Andi Rozum’s return to the Kansas University volleyball lineup Wednesday night against No. 10 Kansas State sent a message that the sophomore setter’s hip and groin injury is almost healed.

It also presented KU coach Ray Bechard with a quarterback controversy of sorts. Will he play Rozum, a 29-match starter a year ago, or will he stick with daughter Ashley Bechard, who guided the Jayhawks to an early season win at No. 13 Minnesota and ranks second in the Big 12 in assists with 12.33 per game?

The answer, for now, is both. Each setter is expected to see playing time during Kansas’ 1 p.m. match today against Colorado (9-2 overall, 1-0 Big 12 Conference) at the Horejsi Center.

“We’ll utilize both of them,” the sixth-year coach said. “From a positioning standpoint, there are certain situations where they both can add value, so we’ll see how that goes.”

But Bechard was quick to note that Rozum wasn’t 100-percent healthy yet, so he said Rozum wasn’t ready for excessive playing time.

“As a setter, anytime you miss a long period of time, there’s a technical balance that needs to come back, plus the whole conditioning balance. She’s not there yet, but she’ll play more and more as we go along,” Bechard said.

Kansas (7-4, 0-1) has dropped three of its last four matches, including the 3-0 shellacking at K-State.

Colorado provides the ideal opponent against which to regroup. KU swept the Buffaloes last year and knocked them out of the top 25. Since then, Colorado has regrouped and raced to its best start since 1998.

Monique Gerlach leads the Buffs with nearly four kills per game and is third in the conference in hitting percentage.

“They’re a pretty big, tall team,” said KU junior Ashley Michaels, who thumped 17 and 15 kills in the victories over CU last year. “Offensively, that’s something we’re going to have to work around.

“People are going to look at us and say, ‘Maybe Kansas is a fluke,'” she said. “Hopefully we can prove to them that we’re not.”