Baker reaches 1K, but Kats fall to McNeese

Thursday, September 15

Waco

4:00 PM

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McNeese

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Sam Houston

McNeese

Photo by: Brisenia Flores

Baker reaches 1K, but Kats fall to McNeese

9/16/2022 6:12:00 AM | Women's Volleyball

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WACO – Libero Hannah Baker surpassed 1,0000 career digs and the Sam Houston Bearkats erased a 2-0 deficit before falling 3-2 to McNeese on Thursday afternoon in the opener of the Baylor Classic at the Ferrell Center.

Baker entered the match needing 21 digs to become the 19^th player in Bearkat history to reach the millennium mark and got there in the decisive fifth set; however, the Kats ran out of offensive gas in dropping their sixth match in a row.

Catherine Krieger led the Bearkats with her fourth career double-double, finishing with 14 kills and setting a new career high with 14 digs. Alyssa Fielder also had 11 kills.

Meanwhile, McKenzie Morvant had a huge day at the net, finishing with 11 total blocks and four solos. The 11 total blocks is tied for the fifth most in a single match in Bearkat history and the four solos is tied for sixth. She is also the first Bearkat since 2017 with 11 total blocks in a match and the first since 2005 with four solo rejections in a single match.

The Kats dropped each of the first two sets before hitting .409 in Set 3 with only one attack error in the frame, staying alive with the win. They then outlasted McNeese 27-25 in Set 4, but the Cowgirls used a 4-0 spurt early in Set 5 to break a 4-4 tie on their way to winning the race to 15.

Kendall Glueck led the Cowgirls with a match-high 22 kills.

The Kats will now take on a pair of opponents on Thursday, starting with No. 14 Baylor at noon before squaring off with Tulsa in the tournament finale at 5:00 p.m.