Daily Bears Report 10/16

Soccer

Baylor Soccer: Highlights vs. TCU

Volleyball

Baylor volleyball (16-6, 4-2 Big 12) powered through the West Virginia Mountaineers (11-10, 2-5 Big 12), 25-22, 25-16, 22-25, 25-21, on Saturday afternoon in the WVU Coliseum. From Baylor Bears dot com.

BU notched 11.0 blocks, the highest blocking output by the Bears in Big 12 play this season, led by seven from Camryn Freiberg.

In the first frame, after trailing at 13-9, the Bears used an 8-2 run to take a two point lead at 17-15. The Bears kept the lead through the back half of the set, closing out the frame on a kill by Katie Staiger.

In the second, the Bears dominated from start to finish, cruising to a 25-16 victory, taking the 2-0 lead in the match.

In the third set, the Bears fought back from a 23-19 deficit, forcing three WVU errors to pull to within one at 23-22. The Mountaineers notched back-to-back kills to clinch the set, forcing the fourth.

In the fourth, BU and WVU traded points through the first half of the set, with Baylor using a 6-2 run to take control. A late push from the Mountaineers cut the lead to three at 22-19, but the Bears pushed back to clinch the 25-21 fourth set win and the match.

"Always glad to get a win on the road anywhere in the Big 12. I was disappointed that we didn't play sharp down the stretch and finish that off in three. Camryn was able to do some good things on offense and defense and help us close it out. Jana did a good job of digging out their attacks and keeping us on top." -Baylor head coach Ryan McGuyre.

Tennis

Baylor men's tennis senior Max Tchoutakian and Blair Shankle wrapped up their participation at the Oracle/ITA Masters Saturday at the Malibu Racquet Club. From Baylor Bears dot com.

The Aix en Provence, France, product teamed with Baylor women’s tennis Blair Shankle in the mixed doubles finale, but the BU pairing suffered an 8-6 setback to Haley Carter (North Carolina) and Christopher Eubanks (Georgia Tech).

Tchoutakian and Shankle finished 4-1 at the California event.

In singles consolation play, Tchoutakian lost a 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 decision in the quarterfinal round to Vinny Gillespie of Drake.

Tchoutakian, ranked No. 54, is now 5-5 on the season and went 1-2 at the tournament.

On the weekend, Shankle went 3-1 in singles action and 4-1 in mixed doubles play.

Baylor women’s tennis and Hurd Tennis Center is set to host the UTSA/ITA Texas Regional Championship, Oct. 20-24, in Waco, Texas.

Baylor men players will now take part in the Harlingen Country Club 25K Futures starting Monday in Harlingen, Texas.

Football

Homecoming Intoduction and Forward.

Golden Wave Band Honors Fallen Star

Baylor Line

When Baylor Scores a Touchdown

Baylor Golden Wave Band Homecoming Halftime Show 2016

Touchdown. Say that six times real fast.

Game highlights from KU Athletics (Don’t worry, its really short.)

Game Highlights from FOX Sports

Game Highlights from Big XII Network

Game Highlight from BU Athletics

Post Game Interviews

Baylor's defense had lived with and heard about its struggles at Iowa State for two weeks. Junior linebacker Raaquan Davis said it felt more like two years. The full story by Jerry Hill of the Baylor Bear Foundation can be read at Baylor Bears dot com.

"It didn't leave a good taste in your mouth," Davis said.

That bad taste is gone.

The weather spoiled the party for Baylor’s homecoming parade last year, but unseasonably warm weather this year bestowed a mild morning under a light overcast sky that translated to near-perfect conditions for the parade that has been a tradition since 1909. From WacoTrib.

Spectators seemed to regard its success as a symbol of the school’s resilience in the wake of storms of a different kind that continue to rock the university.

The 152 entries, including seven large helium balloons and nine floats more than 50 feet long, 18 feet wide and 15 feet tall, proceeded east on Austin Avenue from Eighth Street to Fourth Street and turned right to dogleg onto Fifth Street on campus in front of crowds estimated at 8,000 to 10,000 people, Director of Student Activities Matt Burchett said.

Photo Links and News Clippings

• Parade Photo Gallery No. 1 (Warning: Contains Pictures of Cheerleaders.)
• Parade Photo Gallery No. 2 (Warning: Definately contains pictures of people cheering.)
• Game Photos
• Baylor students question board of regents meeting agenda | KCENTV.com Emani Payne reports
• Baylor volleyball rejects West Virginia, 3-1 - WacoTrib.com: Baylor Volleyball MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Baylor volleyball team threw a block party in the mountains of West Virginia.
• Baylor University Regents said Friday they are committed to improving transparency in the wake of the football program sex scandal but offered no specifics. | The Star-Telegram The Regents say they are committed to improving transparency but so far have offered no specifics. University President Ken Starr and football coach Art Briles were fired after student-athletes were accused in sexual assaults.
• Baylor students protest sexual assault with 'sweep-it-under-the-rug' homecoming float | FOX Sports Students organize clever float theme to make statement about university's past.
• Game balls and gassers: KU vs. Baylor | KUsports.com Center Joe Gibson was fooled by a Baylor defender calling out the snap coun
• Bill Whitaker: Going a little nuts over Title IX - WacoTrib.com: Bill Whitaker This month’s astonishing dustup between Baylor University and departing Title IX coordinator Patty Crawford over book and movie rights is troubling but only a minor distraction from the broader, more relevant scenario at hand. And that’s the one concerning Baylor’s much-touted campaign involving campus teams implementing a Philadelphia law firm’s 105 recommendations to more decisively address matters of sexual assault while squaring Baylor with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, which oversees such prickly matters.
• Big 12: RB combos add to Big 12 passing attacks | College Headlines | timesdaily.com After a pair of 1,000-yard seasons, Baylor career rushing leader Shock Linwood still has to earn his carries for the Bears. They have two other runners with 100-yard games.
• Entering Week 7, 10 teams vying to become bowl-eligible – CollegeFootballTalk When the games with the late-night start times are finally put to bed early Sunday morning, we'll officially have reached the halfway point of the 2016 regular season. And, with that, we can also officially start looking at the postseason and the plethora of bowl games that will ensue.
• WVU states case as Big 12’s best in woodshedding Texas Tech – CollegeFootballTalk West Virginia entered Week 7 as easily the least respected undefeated Power Five team in the country. Despite the fact that the Mountaineers were a perfect 4-0, with three of the wins coming over Missouri, BYU and Kansas State, they were ranked 20th in the most rcent Associated Press Top 25.
• How Amway Coaches Poll top 25 teams fared in Week 7 Which teams excelled and which teams struggled in the seventh week of gridiron action?