/ SPORTS / TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
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Senior outside hitter Jenna Kaiser attempts to block a kill from a Baylor player Wednesday. The ball was deflected off of Kaiser's arm and went out of bounds for a Baylor point.
VOLLEYBALL
Jayhawks to host rematch against K-State Wildcats
BY IAN CUMMINGS icummings@kansan.com
With two matches left to play, the Jayhawks host the Kansas State Wildcats on Wednesday after dropping a four-setter at Texas.
Senior outside hitter Karina Garlington led the Jayhawk offense. She scored 377 kills this year and carried a 3.49 kill per set average. But Kansas' two other starting outside hitters, junior Allison Mayfield and senior Jenna Kaiser have been on a roll recently. Kaiser averaged hitting efficiencies of better than .300 in the past four matches, while Mayfield led with 18 kills on Friday on a.341 efficiency.
Baylor, where they ended the match with 33 and a negative attack percentage in the fourth and final set.
Kansas (16-13, 7-11 Big 12) lost 3-1 to Kansas State (10-19, 4-14 Big 12) in their last meeting in Manhattan.
The Wildcats are on a four-match losing streak after going down 3-1 against the Oklahoma Sooners (20-9, 12-6 Big 12) Saturday in Norman. Kansas State freshman Lilla Porubek led the offense with a career high 13 kills and three other Wildcats — Kathleen
K ans a s blocked well lately, recording 10 against
Kansas hasn't been able to pull off wins in the past two matches, partly because of the offense's inconsistency.
the Longhorns and 13 against Baylor on Nov. 17. Redshirt freshman Caroline Jarmoc alone contributed six blocks, including two solo rejections on Friday.
That hasn't translated to wins for Kansas in the past two matches, partly because of inconsistency in the offense. The Jayhawks have struggled with attack errors in recent games, particularly against
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Kaitlynn Pelger
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State took a
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behind the trio's outstanding performance in the second set, but the Sooners' offense outscored them.
On defense, Wildcats Lauren Mathewson and Caitlin Donahue each posted more than 20 digs in the match and helped to hold the Sooners' top scorer, Suzy Boulavsky, to 10 kills. Boulavsky leads the Sooners with 384 kills this season and a 3.49 kills per set average. But other players picked
up the slack: Sooner Caitlin Higgins led Oklahoma with 17 kills and made it a double-double with 12 digs. Morgan Reynolds added 15 kills with a .444 hitting efficiency, and McLaurin contributed 11 more with a .500 average. McLaurin and Higgins are the Sooners' number two and three offensive players with 226 and 219 kills respectively.
The Wildcats lost the third and fourth sets 25-16 and 25-19.
Over the season, Chisholm and Pelger led the Wildcats in kills. Mathewson is their top defender with 492 digs this season and an average of 4.78 per set.
The Jayhawks' final home game of the season will be Wednesday's rematch with the Wildcats. On Saturday, Kansas travels to Norman, Okla.. to face the Sooners. Last time the two teams played, Oklahoma swept Kansas in Lawrence.
Oklahoma has announced a time change for the match, which will now start at 3 p.m. at McCasland Field House in Norman.
Edited by Anna Nordling
BIG 12 BASKETBALL
Texas A&M gains easy win Monday
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Danielle Adams scored 20 points, Tyra White scored 15 and No. 8 Texas & M crewed to an easy 81-49 win over Liberty on Monday night.
Adams, last season's Big 12 conference newcomer of the year, has scored at least 20 points in all three of Texas A&M's games this season. Monday was the first time this season she didn't also reach double digits in rebounds.
led by 21 points at halftime and built their lead to 63-32 with 11 minutes remaining when many of Texas A&M's starters left the game. They have won their first three games by an average of more than 39 points.
The Aggies (3-0) never trailed,
Liberty (2-3) was led by Tolu Omotola and Dymond Morgan who had 13 points apiece.
It was A&M's last tuneup before traveling to Cancun for a tournament that includes games against Arizona and Michigan.
Liberty had 10 turnovers in the first 10 minutes and finished with 32 to 18 by Texas A&M.
The Aggies scored 39 points
off Liberty's turnovers.
Texas A&M starting point guard Sydney Colson played for the first time this season after missing the first two games with a foot injury. She entered the game midway through the first half and had two points, two steals and an assist in four minutes
Texas A&M's highly rated recruit 6-foot-5 Karla Gilbert had 10 points and seven rebounds in, 18 minutes. She didn't start but saw significant action with the first team.
The Aggies scored the game's first nine points and had built a 22-6 lead by the 11 minute mark of the first half when Adams went to the bench. The Flames went on a 9-4 run with Adams out of the game to get within 26-15.
She came back into the game with about seven minutes before halftime and had four points, two rebounds, two steals and two assists.
The Flames scored the last four points of the half to trail 40-19.
Liberty had won two straight entering the game and faces No. 2 Baylor on Friday.
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