THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY NOVEMBER 25, 2013
PAGE 3B
VOLLEYBALL
Jayhawks bring in final victory against Texas Tech
BLAIR SHEADE
bsheade@kansan.com
The last time the 2014 senior class and the No. 22 Jayhawks played in Horejsi Athletic Center was Saturday, and Kansas beat Texas Tech 25-19,25-11,25-23.
After the win, coach Ray Bechard said this years' seniors are the most successful class in program history. In honor of redshirt senior Caroline Jarmoc, who is a Calgary, Canada native, a Canadian flag hung in the rafters next to the American flag, and "O Canada" played prior to "The Star Spangled Banner" for the first time all season.
"It was awesome to hear," Jarmoc said. "I'm far away from home and it's really nice that they showed their appreciation for me and showed respect to my country."
Senior day shows what the program will be missing next season, but the future looks bright for the Jayhawks. Freshman middle blocker Taylor Soucie came into Saturday three blocks shy of the Kansas record for
the most blocks by a jayhawk in a debut season, which was set by none other than Jarmoc with 115 total blocks. Souci blocked two balls in the first set to tie the record. In the second set, she blocked her way into Kansas's volleyball history and ended the game with six total blocks.
"I feel I've come a long way from blocking." Soucie said. "Just from coming in early and working with coach Byrd and Jar."
Souci, who was named Big 12 Conference Rookie of the Week Nov 18, didn't record an error until the third set and ended the day with a career-high 13 kills on 22 attempts. Souci's .500 hitting percentage was her seventh match with a .500 or above hitting percentage.
"She has been pretty good here [from] day one," Bechard said. "Erin (McNorton) trusted her on set point back-to-back times and she delivered... She's competitive and confident and has a great future ahead of her."
unnoticed with all the focus on her predecessors, but a feeling of a torch being passed from Jarmoc to Soucie was noticeable.
"I can thank [Caroline] for everything that I'm accomplishing." Soucie said. "Watching the things she does and the way she pushes me to get better. She never says 'you're just a freshman so that's ok,' no she pushes me to become just like her"
Soucie's accomplishments went
The Jayhawks have one remaining home match, but the match will be played at Allen Fieldhouse for the first time since the 2012 NCAA tournament matches. The Jayhawks will host Denver University on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
"You do it to promote the sport first and foremost," Bechard said when asked about playing in the Fieldhouse. "We get more fans in there and that's one of our criteria as a program, how are we promote the sport in this region... Denver is excited about that too."
Edited by Evan Dunbar
SENIORS
Amy and Kara Wehrs
Amy, a defensive specialist,
and Kara, a setter, were both
named to the Academic Big-12
12 first team and were staples
for the Jayhawks during their
four years.
A setter that was third in NCAA in assists per set and led the Big 12 Conference two years in a row in assists.
Erin McNorton
McNorton
Jamie Mathieu
An undersized defensive specialist who was a top 10 digger in the Big 12 Conference.
Riley
Brianne Riley
Carmichael
A libero that held a 51 game double-digit dig streak and recorded double-digit dig matches in 103 of her 111 matches played.
Catherine Carmichael
A redshirt outside hitter, who came into the program as a project and finished her career with 500-plus kills.
Jarmoc
Caroline Jarmoc
Redshirt middle blocker who is the only All-American in Kansas program history and Kansas' all-time leading blocker.
GEORGE MULLINIX/KANSAN
Senior libero Brianne Riley celebrates after Saturday's win against Texas Tech. The Jayhawks won all three matches, with final scores of 25-19,25-21 and 25-23.
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