The Kansas volleyball team extended its win streak to four straight matches and beat Cincinnati for the second time in nine days as the Jayhawks swept the Bearcats (25-15, 25-19, 25-22) on Saturday afternoon at Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena. Rhian Swanson’s 12 kills on .393 hitting led the way for KU, which improved to 18-8 on the season and 10-3 in Big 12 play, tied for second in the league. Grace Nelson ...
In the lead-up to Saturday night’s Big 12 tournament final, Kansas coach Nate Lie had said he was stressing to his team that the championship would be theirs until someone took it from them. Well, BYU’s Ellie Walbruch essentially did just that early in the championship match, launching a high-arcing shot from outside the box at which KU goalkeeper Sophie Dawe had no chance. Her remarkable goal was all the ...
Chapel Hill, N.C. — Friday night’s venture into Chapel Hill was the first ever for the Kansas men’s basketball program. It was also the first-ever official road game for KU’s star guard Darryn Peterson, not to mention four other freshmen the Jayhawks are counting on to play, at minimum, rotational roles as part of their 2025-26 campaign. “We’re going to have a lot of other away games where the ...
Chapel Hill, N.C. — With Kansas trailing 46-43 and starting to lose its grip on Friday night’s blue-blood showdown with North Carolina, freshman Kohl Rosario connected on his first 3-pointer of the night to give the Jayhawks a moment of relief and an opportunity to reset the momentum. That moment lasted approximately 25 seconds. UNC’s Jarin Stevenson hit a 3 of his own in short order to kick off a run ...
The Big 12 soccer tournament has demonstrated to this point the fundamental irrelevance of regular-season results when it comes time for the postseason. Baylor, which lost 1-0 to Texas Tech at home on Sept. 19, beat the Red Raiders in penalties on Monday, only to fall two days later in resounding fashion to BYU, a team it had beaten on Oct. 10. West Virginia held Kansas to a draw at Rock Chalk Park on Oct. 16 ...
The shared history between Kansas and North Carolina may be generations old, but this year both teams are brand new. The blue-blood programs have each, to varying extents, handed the reins to top-notch freshmen — KU guard Darryn Peterson and UNC forward Caleb Wilson — and surrounded those marquee players with well-placed transfers as both teams look to return to national prominence, more than three years ...