No. 17 Jayhawks Reverse Sweep No. 24 Baylor

Sunday, October 25

Waco, Texas

2 p.m. CT

University of Kansas

14-5,7-2Big 12

Baylor

13-6,5-4Big 12

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Kansas	23	22	25	25	15	3
Baylor	25	25	21	21	13	2

10/25/2026 5:22:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

WACO, Texas — No. 17 Kansas defeated No. 24 Baylor in a five-set thriller, 23-25, 22-25, 25-21, 25-21, 15-13, Sunday afternoon.

Grace Nelson, Taylor Stanley and Reese Ptacek led the offense with 13 kills each, and Kenzie Dean added 11. Reese Messer tallied a season-high 53 assists and guided the Jayhawks to a .279 hitting percentage.

Aisha Aiono led the defense with seven blocks, and Stanley added six. Nelson and Olivia Hasbrook anchored the back row with 17 and 12 digs, respectively. Ptacek added three aces from the service line.

The Jayhawks jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the opening set behind a Dean kill and back-to-back Baylor errors. The Bears answered, but a Ptacek kill gave KU a 4-3 advantage, and Ptacek's serving pushed the lead to 8-6. Baylor responded with a 5-0 run to go up 11-8 and force a Kansas timeout. Nelson earned a kill out of the break, followed by a Dean block, but Baylor led 15-13 at the media timeout.

Ptacek tied the set 17-17 with an ace during a 3-0 Jayhawk run that forced a Baylor timeout. The Bears answered with a 4-0 run out of the break. Aiono tallied back-to-back points, but Baylor took the set, 25-23.

Baylor built an early 8-4 lead in the second set. Ptacek briefly stopped the run to make it 10-5, but the Bears kept rolling and led 15-7 at the media timeout.

Stanley responded with a kill out of the timeout to cut into the deficit. The Jayhawks found their stride in the second half of the set with kills by Ptacek and Messer and a 5-0 run with Logan Bell at the service line. Kansas kept the momentum with Messer serving, as kills by Nelson and Aiono and a Stanley block tied it 21-21. Despite the late rally, Kansas couldn't complete the comeback and dropped the set, 25-22.

The Jayhawks bounced back in the third set. After the teams traded service errors, a Ptacek block gave KU a 4-2 lead. Ptacek's kill on the slide extended the lead to 6-3, and a Stanley back-row attack made it 8-5. Stanley and Ptacek continued to score as Kansas led 15-13 at the media timeout.

Four Baylor attack errors helped stretch the Kansas lead to 21-16. Ptacek recorded her seventh kill of the match to make it 22-17 before the Bears answered with a 3-0 run. Ptacek ended the run with another kill on the slide, and a Stanley kill brought up set point before KU closed out the set, 25-21.

Baylor took an early 2-0 lead in the fourth set before Stanley went to the service line and tied it 3-3 with an ace. The teams traded runs, and Baylor led 15-11 at the media timeout.

Ptacek and Stanley added a pair of kills before Ptacek went to the service line and led the Jayhawks on a 7-0 run. Nelson recorded her eighth kill of the matfollowed with back-to-back blocks and Dean's cross-court swing closed out the set, 25-21.

After falling behind 3-1 in the fifth set, the Jayhawks battled back to cut the Baylor lead to 4-3. Stanley and Aiono teamed up on a big block to tie it 7-7 before the Bears pulled ahead 10-8. Dean recorded her 11th kill of the match, and Nelson's cross-court kill gave KU a 13-12 lead. Nelson's 13th kill completed the reverse sweep with a 15-13 win.

The Jayhawks return home Friday to host Kansas State in the Dillons Sunflower Showdown at 7 p.m. CT in Allen Fieldhouse.