Isaiah Baynes
6 Isaiah Baynes
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    FR
  • Hometown:
    Mankato, Minn.
  • High School:
    Makato East Senior High School
  • Position:
    OH
  • m
    25
  • k/s
    4.23
  • h %
    .221
  • a/s
    0.23
  • b/s
    0.24
  • sa/s
    0.15
  • d/s
    1.62
Bio

If you could trade places with anyone from throughout history, who would you pick? Why?: Ben Patch on the USA men’s national team. He seems so fun, he’s amazing at volleyball and I feel like he’s lived a very interesting life and still is currently.

Advice for Incoming Freshman: Trust the process.

Favorite Hobby: Drawing

Recent games
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Matches 25 10
Sets 84 31
Kills 355 129
Kills per set 4.23 4.16
Errors 164 58
Total Attacks 864 316
Total Attacks per set 10.29 10.19
Hitting Percentage .221 .225
Assists 19 11
Assists per set 0.23 0.35
Service Aces 13 6
Service Errors 13 5
Service Aces per set 0.15 0.19
Receptions 467 171
Reception Errors 30 10
Digs 136 48
Digs per set 1.62 1.55
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 20 3
Block Total 20 3
Blocks per set 0.24 0.10
Block Errors 1 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 378.0 136.5
Points per set 4.5 4.4
Matches started 25 10
Game Log - Offense
Game Log - Defense
Game Log - Serve/Receive

Career Stats: Offense

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Career Stats: Serve/Receive

Splits Stats: Offense

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Splits Stats: Serve/Receive

News mentions
Mustangs named to all-conference list, claim setter, libero of the year awards
Mustangs named to all-conference list, claim setter, libero of the year awards

SIOUX CITY, IOWA – The Great Plains Athletic Conference released the first of its spring sport all-conference lists as the men’s volleyball season wrapped up with the conference tournament.  Morningside had seven athletes receive all-conference honors or honorable mention, with Jacob DePauw and Owen Anderson receiving the setter and libero of the year titles.

Men's volleyball sweeps GPAC Players of the Week
Mustangs sweep player of the week honors

SIOUX CITY, IOWA – For the first time in program history, Morningside’s men’s volleyball team swept the Great Plains Athletic Conference’s player of the week honors.  

Morningside falls to Jamestown, 3-0.
Mustangs fall in men's volleyball semifinals

JAMESTOWN, N.D. – Morningside’s men’s volleyball team showed that it was there to compete and not be overlooked this postseason as it ventured north to play the Jimmies of the University of Jamestown in the GPAC tournament semifinals.  The top-seeded Jimmies swept the Mustangs, 25-21, 25-14, and 25-14.

Morningside defeats Kansas Wesleyan 3-0
Mustangs venture into uncharted territory

SIOUX CITY, IOWA - The Mustangs recorded another program first, capturing the first postseason victory in program history in a 3-0 win over Kansas Wesleyan University, 25-14, 25-17, and 25-15.  The win also marks the fourth consecutive win, a new mark for the record book.

Morningside sweeps Central Christian, 3-0
Mustangs cruise in regular season finale

MCPHERSON, KAN – The Mustangs locked themselves into the fourth spot in the Great Plains Athletic Conference as they cruised to a three-set victory in the regular season finale at Central Christian.  Morningside’s 25-9, 25-15, 25-12 victory came in the second meeting of the two teams this week.

Morningside defeats Kansas Wesleyan, 25-15, 28-26, 25-11
Mustangs sidestep Coyotes in penultimate regular season match

SALINA, KAN. – The Morningside men moved a step closer to the Great Plains Athletic Conference postseason with a win at Kansas Wesleyan last night, pulling ahead of the Coyotes in the standings.  The Mustangs, who have a game remaining in the regular season, set host KWU aside with a three-set sweep, 25-15, 28-26, and 25-11.

Mustangs sweep Central Christian, 3-0.
Mustangs find fortune on the Ides of March

SIOUX CITY, IOWA – The Mustangs were unfazed by the Ides of March as they took the floor against the Central Christian Tigers in the season’s regular season home finale tonight.  Morningside, unleashing a punishment on the Tigers from the service line as well as at the net, collected the win in a three-set sweep, 25-11, 25-14, and 25-13.

Morningside Men's Volleyball vs William Penn and Goshen
Mustangs drop matches to second-ranked William Penn, Goshen

OSKALOOSA, IOWA – The Mustangs opened their second day at William Penn facing off with the host Statesmen.  Following the 3-0 loss, with scores of 25-21, 25-19, and 25-19, Morningside wrapped the weekend with another competitive loss to Goshen, 3-1, 25-20, 25-27, 25-19, and 25-22.

Morningside Men's Volleyball vs Jamestown
Morningside falls in Jamestown sweep

SIOUX CITY, IOWA – The Mustangs welcomed league-leading and no. 6 in the nation Jamestown to Allee Gymnasium today, marking the final time the two teams would meet in the 2022 regular season.  The Jimmies lived up to their ranking, sweeping Morningside, 25-13, 25-15, and 25-12.

Morningside Men's Volleyball vs Dordt, 0-3
Mustangs drop three-setter to Dordt

SIOUX CITY, IOWA – Morningside volleyball butted heads with its nearest opponent in the geographical Great Plains Athletic Conference, the Dordt Defenders.  The Mustang men fell in a three-set series, 25-22, 25-20, and 25-21.  

Men's Voleyball vs Ottawa
Mustangs fall in four sets to Ottawa

SIOUX CITY, IOWA - A four-set thriller escaped the grasp of Morningside as Ottawa visited Allee Gymnasium, handing the Mustangs a 25-18, 23-25, 25-15, and 25-17 loss in men?s volleyball action.  

Morningside over Kansas Wesleyan, 3-0.
Mustangs make quick work in first conference win

SIOUX CITY, IOWA – The Mustangs made quick work as they collected their first conference win of the 2022 campaign, defeating Kansas Wesleyan in straight sets, 25-7, 25-14, and 25-14.

Mens' Volleyball vs Dordt
Conference win eludes Mustangs

SIOUX CENTER, IOWA – What looked like a favorable night for the visitors on the scoreboard ended with the Mustangs’ first conference win continuing to evade Morningside’s men’s volleyball team.  The host Defenders came back from the 2-0 deficit to defeat Morningside 3-2 with scores of 16-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-10, and 15-13.

Men's volleyball vs Mount Mercy and Culver Stockton.
Morningside splits day one of Park Invitational

PARKVILLE, MO. – It was a tale of two sets for Morningside yesterday at the Park University Pirate Invitational, as the Mustangs split the day’s contests, falling to Mount Mercy for the second time this season, 25-22, 25-23, and 25-17, before flipping roles and sweeping Culver-Stockton, 25-18, 25-21, and 25-23.

Morningside Men's Volleyball vs Park, Missouri Valley
Morningside drops matches to nationally ranked Park, Missouri Valley

PARKVILLE, MO. – Day two of the Park Pirate Invitational proved less fruitful for the Mustangs than day one, as they ran into no. 4 ranked Park University and no. 8 Missouri Valley University.  The pair of nationally ranked teams both swept Morningside in straight sets, with Park claiming a 25-13, 25-17, 25-21 victory, and Missouri Valley picking up its win 25-17, 25-22, and 25-23.

Top-flight foes turn away Morningside
Top-flight foes turn away Morningside

DUBUQUE, IOWA – Sophomore outside hitter Isaiah Baynes (Mankato, Minn.) resumed an impressive run of play Friday and Saturday, Jan. 28 and 29.

Men's volleyball loses at Ottawa, 3-0.
Mustangs fall in GPAC opener

OTTAWA, KAN. - Morningside’s first GPAC road trip of the year proved a tough one for the young men’s volleyball team, as it opened its conference season at Ottawa University.  Ottawa, picked second in the conference behind defending champion Jamestown, was able to sneak away with a 3-0 win, with scores of 26-24, 25-18, and 26-24.

Men's Volleyball vs Clarke, 3-2.
Mustangs pick up first win of young season

SIOUX CITY, IOWA – Morningside took the court for the second time in as many days, hoping to bounce back from a tough loss the night prior. The Mustangs, looking like a different team, collected a home five-set win over the Clarke Pride, 19-25, 25-22, 22-25, 25-23, 15-9.

Loss vs Viterbo, 25-14, 25-22, 25-14
Season opening win eludes mustangs

SIOUX CITY, IOWA – Morningside Men’s Volleyball opened its 2022 season hosting Viterbo University in Allee Gym tonight.  The Mustangs were unable to collect the campaign’s first win on opening night, dropping a three-set loss to the visiting V-Hawks, 25-14, 25-22, and 25-14.

Photos
Jamestown vs. Morningside

3/3/2022 7:00 PM CST

Jamestown vs. Morningside

3/3/2022 7:00 PM CST

Jamestown vs. Morningside

3/3/2022 7:00 PM CST

Kansas Wesleyan vs. Morningside

3/26/2022 3:00 PM CDT

Dordt vs. Morningside

3/2/2022 7:00 PM CST

Dordt vs. Morningside

3/2/2022 7:00 PM CST

Dordt vs. Morningside

3/2/2022 7:00 PM CST

Dordt vs. Morningside

3/2/2022 7:00 PM CST