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Freshman libero Brianne Riley and senior outside hitter Karina Garlington dive for the ball Wednesday against No. 5 Nebraska. The Jayhawks lost to the Cornhuskers in three straight sets.
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Sophomore middle blocker Taylor Tolefree and junior outside hitter Allison Mayfield attempt to block Nebraska's Lindsey Litch's attack Wednesday evening in Horesi Family Athletic Center. The game marked Nebraska's 86th loss to Nebraska.
Jayhawks unable to take down No.5 Nebraska
BY IAN CUMMINGS icummings@kansan.com
"We just don't string it together for 25 points," she said. "And that's even more frustrating than laying a big, fat egg. Because we know we can do it."
Nebraska swept Kansas in Lawrence on Wednesday, moving the all-time series record to 86-0 in favor of the Cornhuskers.
In both the first and second set, Kansas and Nebraska played a close match until the midpoint, when Nebraska ran away with the game. The Cornhuskers took all three sets by more than five points (25-17, 25-14 and 25-19).
Senior outside hitter Karina Garlington said she was disappointed, partly because Kansas was so competitive with Nebraska at times.
In the first set, the Cornhuskers broke away from a tie at 5-5 by combining their famous blocking with hard kills by Nebraska outside
hitters like sophomore Hanna Werth. Nebraska is ranked No. 1 in the nation for blockade. Two kills by Garlington in quick succession kept the Jayhawks in the game at 12-8. Meanwhile, junior outside hitter Allison Mayfield scored four kills when Nebraska left openings on the court and junior setter Nicole Tate found occasions to score with a surprise attack, when she abruptly turned a set into a kill.
The Cornuskers averaged. 471 for the set and recorded only one attack error. Brooke Delano, Hannah Werth and Morgan Broekhuis each scored four kills. Nebraska blocked three in the first set, one a solo block from sophomore Allison McNeal and two more from the combined efforts of Lindsey Licht, Brooke
But Nebraska was having success on offense, too, and kept Kansas down by at least four points for the rest of the match. The Cornhuskers came back from a timeout at 21-17 and scored four unanswered points to end the set 25-17.
Delano and Hannah Werth. With Nebraska digging just as many balls as Kansas, the Jayhawks only managed to shoot for a 200 efficiency in the opening set.
The layhawks have not won a match this year after losing the first set.
Kansas scored the first two points of the second set and took off with a 3-1 lead. Garlington scored two kills in quick succession to help keep the Jayhawks on top, but Nebraska answered back each time. Two more kills by Mayfield and redshirt freshman middle blocker Jarmoc put Kansas on top once more at 8-7.
From this point on, Kansas' attack errors and hard shooting by Nebraska gave the Cornhuskers the advantage. By the end of the second set, the Jayhawks' hitting efficiency had dropped to .062 while Nebraska recorded six blocks. Kansas defensive players Morgon Boub, Melissa Manda and Brianne Riley made some impressive effort
tributed together two more blocks and Mayfield emerged to lead the offense with 10 kills, keeping Kansas in the game for another tie score at 8-8.
The Jayhawk offense improved dramatically in the third set, hitting for a .173 efficiency and scoring 13 kills, but could not outmatch the Cornhuskers. The Jayhawks started the set by staking out a two point lead at 2-0 and again at 4-2, helped out by a kill from Kaiser and solo block from sophomore middle blocker Tayler Tolefree. Kaiser, Garlington and Jarmoc con-
Once again, the Cornhusker kept their offensive machine running and established a dominant lead. Delano and Licht repeatedly teamed up to block Kansas. Werth led the Nebraska offense, scoring 13 kills with a .357 efficiency.
plays, but they could not keep up with the hard-hitting Nebraska offense, which continued to hit for a high efficiency at .387.
Tolefree said that even a small lead could mean a lot.
Nebraska made a 12-2 run to take a 22-12 lead before Kaiser took a small chunk out of the lead with back-to-backkills. TheCornhuskers responded with a three-point run and ended the set 25-14.
"With a team like that, it's really difficult to come back and tie it, let alone take a lead again," Tolefree said.
Nebraska stayed just out reach, four or five points ahead, for the rest of the set until closing out the
match at 25-19.
Coach Ray Bechard said the Jayhaws lost sight of the game plan at times, which is unusual.
"We just need to slow them down more offensively," he said. "It's a team destined, I'm sure, to play deep into December. We'll take some positives out of this and, obviously some things that we've got to create more opportunities for ourselves defensively and we'll get ready for Colorado."
The Jayhawks stay in Lawrence for a rematch with the Colorado Buffaloes on Saturday. In their last meeting, on Sept. 25, Colorado topped Kansas in a five-setter in Boulder.
Edited by Clark Goble
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