Story updated at 6:01 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27: A judge on Friday sentenced a former University of Kansas volunteer assistant volleyball coach to probation for burglarizing players’ homes and stealing intimate items. He is also prohibited from coaching any sports. Skyler Yee, 24, of Overland ...
Kansas volleyball finished the Rebel Challenge against tournament host UNLV, falling to the Rebels in four sets in Cox Pavilion. After UNLV won the first set 25-23, Kansas returned the favor by winning the second set by the same margin thanks to seniors Ashley Smith and Zoe Hill recording the ...
Kansas volleyball was unable to top Arizona State on Friday night, falling in straight sets to the Sun Devils inside Cox Pavilion. After dropping the first set, the Jayhawks needed to respond in set two. KU was able to keep up with the Sun Devils in the set, tying it at 17-17. However, Arizona ...
Kansas concluded the Kansas Invitational with a three-set defeat to Syracuse on Sunday afternoon in the Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena. KU finished the tournament 1-2 with a win in its home opener against Morehead State. In the first set, Kansas and Syracuse battled back and forth. The ...
Kansas volleyball was unable to secure its second victory of the Kansas Invitational on Friday night as it fell in straight sets to the visiting Arizona Wildcats inside Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena. After falling behind 2-0, the Jayhawks were in need of a rally to pull off the ...
Prior to the first serve in the newly renovated Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena, sophomore libero/defensive specialist Lacey Angello took a breath to calm any last second nerves. “Lacey was back there and she didn’t even look at me. Usually I give her a signal like, ‘Where are you going ...
The University of Kansas volleyball team will host its home opener on Thursday in a new arena with 2,265 seats, 965 more than its previous facility. On Tuesday, the team and the athletic department unveiled the new Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for donors, ...
Kansas volleyball dropped a 3-1 decision to South Carolina on Saturday in the second match of the three-day UCF Challenge in The Venue at UCF. After a back-and-forth first set, the Jayhawks fought to a 27-25 victory following a kill by junior Sara Nielsen and a block by Nielsen and ...
The Kansas volleyball team opened its trip to Orlando, Fla., for the UCF Challenge with a three-set sweep of Albany on Friday. KU (3-0) cruised to a 25-16 win in set one before rallying off 5 consecutive points to close out the second set after trailing by 3. The Jayhawks finished it off by ...
Kansas volleyball won its second-straight match to open up the season by sweeping the Omaha Mavericks, 3-0, Tuesday night inside Baxter Arena. KU won the first set by a 25-11 margin and then recorded a 25-16 victory in the second set. After going up 2-0 through the first two sets, where the ...
It was a strong showing to start the 2019 season. On two different occasions, Kansas volleyball had to answer UMKC during a five-set road victory in the season opener. The Jayhawks dropped the first set by a 25-13 margin before bouncing back with a 25-23 win in the second set. UMKC claimed a ...
The Kansas volleyball team earned a 3-2 victory over Wichita State inside Wichita's Koch Arena in the Jayhawks’ lone exhibition match of the 2019 season Saturday. After falling behind two sets to one, the Jayhawks rebounded by outscoring the Shockers 40-21 in the final two sets to take the ...
Kansas head volleyball coach Ray Bechard announced the addition of Kennedy Farris to the 2019 roster. Farris, a Lansing High School graduate and Leavenworth, Kansas native, played four years for the Lions and helped Lansing to four unbeaten Kaw Valley League seasons. In her four years in the ...
Forty Kansas Athletics employees specializing in sports medicine are now reporting to actual doctors and medical professionals instead of KU administrators. Through a collaboration with The University of Kansas Health System and LMH Health, Kansas Athletics on Wednesday morning announced the ...
Seven University of Kansas teams achieved perfect 1,000 single-year Academic Progress Rate scores, and KU’s women’s cross country team picked up a Public Recognition Award for scoring in the top 10 percent of its sport over the course of multiple years, the NCAA announced on ...
Ten volleyball student-athletes from Lawrence will participate in the 2019 U.S. Women’s National Team open tryouts, which are set to take place this weekend in Colorado Springs, Colo. Six current Kansas volleyball student athletes are each set to head to the U.S. Olympic Training Center for ...
Updated 2:25 p.m. Thursday For over a year while he was the University of Kansas women’s volleyball volunteer assistant coach, Skyler N. Yee also was breaking into homes and stealing underwear and swimsuits, criminal charges allege. Yee, 23, of Lawrence, was arrested and charged this week ...
Updated story - Charges allege that KU women’s volunteer volleyball coach burglarized homes, stole underwear for over a year A volunteer assistant coach for the University of Kansas women’s volleyball team was arrested and charged with a felony this week, not long after resigning his ...
Kaitlin Nielsen, former assistant volleyball coach at UCLA, has been named assistant coach at Kansas, KU volleyball head coach Ray Bechard announced Wednesday. Nielsen replaces Maggie Bowen, who returns to her role as director of operations after a one-year stint as assistant coach. "We are ...
The University of Kansas women’s volleyball team should be playing inside a new building by the start of its next season. Demolition of the Horejsi Family Athletics Center, where games are hosted and the team practices, is expected to begin on Dec. 7, KU Athletic Director Jeff Long told ...