@KUvolleyball --- #ROCKCHALK #kuvball KANSAS® 2019 MATCH NOTES KANSAS SCHEDULE KANSAS VS. KANSAS STATE • Kansas enters the Dillions Sunflower Showdown against Kansas RANK TIME / RESULT State winning two of its previous three matches, including a three- DATE KU / OPP OPPONENT (CT) set sweep of TCU on Oct. 19. K-State enters the match losing its AT 8/17 RV - at Wichita State (Ex.) W, 3-2 last five matches and has won only three sets in the losing streak. The Wildcats lone Big 12 victory of the season came against TCU in 8/30 RV - at Kansas City W, 3-2 their conference opener. 9/3 - - W, 3-0 at Omaha OPPONENT PREVIEW: K-STATE UCF Challenge (Orlando, Fla.) MATCH 17 • The K-State offense has four Wildcats averaging 2.60 kills per set 9/6 - - vs. Albany W, 3-0 or greater this season with Brynn Carlson leading the way with her 9/7 - - L, 1-3 team-high 3.04 kills per set. Carlson also is the team leader in kills vs. South Carolina KANSAS AT KANSAS STATE (222) with Gloria Mutiri a close second with 205 kills. Aiding the 9/8 - - at UCF L, 0-3 KSU attack is Sarah Dixon, who averages 9.66 assists per set and Kansas Invitational (Lawrence, Kan.) Manhattan, Kan. | Ahearn Field House has 734 assists this season. • Megan Vernon, Peyton Williams and Mutiri each have amassed 9/12 - - MOREHEAD STATE W, 3-0 Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 6 p.m. 50-or-more blocks this season with Vernon the team leader in 9/13 - - ARIZONA L, 0-3 blocks (72.0) and blocks per set (1.03). Williams is second on the KANSAS K-STATE team with 65 blocks, while Mutiri is third (50). Dru Kuck is the lone 9/15 - - SYRACUSE L, 0-3 Wildcat to have tallied over 250 digs this season, earning a team- REBEL CHALLENGE (LAS VEGAS, NEV.) - - high 263 digs and 4.11 digs per set. 9/20 - - vs. Arizona State L, 0-3 AVCA 6-10 6-12 AVCA OVERALL 2018 VS. K-STATE 9/21 - - at UNLV L, 1-3 • Kansas dropped both matches against K-State during the 2018 9/28 - 2 BAYLOR * L, 0-3 6th 2-4 1-5 8th season and forced the second meeting to five sets. Prior to the BIG 12 CONF. BIG 12 2018 season, KU had won the previous seven meetings between 10/2 - RV at Iowa State * L, 0-3 the two schools. 10/5 - - L, 1-3 Ray Bechard Susie Fritz at Oklahoma * BIG 12 STATISTICS (10/21/19) 22nd Season // 395-262 (.601) COACH 19th season // 347-221 (.611) 10/10 - - WEST VIRGINIA * W, 3-2 • Kansas ranks second in the Big 12 in blocks per set (2.58) and has 10/16 - - at Texas Tech * L, 2 -3 140 blocks this season. .247 .256 • Rachel Langs (52 | 1.21 blocks per set) ranks third in the Big 12 in 1.70 ATK% .228 10/19 - - TCU * W, 3-0 #2 Langs #4 Dixon blocks per set, while senior Zoe Hill is eighth (58 | 1.02 B/S). 10/23 - - at K-State * 6 PM • Allie Nelson is sixth in the Big 12 in digs per set (3.82) and has 2.39 3.04 218 digs this season. 11.14 KILLS 12.52 10/26 - 4 TEXAS * 1 PM #12 Smith #17 Carlson 11/2 - - OKLAHOMA * TBA 2019 BIG 12 SLATE 8.91 9.66 • Kansas opened Big 12 play against then-No. 2 Baylor and 11/6 - - TEXAS TECH * 6:30 PM #4 Nielsen 10.07 AST 11.58 #4 Dixon dropped a three-set match in its first conference match in the 11/9 - - at TCU * TBA Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena. • The Jayhawks continued Big 12 play at Iowa State Oct. 2, where 11/13 - - at Baylor * 7 PM 0.24 0.23 Morgan Christon tallied a season-high and career-high 14 kills on 0.88 ACE 1.03 11/16 - - K-STATE * 1 PM #10 Hickman #12 Hinkle 31 attempts. • Kansas earned its first Big 12 set victory of the season at 11/23 - - 7 PM at Texas * 3.82 4.11 Oklahoma Oct. 5, beating the Sooners in the first set of the match. 11/27 - - IOWA STATE * 6:30 PM #1 Nelson 12.49 DIG 15.49 #16 Kuck OU earned the four-set victory. • The Jayhawks earned their first victory in Big 12 play Oct. 10 11/30 - - at West Virginia * 12 PM against West Virginia, defeating the Mountaineers 3-2 in Horejsi All times Central. Home matches in ALL CAPS. * = conference match. 1.21 1.03 Family Volleyball Arena. The win also marks the first Big 12 victory #2 Langs 2.58 BLK 1.94 #14 Vernon in the new facility. • Kansas won two of the first three sets against Texas Tech on BY THE NUMBERS Oct. 16, but dropped the five-set match to the Red Raiders. The SERIES AT A GLANCE KU attack was led for the second-consecutive match by Camryn UPCOMING CAREER MILESTONES Ennis, who boasted a team-high 13 kills. NAME NEXT MILESTONE CURRENT # Overall 47-64 // L2 • The Jayhawks completed their first Big 12 sweep in the Horejsi Ray Bechard 400 wins at KU 395 Family Volleyball Arena, beating TCU in three sets Oct. 19. KU was in Lawrence 21- 30 // L1 led by Smith and Christon, who each tallied 12 kills on the night. #1 Allie Nelson 1,250 digs 1,146 in Manhattan 16-28 // L1 ENNIS FACTOR #2 Rachel Langs 250 kills 210 Neutral 10-6 // W3 #2 Rachel Langs 200 blocks 172 • Sophomore Camyrn Ennis has reemerged in the Kansas offense, Last Match L, 2-3 // 11/14/2018 leading KU in kills two of the last three matches, recording two #4 Sara Nielsen 600 assists 508 double-double performances. Ennis, who played primarily as the #6 Zoe Hill 600 kills 596 Longest KU Win Streak W10 // 1989-93 setter in 2018, has moved to outside hitter. Ennis' 14 kills against #6 Zoe Hill 400 blocks 353 West Virginia Oct. 10 are a career high and the Jayhawks are 2-1 in #7 Camryn Ennis 500 assists 474 BROADCAST INFORMATION the last three matches since she entered the starting lineup. #7 Camryn Ennis 300 digs 246 NELSON // CAREER DIGS #12 Ashley Smith 600 kills 541 ESPNU • Allie Nelson continues her climb through the Kansas record #16 Lacey Angello 350 digs 325 Sam Gore, Camryn Irwin book, the senior from Chicago, Illinois has 1,146 career digs and is 9th in program history. Nelson has led KU in digs the previous #15 Audri Suter 200 digs 104 Jayhawk IMG Radio Network two seasons. Nick Springer DOUBLE-DOUBLE CURRENT STREAKS • Junior setter Sara Nielsen leads the Jayhawks with five double- KANSAS COMMUNICATIONS doubles this season, including a 44 assist and 13 dig performance NAME STREAK CURRENT # against West Virginia Oct. 10. Camyrn Ennis and Ashley Smith are KANSAS 15-win seasons 10 Brent Beerends the other two Jayhawks to earn double-doubles this season with Ennis also earning her two-category, double-figure match against [email protected] WVU (14 kills, 11 digs). Kansas Jayhawks 2015 NCAA Semifinalists AVCA COACHES POLL 2019 BIG 12 STANDINGS 10/21/2019 10/21/2019 — BIG 12 — — OVERALL — RANK SCHOOL (1ST-PLACE VOTES) PTS W-L PREV. TEAM W-L % H A W-L % H A N 1 Baylor (61) 1596 16-0 1 Baylor 6-0 1.000 3-0 3-0 16-0 1.000 8-0 5-0 3-0 2 Stanford (2) 1513 13-3 2 Texas 6-0 1.000 3-0 3-0 12-2 .857 7-0 4-2 1-0 3 Pittsburgh (1) 1466 19-1 3 Oklahoma 5-2 .714 4-0 1-2 13-5 .722 8-0 2-4 3-1 4 Texas 1388 12-2 4 Texas Tech 4-3 .571 2-1 2-2 14-7 .667 6-1 5-3 3-3 5 Nebraska 1333 15-2 5 Iowa State 3-4 .429 2-2 1-2 12-7 .632 4-4 5-2 4-1 6 Wisconsin 1308 12-4 6 Kansas 2-4 .333 2-1 0-3 6-10 .375 3-3 2-5 1-2 7 Minnesota 1204 13-3 7 West Virginia 1-5 .167 0-3 1-2 10-9 .526 3-3 3-4 4-2 8 Penn State 1165 14-3 8 K-State 1-5 .167 0-3 1-2 6-12 .333 3-3 2-4 1-5 9 Washington 1062 15-3 10 TCU 1-6 .413 0-3 1-3 6-11 .353 5-6 1-5 0-0 10 Creighton 1000 15-3 11 NUMERICAL ROSTER 11 Marquette 924 17-3 12 NO. PLAYER POS. HT. CL. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL 12 BYU 875 16-3 9 1 Allie Nelson L/DS 5-6 Sr. Chicago, Ill. / Oak Park - River Forest HS 13 Florida 802 15-3 13 2 Rachel Langs MB 6-3 So. Fairview, Texas / Love Joy HS 14 Colorado State 762 18-1 14 3 Jacqui Mostrom L/DS 5-3 R-Jr. Springfield, Mo. / Glendale HS 4 Sara Nielsen S 5-11 Jr. Glen Ellyn, Ill. / Benet Academy / Minnesota 742 17-1 15 15 Cal 5 Gracie Van Driel MB 6-1 Fr. Rose Hill, Kan. / Rose Hill HS 16 Kentucky 639 13-5 16 6 Zoe Hill MB 5-11 Sr. Houston, Texas / Glenda Dawson HS 17 Illinois 512 9-8 17 7 Camryn Ennis OH/S 6-0 So.