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Kansas
Missouri Falls To The Jayhawks
11/5/2003 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Nov. 5, 2003
LAWRENCE, Kan. - For the third straight meeting, it took Mizzou and Kansas five games to decide a winner. But unlike the previous two times, it was KU who took the win on Wednesday. After Missouri took the first game of the match, Kansas came back to win the next two before MU won the fourth game to force a game five, where Kansas rallied to win and take the match victory.
Despite hitting just .098 in the opening game of the match, Mizzou was able to take a 1-0 match lead with a 31-29 game one win. Down, 25-27 in the game, the Tigers closed out the win with a 6-2 run for the game victory.
Game two was a different story from back-and-forth game one. Kansas jumped out to a 7-2 lead in game two and extended its lead to as many as nine. Missouri cut the lead to five at 20-15, but was unable to get any closer.
In the third game, it was MU that jumped out to the early lead, scoring the first three points of the game. It held a four-point lead at 13-9. However, the Jayhawks came back to tie the score at 15 and then take the lead away from the Tigers. KU held on to the lead for the remainder of the game and took the 30-26 win and a 2-1 lead in the match.
The Tigers again took the lead to start game four, but unlike the third game, they were able to hold on to the lead behind a .422 hitting percentage. Mizzou built an eight point lead at 15-7 and went on to take an eight-point win to force a fifth and deciding game.
After KU scored the first point of game five, Missouri then rolled off nine straight points to hold a 9-1 lead. The Jayhawks then started an amazing comeback. With the help of two 4-0 runs, Kansas tied the scored at 13 then scored the final two points to close out the match.
The loss was Missouri's first to KU in four matches and was the first for the Tigers at Lawrence since 1998.
Missouri returns home on Saturday to face Nebraska at 7 p.m. in the Hearnes Center.
