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Volleyball welcomes Baylor in Dig Pink match
October 06, 2026 | Women's Volleyball
Red Raiders will host the Bears in their only match of the week
LUBBOCK, Texas โ Texas Tech (8-8, 0-4) will host Baylor (9-5, 1-3) on Thursday at 6 p.m. in United Supermarkets Arena. Tech will wear its pink jerseys for the first time this season in support of Breast Cancer Awareness.
The Bears come into Thursday's match receiving votes in the AVCA Coaches Poll after dropping from No. 21 this past week. Baylor has turned into a perennial top 25 team under coach Ryan McGuyre and have won 13 of the last 15 meetings against the Red Raiders although Tech leads the series 52-46 all time.
Tech will look for its first win of Big 12 play. The Red Raiders were close last week after going up 2-0 against West Virginia put ultimately falling short as they fell to 3-2 in five-set matches. Arizona also got the better of Tech, winning 3-0 to get its first win in conference play.
Quick Hits:
Texas Tech's Sara Bowcutt and Elia Dinsmore have already shown flashes of brilliance in their short careers. The freshmen duo rankings first and third on the team in points, respectively. They both recorded their first career double-double against St. Thomas in the second match of the season and Bowcutt became the first Red Raider this season to record 20 kills in a match when she did so in Tech's win over St. Mary's (9/3) and recorded two more in wins over UTRGV (9/10) and Prairie View A&M (9/10).
Sophomores Kenna McKenzie and Shelby Ignash are taking the step forward that everyone hoped they would after finishing their freshmen campaigns so strongly last year. Ignash recorded a career-high eight blocks against St. Mary's and then tied her career-high for kills in back-to-back matches with nine against Sacramento State (9/4) and Nevada (9/5).
Cochran has had a career year so far, already breaking her career-high for assists three separate times including a 63-assist day against Iowa State (9/25), the first Red Raider since 2022 to record 60 assists in a match. Cochran is 6th in the Big 12 in assists per set (9.32) and her 550 total assists ranks first in the league.
Tatum Johnson has come into her own recently. Against Nevada she recorded a career-high 10 kills and tied her career high for blocks with four. She followed that up with another career performance against Tarleton going for 16 kills while hitting over .600. Johnson currently leads the team in hitting percentage at an efficient .318 clip.
