Boulder, Colo. ? Kansas University’s struggling volleyball team will try to snap its four-game losing skid when it meets Colorado at 8 tonight at the Coors Events Center.
The Jayhawks (10-5 overall, 1-5 Big 12 Conference) lost at home to ranked foes Texas and Nebraska and fell on the road at Baylor before suffering an emotional five-game defeat to in-state rival and 16th-ranked Kansas State on Wednesday in Lawrence.
The Colorado match might be a good opportunity for KU to pick up a Big 12 victory. The Jayhawks have beaten the Buffaloes (9-5, 4-3) in three of the last four meetings.
Winning in Boulder won’t be easy, though. Kansas has only one win in the Coors Center in the last 10 years, a 3-2 come-from-behind victory in 2002. The Buffs also boast two of the top hitters in the league in junior Allie Griffin (averaging 4.39 kills a game) and senior Maragda Santillana (4.17 average).
Junior Josi Lima leads Kansas with 3.67 kills per game, while senior Ashley Michaels averages 3.06 kills and a team-high 1.67 blocks per game, the third-best mark in the Big 12. She blasted a career-high 24 kills in the loss to K-State.
Senior libero Jill Dorsey ranks second in the league with 4.65 digs.
KU’s next match will be Wednesday at Iowa State. The next home date is Oct. 16 against Missouri.
KU-Colorado notes (.pdf)