Red Raiders Drop Tough Three-Set Bout to No. 6 Kansas

Wednesday, October 26

Lubbock, Texas

6:00 PM

Texas Tech Athletics

10-14, 0-9

Kansas

19-2, 8-1

Kansas

Texas Tech

Red Raiders Drop Tough Three-Set Bout to No. 6 Kansas

October 26, 2016 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Senior Lauren Douglass recorded her 14th double-digit kill performance of the season in the loss.

LUBBOCK, Texas – No. 6 Kansas outhit the Red Raiders .343 to .064 as Texas Tech volleyball wrapped up a two-game home stand against a pair of top 10 teams with an 0-3 loss to the Jayhawks Wednesday night at United Supermarkets Arena.

While the Red Raiders (10-14, 0-9) played Kansas close through the early stages of each set, the Jayhawk attack proved too much in the end as Kansas (19-2, 8-1) took a 25-15, 25-16, 25-20 victory.

"Kansas is an elite team, and they played like it," head coach Tony Graystone said. "I was more than happy with what we did tonight. We looked so much better than the first time we played them. Knowing what we did the last time we played them and the things we are trying to work on, I thought tonight was a win for us. We were extending points, we were fighting hard, rallies were good and we were making them earn their points."

Jayhawks Madison Rigdon and Kelsie Payne led all attackers with 17 and 16, respectively. Texas Tech's defense, however, steadily improved throughout the night holding Kansas to a clip of .415 in the first set, .344 in the second and .257 in the third.

Texas Tech stayed even in the first set at 6-6 before Kansas put together a 14-5 run to pull ahead 20-11. The Jayhawks connected on 18 kills in the frame to just one error, while limiting Tech to eight kills.

Tech's offense showed life in the second, starting off with a .300 clip as the team trailed just 12-10. The Red Raiders were unable to capture the momentum as Kansas posted a 94% sideout percentage (16-17) and held Tech to .059 hitting in the frame en route to the set.

In the third set, Texas Tech outdug the Jayhwaks, 17-16 behind 12 digs from sophomore libero Reyn Akiu. Kansas hit just .257 in the frame, its lowest output against Texas Tech this season, but put up a strong defensive effort itself with five blocks in the set to pull out the win.

Senior Lauren Douglass and sophomore Sarah Redding led the Tech attack with 10 and nine kills, respectively. Douglass's 10 kills mark her 14^th double-digit performance of the season, while Redding posted her nine slams on just 16 attacks with three errors for a season-high .375 clip.

Akiu led all defenders with 25 digs, while senior setter Marguerite Grubb tallied 27 assists.

UP NEXT
After a two-game home stand, Texas Tech hits the road to take on West Virginia Saturday, Oct. 29, in Morgantown at 2:30 p.m.