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October 4, 2008 Lady Cats Volleyball goes 2-2 at the Lindenwood Invitational
Later on in the evening, the Lady Cats took on a nationally recognizable foe in Missouri Baptist University. The Lady Cats defeated them in 5 sets marking what was most certainly the teams biggest win to date this year. Brooke Pryor led the team with 20 kills in the match. Also chipping in was Nicole Anderson with 14 kills.
On Saturday, the Cats were in action again playing against No. 21 ranked Olivet Nazarene University. Things didn’t go as smoothly in these games. The Cats were quickly defeated in straight sets.
The last match of the evening Baker took on St. Francis University. The Cats fought hard, but eventually ended up falling three sets to two after scrapping their way back to get to the tiebreaking set. Again Brooke Pryor showed the team the way with 25 kills. Rachel Solis chipped in with 13 kills as well.
The Lady Cats will be back in action when they travel to face 9th ranked Lindenwood University this upcoming Saturday. September 29, 2008 September 25, 2008
Saturday morning the Lady Cats took on Johnson and Wales University. Yet again, the Cats came out and took the match three sets to zero in a dominating performance. This all led up to the Lady Cats final match against Bethel College where they prevailed three games to two. View full weekend stats here. -Baldwin City, KS. - Over this past weekend, the Baker University Women’s Volleyball Team hosted the Baker Invitational. The Wildcats use this event in preparing for the upcoming conference season. Friday evening the Wildcats took on (Division II) Newman University. After losing the first two sets, Baker fought back to win the third set before falling in the fourth to the overpowering Newman Jets. The team was led by Alexis Pryor who had 11 kills during the four sets. Later in the evening, The Wildcats took on John Brown University. Things did not seem to get any better. The Wildcats fell in three straight sets to the Golden Eagles, dropping their overall season record to 2-4. Coach Allen tried to emphasize how important it was to get back on track Saturday by making some big lineup changes against Grandview University. At one point during the match-up, four freshmen were utilized on the floor. Prior to the season opener Allen stated, “This is one of the most talented freshman classes I’ve ever recruited.” She proved that point on Saturday. With resiliency, the Wildcats came out and took game one against Grandview. From there, the Wildcats put the game on cruise control and swiftly defeated Grandview three games to one. Next up for the Wildcats was the Oklahoma City University Stars. Riding their momentum Baker came out in set one and played the stars tough defeating them 25-18. However, all good things come to an end, Baker ran out of gas late in the fourth set against Oklahoma City and fell three sets to one. Click here to view full stats from this weekend.
September 10, 2008 Baldwin City, KS. – After coming off a long weekend, the Lady Cats were in action again Tuesday night playing host to Missouri Valley College. The Wildcats jumped out to a quick lead in set one taking an early 8-1 advantage. From there, the Cats put the set on cruise control and swiftly defeated the Vikings 25-9. The Lady Cats came out firing again in the second set, this time taking an 8-2 advantage before the Vikings were forced to call a timeout. From that point on, The Lady Cats yet again went on to defeat the Vikings by a score of 25-12. To finish the game off, in a clean three set sweep, the Lady Cats defeated the Vikings by a score of 25-18. |
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