Jayhawks to face struggling Buffaloes

Senior setter Katie Martincich digs a serve from a Texas player Wednesday night. Martincich had nine digs during the Jayhawks' 3-0 loss.

By Zach Getz

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Kansas volleyball will brave the altitude as the team travels to Boulder, Colo., to face Colorado.

Kansas is coming in with a 12-10 (4-8) record while Colorado is 6-16 (1-12) this season.

Colorado is sitting in 10th place in the Big 12 conference and has won only one match — against a last-place Texas Tech team — in Big 12 play.

Kansas gave Colorado its first Big 12 set victory the last time the two teams played. Junior libero Melissa Manda said Kansas played sloppier in the last match than the team would like.

“If we take care of what we need to do, we will be fine,” Manda said.

Colorado is still adjusting to its new coaching staff and has struggled throughout Big 12 play. Colorado has made a lot of progress lately, though, Kansas coach Ray Bechard said.

“We’re going into a place where we think we’re going to face a team that really wants to get things turned around in November,” Bechard said.

Kansas played a little anxiously in the last match as they struggled with high expectations and being the favorite, Bechard said.

Kansas has been good at siding out and passing, but the team needs to work on point scoring and certain rotations, junior outside hitter Jenna Kaiser said. Kansas also can’t get too complacent early on in the matches, Kaiser said.

“We settle for being happy with winning game one,” Kaiser said. “We settle into that rhythm and we need to change something.”

Kansas won the first set then lost the next three sets in four of its five losses.

Colorado can be tough, and playing the Buffaloes at home in Boulder can be tricky because of the altitude, Manda said.

“You kind of feel more tired, and the ball floats differently,” Manda said. “It’s not too much more different though.”

The altitude never really is a problem, but Colorado likes to remind you of it, Bechard said.

“They have signs all over the place. ‘Welcome to 5,200 feet,’ or whatever,” Bechard said. “The court is the same size and the net is the same height, so that’s the main thing.”

— Edited by Samantha Foster

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