The Red Raiders are ready for the match against Kansas

Lubbock, Texas – After defeating the Oklahoma Sooners on Wednesday night, the Texas Tech Red Raider volleyball team (14-4, 3-2 Big 12) bounced back with a matchup against the Kansas Jayhawks (13-5, 3-3 Big) on ​​Saturday afternoon. 12) at Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena from 1 pm

Against Oklahoma, both Kenna Sauer And Reese Rhodes Sawyer totaled 14 kills and 10 digs and Rhodes had a double-double with 52 assists and 11 digs. Caitlin Duggan He had an impressive game as he added 13 kills after recording a career-high eight blocks. Reagan Cooper Posted a team-high .412 hitting clip with 16 slams. Maddie Correa Led the Red Raiders with 16 digs and KJ Adams Collected 13 more.

Texas Tech is coming into the Kansas match leading the Big 12 with 1,017 digs and 15.18 digs per set. The Red Raiders are second in the conference with 12.54 assists per game. In addition, Tech has 914 kills, 91 aces and 161.0 blocks on the season.

Scouting the opponent
Kansas has a 17-36 record, winning their last five meetings dating back to Nov. 6, 2019. They have 13 wins on the season, with key wins coming against Utah, Kansas State, TCU and Oklahoma. . Team totals 846 kills, 771 assists, 84 aces, 923 digs and 179 blocks. In the Big 12, Kansas is second in blocks and first in blocks at 2.75. They also led teams with 169 hits on the season, ranking second in opponent hits.


Offensively, Kansas has four players with 100 or more kills on the season in Ayah Elnady (180), Caroline Bien (175), Lauren Dooley (112) and Rachel Langs (103). Camryn Turner led the team with 602 assists while Elnady posted a team-high 23 aces. Kennedy Farris leads the Jayhawks with 222 digs, followed by Turner with 190. Langs leads the team with 73 blocks and Dooley is close behind with 70.



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