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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2007
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Kansas visits last-place Colorado
Three Hawks named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Third Team
BY RUSTIN DODD
rdodd@kansan.com
After falling to Big 12 conference leader and No.3 ranked Texas on Wednesday, Kansas' next opponent is on the opposite end of the Big 12 volleyball rankings. Kansas travels to Boulder, Colo., to play Colorado at 7 p.m. on Saturday.
The Buffaloes come into the match 6-18 overall, 1-15 in the Big 12, and tied for last in the Big 12 with Texas Tech. Colorado started the conference season with 14 consecutive losses before picking up its
first victory against Texas Tech on Nov. 3. Kansas was responsible for one of Colorado's conference losses
Kansas defeated Colorado 3-1 on Oct. 10 at the Horeisi Family Athletics Center. Freshman outside hitter Jenna Kaiser led Kansas with 19 kills, while senior middle blocker Natalie Uhart added 14 kills and the Jayhawks had one of their best offensive performances of the season, finishing with a .231 hitting percentage.
Kansas is 11-15 and 4-12 in the Big 12 after falling to Texas on Wednesday. Kansas sits in ninth
place in the Big 12, 2 1/2 games behind Baylor. After Colorado, Kansas finishes the rest of its schedule on the road against Kansas State on Nov. 14, at home against Iowa State on Nov. 17 and on road against Texas Tech on Nov. 21.
THREE JAYHAWKS
ON ESPN ACADEMIC
ALL-DISTRICT TEAM
Senior setter/right side Emily Brown, junior middle blocker Savannah Noyes and sophomore setter Katie Martinicch were named to the 2007 ESPN The
Magazine Academic All-District Third Team.
Brown, the only layhawk to start all 26 games, has a 3.47 cumulative grade point average. Noyes and Martinicich have maintained a 3.61 and 3.96 grade point average, respectively.
This is first time more than one Kansas volleyball player has earned the award in one year, according to a Kansas Athletics press release.
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Kansas lost to Big 12 leader and No. 3 Texas on Wednesday. On Saturday the Hawks face the Colorado Buffalooes. Colorado is tied with Texas Tech for last place in the Bin 12.
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Danielle McCray, sophomore guard/forward, reaches for a rebound during the game against Emporia State on Thursday in Allen Fieldhouse. This was the team's final exhibition game. The Jayhawks open the regular season Sunday at Hartford
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Jayhawks narrowly avoid Hornets sting
BY TAYLOR BERN
tbern@kansan.com
After momentum swung to Emporia State and it looked as though Kansas may not pull out a victory, sophomore Danielle McCray stepped up and refused to lose.
Sophomore guard Kelly Kohn looks for an open player during Thursday night's game against Emporia State at Allen Fieldhouse. The Javhawks won in overtime 74-64
With McCray hammering her way to a game-high 36 points, the Jayhawks hung on for a thrilling 74-64 overtime victory.
For the next six minutes, though, the Jayhawks failed to score. And when their offense shut down so did their defense, allowing the Hornets to climb back into the game.
"She was amazing," freshman forward Nicollette Smith said. "There was no way we were going to get beat."
Kansas opened the game on fire, clicking on offense and defense and opening a 23-5 lead 10 minutes into the contest.
The jayhawks clung to a five-point halftime lead. McCray came out and scored the team's first six points of the second half.
everyone's not there," said McCray. "felt like tonight was my time."
What: Kansas vs. Hartford
When: 1 p.m. Sunday
Where: Allen Fieldhouse
"That's a freshman making a big play," Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson said.
The Jayhawks could have put the game away in the final minutes, but they shot a dismal 4-of-12 from the freethrow line in the second half.
need brown line in the second hair. McCrae made the big shots, but it was Smith who made a clutch defensive steal with 30 seconds left in regulation to stop a Hornet possession.
Kansas missed its last-second regulation shot, but it wouldn't matter as McCray dominated the overtime period, scoring 13 of the Jayhawks' 19 points.
McCray was the only Kansas player with double-digit points. She also added nine rebounds.
"There are some times when you feel that you need to step up because
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Kansas struggled at the line, making it difficult to pull away from a scrappy Emporia State squad. The Jayhawks made only six of 19 free throws to shoot 46 percent from the charity stripe. Adding to the frustration was an inability to convert the front end of one-and-ones in the second half as the Hornets gradually chipped away at the lead.
Sophomore forward Danielle McCray went off for almost half of Kansas' points as Emporia State found it impossible to stop her array of offensive weapons. McCray used a variety of dribble drives, mid-range jump shots and three-pointers to score 36 of the Jayhawks' 74 points. McCray was the difference in overtime as well, scoring 13 straight points. The dominance didn't
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end there as she hauled down nine rebounds while playing 40 of 45 minutes.
Emporia State didn't lack for support as a healthy group of fans traveled the 83 miles between Emporia and Lawrence to support the Hornets. Gold and black-clad supporters behind the Emporia State bench in sections 15 and 16 were especially vocal during the second half as the deficit that was once as much as 18 gradually dwindled away in the final minutes.
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of dominant play by Kansas, neither team was especially efficient in the offensive end. Kansas shot 40 percent from the field while Emporia State managed to make 30 percent of its shots. Consistent possession was also elusive as the two teams combined to turn the ball over 48 times to 25 assists for an assist-to-turnover ratio of nearly 2-to-1.
"It's a team that has confidence because they are used to winning. I'm sure they, to a player, thought they would come in here and beat us." — Coach Bonnie Henrickson
Apart from the first 10 minutes
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