The 15th-ranked Kansas volleyball team battled a pair of top-five foes to begin its season at the Opening Spike Classic in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but lost in four sets to each. The Jayhawks had their fair share of opportunities to take the upper hand against both host No. 4 Pitt (on Friday) ...
A Kansas team that contains more newcomers than returning players and features six freshmen, several in prominent roles, will get introduced to high-level college volleyball in a hurry. The Jayhawks are set to open their season on Friday at 5:30 p.m. Central time with a road match against ...
Kansas coach Matt Ulmer acknowledges that his first team with the Jayhawks was perhaps not “the greatest roster that’s ever made a Sweet 16.” Last year’s KU squad was a bit of a patchwork, with holdovers from the Ray Bechard era, some rather inexperienced, playing alongside select ...
Right-side hitter Taylor Stanley was named the Big 12’s freshman of the year, and a pair of Jayhawks received all-league selections as part of the conference’s preseason honors that were announced on Tuesday morning. Stanley, a 6-foot-3 Overland Park native who attended Blue Valley ...
Kansas volleyball coach Matt Ulmer believes a college athlete’s freshman year is always the most difficult. They’re away from home, integrating into a new environment and finding a role on their team. Ulmer believed that allowing those freshmen to play more here or there would be a ...
Last offseason was a challenge for Kansas volleyball coach Matt Ulmer. He moved to Lawrence, then had to get situated at his new job and fill out a roster of players he’d just met. But despite all of that, the Jayhawks still finished second in the Big 12 and reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA ...