KU Volleyball

KU volleyball sweeps Florida Gulf Coast

The Kansas volleyball team evened its record at 4-4 on Thursday evening with a three-set victory that featured significantly less drama than any of its seven prior matches. KU swept Florida Gulf Coast 26-24, 25-16, 25-20 in Vermillion, South Dakota, escaping a closely contested first set after ...

KU volleyball concludes Purdue tournament with loss to host Boilermakers

Pin hitters Grace Nelson and Rhian Swanson reset career highs with 17 and 22 kills, respectively, but the Kansas volleyball team lost to Purdue 3-2 (16-25, 25-19, 18-25, 25-21, 11-15) on Friday night at Holloway Gymnasium in West Lafayette, Indiana. The defeat sent KU to 3-4 on the season, ...

Fifth-set woes continue for KU in loss to No. 12 Creighton

The Kansas volleyball team has found every conceivable way to take a match to five sets in the first two weekend tournaments of its season, but it has now lost three such matches in a row. After rallying from down 2-0 in the match and scoring the first three points of the final set, the ...

KU loses latest 5-set match at Wisconsin

The Kansas volleyball team again dragged a higher-ranked foe into a five-set match on Friday night — this time at its opponent’s home venue — but couldn’t seal the deal. The Jayhawks fell 3-2 (16-25, 25-18, 18-25, 28-26, 10-15) to Wisconsin at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin, as ...

KU claims first win of Ulmer era in 5-setter against Vanderbilt

After trailing by a set on a pair of occasions, the Kansas volleyball team rallied on Saturday afternoon to beat Vanderbilt 3-2 (19-25, 25-18, 24-26, 25-20, 15-4) at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Jayhawks won their season opener and earned their first victory under new head ...