No. 23 Baylor ended No. 7 BYU women’s volleyball's 17-match win streak with a 3-1 victory at the Ferrell Center on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. Despite leading in all four sets during the match in Waco, Texas, the Cougars fell to the Bears with set scores of 18-25, 28-30, 25-21, and 24-26.
The Cougars saw Claire Little Chambers record 20 kills on a .347 hitting clip, marking her second consecutive match with that total. Elli Mortensen earned her seventh double-double of the season, recording 13 kills and 14 digs to tie a career high. Sophia Callahan, appearing in her first match after missing three previous matches, contributed seven kills on a .333 clip, while Brooke Hardy added six kills with a .455 hitting percentage. Setters Alex Bower and Kaylie Kofe provided 25 and 21 assists, respectively.
Defensively, Lulu Po’uha finished with 19 digs, and Kelli Jo Burgess tied for the match high with five blocks. Bower also recorded a match-high three service aces. While BYU recorded one more block and service ace than Baylor, the Cougars finished with 14 fewer kills and 11 fewer digs than the Bears.
The match saw significant shifts in momentum. After Baylor took the first set 25-18, the second set went into extra points before the Bears won 30-28. BYU responded by winning the third set 25-21, fueled by a 3-0 run and scoring from Little Chambers, Mortensen, Hardy, Anna Blamires, and Callahan. However, Baylor secured the fourth set 26-24 to clinch the match victory.
This loss marked the first time BYU had lost a match since Sept. 4 against Pittsburgh, a team currently ranked No. 2 in the country. The Cougars' 17-match streak was the fourth-longest win streak in the program's rally-scoring era.
BYU (20-2 overall, 12-1 Big 12) returns home to host Texas Tech on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 6 p.m. MT on ESPN+.
