LAWRENCE, Kan. – The No. 19 Kansas volleyball crew finished its two-match sweep of No. 20 Houston with a 3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-21) earlier than a sold-out crowd Saturday afternoon within the Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena.
With the win, KU progressed to 12-2 general and 3-1 in Big 12 play, whilst Houston fell to 7-5 (1-2).
“When you come off a two hour and 45 minute match from last night in five sets with both teams just playing extremely hard, you wonder how clean the volleyball is going to be today, and there were times when it did get a little uneven, but we stayed in every set even though we were down in the first two,” mentioned Head Coach Ray Bechard. “We stayed aggressive, and we stayed true to who we want to be. As big as last night’s match was, today’s match was maybe even more impressive to come back and play at the level that we did.”
For the second-straight event, KU graduate Reagan Cooper led the way in which hitting a blistering .600 with a team-high 15 kills, no mistakes on 25 makes an attempt. Junior Camryn Turner posted her fourth-straight double-double with 32 assists and 18 digs. Fellow KU junior Ayah Elnady recorded her fifth-straight event with double-digit kills with 11 towards the Cougars.
“Last week, when we lost to Texas Tech, we came back with the mentality to come back full force so we knew they (Houston) were going to swing away and play their best game (today),” Turner mentioned. “We had to stay consistent and not worry about what they were doing.”
In the outlet set, the Jayhawks had somewhat of a sluggish get started, with Houston working up a five-point lead proper from the bounce and pushing Kansas to name an early timeout. This propelled Kansas into a brand new equipment, because the Jayhawks began to near in at the Cougars. A 12-12 tie that got here off a kill from Cooper gave the impression to be the actual turning level for KU, alternatively, as a result of regardless of Houston pulling away with a four-point result in make it 13-17, Kansas made it a one-point distinction at 17-18 and as soon as once more at 19-20. The once-confident Cougars recorded an attacking error to push it to 20-20, they usually used their moment timeout instantly after. At 21-21, back-to-back Houston mistakes passed off and Kansas took merit. An enormous block from Mykayla Myers and London Davis would ship where right into a frenzy and protected the Jayhawk victory.
Cooper was once necessary in KU’s luck within the first, beginning off sturdy with six kills on 8 makes an attempt and racking up an outstanding .750 hitting proportion. Junior Toyosi (*19*) began heating up early as smartly with 4 kills on 5 makes an attempt to hit .800 in set one. Turner notched double-digit assists early on together with her 10, in addition to including two large services and products that added to Kansas’ early momentum.
Kansas appeared sturdy for the period of set two, ultimate unfazed when the Cougars would begin to run up the ranking somewhat. The Jayhawks’ fifteenth and sixteenth issues (a tip from Turner for the kill adopted by means of a large swing from Cooper for every other kill) is the place Houston began to seem rattled sufficient to name a timeout. A block from Davis and Myers after the spoil would make it 17-17. The two groups would move 18-18, then 19-19 earlier than Kansas made it 21-19 and driven Houston to make use of its moment timeout. The Cougars have been ready to knock down two extra issues earlier than the set was once over, however a Turner victory on the web adopted by means of the game-winning kill by means of (*19*) have been sufficient to position KU up 2-0.
Set 3 began in a point-for-point type, however the final tie got here at 5-5 as a result of Kansas went on somewhat of a run, pulling clear of an clearly flustered visiting facet so far as 12-6. Houston tried to near the space, and the ranking learn 12-9 till Cooper introduced the hammer right down to make it 13-9. From right here, the Jayhawks appeared calm and picked up via the rest of the set and had no factor solidifying the sweep.
The Cougars would finish the day hitting .146, whilst the Jayhawks notched a .279 hitting proportion.
UP NEXT
Kansas will go back and forth to Austin, Texas, to stand the No. 10 Longhorns on Thursday, Oct. 5, and Friday, Oct. 6. Both suits will get started at 7 p.m. CT and shall be televised on The Longhorn Network.
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