Sophomore outside hitter Allison Mayfield digs a serve from Missouri Saturday. The Jayhawks lost the match 3-1.
Monday, October 26, 2009
For the second time this season the Kansas volleyball team lost to Missouri. Just like the first match, Kansas came out strong in the first set, but faltered in the last three sets.
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Kansas Volleyball vs. Missouri
Photos from the volleyball match against Missouri on Oct. 24. Kansas lost the match 3-1.
Senior defensive specialist Melissa Grieb said that Kansas started out well in the first set and made good plays, but that somewhere in the second or third set it all fell apart.
“In the second and third game was the turning point,” Grieb said. “Those were games you wish you could have back.”
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Kansas 25 21 17 24
Missouri 22 25 25 26
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Coach Ray Bechard said Missouri was just able to make more plays than Kansas.
“We played well game one and moments of other games,” Bechard said. “But when you are up 22-17 in game four, you got to find a way to close out the game.”
Senior outside hitter Brittany Williams said it hurt a little more losing to Missouri and not just another team and seeing Missouri’s fans out there.
Junior outside hitter Karina Garlington led the team with 15 kills and had a .481 hitting percentage. Williams was right behind Garlington with 14 kills and a .458 hitting percentage.
Junior libero Melissa Manda led Kansas with 19 digs and sophomore setter Nicole Tate had 10 digs.
On the other side of the net, outside hitter Paola Ampudia had 35 kills for the night, a Missouri record and a four-set Big 12 Conference record.
Kansas fell behind 2-6 early in the first set, but later tied the set up at 10-10. Kansas then took a small lead, which it held for the rest of the set, winning the set 25-21.
Kansas and Missouri went back and forth for most of the second set, but Missouri pulled away late and Kansas lost the set 21-25.
Missouri started out the third set strong and Kansas fell behind 1-6 early. Missouri kept a strong lead throughout the set and Kansas lost 17-25.
The start of set four was very close, but after being tied at 10-10, Kansas went on a 5-0 run to take a lead. Kansas kept its lead to 22-16, but Missouri scored the next five points to pull within one. Kansas could not put Missouri away and lost the set 24-26.
Kansas fell to 11-9 (4-7) while Missouri improved to 13-9 (5-6).
Kansas will continue Tuesday when it faces University of Missouri Kansas City in Kansas’ last non-conference match of the season at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center.
— Edited by Abbey Strusz
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