BATON ROUGE, La. | South Alabama took the first set and held a late lead in the third set, but 20th-ranked Baylor rallied back to defeat the Jags 3-1 (23-25, 25-18, 30-28, 25-17) Friday afternoon at Pete Maravich Assembly Center in both club's season opener.
South Alabama (0-1) was led offensively by Sarah Gooch's 11 kills, while Cambria Gaier and Eva Dittmar both had nine kills each. Alexa Strandberg had seven block assists, while three other Jags had six total blocks – Gooch (one solo, five assists), Maradith O'Gorman (six block assists) and Dalayla Blackwell (two solo, four assists).