Jayhawks end season on winning note
Kansas sweeps Tech, doubles Big 12 victories from year ago
The Kansas volleyball beat Texas Tech in three straight games Wednesday in Lubbock, Texas. The Jayhawks finished tied for eighth in the Big 12 Conference with a 6-14 record, but next season, they return all but two of their players.
By Rustin Dodd (Contact)
Monday, November 26th, 2007
Kansas closed the book on its season with a 3-0 (30-28, 30-21, 30-23) sweep of Texas Tech on Wednesday in Lubbock, Texas.
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The Jayhawks finished 2007 with a record of 13-17 and 6-14 in Big 12 Conference play.
With its Big-12 mark, Kansas finished in a tie with Baylor for eighth in the conference, and doubled its three Big-12 victories in 2006.
Senior setter/right side Emily Brown led the Jayhawks’ offensively with her ninth triple-double of the season. The Baldwin City native had 10 kills, 26 assists and 13 digs in her last match as a Jayhawk.
Freshman outside hitter Jenna Kaiser finished witha team-high 13 kills. and senior middle blocker Caitlin Mahoney added 11 kills and a team-high .625 hitting percentage.
Kansas finished with a .333 hitting percentage, well above its season-average .184 hitting percentage.
Freshman libero Melissa Manda had 11 digs against Texas Tech and finished the season eighth in the Big 12 with 3.97 digs per game.
After finishing 7-3 in its non-conference schedule, Kansas struggled against most Big 12 teams. Kansas defeated both Texas Tech and Colorado twice and picked up victories against Oklahoma and Missouri.
Kansas will lose Brown and Mahoney to graduation, but the team will return 14 players next season. Those returning include Kansas’ kills leader, Kaiser, its digs leader, Manda, and its blocks-per-game leader, junior middle blocker Natalie Uhart. Kansas also returns sophomore middle blocker Brittany Williams, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in September.
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