The 13th-ranked Kansas volleyball team continued to bolster its resume in nonconference play, taking down No. 24 Marquette on Friday and then Western Michigan on Saturday in Milwaukee to advance to 6-0 on the year. The Marquette match saw the Jayhawks bounce back from dropping the first set to dispatch the tournament host Golden Eagles 3-1, much as they had at Duke a week earlier (the final tally this time was ...
Champaign, Ill. — Whatever Illinois defensive coordinator Aaron Henry learned by watching last year’s game against Kansas more than 100 times, he clearly imparted it to his defensive backs. Xavier Scott intercepted KU quarterback Jalon Daniels twice in the first half, including once for a defensive touchdown with 36 seconds remaining that allowed the Illini to take a sudden surge of momentum into the break. ...
After last year’s loss at Kansas, Illinois defensive coordinator Aaron Henry found himself wondering what had happened. “You ask yourself why, and what could you have done different to ensure that you had success,” he told reporters on Monday. “Just from that standpoint, I probably watched the Kansas game probably 100-plus times.” In that way, the loss, which came in his first road matchup as a ...
The Kansas volleyball team remained unbeaten in the early days of the 2024 season, sweeping in-state foe Wichita State 25-17, 25-21, 25-19 before a sellout crowd at Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena on Wednesday night. With 14 kills on the night, senior outside hitter Ayah Elnady led the way for the Jayhawks, who played their first home match of the year after three wins at the Duke Tournament over the ...
Preseason favorite Utah earned the top spot in the first Big 12 power rankings of the season. The Utes, a newcomer to the league, received seven of a possible 16 first-place votes from a panel of media members who regularly cover the Big 12 Conference. Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Kansas and Arizona rounded out the top five spots in the newly expanded league. OSU, which reached the league championship game ...
Illinois running back Kaden Feagin certainly stands out on film to the Kansas defense, for one simple reason. “He’s like the same size as me back there,” defensive tackle D.J. Withers said with a laugh. While the sophomore Feagin may not quite reach Withers’ stature of 6-foot-4, 295 pounds, he’s closer than just about any other running back out there, and certainly close enough to reinforce the axiom ...