Thursday, September 13, 2007
Last year, Natalya Korobkova was in Russia playing for St. Siberian Tech. This year, the junior transfer is showing why her presence might m>
Kansas had no answer for Korobkova and the rest of the K-State offense, as the Jayhawks fell 3-0 (30-20, 30-21, 30-25) to No. 19 K-State in Kansas’ Big 12 conference opener. Korobkova had nine kills and four aces for the Wildcats, but Kansas coach Ray Bechard said that it was the things you couldn’t see that made the K-State junior special.
“You have to pay a certain amount of attention to her,” Bechard said. “And that’s why some other players are living a pretty good life right now.”
Those other players are sophomore Kelsey Chipman and junior Megan Farr. Thanks to Korobkova, Chipman and Farr had only one defender on them the whole night, allowing them to make 14 and 13 kills respectively.
Kansas fell to 7-4 in the season and 0-1 in the Big 12 conference, while Kansas State improved to 9-2 and 1-0 in the Big 12. The loss also snapped a five-match winning streak for Kansas.
Kansas once again played without junior Natalie Uhart. She missed her seventh straight match after being injured against Michigan State on Aug. 31. Uhart missed all of last season with a knee injury.
Kansas stayed with Kansas State early in game one. But a Jenny Jantsch kill gave Kansas State a 10-6 lead, as the Wildcats flirted with perfection the rest of game one and cruised to 30-20 win. Kansas State had 17 kills with only one error during the game.
Kansas stormed back in the second game. Flavia Lino punctuated an early run with a block on Korobkova to give Kansas an 11-3 lead. But K-State slowly climbed out of the early hole, and another Jantsch kill cut Kansas’ lead to 20-16.
It was all K-State after that. The Wildcats finished off the game with a 12-0 run to close out the game 30-26.
“They just elevated their play,” Bechard said, “and we just didn’t take a big swing like we needed to.”
Kansas hung tough again in game three, tying the game at 16 with a Savannah Noyes kill. But K-State gained control after that, winning seven out of the next nine points, and then clinching the match with a 30-25 win.
“I thought we looked as physical as K-State at times tonight and that’s exciting,” Bechard said. “But if you can’t pass the ball in this league you are going to be inconsistent and that’s what we were tonight.”
— Edited by Rachel Bock
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