Kansas
π No. 23 Jayhawks Begin Tournament Play at Utah Classic
LAWRENCE, Kan. β The No. 23 Kansas volleyball crew strikes to Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah for the Utah Basic hosted on the Jon M. Huntsman Middle on August 26-27.
The Jayhawks will play three matches in two days with the primary match being on Friday at 1 p.m. CT in opposition to Utah Valley, adopted by an 8 p.m. CT matchup in opposition to No. 22 Utah and ending with a match on Saturday at 2 p.m. CT in opposition to Loyola Marymount.
Staff Breakdown
KU is returning 14 student-athletes from the 2021-22 season and including 5 newcomers, which incorporates graduate switch Lauren Dooley from Florida. Sophomore Caroline Bien returns to Kansas after a stellar first season. The Overland Park native earned All-America Honorable Point out, Huge 12 Freshman of the Yr, AVCA Regional Freshman of the Yr and a spot on the AVCA Midwest All-Area Staff. Junior Kennedy Farris, super-seniors Rachel Langs and Anezka Szabo and sophomore Camryn Turner additionally return to the Jayhawks.
Throughout the 2021-22 season, Bien led the Jayhawks in kills with 336 (.216) and kills per set, averaging 2.947. Additionally main KU was Farris. The Lansing, Kansas native recorded 296 digs in 100 units performed, bumping her profession complete to 751 digs.
In her fifth season a Jayhawk, Langs has 532 kills as a center blocker and performed in all 30 matches through the 2021-22 marketing campaign. Langs was second through the season in blocks for KU with 81.5 blocks and averaged 0.721 blocks per set.
Up Subsequent
Event play isnβt over for the Jayhawks as they hit the street to West Level, N.Y. for the Black Knights Invitational hosted by Military. The event will encompass Temple, Military, UConn and Kansas. KU will play on September 2 at 12:30 p.m. CT in opposition to Temple on the Gillis Subject Home. At 5 p.m. CT, the Jayhawks will play once more on September 2 to face off in opposition to host Military. Rounding out the Black Knights Invitational shall be a match up in opposition to Kansas and UConn at 10 a.m. CT on September 3.
Early Retirement
On September 17, Kansas shall be retiring two jerseyβs on the conclusion of the Omaha vs. Kansas match on the Jayhawk Basic. Ainise Havili (2014-2017) and Kelsie Payne (2014-2017) shall be honored with a jersey retirement ceremony the place their jersey numbers shall be displayed within the rafters of Horejsi Household Volleyball. Each Havili and Payne had been members of the 2015 Closing 4 crew and 2016 Huge 12 Conferene Championship crew. Havili was a three-time All-American and back-to-back Huge 12 Setter of the Yr. Payne was a two-time AVCA First Staff All-American and the 2016 Huge 12 Participant of the Yr. Each people are within the Kansas volleyball document books.