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Grad student April Mille from Lawrence and junior Daryl Green from Wichita cheer for the Jayhawks in the second half Saturday in Ames Iowa. The Jayhawks lost to the Cyclones failing to 2-6 overall for the season. The Jayhawks return home to play Colorado at home on Saturday.
Jayhawks end losing streak
VOLLEYBALL
BY IAN CUMMINGS icummings@kansan.com
The last time the teams met,
Texas Tech (3-19, 1-12 Big 12)
defeated Kansas (14-10, 5-8 Big 12)
in a five-setter in Lubbock, Texas.
Kaiser said that loss motivated the
team to play well Saturday.
Outstanding performances by senior outside hitters Karina Garlington and jenna Kaiser helped the layhawks snap a fourmatch losing streak with a sweep over the Texas Tech Red Raiders Saturday. Garlington and Kaiser each scored 16 kills, with only one attack error between them.
Saturday, Kansas won the first set 25-13, scoring 20 kills with an efficiency of .655 and topping Texas Tech's sideout percentage by 42 percent. Kansas is 13-2 when winning the first set and 0-8 when losing it. Coach Ray Bechard said the first set was a key for the Jayhawks.
"It was crucial to get off to a good start in game one," Bechard said. "To hit .655 is a good way to get it started."
"The last time we played them, we felt like we didn't play up to our potential," Kaiser said.
The Red Raiders pushed back in the second set, led by junior Amanda Dowdy who scored 7 kills in the first two sets with an efficiency of .304. Dowdy's 3.99 kills per set average is the fourth-best in the conference. Kansas held a narrow lead through most of the set until Texas Tech jumped ahead at 21-22. Kaiser scored three points in rapid succession to keep the game within one point until a shot by Garlington bounced off of the fingers of a Texas Tech player and up to the ceiling to end the match 28-26. Garlington and Kaiser finished the second set with 11 and 12 kills, respectively, and no attack errors. Junior outside hitter Allison Mayfield contributed nine kills and redshirt freshman middle blocker Caroline Jarmoc chipped in four kills with a .429 hitting efficiency.
Junior middle blocker Allison Mayfield and sophomore middle blocker Tayler Tolefree jump to block a Texas Tech kill on Saturday at the Horejsi Family Athletic Center. The Jayhawks won 3-0, bringing their season record to 14-10.
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Texas Tech made five blocks in the first two sets, but Kaiser said junior settler Nicole Tate helped the Jayhawks take advantage of a weakness in that defense.
"We noticed on their film that they left a little hole in the block," Kaiser said. "We connected well with Tate tonight, and the middles didn't close the block, so that's why."
The third set was close early on, but Kansas gained the upper hand behind its continued offensive success and blocking by Kaiser, Garlington and Jarmoc. Dowdy
led Texas Tech with 13 kills, a solo block and three block assists. Texas Tech freshman Sheridan Burgess and sophomore Miara Cave followed with eight kills apiece. After trailing for most of the set, Texas Tech took a narrow lead at 10-12, only to see Jarmoc and sophomore middle blocker Tayler Tolefree tie the score with back-to-back kills. Jarmoc and Kaiser followed that with back-to-block blocks to give the Jayhawks the lead again, which they kept to the end of the match, winning 25-17.
The Nebraska Cornhuskers come to Lawrence on Wednesday for a rematch with Kansas. In their previous meeting, the Jayhawks dropped a four-setter to the Cornhuskers in Lincoln, Neb. Jarmoc said the match would be a good opportunity for Kansas.
"I think if everybody is at the top of their game, we have a really good chance to beat them," she said.
Edited by Abby Davenport
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NFL
Patriots outlast Vikings on Sunday
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady outscrambled Brett Favre, then kept the ball away from Taravis Jackson when Favre was knocked out
Favre
of the game,
and the New
England
Patriots held
on to beat
the Minnesota Vikings
28-18 on
Sunday.
scrambled free to find Brandon Tate breaking free behind the defense for a 65-yard touchdown to give the Patriots the lead in the third quarter. BenJarvus Green-Ellis' first touchdown, a 13-yard run, made it 21-10.
Brady
Favre drove Minnesota to the New England 3 yard-line before he was flattened by defensive lineman Myron Pryor. Jackson relieved him and threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Naufahu Tahi on the first play, then hit Percy Harvin for the 2-point conversion that made it 21-18.
But Brady engineered a 13-play, 80-yard drive, with Green-Ellis getting cart-wheeled into the end zone to make it 28-18 with just 1:56 left in the game.
Associated Press