The Kansas volleyball team dominated West Virginia in a road match on Saturday afternoon, resulting in a 3-0 sweep (25-16, 25-18, 25-17). WVU’s block put up little resistance against KU, which hit .484 and only got blocked a single time. Four Jayhawks reached double-digit kills, led by Grace Nelson, who had 13 to go with eight digs. Rhian Swanson and Jovana Zelenović tallied 11 each, and Reese Ptacek ...
In Oklahoma State, a team that is currently 1-7, Kansas guard Kobe Baynes sees a team playing football with much the same spirit the Jayhawks did when they were 1-5 in 2024. “I think their coach kind of has them really amped up to play each week, and I think that we’re really looking forward to the challenge of going against them,” Baynes said. “... Last year, I think we played that same mentality, like ...
As Kansas sophomore midfielder Jillian Gregorski puts it, the Jayhawks have a lot of “unfinished business” with the other teams that made the Big 12 tournament. Above seventh-seeded KU, which finished 6-4-1 in league play — its exact mark in last season — after a 2-1 home loss to Colorado on Thursday, are the four teams it lost to and the one it tied (plus one it didn’t play). It might be good news, ...
Daniel Hishaw Jr. didn’t want to deal with an injury during his sixth and final season at Kansas — or, as he added following a brief pause in a conversation with reporters on Tuesday, at any point. But that’s what befell him this September, just as it had several times earlier in his career, including when he missed all of 2021 and most of 2022 due to season-ending injuries. Now, the year in which ...
The 14th-ranked Kansas volleyball team bounced back on Thursday night with a victory on the road at Cincinnati, 3-1 (25-22, 25-17, 22-25, 25-18). Sophomore outside hitter Grace Nelson excelled, recording a 17-kill, 19-dig double-double on .333 hitting. Senior outside hitter Rhian Swanson paced KU with 19 kills, and middle blocker Reese Ptacek and opposite hitter Jovana Zelenović added a dozen apiece. Katie ...
Welcome to the party, Houston. One of the biggest surprises in the Big 12, the Cougars moved into the top five of this week’s power rankings for the first time this season after a road upset against Arizona State. In coach Willie Fritz’s second season, the Cougars are 7-1 and ranked in the Associated Press and coaches' polls for the first time in more than three years. The top three teams remained ...