Kansas Jayhawks sweep Miami in first round of NCAA volleyball tournament
The Kansas volleyball team swept Miami 3-0 on Thursday in a first-round NCAA Tournament contest at Devaney Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.
The Jayhawks (19-10) have advanced into Friday’s second-round match against host Nebraska, who swept Delaware State on Thursday. The match will begin at 7 p.m.
On Thursday, the Jayhawks rolled 25-17, 25-18, 25-20.
Caroline Bien had 12 kills. Ayah Elnady had nine and Rachel Langs added eight.
Bien, a 6-foot-0 sophomore out of Saint Thomas Aquinas, contributed six digs. Elnady, a 5-10 freshman from Cairo, Egypt, had seven digs and three service aces. Langs a 6-3 senior from Fairview, Texas, hit a team-high .438 with 10 blocks, lifting KU to a 13-7 advantage in blocks.
Camryn Turner, a 5-8 sophomore setter from Topeka, had 30 assists and seven digs to go along with four kills.
Kennedy Farris, a 5-7 junior from Lansing, Kansas, led the Jayhawks with 11 digs.
As a team, Kansas hit .278 with 40 kills and committed 10 attack errors. The Jayhawks had the advantage in service aces, 8-3. Miami had 41 digs; KU 39.
KU’s defense held Miami to a .113 attack percentage, which included the Hurricanes hitting under .100 in each of the first two sets.
“We were really good in all phases tonight. I thought we served well and passed well and I’m real happy with the way we played,” said coach Ray Bechard after the Jayhawks improved to 8-3 all-time in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. “We’re excited this time of year to keep playing and see what tomorrow brings.”
This story was originally published December 1, 2022 at 7:06 PM with the headline "Kansas Jayhawks sweep Miami in first round of NCAA volleyball tournament."
