Kansas volleyball beats Colorado

Taylor Tolefree, Lawrence freshman, smashes a ball past Colorado's Schuylur Edelman for one of her seven kills. Kansas defeated Colorado 3-1 Wednesday night at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

The Kansas Volleyball team continued its hot streak at home defeating Colorado Wednesday night. Kansas improved to 9-5 (2-2) while Colorado fell to 5-9 (0-5). Kansas is now 4-1 at home this season.

Coach Ray Bechard said that winning at home was very important to staying strong in the Big 12 Conference, but that the team needed some wins against stronger opponents. Kansas will have a chance to do this Saturday in its game at Texas A&M.

Scores

Kansas 3, Colorado 1

25-23, 22-25, 25-19, 25-19

Photo Gallery

Kansas Volleyball vs. Colorado

A photo gallery of the volleyball match against Colorado Wednesday night at the Horejsi Center.

Junior libero Melissa Manda led the team with 21 digs. This brought up her career digs to 1015 now eighth all-time at Kansas. Junior outside hitter Karina Garlington led Kansas with 15 kills after missing last week’s game at Baylor.

Kansas came out strong in the first set only to let Colorado tie it up 21-21 late. In the end, Kansas finished strong and won the set 25-23. The second set started even, but Colorado rallied early and held onto its lead to win its first set in Big 12 play.

Kansas rebounded and quickly won the third set, 25-19, without much trouble. Kansas scored eight straight points midway through the fourth set to gain a commanding lead. Colorado then scored six straight of its own late, but still won the set convincingly 25-19 despite 10 errors in the set by Kansas.

— — Edited by Brenna M. T. Daldorph

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