8B SPORTS THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN VOLLEYBALL MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2007 Texas A&M shuts out Kansas 3-0 BY RUSTIN DODD Jon Goering/KANSAN rdodd@kansan.com Emily Brown, senior right side/setter, spikes the ball during the volleyball match Saturday night. Brown had nine kills, 20 assists and 11 digs. Katie Martincich, sophomore setter, goes for a dig during the volleyball match Saturday night against Texas A&M at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center. Texas A&M swept Kansas 30-26, 30-25 and 30-19. Kansas' 3-0 (30-26, 30-25, 30-19) loss to a rejuvenated Texas A&M was bad, but the news that came following it was worse. Sophomore middle blocker Brittany Williams will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL. Williams, who missed her third match since suffering the injury, was consigned to the sideline on Saturday as an efficient and balanced Texas A&M offense dismantled a shaky Kansas defense. "Defensively, we thought we had a much better plan than we actually executed," coach Ray Bechard said. Jon Goering/KANSAN The loss drops Kansas to 9-8 and 2-5 in the Big 12, while Texas A&M improves to 13-5 and 3-5. Four Texas A&M players had more than 10 kills, while sophomore outside hitter Mary Batis led the way with 15. Texas A&M's leading hitter sophomore Sarah Ammerman added 13, and junior middle blocker Jillian Phillips and senior middle blocker Kelly Stanton had 11 and 13 kills respectively. Texas A&M's .403 hitting percentage was the highest by a Kansas opponent this season. "We did nothing to slow them down defensively. In the initial line of defense or in the back row," Bechard said. "We had people playing out of character tonight compared to what we thought we could out of them defensively." The loss spoiled a career performance from freshman outside hitter Jenna Kaiser. Kaiser had a match-high 16 kills, tying her career high set against Oklahoma on Sept. 15. ones going to make an error once and awhile, because she's so aggressive," Bechard said of Kaiser. "But she was definitely one of our highlights tonight." If Kaiser was the highlight, then the lowlight was the announcement that Williams would be sidelined for the remainder of the season. Williams suffered her injury in practice during the week prior to the Nebraska game on Sept. 26. Williams was on the bench on Saturday but wore a knee-brace. The New Orleans native and starting middle blocker was averaging 1.98 kills per game and 1.08 blocks per game this season. "Not only does it disrupt our rotations and the way we want to play, but just on a personal level, for anybody that has to go through that, it's almost a year recovery," Brown said. "It's too bad." Senior right side hitter/setter Emily Brown said the team was definitely down after learning the news about Williams. But Bechard said that the team couldn't use the loss of Williams as an excuse for its play against Texas &M. "You could say that initially, maybe if she had been out for a match. But now it's been three matches, and I think reality has set in that she's not going to be out there," Bechard said. "It's disappointing, but it's a part of college athletics." Kansas had one of its more efficient games offensively against Texas A&M. The Jayhawks hit .195 as a team with 45 kills against 22 errors. Brown had nine kills and 20 assists, while Martincich and freshman libero Melissa Manda added nine and six digs respectively. Paying for college has never been easier. - Edited by Meghan Murphy PART-TIME PACKAGE HANDLERS Earn $8.50/hour with increases of 50C after 90 days & 50C at one year Benefits (Medical/Dental/Vision/Lite & 401K) weekly paycheck · Weekends & holidays off · Paid vacations FREE transportation provided by UPS to and from work. 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