The No. 25 OU volleyball team opened Big 12 conference play on the road against Baylor on Wednesday night and came away with at 3-1 win over the Bears (-22, 24-26, -24, -18).

Senior Suzy Boulavsky led the Sooners with 13 kills, and freshman Tara Dunn continued her recent streak of great play by contributing 12 kills and 10 digs for her second double-double of the season.

Senior Brianne Barker recorded her 10th double-double of the year with 43 assists and 10 digs.

It was the defense that was the star of the night for both the Sooners and the Bears.

Oklahoma had 79 digs for the match, led by junior María Fernanda’s 27.

Senior Caitlin Higgins also contributed a season high 19 digs.

The Bears were led by junior Torri Campbell, who had 15 kills. Freshman Adri Nora had 14 kills for Baylor.

Defensively, Katie Harris led the Bears with 21 kills, and Allison King contributed 19. The Bears had 77 digs in the match.

Both teams were held below a .200 hitting percentage with the Sooners hitting .195 and the Bears checking in at .190.

Oklahoma doubled Baylor in the blocks category, 14-7, led by sophomore Sallie McLaurin’s five total blocks.

The match was a back-and-forth affair, highlighted by 37 ties and 14 lead changes.

In the first set, Baylor took the lead of a tight set at 22-21 before Oklahoma went on a 4-0 run to take the set, 25-21.

The second set saw several big runs from both teams. The Bears broke open the set early, racing out to a 14-7 lead.

OU clawed back, eventually knotting the score at 17. OU then went on a run of its own to get to set point at 24-20.

However, Baylor rattled off the next six points to complete the comeback and take the set, 26-24.

The third set was the tightest of the four, with 12 ties and five lead changes in the set alone. Baylor held the lead for the majority of the set and was holding serve at set point, 24-23.

OU repaid the favor from the previous set, running off three straight points to win the set, 26-24.

The fourth set was tight early, but OU took the lead at 11-10 and never looked back, cruising to a 25-18 fourth-set win, which tied the biggest lead for either team in the match.

The 25th-ranked Sooners improved to 14-3 (1-0 Big 12) for the season. The Bears dropped to 11-4 (0-1 Big 12).

WHAT’S NEXT

OU-Texas

The Sooners will return home when they face No. 8 Texas at 7 p.m. Sept. 28 at McCasland Field House.

The match will be nationally televised on ESPNU and highlighted as the annual Pledge for a Cure match, which honors Javier Restrepo, one of coach Santiago Restrepo’s sons who died in 2009.