KU Volleyball

KU volleyball knocked out by unbeaten Nebraska in Sweet 16 sweep

A promising season of Kansas volleyball under the guidance of first-year head coach Matt Ulmer came to a grim end on Friday night in Lincoln, Nebraska, as the Jayhawks found themselves on the receiving end of a dominant 3-0 sweep (25-12, 25-11, 25-12) by the host Cornhuskers at the Bob Devaney ...

KU volleyball wants to put some pressure on unbeaten Nebraska in Sweet 16

No one has beaten this year’s Nebraska team yet. The Cornhuskers are 32-0 and have lost one set — not one match, but one set — in their previous 23 matches. But Nebraska as a program is certainly not unbeatable, and Kansas coach Matt Ulmer is proof: In his very first match as a head ...

Does anyone actually remember KU volleyball tying Nebraska in 1977?

Laura Frost remembers vividly the day that she and her Kansas teammates tied the Nebraska volleyball team. Not just the historic result, not just the fact that KU and NU split a pair of sets in Robinson Gymnasium during her senior year as a Jayhawk, but exactly where within the gym the fateful ...

Looking back at KU volleyball’s past postseason meetings with Nebraska

It’s not necessarily a surprise that any given volleyball team on a postseason run eventually runs right into Nebraska — the Cornhuskers are perennial contenders and have reached the Final Four on 18 separate occasions — but it might be particularly painful for Kansas fans to see the ...

Kansas volleyball upends Miami in four sets, reaches Sweet 16 for first time since 2021

For the first time since 2021, Kansas volleyball is on its way to the Sweet 16. “I just am so excited,” senior outside hitter Rhian Swanson said. “Being able to do it with the best group of girls is amazing.” The fourth-seeded Jayhawks defeated fifth-seeded Miami 3-1 (25-17, 25-22, ...