Time for an update ( yes the men’s FB team renewed our faith. Now, lets beat KSU)
1. Women BB. Interesting interview with Schneider. Made a pointed comment that they could not compete for a new starting center due to NIL money being asked by top transfer and freshmen candidates.
Great news on the soccer and VB fronts
2. Women’s soccer. The soccer team has won their last two games, on the road against Arizona and Arizona State. We played great defense in both games and the offense has really begun to gel. We beat Arizona 4-0. We are still 9th in conference and play our last game this week against a very week KSU team, with no wins in Big 12 play. Freshman, Jillian Gregorski is now the 3rd leading scorer in the Big 12 and our team defense is being recognized as being excellent. On the slight negative side, our Big 12 schedule was easier than it could have been, but with a very young team and a new coach and system, that was good. Probably not going to make NCAA play unless we win the Big 12 post-season tournament. The tournament is in KC this year.
2. VB. Another excellent week for the VB team. KSU pushed us to the limit but we won in 5 sets. KSU is very good and very well coached. On the bad news side, our starting and excellent senior middle blocker, Onabanjo, did suffer what looked like a high ankle sprain in the last set, which required Zoey Burgess to take over. Burgess played well and contributed two key plays. Even without Onabanjo, we easily beat UCF on the road after only two full days of rest. KU is ranked 8th nationally and is first in the Big 12. The bad news is, that we had a weak front end to our schedule. Don’t expect us to win out but if we do, I think we are a team that can go far in the NCAA tournament. Some will depend on Onabanjo being able to come back and Burgess being able to fill in until that happens. We do have two home games this week, ISU and Utah. Both have good records and are middle of the pack Big 12 teams.
Rock Chalk
