The Kansas volleyball team opened its season in emphatic fashion over the weekend, claiming three wins in three matches at the Duke Tournament in Durham, North Carolina. KU dropped just one set — the opener against the host Blue Devils on Saturday — as it defeated South Carolina 3-0 on Friday, Duke 3-1 and then Colgate 3-0 on Sunday. "I thought we competitively and technically got better throughout the ...
The Kansas cross-country squad started the season on a positive note on Saturday, as the Jayhawks took team titles in the men's 6,000-meter competition and women's 5,000 in the Bob Timmons Classic at Rim Rock Farm. "We wanted to create a focused unit and learn how to run as a team," assistant coach Michael Whittlesey said in a press release. "On the women's side, I thought our freshmen did a great job of that, ...
Kansas City, Kan. — Kansas defensive end Dean Miller saw the effects of his offseason body transformation borne out in a couple ways on Thursday night. First, sartorially. “Our guys wear suits to the game, and he’s a guy that says ‘My suit doesn’t fit anymore,’” head coach Lance Leipold said. “And I said, ‘Well, OK, we’ll get you another one, because you’ve earned that.’” And second, ...
Kansas City, Kan. — The Jayhawks may have made their season debut at Children’s Mercy Park on Thursday, but the week of practice leading up to their victory over Lindenwood also gave them a glimpse of their next temporary home. Kansas practiced at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, the home of the Chiefs, on Saturday, much as it had gotten a preliminary look at Children’s Mercy Park on Aug. 2. The Jayhawks ...
Kansas City, Kan. — Two early turnovers gave the initial impression of a sluggish start to the season by the Kansas football team, but three touchdowns in three minutes dispelled that perception quite quickly. KU scored in all its classic ways — a Devin Neal rush, a Mello Dotson pick-6 and, in a welcome return to action for the redshirt junior quarterback, a deep pass from Jalon Daniels to Luke Grimm — ...
Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels said he “started to peek at” Lindenwood’s film months ago. But even if Thursday night will be a particularly long-awaited return to the field for Daniels, after his last season ended prematurely in September due to a back injury, that specific bit of advance preparation is nothing new. “If you want me to be honest,” he said, “I may have ended up looking ahead at the ...