Kansas City Loses to Omaha in Sweep

Saturday, October 8

Kansas City, Mo.

1:00 PM

Kansas City

4-15,1-5Summit League

Omaha

10-7,5-2Summit League

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Omaha	25	25	25	3
Kansas City	19	23	22	0

Photo by: Ryan Weaver Photography

Kansas City Loses to Omaha in Sweep

10/8/2022 3:37:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

The Roos battled to keep things close but could not overcome Omaha's attack

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas City Volleyball fell to Omaha this afternoon in three tightly contested sets (25-19, 25-23, 25-22). Raina Smith and Odyssey Warren led the way with eight kills each.

KEY MOMENTS

S1 / 3-3 | Sydney Henry got her first assist of the afternoon as Rachel Sturdevant sent over the kill.
S1 / 12-10 | Peyton Van Nest sent a set to Warren for her second kill of the match.
S1 / 15-21 | Smith got a kill to cut the deficit to six, but the Mavericks would hold on to win the first set.
S2 / 4-4 | Georgia Mullins slammed home the kill to knot things up early in the second set.
S2 / 10-15 | Kennedy Schritenthal assisted Smith to put an end to an 8-0 Maverick run.
S2 / 16-19 | Henry set up Warren for the kill to bring the Roos within striking distance.
S2 / 23-24 | Van Nest and Warren teamed up for an electric kill to narrow the deficit to one, but Omaha would cash in on the next point to take the set.
S3 / 5-12 | Smith gave the Roos life with a kill to try and inch back closer.
S3 / 11-14 | Leah Green sent across a huge service ace to narrow the margin to three.

S3 | ACE from @LeahNikele ??#ROOUP | #DeclareKC pic.twitter.com/gjNFiYGP2K
— Kansas City Volleyball (@KCRoosVB) October 8, 2022

S3 / | 19-22 | Henry gave Smith another great look and she finished to keep things tight.
S3 / 22-23 | Warren and Kimora Whetstone teamed up for a block that would draw the Roos within one, but the Mavericks responded by winning the next two points to take the set and match.

STATS TO NOTE

The Roos and Mavericks both finished with a 0.198 hitting percentage, but Omaha took 20 more attacks and ended with 18 more kills.
Van Nest led the Roos' setting efforts, finishing with 12 assists.
The Roos had 11.5 blocks to Omaha's six, with Whetstone leading the way with four.

UP NEXT
Kansas City has a match at home against St. Thomas on Tuesday at 7 p.m. before traveling to South Dakota for a pair of matches next week.