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Volleyball gets to 22-1 with win over Oklahoma
AMIE JUST
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Kansas hadn't won in Norman, Oklahoma since 2012. Until Saturday.
It extended beyond a quick three set sweep, but No. 10 Kansas (22-1) upended Oklahoma (8-14) in four sets (25-21, 20-25, 25-21, 25-19) to regain the lead in the Big 12.
“[Oklahoma] is just a really good team,” coach Ray Bechard said after the match. “There record is not indicative of that. It’s a tough place to play. We haven't won here in a couple of years. We needed to respond today to give us a chance to have a good week next week and we certainly did that.”
Sophomore right side hitter Kelsie Payne registered a team high 22 kills and senior outside
hitter Tiana Dockery added 15 kills for the Kansas offense. Two more offensive swingers recorded more than 10 kills. Sophomore outside hitter Madison Rigdon posted 11 kills and junior middle blocker Tayler Soucie recorded 10.
Three players lit it up in the back row. Junior libero Cassie Wait led the team in digs with 24. Senior defensive specialist Anna Church added 15 digs and Dockery posted 13 for Kansas.
Those kills couldn't have been possible without the continued stellar efforts from sophomore setter Ainise Havili. Havili commanded the floor with 57 assists on the afternoon.
"You look at Church with 15 digs, Dock[ery] with 13, Cassie Wait with 24, we out dug them by 14," Bechard said. "We out blocked them... 57 assists in four sets. That's a huge number."
Kansas got out to a quick start in the first set, as back-to-back kills from sophomore middle blocker Janae Hall and Payne put the Jayhawks up 2-0. Oklahoma pushed back several times early in the first set to even up the score at fives and sixes, but never gained a lead. Kansas gained momentum after back-to-back kills from Payne put the Jayhawks up 13-9, and never looked back.
The second set was a different story. From the get go, Oklahoma was threatening, and had the set tied 13 times. The set was tied 19-19 before Oklahoma took the set. Back-to-back kills from Oklahoma's Madison Ward put the Sooners up 22-19 and sealed Kansas' fate for the set.
After the break, Oklahoma came out swinging, but didn't connect right away. Oklahoma had four straight attack errors to
open up the third set to put Kansas up 4-0. Those errors proved to be costly, as Oklahoma never got closer than two points for the rest of the set.
The fourth set was the charm for Kansas. Over the season, the Jayhawks are 8-0 in matches that have been extended to the fourth set.
ror a moment, it looked like four sets could have been extended to five, as Oklahoma opened up with a 5-1 lead. Kansas came hammering back and gained its first lead of the set after an attack error from Ward made it 10-9. The score went back and forth a handful of times before a service error from Oklahoma's Kimmy Gardiner gave Kansas the lead again at 15-14. And Oklahoma couldn't regain its footing.
MISSY MINEAR/KANSAN Junior middle blocker Tayler Soucie blocks the ball at the net on Oct. 31 against Baylor. Kansas won 3-0.
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