The first-place ranking that the Kansas volleyball team received in the Big 12 preseason coaches’ poll has a lot to do with what the team accomplished last year, as head coach Ray Bechard acknowledged at a recent press conference. KU went 14-4 in the league last season and brought back many ...
It’s a new year but a lot of the same for the Kansas volleyball team in 2024, with 12 returners from last year on a team that has experienced the NCAA Tournament three times in a row. KU has fielded a competitive volleyball team consistently under coach Ray Bechard, but the 2023 regular ...
Zoey Burgess had a conversation with her mother in early August in which she said one of her goals for the upcoming season was to win Big 12 freshman of the year. Imagine her surprise to learn, a few days later, that she had already earned the preseason edition of that award — something she ...
The Kansas volleyball team earned its first-ever first-place selection in a Big 12 preseason poll on Wednesday. In a survey of conference coaches, the Jayhawks tallied 173 points and six first-place votes, slipping past BYU (168 and four) for the No. 1 spot. The top seven teams have at least ...
Updated 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 3: Pro Volleyball Federation teams announced the signings of three former Kansas players on Sunday, expanding the presence of past Jayhawks in the growing league as it approaches its second season. Ainise Havili and Kelsie Payne, two members of the 2015 KU ...
The Kansas volleyball team fell behind two sets to none on an unfamiliar continent, playing its fifth of six matches in just over a week, and while fielding several players who had just joined the team days or weeks earlier. It was still able to rally. “It felt like everyone was just calm, ...