KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 2010 / SPORTS
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Jayhawks sweep Buffaloes at weekend matches
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Freshman libero Brianne Riley celebrates after a Kansas point Saturday against Colorado. The Jawhacks improved to 15-11 overall with the 3-0 victory over the Buffaloes.
Junior outside hitter Allison Mayfield hits the ball over the net Saturday at Horesei Family Athletics Center. Kansas swept Colorado in three games.
BY IAN CUMMINGS
icummings@kansan.com
Mike Gunnoe/KANSAN
The Jayhawks swept the Colorado Buffaloes Saturday in the teams' final meeting as Big 12 opponents. Kansas won with scores of 25-19, 25-22 and 25-23. In their previous meeting, the Buffaloes topped the Jayhawks in a five-setter at Boulder.
Senior outside hitters Karina Garlington and Jenna Kaiser scored 12 kills each and the team had 11 blocks while the Buffalooes struggled with errors and a low hitting efficiency.
Kaiser said the Jayhawks made blocking a priority when preparing for the match.
"I think that we just get really frustrated that we're always considered a not-good blocking team," she said. "So we were working really hard on pressing tonight."
Tolefree said Colorado's smaller hitters counted on using Kansas' hands against them to send the ball out of bounds for points.
"We knew we had to be really, really disciplined with our blocks," Tolefree said. "And just really control our hands and make them swing a certain way and not use us."
The Javhawks took a nine-point lead in the first set, gaining momentum when Garlington followed up a kill with back-toback blocks together with redshirt freshman middle blocker Carline Jarmoc, who also scored a service ace. Sophomore middle blocker Tayler Tolefree went three for three in the first set and added a solo block on her way to finishing the match with a team-high .571 hitting percentage. Tolefree scored eight kills and no errors and led the team with five blocks.
Coach Ray Bechard said he thought Toolefre — who was also celebrating a birthday Saturday — had a lot of fun.
"I guess she wanted to party like it was her birthday," Bechard said.
The Buffaloes recorded seven
attack errors and five service errors in the opening frame, hitting for only 194 efficiency. So despite Colorado besting Kansas in kills 14-10, Kansas came out on top 25-19.
In the second set, both teams saw their offensive numbers drop. Colorado fell from .194 to .114 while Kansas came down from .273 to .163. But the Jayhawks continued to dig more and block more. Jarmoc and junior outside hitter Allison Mayfield added another four blocks to the effort.
The Buffaloes, though not hitting
for a high efficiency, tried to make up for it by making more attempts. Sophomore Kera Schroeder alone took 26 shots by the end of the second match — eight more than anyone else — and came away with 10 kills. Kansas defense worked hard to limit her success.
Freshman libero Brianne Riley contributed seven digs in the second set to keep the ball off of the Kansas side. Overall, Riley recorded 18 total digs in the match. Bechard said Riley recorded 23 digs in three sets against Colorado in their previous meeting.
"She had a huge match out there," he said. "And then she got that concussion, so I guess she gets a pretty good read on Colorado."
The Buffaloes offense turned up the pressure in the third set, taking a narrow advantage in the beginning and expanding that to a sixpoint lead later in the set. Juniors Anicia Santos and Richi Bigelow scored five and six kills, respectively and helped Colorado raise its hitting efficiency by 50 percent. A kill by Santos left Kansas in its worst position of the match at 11-17.
Junior setter Nicole Tate set
Jarmoc up for a quick kill that started the comeback. In short order, Colorado suffered from four ball-handling errors, ruining their own momentum. Meanwhile, Tate scored back-to-back service aces and Tolefree followed a kill with a block. Kaiser scored two kills in quick succession, and Tate and Jarmoc combined with a block to close out the set and the match 25-22.
The win improves Kansas' record to 15-11 overall, 6-9 Big 12 while Colorado drops to 6-15 overall and 3-12 in conference play.
The Jayhawks go to College
Station, Texas Wednesday. In their last meeting, the Jayhawks defeated the Aggies in five sets in Lawrence.
But Tolefle pointed out that Kansas has never won in College Station.
"We need to. We have five games left and we need to get wins, focus on playing consistently," she said.
"You know, it's not such a friendly environment."
— Edited by Roshni Oommen
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