UTSA Invitational Tournament
- Sept. 14-16, 2018
- San Antonio, Texas
It wasn’t an easy road, but 12th-ranked Baylor battled its way to a UTSA Invitational Tournament team championship with a pair of wins in San Antonio, Texas. The Lady Bears outlasted the Roadrunners in 5 sets on Friday and Virginia Tech in straight sets on Saturday.
Congrats to our 3⃣ Bears named to the UTSA Invitational All-Tournament Team!
🏆 MVP – Yossiana Pressley
🏆 All-Tournament Team – Aniah Philo
🏆 All-Tournament Team – Shelly Fanning#SicEm #NCAAVB #SHINE— Baylor Volleyball (@BaylorVBall) September 15, 2018
UTSA split on the weekend with a win over Virginia Tech in 4 sets, while the Hokies went 0-2.
FINAL! Roadrunners topple Virginia Tech in 4 to conclude the UTSA Invite & its non-conference portion of the schedule with an 8-4 mark. #BirdsUp 🤙
📎 https://t.co/niqxsg9b6S pic.twitter.com/HyvB4y3gom
— UTSA Volleyball (@UTSAvolleyball) September 16, 2018
Baylor finishes the nonconference portion of its season with an 8-3 record. The Lady Bears, who are riding a 3-match win streak, begin the Big 12 season on Wednesday, Sept. 19 at Texas Tech. BU was chosen to finish second in VolleyMob’s preseason preview of the Big 12.
Friday Roundup
#12 Baylor def. UTSA 3-2 (25-21, 20-25, 26-28, 25-20, 15-9)
- Baylor moves to 7-3; UTSA falls to 7-4
- Box Score
- Baylor Recap / UTSA Recap
- Attendance: 741
#SicUTSA ✅
Back at it again tomorrow against Virginia Tech! #SicEm pic.twitter.com/g086TMofuz
— Baylor Volleyball (@BaylorVBall) September 14, 2018
Saturday Roundup
#12 Baylor def. Virginia Tech 3-0 (28-26, 25-18, 25-16)
- Baylor moves to 8-3; Virginia Tech falls to 9-2
- Box Score
- Baylor Recap / Virginia Tech Recap
- Attendance: 126
BEARS SWEEP! 🐻
Baylor closes out the nonconference slate with a dominant 3-0 victory over Virginia Tech. #SicEm pic.twitter.com/feftgPr7fI
— Baylor Volleyball (@BaylorVBall) September 15, 2018
Sunday Roundup
UTSA def. Virginia Tech 3-1 (25-14, 20-25, 25-21, 25-23)
- UTSA moves to 8-4; Virginia Tech falls to 9-3
- Box Score
- UTSA Recap / Virginia Tech Recap
- Attendance: 563
We close the UTSA Invitational and will host to No. 9 Pitt on Friday
• Tolbert named to all-tournament team
• Raffety collects 20 digs for third time this season
• Smith records near double-double (15 kills, nine digs)📝 » https://t.co/CodRCUKZro#FuelTheFire | #Hokies 🦃 pic.twitter.com/Y3RzBgQGOe
— Virginia Tech Volleyball (@HokiesVB) September 16, 2018
All-Tournament Team
- MVP Yossiana Pressley, So., OH (Baylor)
- Aniah Philo, Sr., OH (Baylor)
- Shelly Fanning, RS-Jr., MB (Baylor)
- Amanda Gonzales, Sr., S (UTSA)
- Hannah Lopez, Fr., OH (UTSA)
- Jaila Tolbert, Sr., RS (Virginia Tech)
Tournament Notables
- Baylor’s Yossiana Pressley was named MVP and to the all-tournament team, along with Aniah Philo and Shelly Fanning.
- Pressley registered 37 kills in the Lady Bears’ two-match stretch and hit a season-high .354 against the Hokies.
- Philo notched back-to-back double-doubles with 20 kills and 17 digs against UTSA and 12 kills and 10 digs against Virginia Tech.
- Fanning contributed 15 kills against the Roadrunners and 11 kills against the Hokies.
- UTSA’s Hannah Lopez and Amanda Gonzales were selected to the all-tournament team after helping the Roadrunners to a 1-1 record.
- Lopez registered back-to-back double-doubles, notching a career-high 21 kills and a career-high 13 digs against Baylor and adding 18 kills and 13 digs against Virginia Tech. She also set a career-high with 4 blocks against the nationally-ranked Lady Bears.
- Gonzales posted 24 assists and 9 digs against Baylor and contributed 34 assists and 6 digs against Virginia Tech.
- Virginia Tech’s Jaila Tolbert earned all-tournament team recognition. The senior right side hitter registered a .362 attack percentage and 28 kills in the Hokies’ 0-2 weekend.
- Tolbert has been selected to three all-tournament teams this year, earning honors at Charlotte, Bobcat and UTSA invitationals.
Having a great time in San Antonio 😎#SicEm #BUVB #NCAAVB #SHINE 🌟 pic.twitter.com/rPSGPsIKSv
— Baylor Volleyball (@BaylorVBall) September 14, 2018
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