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JMC 419: Volleyball story Directions: Edit the following story, paying particular attention to facts that can be checked. Use the KU Athletics , Big 12 and NCAA tournament websites to check rosters and stats. Also fix any grammar, spelling, punctuation and style errors you find. (This is based on a real story but we have changed some things for the purposes of this class.) Kansas volleyball falls to Nebraska in 3 sets at NCAA Tournament (Story is from Dec 2, 2022 – assume it just happened) Lincoln, NE — The streak defies logic. It looks like a typo, but it is very real and it continued Friday as Nebraska defeated Kansas 25-14, 25-18, 19-25, and 26-24 in the second round of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament. The Cornhuskers (25-5) are now 88-0 all-time against the Jayhawks. From 1975 through Friday, Nebraska hasn’t slipped up against the Jayhawks. Not once has Nebraska had a bad night, nor have the Jayhawks surprised with an upset when Big Red was on the other side of the net. Even Kansas’ 2015 Final Four run came to an end against Nebraska. “That’s crazy,” Nebraska setter Nicole Hames said as her eyes widened. “I did not even know that stat. Wow.” Nebraska made five attack errors in the first 28 points Friday but led 17-11 due to its sterling defense. The Cornhuskers were the nation’s best team in hitting percentage defense in the regular season, allowing opponents to hit .125. That was on display during a 12-4 run during which Kansas made four errors. Kansas junior Anizka Szabo, who played two seasons at Nebraska, scored a kill on the match’s first point but the Jayhawks had just one more kill the rest of the set to go with 10 attack errors for a -.250 hitting percentage. “I think it was us trying to stick our toe in the water and see how it was going to be,” Kansas coach Rey Bechard said. “We haven’t seen that type of physicality.” The Jayhawks offense rebounded with 12 kills in Set 2, but Nebraska went on an 8-2 run capped by Becca Allick’s kill off the block. The Jayhawks were never closer than four the rest of the set. Junior Caroline Bien had two aces in a 4-0 Kansas run that put her team ahead in the third set. Nebraska cut the deficit but could not overcome Kansas’ lead and momentum. Sophomore Rhianna Swanson had six kills in the set. She finished with a team-best 14, one less than her season high.

“We were confident in her. We had all of two kills in the first set so we knew we needed to make some changes,” Bechard said. Hopes of stretching Nebraska to five sets for the first time since Nov. 23, 1990, were high during a taut fourth set in which neither team led by more than three. Super-senior blocker Rachel Lang’s kill gave Kansas a 15-14 lead and the lead teetered back-and-forth until Nebraska won the last two points. A kill from Lindsay Krause split two back row defenders and caused the sellout crowd of 8,235 to leap to its feet in celebration, and relief. “Every point was a grind,” said Allick, who hit .562 for Nebraska. “That fourth set was electric.” Kansas (19-11) hit .152, its third-lowest mark of the season. “We gave ourselves a chance after getting off to such a slow start,” Bechard said. “Wish we could have gotten it to a fifth set.” Szabo finished with six kills in her final college match. During pre-match introductions, the Nebraska crowd cheered when her name was announced. “It felt good to still feel appreciated here,” she said.

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