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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2006
Drained Jayhawks lose against Tigers Game two victory, close third game fail to build momentum
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Senior libero Jamie Mathewson dives for the ball during Saturday's game against Missouu at Horejsi Family Athletics Center. Mathewson, along with the other four seniors, will be honored Wednesday night on Senior Night.
BY DREW DAVISON
Kansas got out-blocked and out-played during a Border Showdown loss Saturday night. The Tigers used an 11-4 total block advantage to defeat the Jayhawks in four games.
Kansas had momentum heading into the intermission after winning game two, but Missouri out-blocked Kansas in game three, 4-0, winning a back-and-forth battle in extra points. The Tigers then cruised to a nine-point victory in game four to
defeat the Javhawks.
"We fought so hard in the third game," Jana Correa, senior outside hitter, said. "We lost a little bit of energy in our fourth game. I think that was an issue, after game three, no energy."
Kansas (10-17, 3-15 Big 12) lost to Missouri (16-11, 10-8 Big 12) in the four-game match by scores of 24-30, 30-28, 30-32 and 21-30 at a sold-out Horesei Family Athletics Center. It is the eighth consecutive loss for the Jayhawks, who have two
matches remaining this season.
"I said before the match, 'If's Missouri, it's the Border Showdown," all of that," coach Ray Bechard said. "But, we've got to be able to look each other in the eye and say we played hard and gave a great effort. And we did."
Missouri got on an 8-1 run early in game one to take an 11-4 advantage. Kansas fought back to cut the deficit to four, 24-20. But the Tigers led by senior middle blocker Nicole Wilson's five kills, pulled away to
win the first game by six.
Kansas pulled the match even in game two led by team captains Corrae and Emily Brown, junior right side hitter. Corrae had seven kills and Brown put in five to help the Jayhawks win by two.
Each team had to work hard for every point in a highly contested game three as it went to extra points. The Jayhawks built the biggest lead of the game early, 17-12. Missouri bounced back with a 6-1 run to tie the match at 18. From that point, the teams switched leads until the Tigers pulled away by two, 32-30.
After the grind-it-out game three, Kansas lost its momentum in game four. Missouri built a 23-12 lead, and cruised to victory by nine to win the match.
"We had a spurt there in game four, kind of getting down on ourselves," Megan Hill, senior outside hitter, said. "But I thought we fought the whole game other than that stretch."
Hill had one of her better matches with 12 kills on .303 hitting efficiency.
It's not the ideal situation for Kansas to try to snap its eight-match losing streak as it takes on No. 1 Nebraska (25-1, 17-1) next. First serve is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Horeys Family Athletics Center. It will be Senior Night for the five seniors, Correa, Hill, Jamie Mathewson, Lindsey Morningstar and Dani Wittman.
Kansan sportswriter Drew Davison can be contacted at ddavison@kansan.com.
Edited by Kate Shipley
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Savannah Noyes, sophomore middle blocker, hits the ball over the net past Missouri outside hitter Jessica Vander Kooi during Saturday's game against Missouri at Horeisi Family Athletics Center. Missouri defeated Kansas, 3-1.
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