The disappointment continued for the Kansas volleyball team against Baylor Wednesday night. The losses are starting to pile up.

Baylor defeated Kansas 3-1 (30-19, 20-30, 30-24, 30-22) Wednesday night in Waco, Texas, dropping Kansas to 10-14 and 3-11 in the Big 12 Conference. The Jayhawks lost six in a row, nine of their last 10 games and haven’t won since an Oct. 10 home match against Colorado.

“It’s just an inability to sustain a level for an hour and a half that you need to to be successful,” coach Ray Bechard said. “The key is to play better longer, and our players see that and it’s frustrating.”

Kansas played one of its better offensive games of the season. Freshman outside hitter Jenna Kaiser had 16 kills and a .538 hitting percentage, while senior right side/setter Emily Brown finished with her third consecutive triple double. Brown finished with 13 kills, 25 assists and 12 digs. Senior middle blocker Natalie Uhart added 12 kills and five blocks, while sophomore setter Katie Martincich had 23 assists and 13 digs. Bechard said he was pleased with his team’s .264 hitting percentage, one of the highest of the season.

But for all of Kansas’ offensive success, the Jayhawks couldn’t stop the Baylor onslaught. The Bears produced one of the best offensive efforts in school history. Baylor finished with 72 kills and a .374 hitting percentage, the third best four-game hitting percentage in Baylor volleyball history.

“In games three and four we just did nothing to slow them down,” Bechard said. “That’s a sign of youth and lack of experience.”

Middle blocker Ashley Breyfogle and outside hitter Ashlie Christenson led Baylor with 18 kills each during Baylor’s fifth straight victory. Setter Taylor Barnes had eight kills, 56 assists and eight digs. Baylor improved to 14-10 and 6-7 in the Big 12.

“This team is getting better every time they play,” Baylor coach Jim Barnes said in a postgame radio interview.

Kansas is struggling to stay afloat. That wasn’t the case when these two teams met on Oct. 17. Kansas was 10-9 and 3-6 in the Big 12 before that game, while Baylor was 9-10 and 1-7 in the Big 12. Two weeks later, Kansas hasn’t won another game and Baylor hasn’t lost.

“They’re more comfortable at home obviously,” Bechard said. “They kept the pressure on us. Both teams came in knowing what the other was going to do, and they executed their plan better than we did.”

Kansas returns home to play Oklahoma at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center.

Edited by Meghan Murphy