Errors: KU 10, TCU 7 ➡️KU hit .593% in set 2 ➡️Tied for TCU’s lowest number of aces in a match this season