Kansas dominated Nebraska-Omaha in the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Tournament at home on Thursday night with a 3-0 win to move to the second round. The 4-seed Jayhawks will take on 5-seed Penn State on Friday night (Dec 1); PSU defeated Yale 3-1 in their first-round matchup.
Kansas went 24-5 (14-4 B12) in the regular season, finishing in second place behind league-champ Texas. KU finished the regular season at #15 in the AVCA rankings. The Jayhawks resumé boasted wins over top-30 teams Pepperdine, Marquette (6-seed), BYU (4-seed), Baylor, Iowa State (7-seed), and Houston (8-seed). KU was undefeated (9-0) at home this year, which propelled them to the best regular season finish since 2016, when Kansas won the league outright.