TicketsCINCINNATI— The University of Cincinnati volleyball team was swept by No. 15-ranked Kansas on Wednesday in its final home match of the year inside Fifth Third Arena.
The Bearcats (12-14, 5-11) took both set one and set three down to the wire, but could never gain the advantage as late runs for the Jayhawks proved too much in the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
Sophomore outside hitter Carly Glendinning registered her eighth double-digit kill performance during Big 12 play. She recorded a team-high 10 kills with three attacking errors on 19 attempts.
Redshirt sophomore Ligia Williams (nine) and junior Abby Walker (seven) combined for 16 kills on offense, while graduate student Carly Skrabak (11) and freshman Kayla Hostetler (13) totaled 24 digs on defense.
Junior Setter Katelyn Lefler had a team-high 34 assists, and she is now only 32 away from 2,000 for her career.
The Kansas duo of Reagan Cooper and Ayah Elnady led all attackers with 15 kills.
// HOW IT HAPPENED
SET 1 | In a closely contested first set, Cincinnati and Kansas traded points early before Zeta Washington delivered her first kill of the set, bringing the Bearcats within two (6-4). Kansas would rattle off four straight points in response. UC continued to fight and would go on a 4-0 run of its own to bring everything back to even (17-17). Cincinnati continued to keep pace with the Jayhawks but could not get the edge as Kansas took the set (25-23).
SET 2 | The Jayhawks flexed their muscles and jumped out to the early lead before Glendinning would bring the UC within three (6-3) after a monstrous kill, but that was as close as the Bearcats would get throughout the entire set, falling 25-14. Kansas totaled 15 kills at a .405 clip in the stanza.
SET 3 | Cincinnati got out to a hot start as back-to-back blocks from Williams gave UC the early lead (4-3). Kansas would go on a 3-0 run before a kill from Glendinning brought the Bearcats back with one (9-8). An ace from Skrabak tied the set 11-11 as another Glendening kill would give the Bearcats the lead back (13-12). Glendinning would rally off two more kills, increasing the lead to 15-13. She totaled five of her 10 kills in the set. Two big blocks from Williams and Walker extended the UC lead to two late in the set (22-20), but Kansas would answer with a 3-0 run to complete the sweep.
// UP NEXT
Cincinnati will hit the road to wrap up the regular season at Iowa State at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday, Nov. 25.
The Bearcats (12-14, 5-11) took both set one and set three down to the wire, but could never gain the advantage as late runs for the Jayhawks proved too much in the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
Sophomore outside hitter Carly Glendinning registered her eighth double-digit kill performance during Big 12 play. She recorded a team-high 10 kills with three attacking errors on 19 attempts.
Redshirt sophomore Ligia Williams (nine) and junior Abby Walker (seven) combined for 16 kills on offense, while graduate student Carly Skrabak (11) and freshman Kayla Hostetler (13) totaled 24 digs on defense.
Junior Setter Katelyn Lefler had a team-high 34 assists, and she is now only 32 away from 2,000 for her career.
The Kansas duo of Reagan Cooper and Ayah Elnady led all attackers with 15 kills.
// HOW IT HAPPENED
SET 1 | In a closely contested first set, Cincinnati and Kansas traded points early before Zeta Washington delivered her first kill of the set, bringing the Bearcats within two (6-4). Kansas would rattle off four straight points in response. UC continued to fight and would go on a 4-0 run of its own to bring everything back to even (17-17). Cincinnati continued to keep pace with the Jayhawks but could not get the edge as Kansas took the set (25-23).
SET 2 | The Jayhawks flexed their muscles and jumped out to the early lead before Glendinning would bring the UC within three (6-3) after a monstrous kill, but that was as close as the Bearcats would get throughout the entire set, falling 25-14. Kansas totaled 15 kills at a .405 clip in the stanza.
SET 3 | Cincinnati got out to a hot start as back-to-back blocks from Williams gave UC the early lead (4-3). Kansas would go on a 3-0 run before a kill from Glendinning brought the Bearcats back with one (9-8). An ace from Skrabak tied the set 11-11 as another Glendening kill would give the Bearcats the lead back (13-12). Glendinning would rally off two more kills, increasing the lead to 15-13. She totaled five of her 10 kills in the set. Two big blocks from Williams and Walker extended the UC lead to two late in the set (22-20), but Kansas would answer with a 3-0 run to complete the sweep.
// UP NEXT
Cincinnati will hit the road to wrap up the regular season at Iowa State at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday, Nov. 25.