Volleyball plays Aggies tonight

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Coach Ray Bechard would prefer not to have a repeat of his team’s last game against Texas A&M. Following a home loss to Nebraska and a road loss to Iowa State, the Jayhawks were 9-7 and 2-4 in the Big 12 when they lined up against the Aggies on Oct. 6. But for Kansas a night to forget ensued as Texas A&M consistently gashed through an exposed Jayhawk defense en route to a 3-0 (30-26, 30-25, 30-19) sweep. Texas A&M had four players with double-digit kills — led by sophomore Mary Batis’s 15 — as it finished with 59 kills to Kansas’ 45.

Kansas gets a chance to avenge that loss tonight. The Jayhawks travel to College Station, Texas to play the Aggies at 6:30 p.m.

“We just have to be better defensively,” Bechard said. “We didn’t do anything last time to slow them down.”

Kansas has struggled since the loss to Texas A&M. After a bounce-back victory against Colorado on Oct. 10, Kansas lost three straight matches to No. 7 Texas, Baylor, and No. 1 Nebraska. Now sitting at 10-11 and 3-8 in the Big 12, Kansas is trying to scratch out some victories and avoid a repeat of its late season slide last year. Last season, Kansas beat Baylor at home on Oct. 14, 2006 to climb to 3-7 in the Big 12, but then dropped its final 10 conference matches of the season.

Meanwhile Texas A&M has won three out of four matches after its victory against Kansas, and improved to 16-6 and 5-6 in the Big 12.

Offensive struggles have plagued the Jayhawks all season long. Kansas is last in the Big 12 with a .167 hitting percentage and second-to-last in kills with 13.67 kills per game.

Bechard said that Kansas had to improve its hitting efficiency against Texas A&M, and turn it into a grind-it-out type of game with long points.

Senior setter/right side hitter said a combination of things could be blamed for Kansas’ hitting woes.

“It’s just a combination of us making smarter decisions when were hitting, and to see where the block is and hit where they’re not,” Brown said.

— Edited by Luke Morris

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