THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012
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by Hannah Wise
VOLLEYBALL
Jayhawks beat West Virginia
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GEOFFREY CALVERT
Senior middle blocker Tayler Tolefree and junior setter Erin McNorton jump in attempt to block a spike. Kansas defeated West Virginia 3-0 to capture its 20th win of the season.
gcalvert@kansan.com
Behind middle blocker Tayler Tolefree's 10 kills and 1,000 hitting percentage, the Kansas Jayhawks swept West Virginia to reach 20 wins in a season for the first time since 2003.
Another middle blocker, junior Caroline Jarmoc, also finished the match with 10 kills and no errors. It was the first time in seven matches both Jarmoc and Tolefree finished with double-digit kills in a match.
"I feel like I've struggled being consistent this season," Tolefree said. "For me it was just kind of a sigh of relief that, ok, I can be an offensive force, now work on being consistent."
Kansas had no problem playing consistently all night, never letting the Mountaineers seriously threaten to win a set. The Jayhawks jumped out to early leads in each of the first three sets, and West Virginia never could respond. There were only five ties and two lead changes during the three-set match.
In its previous match Wednesday against Iowa State, Kansas conceded five service aces in the first
set and seven during the match. West Virginia entered the match third in the Big 12 in serving with 1,430 service aces per set. However
"When our team is passing to target it gets our hitters
you high," Riley said. "I think all the DS's and passers did a really good job of making sure Erin got the ball where she needed to get so we could run our offense."
Once the ball did get into play,
going and we're pretty unstoppable at the net."
Kansas scored three service aces while holding West Virginia to only two aces.
BRIANNE RILEY
defensive volleyball player
"Coech warned us that they like to serve them pretty deep and hit
Junior libero Brianne Riley said making first contact on West Virginia's serve stopped the Mountaineers from having a chance to steal a win from Kansas.
and get into play
Kansas' defense
tightened up
and never let
West Virginia get
into an offensive
rhythm. Kansas
outdug West
Virginia 37-25
and held them
to a .056 hitting
percentage in the
first set and .071 for the match.
The Mountaineers didn't help its cause by committing 24 attack errors, while the lajayhwks committed only eight in one of its most efficient performances of the season. Kansas hit .418 for the match, and never hit below .308 in a set.
offense.
Riley said Kansas' passing set the tone for the rest of the Jayhawks'
"When our team is passing to target it gets our hitters going and we're pretty unstoppable at the net," Riley said.
Kansas was so unstopable that coach Ray Bechard began putting in his reservoir during the first set. Juniors Kara Wehrs, Jessie Allen and Marianne Beal and Sylvia Bullock all earned their most playing time of the season during the match. Each of them earned either a kill or a block, and Beal's kill won the match.
"At one point I turned to Beal and she was like, 'It's fun playing.' Tolefree said. "I like watching them come in and the look on their faces. They didn't look nervous at all."
One of Kansas' weak points this season has been its tendency to feel out the opponent's style of play in the first set and react accordingly, instead of coming out and implementing its own style of play. Kansas was able to use its reserves
against West Virginia because the starters were ready to play in set one, focusing on its own side of the net instead of what West Virginia would try to do. Bechard said it was important for his team to start strong so West Virginia wouldn't be able to steal a victory.
"They've taken a lot of sets on a lot of different Big 12 teams, including us when we played at their place," Bechard said. "We wanted to control our side of the net and not be lulled into whatever their execution was on their side.
Kansas next plays on Saturday in Waco, Texas against Baylor at 7 p.m.
Edited by Laken Rapier
San Francisco cleans up after victory celebration
WORLD SERIES
SAN FRANCISCO — For the second time in three years, San Francisco is gearing up for a ticker-tape parade to celebrate a World Series victory for the Giants.
Plans for the Wednesday bash were being made as the city cleaned up after a rowdy celebration Sunday night turned
violent in some neighborhoods and police arrested three dozen people.
"I'm not going to let the spirit of this city be destroyed by 36 people," Mayor Ed Lee said.
The parade will take a slightly different route from the one that followed the Giants' 2010 championship. Instead of the financial district, it will start at the foot of Market Street.