MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — If Baylor was going to split two matches with St. Agnes at the TSSAA state volleyball tournament, losing the first and winning the second was the way to do it.
Gaining a measure of payback against the team that dumped them into the Division II-AA losers bracket on Wednesday, the Lady Red Raiders came back and beat the Stars 3-1 at Middle Tennessee State University. Game scores were 25-21, 25-13, 23-25, 25-22.
Baylor (31-13) will play for the championship against Ensworth today at MTSU at 1 p.m. EDT.
Baylor coach Sarah Lail acknowledged that among the things her team did well in the rematch was hit at a .362 clip while scoring with nine blocks and making 81 digs.
“We played really, really well,” Lail said. “We’re very excited about where we are. We had an all-around great team effort. We came out really focused.”