After trailing by a set on a pair of occasions, the Kansas volleyball team rallied on Saturday afternoon to beat Vanderbilt 3-2 (19-25, 25-18, 24-26, 25-20, 15-4) at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Jayhawks won their season opener and earned their first victory under new head coach Matt Ulmer. In the decisive fifth set, middle blocker Reese Ptacek tallied four kills and outside hitter Grace ...
Neither Bangally Kamara nor Kenean Caldwell knew that Fresno State quarterback E.J. Warner had actually fumbled the ball in the third quarter on Saturday. Kamara had zoomed past the Bulldogs’ freshman left tackle Brayden Walton and thrown down Warner for a sack in the first place, and Caldwell was the one who dove on the ball when it flipped out of Warner’s right hand and off into wide-open space. “I ...
Like the rest of his teammates, Kansas center Bryce Foster is excited to play in the revamped David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. He said he and freshman lineman Anderson Kopp were the first two players ever to run out of the new tunnel, and KU’s offensive line unit — which calls itself the MOB, or “men of Booth” — is happy to be back playing in a place where its nickname actually makes sense. ...
Kansas will begin its 2025 volleyball season on Saturday by competing in the AVCA First Serve event, beginning with a match against Vanderbilt at 3 p.m. The contest will take place at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska, and will be televised nationally on FS1. It brings together a KU team in its first season under new head coach Matt Ulmer, following Ray Bechard’s retirement after 27 seasons at the ...
Kansas strength and conditioning coach Matt Gildersleeve wasn’t totally sure what to make of Carson Bruhn when he first arrived in Lawrence. The 6-foot-6 tight end from Sioux Center, Iowa, came to KU as a three-star prospect in the 2024 recruiting class, recruited primarily by former offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki before he left for Penn State. “Maybe when he first got on campus, I go, ‘Where’s ...
The Kansas soccer team weathered an anxious final stretch after Utah Valley's Ruby Hladek scored off a late corner kick, withstanding the Wolverines' last few attacks and claiming a 3-2 victory at Rock Chalk Park on Thursday night to remain unbeaten. Senior forward Lexi Watts scored twice, including once 34 seconds in off a long-distance service by Livvy Moore for a tally that was the fastest goal in Rock Chalk ...