COLLEGE SPORTS ROUNDUP: Texas Tech falls in five sets at Kansas in Big 12 play
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Seniors Kenna Sauer and Reagan Cooper turned in double-digit kills, but it wasn’t enough as the Texas Tech volleyball team dropped a 20-25, 25-13, 25-17, 23-25, 15-8 road decision Saturday to Kansas at Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena.
Sauer ended the match with 15 kills, while also adding nine digs and three blocks for the Red Raiders (14-5, 3-3 Big 12), who have lost three of their last four conference contests. Cooper followed with 11 slams and Karrington Jones chipped in nine of her own and totaled four blocks.
Brooke Kanas collected eight kills and a season-high tying seven blocks. Junior Reese Rhodes dished out 35 assists to go along with six digs and three blocks. Caitlin Dugan provided six kills and four blocks, pushing her career total to 197 total blocks.
Senior Alex Torres tallied a season-high of eight digs against the Jayhawks, while Maddie Correa had seven of her own. As a team, the Red Raiders collected 12.0 blocks, making it the eighth time of the season with double-digit blocks and second in a row.
Texas Tech is scheduled to take on Baylor for the first time in conference play in a 7 p.m. Wednesday road contest.
Texas Tech cross country
COLLEGE STATION —Edward Rush turned in a personal best time in the 8k as he finished sixth individually Saturday at the annual Arturo Barrios. The men placed fifth out of 41 teams while the women finished 16th out of 38 teams.
Rush crossed the end line at 23:54.70 to pace the men's squad, crushing his previous PB time (24:46.50). Matthew Maki placed 40th with a time of 24:41.80 as Isaac Hernandez finished 55th (24:50.40). Trey Leathers (25:12.10) and Samuel Ashley (25:13.10, PB) placed 86th and 90th to complete the scoring for Tech. For Freshmen Hernandez and Leathers, both times were season bests for the 8k.
On the women's side, Halena Rahmaan and Hannah Spears each finished in the top 100 out of 326 runners. Rahmaan recorded a 6k time of 22:06.40 in 72nd as Spears crossed the end line at 22:14.30 in 80th. Both times were season bests in the 6k.
It's the third-straight meet that Rush and Rahmaan lead their respective teams in scoring. Texas Tech is slated to host the Big 12 Championships on Oct. 28 at the LCU Cross Country Course.
LCU women’s soccer
Andy Holder connected with the equalizer in the 40th, but the Lady Chaps could not come up with the game-winner as they battled to a 1-1 tie against Texas Woman’s on Saturday in a Lone Star Conference contest at the LCU Soccer & Track Complex.
Holder, who netted her second goal of the season, had help from former Coronado standout Lexi De La Cruz and Hannah Irons — who were credited with an assist on the play for LCU (6-2-6, 3-2-3). De La Cruz leads the squad with eight goals to go with two assists.
The Lady Chaps were down 1-0 following an own goal in the 10th minute, but LCU shook off the mistake and knotted things up 30 minutes later against TWU (1-7-6, 1-3-5).
The two squads could not find the back of the net in the second half.
LCU is slated to host Midwestern State at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
LCU women’s volleyball
LAREDO — Kiana Fallaha, Lily Bickley and Sage Chain finished with double-digit kill totals, but it wasn’t enough as the Lady Chaps dropped an 18-25, 25-20, 26-24, 25-23 road decision in a Lone Star Conference match Saturday to Texas A&M International at the TAMIU Kinesiology and Convocation Building.
Fallaha finished with 17 kills to lead the attack for LCU (9-14, 5-7). Bickley had 11 kills and one dig, while Chain chipped in 10 and one dig.
Former Frenship standout Kayton Genebacher kept the attack going by dishing out 43 asssits. Fellow Tigers standout Kendall Mahaney added 20 digs to lead the defense.
Catalina Mackenzie (17 kills, 12 digs) and Giulia Hortelan (12 kills, 17 digs) led the way with a double-double performances for TAMIU (16-5, 7-1).
Texas A&M International’s Megan Menchaca ended with 21 kills to lead all players in the contest.
LCU is slated to host West Texas A&M in a 6 p.m. Wednesday contest at the Rip Griffin Center.
LCU men’s soccer
Pablo Galietero Diez netted a goal in the 29th minute, which proved to be enough to lead the Chaps to a 1-0 victory over UT Tyler on Saturday in a Lone Star Conference match held at the LCU Soccer & Track Complex.
With the victory, LCU (6-5-3, 3-1-1) finds itself in the midst of a two-match winning streak after downing UT Tyler (5-5-2, 0-4-1). It also means the Chaps kept pace with St. Mary’s (7-0-5), 3-0-1) pending a Saturday result in road contest against Oklahoma Christian.
The Chaps are slated to take on Texas A&M International at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: COLLEGE SPORTS ROUNDUP: Texas Tech falls in five sets at Kansas in Big 12 play
