Completed Event: Women's Volleyball versus Tulsa on September 13, 2026 , Win , 3, to, 0
Final
Women's Volleyball
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vs Tulsa
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LUBBOCK, Texas – Senior linebacker Ben Heeney bolstered the defensive attack with a career-high and 2014 Big 12 Conference best 21 tackles as the Kansas football team fell to Texas Tech, 34-21, at Jones AT&T Stadium Saturday afternoon.
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Heeney’s defensive show began with 10 stops in the first quarter and ended with the most tackles by a Jayhawk since Nov. 22, 1979, when LeRoy Irvin, Sr., accomplished the same feat against Missouri.
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The senior captain stole the spotlight with an unprecedented defensive effort that included a 37-yard interception return to set the table for Kansas to tack on its first points of the game late in the second quarter as the squad trailed 17-0 at that point.
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The game’s next two closest tacklers to Heeney were TTU’s Austin Stewart and Pete Robertson, who each tallied nine stops in the contest.
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The Jayhawk (2-5, 0-4) aerial attack scored the majority of the points against Texas Tech (3-4, 1-3) on the day, with junior quarterback Michael Cummings involved in all three KU touchdowns. Cummings threw for a career-best two scores and rushed for another, finishing the game 20-of-32 for 235 yards and an interception.
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Senior tight end Jimmay Mundine and senior wide receiver Justin McCay were on the receiving end of those touchdown passes, with Mundine hauling in a career-best seven receptions for 82 yards, six yards shy of his career mark set a week ago against Oklahoma State.
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Much like last week, it was a tale of two halves for the Jayhawk offense as the unit erupted to score the majority of its points in the second half, with 14 of them off TTU turnovers.
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The Red Raiders’ offensive dominance showed up throughout much of the first half scoring 17-unanswered points, thanks to a 34-yard field goal by kicker Ryan Bustin and two Davis Webb touchdown passes of 13 and eight yards, respectively. Webb finished the game 28-of-44 with 288 yards and an interception.
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However, Heeney swiped the momentum right away from TTU with an unprecedented defensive effort in the half that included 14 tackles and an interception.
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With 2:31 to play in the second quarter, Heeney picked off the fourth pass of his career and returned it 37 yards to the Texas Tech 39-yard line to give Kansas prime field position to break its second-quarter scoreless drought and the 17-unanswered points scored by TTU.
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Seven plays and 39 yards later, Cummings connected with McCay for a 16-yard touchdown pass, the first points scored in the second quarter all season by the KU, to cut the Jayhawk’s deficit to 10 points, 17-7, to end of the half.
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Heeney led all tacklers through the first two periods with 14 stops, just one shy of his then career-best mark of 15, while the next closest tackler, teammate Cassius Sendish, tallied just five total.
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Faced with a 13-point deficit early in the second half, senior BUCK Michael Reynolds picked up where he left off last week and sacked Texas Tech quarterback Davis Webb to force a fumble with 9:17 left to play in the third quarter.
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Two plays and 27 yards later, Cummings connected with Mundine for a 21-yard touchdown reception to pull within six of the Red Raiders, 20-14.
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TTU answered back with another touchdown, before Kansas ended the third period with its final score to cut the Texas Tech lead back down to six, 27-21. Cummings scored that final touchdown on the ground, thanks to a one-yard effort put forth by the junior with three seconds remaining in the quarter.
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A fourth quarter fumble by freshman running back Corey Avery and another TTU touchdown ended the hopes of a KU comeback, as Kansas fell, 34-21.
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The Jayhawks return home to Lawrence to take advantage of their second bye week of the 2014 season, before traveling back to Texas to take on Baylor, Saturday, Nov. 1 in the brand new McLane Stadium. Game time and broadcast schedule for the game against the Bears will be revealed Monday morning.
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