Shortly following the match between Kansas and Omaha, the Jayhawks will retire the jerseys of Ainise Havili and Kelsie Payne. CT and rounding out the tournament on September 17 at 2:30 p.m. CT, followed by UCF on September 16 at 6:30 p.m. The Jayhawks will play Lipscomb first on September 15 at 6:30 p.m. Kansas will take a short break before hosting Omaha, UCF and Lipscomb for the Jayhawk Classic on September 15-17. We thought we needed more defense on the back row, so I think Brynn Kirsh did a great job.” I thought Kim Whetstone responded pretty well. “We were trying to create some opportunities in some other areas. “We were down 2-0, so we felt like we should shake it up a bit,” Bechard said. Leading in blocks was junior Kim Whetstone with six total blocks.Junior Kennedy Farris contributed 19 digs.Sophomore Caroline Bien led Kansas with 16 kills, hitting.The lead was short lived for KU as UNLV took home set four 25-19. Whetstone added another and a block assist by Dooley and sophomore London Davis allowed Kansas to take the lead 12-11. A block solo by junior Kim Whetstone kept Kansas within two, 10-8. KU maintained control and won set three 25-18. UNLV made sure to keep close with the Jayhawks, but sophomore Karli Schmidt entered the match to elevate Kansas 20-16. However, Bien made sure to get the point back to Kansas with a kill, 11-10. A block by the Jayhawks was challenged by UNLV, ending in a replay. Back-to-back kills by Bien forced a UNLV timeout. Kansas was able to go on a 7-1 run to tie up the match 9-9. To start set three, the Lady Rebels took hold of a 6-0 run. KU sophomore Camryn Turner and graduate transfer Lauren Dooley’s each recorded kills to put Kansas ahead 25-24 but it wasn’t enough as UNLV scored three straight point to win set two 27-25. Redshirt-freshman Ayah Elnady tied up the score 20-20 with back-to-back service aces to put Kansas back in the match. The Lady Rebels crept up to take the lead from Kansas 11-10.
Kansas would then go on a 3-0 run to take an early lead. The first point of set two originally went to UNLV, but the Jayhawks challenged a touch to reverse the call and taking the first point of the set.
UNLV was able to collect a one-point lead heading into a media timeout, 15-14 and maintained the lead from there. An impressive dig by sophomore Caroline Bien fellow teammate super-senior Anezka Szabo to tally a kill for the Jayhawks. KU sophomore Kennedy Farris served the first ace of the match to extend the lead 4-2. The X1 aquatic resistance training systems will develop greater efficiencies, enabling an athlete to train harder, build. The Lady Rebels kicked off set one with an error to put the Jayhawks ahead 1-0. I thought they did a great job at that tonight and it shifted the match in UNLV’s favor.” “You see a lot of stats, but the first contact, how aggressive are we serving and how well are we passing. “UNLV’s serving game was solid,” Kansas head coach Ray Bechard said. UNLV improved to 7-1 on the season, while KU fell to 8-1. 19 Kansas volleyball team dropped its first match of the season to the UNLV Lady Rebels 3-1 (25-22, 27-25, 18-25, 25-19) Friday night in the final game of the Kansas Invitational at Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena.
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