Ames, Iowa ? Kansas University’s volleyball team opened the second half of the Big 12 season with a 25-22, 25-21, 27-29, 25-23 loss Wednesday at Iowa State.
No. 17-ranked KU fell to 19-4 overall, 7-2 in the Big 12, while No. 22 ISU improved to 12-7, 6-3.
“We dug ourselves a hole in the first two sets, but I’m extremely proud of this team’s fight tonight,” KU coach Ray Bechard said. “When the execution sharpens up a little bit and you compete like that, we’re going to do good things.”
Sara McClinton had 14 kills for the Jayhawks, who tied the score 22 times and fought off match point six times in the third set.
Reigning AVCA National Player of the Week, fourth-year junior middle blocker Caroline Jarmoc, led a Jayhawk defense that out-blocked the Cyclones, 14-8. She finished with nine blocks and 13 kills.
KU will host West Virginia on Monday. Match time is 6:30 p.m. at Horejsi Center.
Ames, Iowa ? Kansas University’s volleyball team ran into a buzzsaw Wednesday and suffered a lopsided, three-set loss at Iowa State.
For the first time this season, KU failed to reach the 20-point mark in a 25-15, 25-16, 25-11 setback at Hilton Coliseum.
Allison Mayfield, Caroline Jarmoc and Sara McClinton had five kills apiece
KU fell to 13-9 overall, 1-8 Big 12. No. 14-ranked ISU improved to 17-3, 8-1.
Kansas will travel to Texas A&M on Sunday.
